southsider2k5

lmao. Winning.

Plus a pretty good top draft pick.

That seems insanely low coming off of a season where they just won 27 games.

Thanks for that, got the edit in.

And add to that the Cuban leagues are basically worthless when it comes to teaching. We saw how fundamentally bad that Abreu, Viciedo, and Alexei were when they got here. Moncada has his own bad habits and things to learn.

Wasn't he the one who basically laughed on twitter at the idea of signing with the Sox after he was drafted? If so, this is pretty awesome.

So the good news is that I finally got to use this guy as a reaction.

As I understand it, these guys usually go pretty far underground until they can establish residency in a place like the Dominican Republic. They definitely aren't playing organized ball, and are probably just reduced to quietly working out on their own, if anything. But yes, the safest assumption is that he didn't play at all during that time.

Once they sustain success beyond what they were projected to do, we can talk about them being long term building blocks. So far Palka/Davidson/Delmonico haven't been anything more than we thought possible... which isn't a whole lot. If they cross over into an arena where they could be potential starters, and we still have the minor leaguers forcing the issue, you move those guys to fill other holes or replenish the minors again. If Palka/Davidson/Delmonico force themselves into the long term picture, that would be a great problem to have.

His WHIP is insane. It will be interesting to see if/when they bring him stateside.

LaMarre doesn't preclude Eloy. He just gives you a guy who can cover CF if needed. This does leave the Sox even thinner on the IF. It means that basically the only back up for the middle IF is our starting 3B now. If Anderson or Moncada get a day off, Davidson has to play 3rd, with Yolmer sliding into the middle infield.

The realistic answer to this in three years should be D.) None of the above. With the amount of OFs we have coming through the system, at best these guys are just future tradebait and PH's.

Carson Fulmer is no longer eligible.

Just seeing this first list makes me happy. A guy like Bryce Bush would have been a top 10 guy two to three years ago.

Talk about a bet with nothing to lose.

Tank on!

Yeah, not saying he is great or anything, but it has gotten significantly better.

Actually one of the most interesting parts of this is how much Palka's defense has rebounded since he got up here. The first time I looked at his defensive number, he had something like a -55 UZR. He has cut his RF UZR to -25.6 in RF over 240 innings of work. In LF he has played almost nuetral in the 101 innings he has been out there at -2. His full season work is actually only -18.4, which means he is learning on the job. He's still bad out there, but not historically bad anymore. On the season, Palka is actually a + player at 0.2 fWAR, which honestly surprised me. This year in terms of fWAR, Delmonico and Palka have been pretty identical players, with Palka taking a lead if his LF defensive numbers are accurate.

We'll see. If it doesn't work, I will turn it off.

100% this. Challenge the hitters, make them beat you instead of giving up walks.

I even went and added a few more like style reactions from the old days.

This was just done. Agree that it got to be a distraction. All reactions are now positive.

Again, for those who didn't see the other thread, the confused emoji has been disabled. It didn't serve to further conversation with the way it was being used by a few specific postedrs.