southsider2k5

The Sox aren't trading for a guy like Senzel or India. Those guys would require so much capital as to be practically untouchable. Think of a 3B more in the Ryan Cordell mold of impressive numbers, but less regarded. Maybe someone blocked at the major league level. We aren't dealing for a top 50 prospect without giving up a big time guy in return.

Why is the assumption that no one has told him to swing at those pitches, when we have people like Renteria on record as saying he needs to swing at more of those pitches?

It isn't even that Rutherford hasn't been good, it is that Gonzalez is looking better.

For me, the biggest surprise is Rutherford. While he is having a better year, I still don't think he justifies being as high as he is with some of the guys behind him Honestly if you told me to pick an OF from Rutherford down the list, I would take Luis Gonzalez first and not even think about it. At this stage I think Rutherford should be closer to #20 than #10.

So much for being #teamHotFiRe

It's really too bad Abreu can't hit a fastball anymore.

And there it goes. Not even Engel can save you now.

Poor Danish. This is a rough spot to come in to.

As of today there is zero question as to who has better stuff.

That was great work to get out of that. That was Ace-like work.

Stone jinxed the no hitter.

The Launch Engel, The Sequel.

Engel should try to bunt for a hit at least once per game.

Just for the record

Bingo.

I tend to agree with this, though my opinion here as changed in recent years as relievers have become more and more valuable to teams and on the open market.

I never said it was rational, lol.

I saw the thread title and my heart dropped.

As to Madrigal's future, I very seriously doubt he is the best player picked from his spot back. In fact I would bet against it. But I would also be willing to bet that if you gave me gregs house to bet on any one player drafted from the #4 slot on down that would be a major league starters in 5 years, it would be Madrigal. His floor is freakishly high. He has major league defensive tools today. He might even already have a major league ready hit tool today.

I can't wait to see this.

Both Burr and Johnson are putting up amazing numbers, but I think it terms of pure stuff I don't think I have seen anyone rank their stuff anywhere near to Hamilton and Burdi. While optimistic, for me there is a clear separation there between the two sets of players. For the Hamilton fan in me, I would love nothing more than to see Hamilton and Burr handing the ball to each other in the Sox pen for the next half decade.

I guess I didn't watch the same Yoan Moncada everyone else did because he was extremely raw when he got here, and I even said that it shouldn't shock anyone if he took the Avi Garcia route versus the Kris Bryant route. And just for clarities sake, if anyone in our system is going to go the Bryant route, it will be Eloy. I firmly believe his adjustment period will be the smallest of all. It wouldn't shock me if he landed on the ground hitting, and never stopped. Also for the record, I believe Kopech will have a difficult adjustment, which is why I would like to see him up here working through it ASAP. He is done with AAA, at least for now. His work needs to be against major league hitters. I will ignore the rest of the listed names here as irrelevant.