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That was literally zero of the teams he took over.

#CHANGETHEGAME

I'm still pro Dombrowski.

Let’s move along.

Carrasco was part of the Padres 2016 INTL class (where we got Robert though it was 2017): Carrasco wasn’t as highly-ranked a prospect as Ornelas when he signed. But the 6-foot, 165-pounder pitched well during the Dominican Summer League. Carrasco had a 2.64 earned run average and a 0.98 WHIP (hits and walks per innings pitched) in 61 1/3 innings. He had 31 strikeouts against seven walks while opponents hit only .227 against Carrasco. https://padres.mlblogs.com/playing-at-petco-park-a-dream-come-true-for-tijuanas-ornelas-carrasco-41d039f224b1

whoa. As a 19 year old in rookie ball, Carrasco had 41 strikeouts in 21 IP and only 4 walks...?

I don't want to say the offseason is a failure because we lost AJ Puckett

Sox Select RHP Martin Carrasco from Pirates in minor league portion.

Rule 5 ends, no white sox taken. For those wondering, some of us were hoping Kade McClure doesn't get picked, info in the prospects forum. Minor league rule 5 starts now.

Twins lose another, Tyler Wells to the orioles.

Woo HOO no sox taken in first round.

Indians take Trevor Stephan from Yankees.

white sox pass,

probably famous last words but feeling somewhat safe on sox guys now.

Phillies take Kyle Holder, yanks first round pick from 2017.

guessing this is tigers not twins.

lotta picks so far!

Dbacks take Zack Pop. Jordan sheffield taken.

Red Sox get whitlock. Darn.

Starting meow. We have 1 spot. No whammies.

Said it before but there are so many relievers. I think As will get Bradley, personally.

Alright so if we are going to be stuck where we are, I know a lot of people mentioned Schwarber for DH. I don't think he takes an AL DH role that gets him replaced, but I do think it's possible we say we'll rotate him with Eloy to get him some reps and probably could make the ABs work even with a vaughn call up. But I don't think schwarber signs here, so: - Howie Kendrick - great vet coming off down year (but you didn't care about that with Eaton) who generally hits RHP well because he generally hits everyone well. Possibly babip bad luck last year, or the sign that he finally is about cooked. But generally low risk, whereas if he's great, you give yourself leeway to let Vaughn marinate. 1 yr/5 mill vet bonus. - Travis Shaw - While not great, he is versatile and would provide some insurance in case [i can't say it, but you know what I am saying]. He is also LH and would be an option against RHP. He's also pretty good against breaking pitches, so maybe that helps. He was horrendous in 2019 but was closer last year. Maybe you get that sweet 2017-18 Shaw that was a 130 wRC+ against RHP. Steamer basically pegs him where he was at last year, slightly below average. Probably cheap, gives us some more insurance if we lose Moncada/Madrigal for some time, and in the meantime can play DH against RHP while we wait for Vaughn.