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Here we go again....Collins homer, Rutherford long double

5-5 for Burger

Kopech done

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 21, 2017 -> 02:59 AM) Bad news: W-S lost their lead Good news: means more Eloy As soon as I saw Diaz in, I was hopeful for another AB

97 pitches, only 27 for balls

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 21, 2017 -> 02:56 AM) Kopech got thru 8th with 0 walks. Tremendous night. Diaz left some men on down in W-S Diaz just hasn't been right this year. Oh well Amazing start for Kopech!

QUOTE (maxjusttyped @ Jul 21, 2017 -> 02:34 AM) I wonder if Kopech will get a start or two at Charlotte before the season ends. Hope not, need to watch innings

Collins!

The great Grudz pulls him in the 2nd. Unless he's hurt, I don't see why you don't let him pitch without his best stuff for the experience.

QUOTE (Sockin @ Jul 21, 2017 -> 01:47 AM) Another clunker for Giolito 1 step forward, 1 step back. He's got to find a way to get his breaking pitches closer to the zone.

Buster thinks Astros could get Britton. Martes makes sense

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jul 21, 2017 -> 12:25 AM) Eloy Bomb!! Nice first game as top prospect in the org

QUOTE (maxjusttyped @ Jul 21, 2017 -> 12:19 AM) Longenhagen did say on one of the FG pods Burger had some of the best exist velo numbers in college baseball. Yep him and Sheets were near the top. Another good thing by scouting the stat line is lack of errors for Burger

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 21, 2017 -> 12:03 AM) Burger 2-2 with a double Seems like a lot of his outs are lineups or errors, which hopefully implied hard contact

Collins two AB, 2 k....batting .160 vs LHP

That Kanny lineup is something

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 20, 2017 -> 10:56 PM) Off topic, but that dude's newsletters or emails or whatever are such a waste of time...does he ever actually say anything about baseball? One of them was all about his prescription anti-anxiety medication. Only view his chats

QUOTE (Quin @ Jul 20, 2017 -> 09:34 PM) Hell, count Omar in there as he should really only be entering AAA by this point. The Sox have legitimate catching prospects and the fact that Collins is seemingly developing well defensively makes me happy enough to offset his disappointing average. Still waiting to hear anyone not affiliated with the Sox say that Collins looks better on defense. In a recent chat, KLaw said he has heard absolutely nothing about Collins improving

One other thing, WSox weren't only team that wanted Blake in a trade. Earlier in the week, one of the main reporters had a tweet that said teams were asking for him

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 20, 2017 -> 09:13 PM) See, I think you can make arguments for either side. The White Sox were looking at a guy in Frazier who was probably going to be worth a C- prospect, and Robertson maybe a C+/B- prospect if the Sox pick up half of his salary, and combining those two might get you both of the other prospects that you'd get. I don't think you're getting Rutherford for those two combined. Meanwhile, the Sox traded Tommy Kahnle who has literally been good for half a season. Given, he has been very, very good, like among the best relievers in the game, but it's half a season regardless, and they hardly gave up anything to get him, so if his inclusion gets you an A prospect plus a B- prospect and a C prospect, then I think it's worth it. On the other hand, Robertson and Kahnle are both still very good relievers and Frazier was still putting up positive value despite barely cracking the Mendoza line. The Sox got a very talented prospect in Rutherford but he's still in low-A plus a couple of other flyer sort of prospects, so yeah, you can say the Yankees won that deal. Frankly, the Sox got a guy they coveted so it's hard for me to say they lost that deal in the short-term, but I get how you can say they didn't win the deal or they perhaps didn't maximize value. Well said, this was clearly a guy they coveted

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 20, 2017 -> 09:50 PM) You can say what you want on the deal(and I've said my piece) but saying the Yanks no longer had high hopes for Rutherford after drafting him just last year is absurd. Yeah even I have slim hope for Collins

Like I mentioned a few days ago, I think the insane trade predictions by Nightengale messed with our expectations

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 20, 2017 -> 08:43 PM) No Robles/Fedde/Soto... Doesn't mean they won't actually do it...but would you have taken Kieboom for Robertson? Matters how much money is involved. First instinct is yes, but I think not having to cover anything was a vital part.

Hope everyone saw that Nats won't trade a top prospect even for Justin Wilson, who has more value than DRob

Brewers had a nice run, will end up in 4th in division likely due to a horrible pen