Autumn Dreamin

Here's Colson's first RBI hit: https://www.mlb.com/video/colson-montgomery-s-rbi-single And another angle of the walkoff: https://www.mlb.com/video/montgomery-s-walk-off-single Props to Ramos too for starting the 9th inning rally with a leadoff hit and scoring the tying run.

10 pitch full count walk off base hit for Colson wins the game. Eder was solid in his first 2IP (1H, 1BB, 2K), but walks and steals burned him later. He finished with 3.1IP, 4R. Ramos finished 1-4 with a run scored. Colson was 2-4 with a BB and 2 RBI including the game winner.

Ramos showed some nice plate discipline last week, going 3-11 with a team-leading 5 walks. Pretty uneventful week for the bats otherwise, with no XBH from any of the guys and not a ton of ABs due to the shortened schedule (11 for Montgomery and Ramos, 16 for Burke). On the pitching side, Eder had his longest outing at 4 IP. Cousin had some bad luck in his 2.2IP / 3R start. Ellard was solid in two appearances (2IP, 0R, 1H, 4K) , and Leasure continues to be very good (2.1IP, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 5K). He has 13 K in 26 batters faced. Coffey had one brief and rocky outing. The Week Ahead The AFL HR Derby and Fall Stars game are both this weekend, so I imagine we'll know soon if any Sox are participating. In the meantime, there's 4 games on the schedule only one of which will be streamed (Nov. 2). Game 1: GDD vs. SRR (Gameday | No Stream) Eder gets the start. Montgomery and Ramos both move up a spot in the lineup with Burke getting the day off.

Game 5: GDD vs. SRR (Gameday | No Stream) All three Sox bats played in a 7 inning game to end the week. Montgomery went 0-3 with an RBI groundout. Burke went 1-4 with a SB. Bryan Ramos reached in every AB, 1-1 with 2BB. Fraser Ellard threw a scoreless 2K inning. Leasure got his first multi-inning appearance, getting the last out of the 6th and all of the 7th: 1.1IP, 0H, 1BB, 2K. His BAA is down to .083.

Cousin pitched out of the pen last night, I assume since there's more starters than starts available this week. He went 2.2IP 4H, 3R, 2K, 2BB. Two of the hits were IF singles, including a grounder he tipped off his glove that would have been an easy out if he didn't touch it. The only XBH was a solo shot. The other runs are from a 2 out walk + single, which came around to score on a double steal, an E2 thrown into center, and then a pitch that got away from the catcher. 4 steals against and 2 errors for the catcher in total... Not much offense to speak of, but I should shout out Ramos' smart baserunning. He hit a bloop single with runners on first and second to load the bases...but the guy on second kept running for some reason and got tagged out. Ramos made the heads up move to hustle to second himself to keep two RISP. He then beat out a FC sliding into 3rd on the next play. Game 4: GDD vs. MSS (Gameday | No Stream) No stream today. Ramos/Montgomery are off, so only Burke in the lineup.

The Desert Dogs W8 came to an end yesterday. The offense struggled, and 9 of the first 10 batters reached against the pen in the 8th (4 against Coffey). 7-2 final. Montgomery was 1-4 with a BB. Burke was 1-5 and also reached on an error. Ramos was 0-2 with 2 BB and also hustled to second on a routine fly ball that the CF dropped for an E8. Game 3: GDD vs. MSS (Gameday | Live Stream) Off day for Burke, Colson and Ramos in their usual spots. Live stream is here: https://www.mlb.com/video/live-fall-league-mss-vs-gdd-89761

"Minor league athletic trainers" (or strength coaches, nutritionists, etc.) are in demand by every org every offseason and being based at the ST complex but traveling to affiliates is standard practice. It doesn't necessarily denote a leadership role as opposed to being like...the guy who works with players in the Kannapolis weight room. Orgs have plenty of trainers/coaches that aren't the "named" folks/positions, and there's usually a fair amount of turnover. For example, the other Sox are currently hiring an undisclosed number of "Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coaches [who] will report to Fort Myers, FL for Spring Training and then travel with an affiliate team": https://www.teamworkonline.com/baseball-jobs/fenwaysports/boston-red-sox/assistant-minor-league-strength-conditioning-coach-2056252 And you can tell it's not any sort of high level role because previous baseball or coaching experience is merely "a plus" ?

The "generic" link is here: https://www.mlb.com/arizona-fall-league/live-streams But I can post a direct link once it's actually live at ~8:20 CST.

Game 2: GDD vs. SRR (Gameday | Live Stream) Guess who's back, back again...Colson's back, tell a friend ? He's batting 3rd, Burke 2nd, and Ramos 7th. There's a stream for both tonight and tomorrow's games.

Your odds of making an MLB debut go up to something like 60% with an AFL assignment, and no org is sending guys they expect to contribute in the bigs to get random coaching from others sight unseen. Although almost every team does have at least one pair of division rivals, so I suppose the strategy of trying to sabotage your future competition could be an interesting one... Anyway, Eder left Bham early for Glendale specifically for the Sox to identify what mechanical tweaks they wanted to make. Then they sent him from the pitching lab to instructs to work on it in live reps, and now the AFL against tougher competition to keep working at it. There's pretty clearly a plan, his AFL time is a piece of it, and him complimenting the Dodgers coach when asked about him by the interviewer doesn't indicate otherwise IMO. AFL staff communicate with teams about their plans/goals for a player. The Sox aren't just closing their eyes and hoping everyone magically comes back more major league ready, they all essentially have "homework" assignments. Leasure, for example, is there to work on his new CB. And even though Anderson is actually one of his old LAD coaches, that's clearly a Sox directive (the third pitch the Dodgers had him tinker with was a changeup he apparently never got fully comfortable with, this curveball project started after the trade).

