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josh hamilton's lol let's hope he does better. i got nothing against the kid i'm just sick of him already.

pretty sweet they have the translator there for him.

tbf he's 20 and the son of a HOFer so I get it. It's coming for Eloy.

breaks josh hamilton's record, ha.

christ the hype on this kid is so over the top. he's 20 give him a few years. he's at a whopping 98 wRC+ and his defense is eloy level bad at 3B. that said, helluva show there it's just the ESPN hype makes me react against him at times similar to Zion. So over the top.

I think Fegan said Cease will likely start Friday.

Honestly I kinda forgot about him. If he has any trade value dump him for a bucket of balls and a rosin bag. Maybe a sunflower seed bucket to be named later.

Good lord. It's a move to improve the 38th or 39th or 40th spot on the roster. Unless he hits 300/400/600 in Charlotte the rest of the way it literally will have (I mean this literally) zero bearing on Jose and the Sox' future. The author is just a national guy that doesn't know the Sox just drafted Vaughn or that Jose is a beloved figure in Chicago that despite being old and in the last year of his deal is likely to return to the club for the next couple years and won't be traded.

Yes. Overall numbers still among the best in the AL. I am worried that his walk rate is going to continue to limit him in the 2nd half however. He needs to be like most aces and give up solo home runs.

It was just a throwaway blurb from an aggregater site. you guys probably spent more time debating its meaning than the author spent writing it.

lol I'm listening live to sports radio out here and some mariners beat guy just lamented that McCann is an all star over Narvaez. You can quibble with how Fangraphs does their catching defense calculations but we all know how awful he is watching him day to day (good old fashioned eye test) and I'd be inclined to agree his 1.6 fWAR is a fairly accurate summary of his overall value. They have McCann 8 runs better than Omar at this point in 2019 with the glove. Again that feels about right.

well he also traded a 4th starter for Eloy and Cease so you win some you lose some. Hahn might not be a great GM but he's done well with the rebuild so far and if he's not the guy to get them over the top it will because of bad FA and drafting not trades.

Thank your lucky stars we aren't in the AL West.

Since June 1st two players have dominated the league to the tune of a wRC+ of 198. Those two players? One is Mike Trout. The other is Yoan Moncada.

Yea it seems like this guy might get some burn in September when rosters expand otherwise he's just org depth in AAA for now. According to MLBTradeRumors if he's not on the 25 man next April he goes back on waivers so Sox will have to evaluate him rather quickly. Not that it's likely to matter.

If Jose get 100% of his ABs at DH the rest of the way that would be ideal but you know it won't happen.

Also WTF are they going to do with Collins now?

He appears to be Palka 2.0 slightly younger and can actually play 1B from the scouting reports. Good swap just a few years ago he was an actual top prospect 1/50 he finds something in Chicago and you get a good player.

Starting next year if the "default" 5th starter is in the mold of Nova that's fine. He's a 5th starter all you ask is to get through 5 innings and keep the team in it. For the most part he's done that. The problem is the other three guys in the rotation not named Nova and Giolito.

lol Tucker? it's just a sweet sweet fantasy baby...

it turned out to be mild shoulder inflammation and the Tigers being incredibly cautious. He should be fine although obviously anytime you hear "shoulder inflammation" and "starting pitcher" you get nervous.

in honor of one of the most annoying little slap hitters of all time: little nicky madrigal.

It's a sign of progress that the org is finally able to start filtering out these guys that have maybe 1 tool at best that is MLB quality and replacing them with guys that actually have 2-3 tools and are able to contribute in different aspects to a 25 man roster. Cordell is a good example. Not a great player or even an average one, really just a 4th OF, but a legit good RF, a capable CF and a guy that can run into one on occasion if he gets a start. He can contribute to a winning club if used properly. Palka types cannot and the Sox have had way too many of those types lately.

I like'em both but Devers just has the look of a guy that is going to be a 1B in a few years. That said, Devers' hit tool is among the best in baseball. Yoan has more power and speed but Devers is just a pure hitter. You couldn't go wrong starting a franchise with either.

why in the fuck does jay bat before eloy?