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His speed is definitely a 70 or so. Like they say, if he grew up in America, he'd be an NFL player shortly

I will say this about Madrigal...he has the chance to be the greatest hit and run hitter ever. Looks like he can guide the ball when he wants

It was the same stuff I was saying prior to the draft as well, especially that last series he had during the regular season. Lots of weak choppers on the infield. I doubt he had many 0-4 this season though.

So far, probably one of Madrigal's worst games. 4 at bats, very weak contact. It seems he jams himself an awful lot.

Shouldn't Omar have hit for him? Oh well, Tank Commander Renteria dominating this week

He's great

Can't pitch from the stretch

Definitely better, but that 3-1 92 mph fastball down the plate is a pitch he should be crushing and not weakly fouling off. When he starts doing that, he'll start racking up extra base hits again.

Wash trade looks good. It's the Sale trade that is scary right now, as that was the one you needed to alter your franchise. Way too early to make a final decision on it, but it has been a dismal season for Moncada and Kopech.

3rd freaking inning and his velocity is down 2 mph already.

Not a major leaguer. Is it too late to ask for Soto instead of him?

It has not been fun watching him and Yoan. I'm leaving for the day in 15 min and excited to not be tempted to watch.

Yep, he still is a massive bust. Send him down please and have him see a psychologist. He walks one guy and it all blows up on him again.

Fastball at 91 out of the stretch

No doubt there's been some awful ones, but this one wasn't.

His curve seems way better today.

That pitch looked a lot closer than that live. Second strike was the bad call. Last pitch seemed like type of pitch they normally call a strike. He needs to learn to protect though and stop letting 50/50 calls get decided against him.

Biggest challenge for the rebuild has always been the org's inability to develop raw talent into MLB caliber hitters. Until they prove they can do that, there is pretty big concern.

Yep this being patient stuff isn't working. He just needs to swing at every fastball he gets. It's not like he's hit an offspeed pitch in over a month.

Swing the freaking bat. What a headcase

In Heyman's weekly notes, he's made a few comments about how poorly the Sox are playing in terms of fundamentals. Wonder if this is part of why he mentioned the Girardi speculation.

You didn't hustle in trying to find your old post....you're benched

Yep using 3 solid relievers and then having Minaya throw almost 50 pitches doesn't seem like a sound game plan. Just hope everyone is healthy.

Don't forget, he made two substitutions for pinch runners and then bunted, so he was still playing for one run (tie game). If they had tied it in 8th, he was then down two of his more dangerous hitters.

And is Trayce really that much faster than Palka? Palka is slow in the field but isn't as slow as you would think on the bases. Trayce isn't exactly Engel or Timmy running, and it was obvious when he had no shot going to 3rd on a soft single to RF.