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So we are absolutely locked in at 4 to end year. We may be able to become top 3. - WCJ will have missed half his first season - Chandler Hutchinson will miss half - They discussed porter just sitting out rest of year - Lavine will likely play - Dunn has an injured back Another year of injury after injury. It could all be worth it for some very nice lotto combinations, but this team has shown it has zero depth, but maybe that's what wcj/hutch would have been. Bad, bad year. Hope it's a turning point.

Definitely but this org could use like 10 more combine stars.

@Quin your trae young hate has not aged well

Palka double 3-0

Damn it.

1-0 Sox. Moncada double/ Eloy walk

Luis Gonzalez was horrible his first year too, I have a hard time believing being in kannapolis for half a year made him better even though he produced.

I'm pretty pleased with his AA year. He kept up a good OBP and in a park that is terrible for him he nearly slugged .400. If you think of Mendick as similar to Saladino, he's on a very similar trajectory. 11 of Mendicks 14 home runs was as an away player last year.

Very nice.

Jason Coats is an outfielder for the Durham Bulls.

I totally think as long as injury does not occur in april that mendick will get the call.

Floaters and mid-range. He's fine, but : 1) we don't have a max slot. 2) he would be a horrible waste of a max spot.

That would be a horrible idea.

Remember this guys: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cabreev01.shtml

No way.

Well could be playing games sounds like he would be starting in AZ or something when that league starts for a few weeks before being promoted.

He's a favor to Charlotte who can say they have big leaguers on their team.

Gotta say the mlb push notification saying "SOX NEAR EXTENSION WITH SALE" was one of the more gutpunching moments.

REally interested in his schedule. I wonder if he'll be allowed to play in back fields before june 1st, or if he'll start with AZL then hopefully get to something like w-s by the minor league all star break.

Eh, we get him on the cost controlled years. It would be phenomenal to get a freaking all star out of Jake Burger.

I saw he missed yesterday with a sinus infection so maybe he's just really sick? edit: ANNNND i read your full post which included this. I think if there's a press conference announcement they may wait. Or there are some minor "incentives" they are working out.

Yes though it has seemed like pitchers are getting much less in these pre-lock-up years likely due to greater injury risk.

I like the deal for both sides, but I do think this undercounts the risk from the sox side in guaranteeing the next 6 years. After 2 years, the angels had an (runner up) MVP on their hands. They leveraged their 4 years of control to get 2 additional manageable years. The sox have...hopefully something good, but something volatile and maybe something that becomes a dH which would really hurt arb. It's still worthwhile to do, but this is just a fair deal, if he's awesome it's a good deal, but we would have had him for 6 years at a similar total cost anyway.

I'm actually excited for him, this could be a hell of a ramp up curve, but I think too many impressions of him were formed after he was in that exhausted post-college season months in kanny/w-s. I am not expecting or relying on him any more, but he had an interesting bat in college.

Leury may no longer be the best OF on the roster soon.