joejoesox

usually you hear that SS are the most versatile athlete on the field and can play almost anywhere but C/P, but let's say the Sox draft Roch, that would be 4 of our top 5 SS who have never played the outfield afaik, not sure if Billy Carlson has or if he can

feel bad for burke, this is nuts

did you see the two major incidents this weekend? one ump refused a challenge, even though the hitter tapped his helmet immediately after the call, and another umpire was issued a challenge (ball out of the zone), the ABS showed it was a ball, the umpire said nah that's a strike, you lose your challenge

well the power is legit

i think he's gonna pop off here, at least at first

doesn't explain AB batting 3rd 😂

Benintendi ahead of Colson, unreal

Just updated the Roch and Lackey post to show their 2026 tournament stats, it's very one-sided

2026 Vahn Lackey Tourny Stats (so far): 9 for 17, 6 BB, SB, 4 HR, 9 RBI, DP

OBP: .529 pitchers probably fucking hate seeing him walk to the plate

ive seen enough 😅

Roch's 2026 Tourny Stats: 9 for 21, 3 BB, RBI, DP

Roch's stats in the 2025 Tournaments/CWS

Getz better not screw this up :) "Roch was the consensus, everyone thought he would pan out, so you can't criticize Getz for not going with Lackey even though he's on his 3rd MVP in 2033"

hell of a comeback

how'd he beat that out, damn

you would've thought 2 months ago that Gasparino was gonna hit more homers than Roch, he was crushing everything for a bit there

UCLA ties it up

oh and something you don't hear about Lackey is he's a little younger than Roch by 3mo 5-4 VT, Levu solo shot

Cleveland gets blown out at home, Sox 2GB

I get Roch has been really good his entire amateur career, but has this whole "consensus #1" just been group think/guys being afraid to step outside the echo chamber?

Lackey: .413/.530/.793, 19HR, 77RBI, 175 WRC+, .380ISO Roch: .323/.453/.650, 21HR, 60RBI, 149 WRC+, .327ISO Lackey's 2026 is better than Roch's 2025 and 2026 based on what I'm looking at

Sox could get a discount I'm sure on Emerson or Roch now given Lackey is a legit 1/1 option