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Tauchman seems like he been getting a hit every AB for the last 4 or 5 games. On fire.

Me neither.See we can agree . I just like baseball a lot . And the Sox aot more .

I was but it's not that simple obviously Crochet , Getz and the coaches all worked in harmony to put him in the best position to succeed. There's really no reason whatsoever to discredit anyone especially when during season Crochet was very complimentary of his handlers . He also was a 3 pitch pitcher until the league caught up to him a little bit after his 1st 3 starts and he had a rough patch .He gave up 17 runs in 11.2 innings so the cutter he was working on with the coaches in Spring training became a much bigger part of his arsenal because they were pounding his sweeper. And that's just a part of what not only developed him into a great pitcher but kept him healthy when no one here thought it was possible. There was a clear plan that he liked so much to keep him on a regimented starters schedule that he thought it was in his best interest to not pitch in relief if he was traded unless you pay me to jeopardize my career. A lot of people didn't like that. I loved it. He was the master of his own destiny but that destiny took shape with the help of the Sox. To me that was just a clickbait headline. Sure it feels like the big league because the Red Sox have established players and draw big crowds . Could be as simple as that. There was nothing inherently or specifically bad mentioned.

Guess I didn't convince you Montgomery got a bad jump on that bloop in the 1st game even though he said so himself. 🙃

Sonny Landham ,also one of the bad guys from 48 HRS. named Billy Bear . James Remar was the other bad guy, Dexter's father in the original Dexter TV show. Landham died in 2017 . He was 76.

He's a free agent after the season so they have to trade him now . Sell while he's hot. He's easily their best trade chip. If they want him back they're going to have to outbid other teams for him. Or sign him by 7/31. That's not going to happen. It'll be interesting to see if they get more back for Houser or Robert unless they end up a package deal to a team with a top OF prospect like DePaula from the Dodgers or Montes from the Mariners. Keep reading before you start thinking I'm out of my mind. Zyhir Hope also from the Dodgers from the Cubs in the Busch trade. Played CF but Dodgers had a much speedier OF in CF so he's likely a corner since he slowed down from adding muscle. 5th rounder . But having a pretty good year in A + and ranked 37th in the top 100 so I know the 3 Ientioned are not in the cards.They're all too good. I shouldn't be looking in the top 100 at all even with a package deal. Or maybe start at the back end instead of the front end of the top 100 of MLB Pipeline. Dodgers have 3 OF and 4 SS in their Top 10. DePaula, Hope and switch hitting SS Alex Freeland are 1,2,3 in the Dodgers Top 30 .

I'm good with them picking Smith. He's been with the team all year and he'll be here after the TDL. He's also a good choice to represent where the Sox are headed and a good choice to represent the the savvy of the new hires since Getz took over. Yeah it not great that his last 4 starts have been pretty bad and it's greatly impacted his ERA but we knew he'd struggle . He's a rookie with very few innings under his belt . He's a project like all of the rookies.

Very positive article from Forbes about the Sox bringing up Colson and how he cared In Colorado. https://www.forbes.com/sites/philrogers/2025/07/07/colson-montgomery-joins-white-sox-riding-a-wave-of-confidence/

He could get hot for the Brewers .He always seemed to have at least one very hot month in the season. In his career June was by far his best month with an .820 OPS . Next was August .745 OPS. Last year he had a .933 OPS in June. Sept/Oct .813 2023 may have been his most consistent year. June .811 OPS ,2 months above .750 and 2 months above .700 but below .750 . 2022 April/ March .933 OPS , June .800, August .810 . 2021 July .863 OPS with 4 other months between between .700 - .750 and he tanked in Sept/Oct to .251 OPS. He was probably pooped. Lots of games in LF and he had never played a season that long before. Not even close . 94 games in LF, 15 RF , 23 1st Base , 6 DH.

21 wasn't it 😋

Fitting way to end the game with a smooth pick at SS by Montgomery.

He's got a future somewhere if the bat stays legit. He's now comfortable at this level.

Taylor massacred that pitch.

If you actually think that I don't know what to tell you . We had plenty of people here giving strong reasons why calling him up isn't any kind of disaster. I'm sure the decision makers had discussions that covered more than hey he's swinging well and we're going into Coors against a bunch of righties.

Reverse jinx worked ! 😂

Leasure in to walk a couple guys before the tying grannie 😋

Nice he got out of a major jam .Yesterday after the game in the game thread I was hoping he could go 5 with 3 given up.Got 5 with 2.

There are worse starting pitchers in baseball than Cannon, plenty of them. This isn't a 16 team league any more.

Sosa Power ! Poor Teel hitting it hard but 2 long fly out for his efforts .

He swings hard .I like it just needs to learn the strike zone a little better.

Baldwin double RBI and Montgomery, 1st hit a triple, RBI. Yessss !

Unlike Fedde he's had MLB success before and although he hasn't pitched since the beginning of the season like Fedde did you just can't step onto a mound and get MLB hitters out for as long and as well as he has without a lot of talent but also the changes he made to more fundamental levels pertaining to his his health. His age shouldn't be a concern for any team looking to bolster their chances of winning in the playoffs. Right now at worst he's a #3 starter on most playoff teams but we are a long way from the playoffs . He should fetch a little more than Fedde did but it's hard to know exactly what Fedde was worth since he was traded In a package deal. Kopech certainly was a big part of that package .

There's no reason for the talent evaluators on the Sox to be pinning AAAA labels on any productive minor leaguer since any player is capable of reaching unexpected heights. Sure pedigree counts but so does production.Slapping labels on players is much more of a fan thing than it is real talent evaluators who know that baseball talent takes time to develop unlike a lot of instant success of more physical oriented sports like basketball and football. Fans have a difficult time separating their baseball prospect lack of patience with development from the other more instant prospect success sports. Baseball coaches recognize your strengths but basically work with what the players have to improve upon to reach the next level. It's way more of changing sometimes very fundamental things that start in your head not your physical talent. It's way more about thinking the game and approach than it is finding mechanical flaws. But you need people who can combine the mental and physical to truly develop picks more consistently outside of the 1st round that separates good from bad systems.

You're not giving the people who do this for a living much credit if you think it's because of " one hot week".

With those long levers he's going to get jammed a lot until he proves he can rotate this hips open quickly and keep the ball fair in the air. Or at least get his body out of the way. Pitchers gotta do what they do neutralize strengths and you don't want him barreling it up with thos long arms extended. Some of the best HR hitters can kill you inside when they miss there spot . That HR Baldwin hit yesterday typical down and in breaking pitch off the plate both low and inside that he jumped all over. You pull that, get out in front of it while it's hanging there even in that location and you hit it a long way . Also Colson will be seeing your typical sliders at his back foot, fastballs up and out of the zone and sliders & curves backdoor.