The Rangers and Dbacks had a cumulative 102 wins in 2021, which is fewer than the Braves alone had this season.

Oppor (5th round) makes a BA list of 10 standout pitching debuts: And Javier Mogollon ($75000 IFA) makes a list of underrated lower level hitters:

Eder confirms that his AFL tenure is primarily about getting his lower half right to iron out his mechanics. Says he found something in the outing tonight: So the focus seems a bit process over results, which makes sense. The stuff about spin efficiency, ride, and tunneling was all him, by the way. He seems well versed in the metrics behind his stuff and what he wants it to do. Also there's your velo check @baseball_gal_aly "mostly 93-94"

The Dogs stay hot to win 9-4, their 7th in a row. Jacob Burke went 1-4 with a sac fly RBI and a run scored. Bryan Ramos was 1-4 with a BB and a run scored after he reached on an error. Jake Eder had a rough 3 run first thanks to an IF single and a couple SBs (the Glendale catchers get run on with abandon), but settled in to go 4 IP, retiring his last 8 batters in order. 4 IP, 4 ER, 4 K, 0 BB. Fraser Ellard came on in relief for the 5th. Clean 2 K inning, and his second W. Jordan Leasure gave up the second hit of his AFL tenure, but got 3 Ks (all swinging) to seal the win in the 9th. He has 11K in 6 innings, a 0.50 WHIP, and his ticket to big league camp all but assured. Thanks, Dodgers! Eder's strikeouts were also all swinging:

Johan Dominguez goes 3 IP, 0 ER, 2H, 2BB, 2K. His second K was Veras., who finished 1-5 with a RBI.

Yep, that's my thinking too. Similar to how Ramos just quietly disappeared for a few days of rest before coming back apparently no worse for wear.

The Glendale Desert Dogs were undefeated last week, and our Sox boys made some pretty solid contributions to that 6-0 streak. Colson Montgomery went 5-16 with a 2B, 3B, and 6 RBI. Jacob Burke was 6-22 with a pair of 2B, 2 SB, and a game winning grand slam. Bryan Ramos hit the ground running in his return, going 5-9 with 2 HR in his two games back. Fraser Ellard (4K) and Jordan Leasure (3K) both chipped in two scoreless appearances apiece. Jake Eder had 4K in 2IP, but was tagged for 1 ER when a walk, steal, and sac fly from a reliever scored his runner from first. Josimar Cousin was burned by 2 HR (4 ER) in his start. Adisyn Coffey once again looked great in the first inning of an appearance (2K and a flyout) before falling apart when asked for a second (and inexplicably being hung out to dry). The White Sox bats are responsible for 28 of the team's 80 RBI through 18 games (and 7 of their 22 HR). Unfortunately, it looks like they'll have to keep up the production without Colson Montgomery (whose 14 RBI lead the team) for at least one more game. He was pulled for a PR late on Friday, missed Saturday's game, and after an off day Sunday, he's out of the lineup again for Monday's game. Some highlights: The Week Ahead: Five AFL games this week, two of which (Wednesday and Thursday) will be streamed. Also, winter ball is officially underway! Of particular note, RHP Johan Dominguez (returned from TJ midseason, and a sneaky SP depth option IMO) is scheduled for a LIDOM start this week, and top-30-but-still-underrated Wilfred Veras has been getting in some more ABs and OF reps. Game 1: GDD vs. SCO (Gameday | No Stream) After facing the top AFL team at the time of both of his last starts, Jake Eder gets the ball today to face...the new top AFL team! His 10 K and 3.24 ERA through 8.1 IP are respectable (and his mechanics look back on track) but I'm hoping to see him go a bit deeper in this one. His last outing was shortened by a tight zone leading to lots of deep counts. The AFL is experimenting with some kind of individualized batting stance adjusted zone IIRC and it leads to some odd looking calls. The opposing starter is also a lefty, which could be a non-injury reason to rest Colson again...There's an off day tomorrow, so we'll see if he's back in for Wednesday's game. Burke and Ramos are batting 2 and 4, playing their usual positions.

He was routinely getting 1-2 days off a week (he's played 12/18 games), so I wouldn't read much into that yet.

Dogs win 7-6 in extras and sweep the week. Ramos was 1-4 with a HR. Burke went 2-5 with 2 SB. He scored the go ahead run as the free runner top 10. No Sox arms.

Ramos with another ? as the Dogs go back-to-back-to-back.

If you were curious about Ramos' other 3 hits from last night: https://www.mlb.com/video/bryan-ramos-four-hit-game Game 6: GDD vs. MSS (Gameday | Live Stream) Colson is indeed out of the lineup today, hopefully nothing serious. Burke batting 2nd, Ramos batting 7th.

Yeah, I'm hoping it's just precautionary since the game is all but decided and he was unlikely to bat again anyway...

Ramos missed baseball, clearly. He's 3-3 with a HR (his first in AFL). Just listen to it: https://www.mlb.com/video/bryan-ramos-two-run-home-run-x0989? Colson is 1-4 with a run scored (first to home on a double). Burke is 2-4 with a 2B and RBI.

Game 5: GDD vs. MSS (Gameday | No Stream) Ramos is back! The top of the lineup has been clicking lately, so he's batting 7th while Burke/Montgomery stick at 2 and 3.