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You have to find out what your players are capable of...especially when not really 100% competitive yet.

Next week...

Actually finding NCAA softball more compelling.

Bader bidding for fantasy player of week with two GS.

You can't punish Grichuk. That would be demoralizing after everything he's done in a limited role.

Not anytime soon…

Thanks. Dave Kaplan or Bruce Levine Special. They lost yet again today.

And start who? Cannon Davitt Peoples Sandlin Gowens? Lots of bad choices there…

Goodbye Leasure…we hardly knew ye.

https://www.facebook.com/BaseballAmericaMag/posts/one-scouting-director-told-us-that-vahn-lackey-would-be-a-compelling-prospect-ev/1510589030431082/ 5’6” 156 coming out of high school? That can’t be right 6.3 60 yard dash time for SD Most elite arm/pop speed…among all catchers

https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/stats?category=battingratios&sort=contact&season=2026&seasonType=reg&sortOrder=asc Giants’ broadcast had Mune with the lowest overall mlb contact rate but that isn’t actually correct

You wouldn't put him in CF, but you'd think about moving Teel...eventually....via trade or position change. It all depends on the physical toll that catching is taking. Not sure it really matters all that much if you lived with Braden in CF and Lackey in RF if the exertion physically and mentally from catching was taking too much away from his offensive game.

Or Vaughn...who's back again now with MIL.

Scouts are all looking back wistfully at the potential both Lombard Sr. and then his brother with the Yankees have/had and wondering how that only ends up with just a 675-700 ops despite all the wonderful athletic tools. To take him 1-1/2/3 would require incredible cojones because of the not insignificant bust potential there. Same with that other kid who keeps getting picked 6-11 in mocks. It's those kind of athletes who fall between the cracks you take your shots at with that massive pool money with the second and third rounders. High ceiling low floor preps...or even a Gasparino type. But you absolutely can't mess up 1-1, because there won't be another shot for a long time in all likelihood.

Bring him up?

???

https://www.reddit.com/r/whitesox/comments/1recgya/here_for_beer_why_shouldnt_the_roch_hype_worry_me/?rdt=58940 Thought this was funny looking back...obviously, Cholowsky not falling almost out of the first like Seth Beer.

Guardians 1-0 Phillies Manzardo ph hr off Duran top 9 Smith retired Turner Schwarber Harper 1-2-3 for save unreal

https://www.perfectgame.org/players/playerprofile.aspx?ID=562239 7.12 runner, has quick and twitchy actions behind the plate defensively, receives the ball cleanly, gets rid of the ball quickly with accurate throws. Solid all around athletic tools at a premium position. Excellent student, verbal commitment to Cincinnati.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/22/sports/video-shows-dazed-ex-mlb-star-trevor-bauer-climb-out-of-600k-mclaren-after-nasty-crash-dude-what-the-f-k/

If they were going to take him, do you really think there would be an obvious indication today? Do the Sox even have 7 scouts total now...let alone covering one player? Does anyone know the actual total? https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-pipeline-2026-mock-draft-may-7 Saying Emerson is more talented than Lackey, what does that even mean? There are two preps that are better athletes than Emerson that will go in the Top Ten, as well as Lebron. It's not in terms of athletic tools or positional versatility. Just very hard to compare the progression of a raw talent who has made massive strikes this season in a tough P3 conference with a prep who has seen limited elite competition in his current spring.

The Yankees in a heartbeat.

By the way, Charles Johnson was only eighth. So let's go with Josh Gibson, lol. Who was "only" second...Roy Campanella the other obvious name was third. Unicorn. https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-free-agents-trade-rumors/mlb-draft-notes/vahn-lackey-gaining-momentum-for-twins-with-third-overall-pick-r357/ "His rise has not been a traditional one. Lackey was a late bloomer in high school and did not receive Division I offers until his senior year. Even in college, his development trajectory has continued to trend upward as he has added polish to both sides of his game. Defensively, scouts believe there is still more room for growth..."

Top Ten Black Catchers of All Time Part 2 (#5 - #1)This is the second article in a series where I will rank the top ten Black baseball players at each position.