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Castillo is so much better with the staff than Smith and Narvaez. He frames better and calls, at least to my eye, a better game. Would be a blow to lose him for those reasons.

Nasty slider.

Nice. In every OOTP game I started last year Rodon turned into a pumpkin. Moncada almost always panned out into a stud though. Didn't pick up this year's version, maybe when it goes on down to $19. Just updated rosters really.

I agree but I think people use the terms interchangeably. Yolmer would be a "super utility guy" :-)

Palka is not fast.

I mean Tony Phillips was a "utility guy" but was also a solid starter for most of his career. I think like "TOR Starter" or "Ace" it's just semantics. It can mean a solid regular that can play all over or it can mean a backup that can play all over.

Hell yea, pound this guy.

That sucks. Was really looking forward to flipping him for a prospect.

Moncada is just amazing. What a talent.

Adam Engel is 2-2. Drink.

Couldn't disagree more. 98 mph fastballs aren't really hittable. You can go ahead and tell the hitter it's coming every time, they still won't barrel it up 9/10, if they even hit it.

Seems like the Sox shift too much. Was reading some stuff on it the other night. Many teams are pulling back from all the extreme shifts for various reasons, including that it leads to a lot more walks, probably because pitchers are trying to be too fine with their location.

Sox have hit more deep count hanging curves this inning than the prior 10 games it seems.

104.8mph off the bat for the HR. Honestly he got jammed a bit.

YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOARD, YEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. A BOMB OFF THE BAT OF MONCADA AND IT'S A 3-1 SOX LEAD! HELL YEA!

jesus moncada has great pitch recognition for a kid.

Ball is really sinking and tailing. It's a ludicrous comp but he's looking a little bit like prime Liriano out there.

God damnit, blown call leads to a 2-0 count instead of a 1-1 count and he hits the get me over pitch. Fuck off ump.

JFC, that's a strike.

Every backhand with a runner on third, caught or not, from a Sox catcher should be a Kangaroo Court fine.

Nice play by Jose to get the lead guy but not try and fire that ball in there. Could have easily gone into LF for a two run error.

You rang?

Kerry Wood single game strikeout record watch.

He touched 96 dude. Something's happening here.

Nasty breaking ball there, jeeze.