fathom

Thank god playing for one run. Ricky rules

Giolito actually getting some swings and misses on fastball. Huge development

Omar so bad at framing low pitches

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 06:40 PM) Also based off almost nothing other then seeing a few games last season, I'm jumping on the Eierman bandwagon. He was my favorite player in the tournament last year. Reminded me of Tulo. I liked that he didn't seem overmatched by good pitching and had a lot of swagger. To me, he was a significantly better prospect than Burger

As I've said before, it's troubling that no non-Sox source has said anything positive about his ability to catch

I love that swing

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 02:37 AM) Do you still like him as a closer? Not at all, don't think his stuff will improve a lot out of the pen. I think Cease is the closer in two years

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 02:24 AM) I don't get why people are so impatient. He sucks, but it really is not an issue for us to try him as a reliever next year. It's not like we're trying to contend or we have a packed bullpen or anything. The risk is nonexistent. Worst case scenario, he sucks and we lose more games, and get a better pick. Honestly, I'm more frustrated with how poorly Moncada and Anderson played today than Fulmer. With that said, hopefully Giolito performs decently tomorrow. Not overly optimistic

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 03:19 AM) He doesn't have enough time on the books to make it a career yet. Give him a chance If he wasn't a high pick, he would probably be searching for another organization sooner rather than later

Fulmer was someone at Vandy that never had the best command, but got away with lots of bad swings by opposition on pitches out of the zone due to his superior stuff.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 03:01 AM) I like the Hayes discussion about Collins. Next year will be huge for him with an adjusted swing. Everyone should listen to south side Sox podcast with the baseball prospectus writer on it. Some good insight in Collins and others.

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 03:00 AM) What happened to him? I don't recall any serious injuries he's suffered. Given the Sox decent success the last couple of years with pitching prospects in ml, I don't buy that they ruined his mechanics. May just come down to confidence....we rushed him up far too soon after being drafted and he got knocked around a good bit. Mechanics are way different than at Vandy

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 01:59 AM) Ian Happ would look good in our system/in our lineup right now. Thank god for those two extra wins that prevented Sox from getting who they wanted

QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 02:53 AM) Whichever scout recommended Fulmer should be put on notice, if not fired now. he does not have major league quality stuff. He did at Vandy. Doesn't come close to resembling that guy now

QUOTE (reiks12 @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 01:50 AM) keep throwing balls Carson, sure is working Hey, let him enjoy this. Never know if he ever makes it back to a big league mound

QUOTE (Tony @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 02:48 AM) Yikes. Usually when you are one of the worst pitchers in AAA, it's not going to translate well at the majors unfortunately

QUOTE (BamaDoc @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 02:48 AM) He doesn't seem to have any command nor any true put away pitch that I am seeing. He is getting to some two strike counts but failure to locate is killing him. Not a single swing and miss

Hopefully they give up on the starting career and start seeing if he can salvage his career as a reliever

Dear lord, he might be worse than Covey.

QUOTE (reiks12 @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 01:43 AM) well.. he has been absolutely terrible in AAA this year so don't know why I am upset about his terrible performance so far tonight Yep he's a total afterthought in the rebuild now. If you get any contributions from him as a reliever, you consider it a nice surprise. Let's hope the drafting improves as we go forward.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 01:43 AM) Stone says it's just too much adrenaline Must have had too much for the last three seasons then

Sad to see how much his offspeed stuff sucks compared to at Vandy. He's someone I comfortable labeling as a bust

Burger's groundball rate is scary. Better hope he learns how to lift

Cass going to have 6 months off to work on that tan some more

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 01:50 AM) Good lord. Why did so many people want a rebuild if they can't handle a few months of bad play from a rookie? To be fair, a lot thought he was supposed to be can't miss and ignored the red flags he showed in AAA this year. I keep saying Eloy is the one with MVP potential and Moncada can be an All Star if it goes right