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Great play TA!

Some great company here:

It wasn't even a bad pitch, outer third with some tight break, he just made it look very easy to hit.

Moncada is must watch right now. Locked. In. Took that good breaking ball and ripped it the opposite way. Beautiful.

He's got nothing other than another 2mph tonight. Lucky not to be down 2-1 or 3-1 after that AB.

He still has zero command on his fastball. Come on dude.

TA take your time buddy...throws out Perez on a chopper by two steps.

much better velocity tonight, maybe this dude just cannot pitch below 60 degrees. very weird but nice to see so far.

reaches back for 92 and throws it just a BIT outside.

royals play by play guy "off to slow start" -- as he sits 15th in fWAR and 47th in wRC+.

19 walks to 9 strikeouts. Good line, for Ted Williams.

this kid is a fucking stud. jesus. a frozen rope out of there.

That you Jason?

My biggest concern is overwhelmingly that they won't be able to make hay with any of these top draft picks. I wasn't a huge fan of Burger and I don't trust them to not screw up the pick this year.

I'm trusting the process because I'm sick and tired of listening to the Mariner's flagship station here in Seattle talk up the Mariners after they won 2/3 against the Sox -- and outscored 13-9 in the series. It will be nice to be good.

Well, I think the Sox have found a club they can win a series against. Let's strive mightily to do so.

Good stuff from Chuck: The two of them hadn’t even met until Monday when they encountered each other at of all places—second base. Moncada had just doubled for his second hit of the night. That gave Cano a close look at the swing that happens to be identical to his. “I was watching that the other day on second base and I was like, ‘Wow, it’s the same swing,’” Cano said. Growing up in Cuba, Moncada idolized Cano. He didn’t just play the same position and copy his swing, he wore Cano’s jersey number and even named his son after him. “It’s something you can’t describe because as a player it’s the first time that’s happened where you see a player name their kid after you,” Cano said. Despite their similarities, Cano admits there are some differences that favor the young Moncada. Who hits the ball harder? “I would say him. He’s stronger.” And speed? “He’s got something I never have. He can run. I was slow, always.” Moncada’s biggest problem right now is strikeouts. He has 38 this season, second most in baseball. Cano, who has only 14, provided some advice for Moncada. “The only thing I can give him for that is making the game simple and try not to swing so hard,” Cano explained. "The thing is when we swing too hard and try to hit a homer, we chase pitches. When you try to stay simple, try to make contact and use the whole field that’s when you can minimize the strikeout.”

15th in fWAR for position players: https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2018&month=0&season1=2018&ind=0 Pretty impressive.

he was def reaching 94-95 and commanding it. it was why I was really optimistic. it's just example 10^333 of why spring training is utterly worthless from a projection standpoint.

I'm just a little confused how after a promising late summer and spring he's now turned into...whatever the hell this is.

Granted I'm no Don Cooper but how fucking long does it take to fix a guy's delivery and the entire time you've been working on it he's also lost about 3mph off his fastball? Doesn't make any sense. I hope he's not injured but part of me thinks well hell, maybe if he's injured they can fix whatever the hell is wrong.

Watching enough of this club can make anybody feel sick, including the players apparently.

the bottom half of the order was absolutely putrid today. Maybe on paper the worst 6-9 that will be fielded by any team this year.

I'm jealous watching Diaz pitch. Be nice when the sox are competing and have a lights out closer.

I'd like a ban on complaining about Yoan's strikeouts as long as his OPS is currently above 800.