Jack Parkman

I mean, he very well could be the guy that we all thought we were getting, but there's no evidence of it right now. We'll have to see if the staff can make some minor tweaks like they did with Moncada to bring out his talent. The criticisms that fathom brought up are valid.

I'm not confident that he's going to get over .260 if he keeps looking in between most ABs.

I think he might end up being Khris Davis, and idk how valuable that really is.

I was expecting Giolito to give up at least 3 runs tonight. Facing the same team in back to back starts is hard, especially one with as good of an offense as the Twins.

Giolito hangs sliders, they go out of the park. Pineda hangs sliders, they get fouled off.

Gonna be tough without Jose Ramirez for the remainder of the season.

Yes he was. That team has always cheated. Need I remind everyone about the fans at the old baggydome. They used to blow them out when the Twins were batting and in when the opponent was.

Ok. Besides just happening to be the Twins, they have even more to hate.

When did Rosario get busted for PEDS?

Somebody check their supplement box and protein shakes.

No I get it, but I don't think that it's even a hot take. Just stating the obvious

In other news, Banuelos still sucks.

Lmfao

Do they re-sign Abreu or not?

Hahn nailed all of the major trades. The most frustrating thing is that they haven't really been able to supplement the talent they acquired via trade with players they drafted/signed. Madrigal, Robert and Vaughn are about it from there so far. They couldn't have done any better in their trades.

That was a joke. All you can do is laugh at the struggles that the kids have had at the beginning of their careers. It's beyond frustrating. Hopefully Robert bucks the trend, but I'm not counting on it.

Absolutely. He was a victim of the Tigers shitty lineup this year. He hit .290 with 27 HR in 2018. He doesn't want to play 1B though.

Nah, we're Sox fans. We're not allowed to have new, shiny toys.

I really wish Castellanos was ok being a 1B/DH because he'd be a great fit there.

All the more of a reason he should have been in MLB after the ASB.

You didn't read that post actually. I said this was the point where I usually would get concerned, but I'm taking it with a grain of salt and want to see what he does in 2020 before jumping to any conclusions. That's what I said a week ago, and that's what I said tonight.

I'm pretty much resigned to them shopping in the Wheeler/Bumgarner range.

That's what I think. A 13 K% is actually really good. A .250 BABIP says he's unlucky. Let's see what he does next year before we panic about his power. I learned a lot from jumping the gun on Madrigal last fall.

Take Vaughn's stats with a grain of salt. He's got a low BABIP and a decent K%. The .160 ISO in A+ is a bit concerning though.