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Yes, 5’11 1/2 seems more likely…

Intrigue and conspiracy theories abound. Steve Stone was just out there in LV last weekend. But Stone supposedly dislikes Moncada. Brokering a deal to bring Steverson back as Moncada, Robert, Grandal, Jimenez, Leury and Abreu’s personalized hitting coach? “As of 2020, Steverson is the hitting coach for the Las Vegas Aviators, the Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics.[1]”

They even made SD come together as a team learning how not to rely upon him being in the lineup too much. And Hahn already knew he was a daredevil motorcyclist. Risk mitigation, baby! Great work.

Adam Frazier bats left and throws RH.

Mendick, Vaughn (1B), Robert Abreu (DH), Burger, Pollock (LF), Grandal, Engel (RF), Harrison No Leury, Sheets, McGuire, Moncada

What happened between Charlotte and Chicago? https://www.mlb.com/news/yoan-moncada-releases-music-video Moncada told Bleacher Report in remarks translated from Spanish that his goals for 2016 are simple. "Steal 100 bases and keep focused on reaching the big leagues." FORT MYERS, Fla. — It's Yoan Moncada's turn. After 90 minutes of fielding drills, the prospect one major league scout labeled "the closest thing to [Mike] Trout I've seen," per Yahoo Sports' Jeff Passan, finally gets to take batting practice. With a chiseled, 6'2", 205-pound frame that Red Sox pitcher Joe Kelly likened to a "friggin' inside linebacker," Moncada divides his cuts evenly between the right and left side of the plate. It's hard to see a weak side in his swing or when contact is made. The approach is a model of controlled anger. It is as fierce as it is fluid. There are no BP home runs this day, but steady line drives to left, center and right from both sides of the plate give onlookers a taste of what they came to see. ….. "I'm not sure we've ever had someone quite like him physically in our system," said general manager Mike Hazen, who has worked with the Red Sox since 2006. "Bo Jackson was a guy built that way. Of course, he played football, too. But no one we've had in our system." https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2624605-red-sox-cuban-phenom-yoan-moncada-more-than-flashy-cars-hype-and-muscles

Pilkington at home against A’s Kaprielan to push the Guardians one game over .500 tonight.

Well, he’s a lefty. So we’ve got a puncher’s chance.

https://sports.yahoo.com/pga-tour-drops-hammer-suspending-current-and-future-liv-players-135231948.html US Open just got a lot more interesting. The players are now ineligible to compete on any PGA Tour-affiliated event and will not be permitted to participate in the Tour's season-ending FedEx Cup. Affected players listed by name include Phil Mickelson and Ian Poulter. Many others, including Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia, Kevin Na, Lee Westwood and Graeme McDowell have resigned their membership from the PGA Tour. Bryson DeChambeau and Patrick Reed will reportedly jump to the LIV tour when it arrives in the United States for its second event in early July.

Los Angeles Dodgers' Tyler Anderson became the first pitcher in MLB's modern era to go 7-0 with six walks or fewer in his first 10 outings. The unbeaten Anderson extended his scoreless streak to 26 innings and became the first National League pitcher with seven wins as the Dodgers defeated the New York Mets 6-1 on Friday night. “He was just once again so consistent. He made pitches when he needed to and kept guys off balance. Just another outstanding outing,” manager Dave Roberts. Anderson is with his fifth team since 2019. The 32-year-old lefty came into the season with a 34-38 career record and 4.53 ERA, but has found his stride with the Dodgers. https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2022/06/04/anderson-extends-shutout-streak-dodgers-defeat-mets-6-1/

Colome rental for Narvaez.

Engel by far at age 30 has the fastest sprint speed at over 30 feet per second on the team. Strange. What happened to Robert, TA, Moncada, etc.? Last year the late inning defense was so much more dynamic with Hamilton around. Goodwin pretty much looked like Juan Pierre compared to Sheets and Vaughn. We went from one of the fastest, most exciting teams in baseball to station to station pretty much in less than 12 months. Even Madrigal could run faster than Pollock or Harrison.

The pitching might be fine, but barring superstar injections in Harper or Machado or ANY member of the Top 10 members of the 2020-21 FA classes, we needed two out of Robert, Moncada and Jimenez to be absolute studs and for the older veterans to not start falling off a cliff one year earlier than expected. We failed on all three accounts, except the starting pitching front.

Where/when did he say this?

Well, some of us have been saying that for a decade now. Right now, he’s alive due to Abreu (Paddy/KW), Luis Robert (Paddy/KW) and the Sale/Eaton/Q trades. The end. One should look to the Twins, Guardians or further west to SD, because they’ve come a lot closer to building the type of revenue producing juggernaut in the 29th smallest media market that Hahn promised Sox fans. #3-4 in attendance last two years. If they manage to resign Musgrove, FIVE contracts in the last six years bigger than the Grandal one. Even the Twins can afford Buxton and Correa, the Guardians Jose Ramirez and Shane Bieber. And both those teams don’t need to spend $40+ million on their bullpen, either. The Twins are on their tenth starting pitcher already and have just as much if not more of an injury excuse card to play than the White Sox. The Sox players just plain suck, other than their four young core players, Giolito, Anderson, Hendriks, Graveman and Abreu.

Just trade for Josh Bell. Problem solved, mostly.

The Phillies and Angels can fire potential HoF managers that are years and even a couple decades younger than TLR? Or firing the scout who signed Trout, to boot. Hmmm…now why is that?

https://southsideshowdown.com/2022/02/08/one-thing-yoan-moncada-get-better/ It is all too logical. It has to be the combination of oblique not healing 100% combined with not having his legs feeling right. No hitter can overcome both those simultaneously, plus Long Covid. Just shut him down until he’s 100%. Same with Jimenez and Anderson as well, for that matter.

Opposite (immediate) effect in Philly.

Whether that's related to Long Covid or not....lower leg, base/foundation, quads, strength is just not there to drive the ball. Too stiff/muscular in the upper body? Fast twitch muscles?

Just a general what the heck went wrong thread...to supplement our existing one that's all Moncada 24 hours per day 7 days a week. Theories? Too much money too soon? Twinkies? Too many off field distractions like reggaeton productions? Miami lifestyle? Guaranteed contracts? Nobody to push him...complacency? Long Covid? No rapport with TLR compared to Renteria...all the Latin players in general not at ease in clubhouse? Humidors ... new baseballs sapped power?

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/18975183/chicago-white-sox-prospect-yoan-moncada-prepping-major-league-debut "You're Sure You're Ready for This?" https://sports.yahoo.com/news/the-education-of-yoan-moncada-201005541.html Jeff Passan

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/cuban-super-prospect-yoan-moncada-agrees-to-sign-with-red-sox-150807830.html https://sports.yahoo.com/news/yoan-moncadas-twinkie-obsession-is-the-stuff-of-legend-230537289.html

Other than Cueto, which Dominican or Cuban player has outperformed? I guess Ruiz might be the other. Abreu Robert Moncada Garcia Jimenez...something has changed in that clubhouse or its management. Might as well just sneak the Cuban National/Olympics/WBC coach or Abreu's choice in to replace TLR. Because they can't eat all those contracts by any stretch of the imagination.