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Ha have you noticed a trend with yourself ? Almost everything is bad or terrible or the worst. I really hope you laugh a lot and not the kind of laughter where you laugh at someone.

So its 3-1 Sox ? I swear I just saw something flash on my screen that said 4-3 Sox were ahead but too quick to see the inning . All I saw was Moncada and the score but not who the opponent was then it was gone.

It didn't repeat itself. He didn't give up the homer this time

Bullet dodging at its best !

1 down 1 to go.

Jose hot !!!!

Still a lot of hitters had HR's against the Sox . They don't all go 500 ft like that one Mazara hit off Lopez. He can mash for sure.

Was watching highlights on games yesterday and these things happen in outfields all across baseball probably 3 times a day. Might be the sun or miscommunication or not seeing the ball off the bat but it happens quite a bit. SHit happens especially with guys who don't play a lot together

Eloy actually has the 2nd highest HR average distance in MLB behind Nomar Mazara.

Good observation. They are both right handed and close to the same age. Cordell is probably picking his brain about what he did to be able to hit to all fields consistently that he wasn't doing before.

Ha don't you start now. He needs to be thought of as just another ballplayer/prospect who is doing pretty well . No little and especially not midget or mouse (Minnie , Mini ,Mickey). Not even Mighty or any other thing about his height . Leave it to his team mates on what to call him maybe its Mad or Nicky, hope its not Madge .

Oh 1st time i think anyone ever put me in a tag. Thanks .

Yea I'm sure he just loves having "LIttle" in any nickname to further emphasize his stature instead of being just a ballplayer'

I think his whole reason for starting the thread is to push his nickname for Madrigal into everyone's consciousness;

Any chance to move this to PHT ? It's really great news and all of Soxtalk should see it.

Nope Robert is an amazingly talented individual, He has size , speed, quick bat, power, hit tool everything you want (well maybe not great plate discipline) plus plays a premium position, He has the potential to be the 2nd best CF in baseball in a short time and a perennial All Star and top 5 or 10 position player in the game . His challenge will be to learn not to swing the bat and become a better player by being more selective to what he does swing at.

Ha I said making opening day 2021 MIGHT BE A STRETCH. I didn't say it was impossible. Besides it's stupid to bet against something I really hope does happen.I want him to be great like all the rest of us. What I said is just strictly from knowing where he is now to to how far he still has to go. It' senseless to root or bet against the success of our prospects.

What proof ? That only confirms what I said about he prefers not to DH not that he refuses since I already told you he is DHing a lot more this year.

I agree and I am slowly learning more about using using them. I think it's just harder for the older fan to get into the advanced math used for advanced stats than the simpler math required for the old stats. Even the more mathematically inclined still have to put in a lot of time to really understand them which is why they are so misused by the new generation of advanced stats users because not even they take the time to really understand their exact function. Also there are so many new advanced stats that learning about how to use them makes it even more difficult . Batting average , RBI etc have been around 100 years. I'd just like to see if many of the new stats survive the cut in a few years or will they continue to come up with more and more of them to boggle my mind even more . And not just my mind but apparently many of those who use them constantly.

Ha I noticed how well he was hitting last year and was on him when I made a thread about him last year when I noticed he was still in Winston Salem . Glad to see they moved him up a couple of levels since then and he continues to mash. I think the Sox do have their eye on him and will definitely get a call up in September.

You're welcome

Haha At least someone responded, Tough crowd no music lovers ? No one to wish me a happy 4th in return ?

As is saying Jose refuses to DH is hilariously bad and when asked to prove it .. crickets. Jose has DH'd 26% of his games played this year which is way up from 10% last year. Also didn't he ask you if you thought Vaughn will get any kind of significant time in the Majors in 2020 that you also didn't answer ? Assuming Vaughn gets any significant playing time next year is a long shot. It's also laughable if you think he was comparing Vaughn to Lance Broadway. I know you know he means the Sox have an unsuccessful recent history with 1st round picks. Not a single soul should be thinking Vaughn will spend a large portion of next season with the Sox and I wanted him in Winston -Salem and the Sox started him a level lower at Kannapolis .Even him making opening day 2021 might be a stretch

You are very informed on the topic. But it's my belief that you are one of a few. The rest of the people who throw around advanced stats are are just following a trend for people in their age group. I'm sure you know quite a few people here who are just as informed as you but I think even you might have to admit the advanced stats are misused to a high degree.

LOL we see cromulent often on here but not embiggen . Both are The Simpson's made up words that are finding their way into popular culture in case anyone didn't know that.