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I think you’re severely overvaluing Crochet based on the 2020 version. We might never see that stuff again, certainly not as a starter. He could be Sale II, but just as likely another Ring, Burdi or Poreda. But he does suffer for not having the flashiness or flamboyance of those other big names we keep mentioning. He’s also 2-4 years older, and seemingly bee around forever, like Benintendi, so there’s some excitement fatigue with him as well compared to his first season after being acquired. Finally, the constant comparisons to Devers, as well. While not a disappointment, exactly, there’s also not the sense he’s playing to his full potential either. Hence, the comments from Stone and others.

That would be the ultimate overpay guy right now. The reality is that Escobar seems so obvious to everyone it seems like an impossibility the teams aren’t talking. He had a huge night at the plate, they broke their historic road losing streak and now they can make fun of the Rockies for being even worse, 6-30 on the road.

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They can only have one player with a similar name in franchise history, haha.

Interesting first post. Welcome aboard.

They’re looking at disappointing homer numbers and not XB hits. Same can be applied to Robert’s first month of 2021. That said, Eduardo Escobar has 17 homers and 51 RBI’s already, and some are dissatisfied with those numbers since his ops is “only” around 775.

That sounds like a lot of confidence in his sources...

Huge dude...

Fwiw, Plesac’s on the verge of starting his rehab assignment...Civale out 4-5 weeks at least with his finger injury and the entire season coming down to Bieber’s eventual return or not.

Hard to imagine that trade happening...as it puts the White Sox in a situation where they’re dead in the water if another starting pitcher goes down. That’s the crazy thing about what the Indians are doing. By my count, they’re on their 9th and 10th starting pitchers of the season in less than three months. For the White Sox, that means starting Wright, Siever, Lambert and no idea who the other two possibly would be. It wouldn’t be pretty, needless to say. And despite Wright’s gaudy top-line numbers, it’s telling that he really hasn’t been considered for a promotion.

This Mercedes is now an Edsel.

Hard to imagine the Blue Jays dealing Semien this early...they really want to extend him. And with four other big name SS’s going into FA (and the uncertain offseason), it could easily happen. Just wonder what type of financial hit the Jays are taking over these two Covid seasons. If the Orioles trade Mullins, who besides Means and Rutschman are they building around? Mancini’s a possibility but he’s the Konerko to that franchise.

Escobar now with 17 homers and 49 RBI’s. Trading Vaughn at 60-75% of future value is dumb. Are we going to play Eloy, Sheets or Burger at 1B after Abreu is gone? Can say the same thing for Crochet versus the way he was throwing down the stretch last year...

Ray Liotta mixed with Lucas? Good Field of Dreams tie in.

The rebuild was always predicated on two of three (Jimenez, Moncada and Robert) being superstars or at least All-Stars. And TA7 continuing to do what he does so well.

Ketel Marte, doing his own Engel impersonation... likely to go on DL for hamstring after sitting out trying to rehab it and re injuring it rounding first. Still have Escobar, Peralta, Reddick, Calhoun and Asdrubal Cabrera to consider. Escobar just added another XB hit.

Well, he definitely is more Carlton/Alphonso Ribeiro. Probably more of a Family Ties guy. I always look at it from the perspective of one of my students at age 16-18, and they would miss 85-90% of his pop culture references. In that sense, he'd undoubtedly be a pretty good Jeopardy host. With Harrelson, if you were paying attention, you'd inevitably develop more of an appreciation for 50's, 60's and 70's baseball history.

Maybe he will pitch better if he changes to the more Spanish-synched Teyron from Tayron.

Milb.com should be your friend.

That last sentence, you’d have to fire the training staffs of 20-25 teams going by this year’s IL...not to mention another possible work stoppage next season. There certainly will be a more thorough investigation of what players did on their own from spring training last year through June/July and also this past offseason again. After all, it was Hahn just as much as anyone who was forced into the desperate situation of bringing Engel back as early as possible after the original injury. Another example, Mike Soroka of the Braves just reinjured his Achilles, not unlike Burger...who is that on? It’s not like he is the same size, either. What about the Glasnow allegations, blaming the commissioner for changing how pitchers grip the ball in midseason? https://www.yahoo.com/sports/how-sports-science-has-impacted-the-taxing-nba-season-005329202.html

https://www.mlb.com/news/best-no-1-prospects-in-mlb-history While neither of Robert/Jimenez...or Tatis/Soto/Acuna officially made #1 prospect, this list is pretty interesting. Especially if we think of guys like Delmon Young, Heyward, Buxton, Benintendi, Profar and Bruce.

Not to mention Eaton started with the DBacks and they got rid of him at the time for a very specific reason...we’ve seen and read all the stories. Why would they want him around influencing the rebuild? He would just be DFA’ed by most acquiring teams, with the Sox exchanging salary commitments.

No, because first game will be completion of today’s suspended game beginning in the third inning. Essentially, almost the same thing.

They would have called the game hours ago for a Mon-Thurs date in April or May...in the end, they knew ahead of time that playing a DHer on Sunday was going to be likely. Now if there was a terrible weather predicted tmrw, I might agree with you. You also have to look at it from the context of a family that can only go to one game a year, and the disappointment they might feel after driving say 2 1/2 or 3 hours each way from Iowa, Wisconsin or Indiana. What is the lasting impression they are left with?

Finish suspended at 9, then 7.