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If he can't find success in the rotation you can hope the stuff plays up in the pen and you're still not paying him a lot. Now we need two more like just like this to have actual depth (even if it's poor depth).

My point was if you did put him on the 40 he'd be eating up a spot most of the year without likely having any real shot at pitching at the MLB level. Even as a rule 5 if you stash him on the 60-day eventually you'd need to with roster him or return him and having him get some innings in at the MLB level just to keep him as a R5 pick seems like a stretch for most orgs. Logically managing his R5 status probably isn't worth the hassle of picking him.

There's almost no way to take a guy like Adam's to get his 60 days in on the active roster. This is probably an example of a scenario where the rule 5 process would not benefit the player (except for the paycheck part). For him this season is just about getting some innings in to compete for a MLB roster spot in 2027. Also, since Adams was not on the active roster he wouldn't be eligible for the 60 day DL. Thus you're taking up a 40 man spot for most of the season for a guy who likely has no chance of pitching in the bigs this season.

Unless you plan to make two R5 picks you might as well protect the fringe dudes. But I do feel even if we have a dude taken pretty good chance they make it back by year's end. But honestly, leaving dudes unprotected is less of a head scratcher than Davitt getting added. I would have bet every house on my street that dude makes it through.

I feel like even if Pallette is taken he probably gets DFAed at some point during the year and comes back. Adams is worthy of a R5 pick, but not sure if brining him out of the pen makes sense and that's probably the only way you're keeping him on a MLB roster all year (when he eventually returns). But given the absolute waste of space on our 40-man there's zero excuse for not protecting him.

You'd have a hard time convincing me Schwarber is the best use of whatever funds they may have available. This team is 2 years away from being 2 years away. Schwarber is going to be massively overpaid to DH, we need to spend Schwarber level money to just fill the roster with replacement level players that actually belong on a MLB roster.

I don't think I've ever enjoyed watching a minor leaguer pitch as much as I enjoy Shane Murphy. When you get a hit it's on his terms, I honestly can't talk myself out of a scenario where he's really damn good pitching to major league hitters. Him and Thorpe both have a similar trait in that hitters never seems to be comfortable in the box. When Thorpe was on he kept hitters so off balance that the contact just didn't amount to a lot of damage and I feel like Shane has that but with better command and a wider arsenal of pitches. At this point I'll be shocked if he doesn't have a long MLB career and you don't need to out up 5 WAR seasons to make a lot of money as a starter. You can just pile up innings and still makes tens of millions.

I don't hate the idea of making guys earn the playing time at the big league level, but there's probably two guys in the rotation less deserving of innings.

Can we please just cut Clevinger and move Gowens to AAA?

I know Shane Murphy won't get any prospect love and he's probably going to be lucky to avg over 90 mph on the fastball but my God I've never seen someone dominate with command like he has this season. I was super impressed with Thorpe last year and his ability to get hitters to induce weak contact was elite, but Murphy might be even better. The lack of stuff may limit his big league success but all it takes is like 3 innings of watching Murphy pitch and you can't help but think this guy is going to find a way to get hitters out at the big league level.

It's hard to make a convincing counter argument for why he shouldn't. Decline in velocity/overall stuff, major command issues and there's at least the suspiciouon of an underlying health issue. Since they're sending him to the AFL he's probably not hurt, but that just makes the regression even more concerning.

I've always been stumped how a 6'6" dude only gets 6'2" extension (24th percentile). He has velocity but doesn't use his huge frame to deliver the ball. Would have assumed they would have worked with him to get some additional extension. It's probably the main reason his fastball gets crushed.

Love this years draft. I was very disappointed with last year's picks and just felt the the whole draft was on gonna fall on Bonemer's outcome. Feels like they left this draft with a lot of bullets in the chamber. People were already discounting Lodise and Shelton at short but were playing Colson and Meidroth (with Gonzalez 1 level away) there now so it's not like there's a high bar to being a ML SS with the Sox.

He'll probably hit better in Charlotte. With dudes like him they should just push them to Charlotte. I hate how much trash we carry in Charlotte, at least let's carry our homegrown trash.

The Sox don't have a fan base anymore. Between the failures on the field, the substandard ballpark experience and the debacle that has been the new TV network there's not much to retain in their current location. Anyone objectively looking at the Sox right now would likely lean that a departure from Chicago(land) for a new location is probably the best course of action. Moving to AH would still likely lead to increased visibility and attendance, but the Sox are effectively starting from zero now.