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So yes. $6M buyout.

Trackman.

Got a response. Garrett Greene‏ @Garrett_Greene Probably closer to 90-93 and can touch 94-95 when he really reaches back.

Just to clarify, those are just the 2 names I've seen online, not names that are official. No one has posted the official return yet.

"You may remember me from such roles as, UPS guy, bodyguard, or Red Hat guard #2"

Rollie Lacy and DJ Wilson are the two names I've seen. Wilson is ranked as the Cubs 8th best prospect by Fangraphs. Lacy is not ranked at all.

Alex Call double. He's slowly but surely creeping up to .300. He's at .291 now. He's hitting .316 in July with an OPS of about .900. He's responded well to his surprise call up to AA. He had 1 strikeout over his last 8 games prior to tonight.

I mean, Hamels has been pretty bad this year, so the Rangers aren't losing anything, but I'm not sure why they are throwing in a ton of money if they aren't getting anything of value in return. Are they starving for money? I don't quite get it.

Speaking of Basabe, he just made a nice diving catch, diving in and to his right on a line drive.

You may not know the answer, but wRC+ is supposed to be league-adjusted, right? But is that adjusted to "If you had these stats in the majors" or is it adjusting those numbers to players in their current minor league level? Just wondering if Basabe has been 5% better than other AA players, or if his numbers would be 5% better than a major leaguer if he was producing those numbers in the majors. Because if it's the former, then good prospects SHOULD be well over 100 wRC+.

Totally forgot he was in AA now and I flipped on the W-S game. At least I get to witness this 9th inning comeback win.

And they both have hits in the 1st inning.

One thing of note, Medeiros won't have to worry about batting anymore. In the minors, National League affiliates have the option to use a DH or not in AA and AAA. The Brewers choose to make their pitchers hit, at least in AA. Medeiros did hit a Grand Slam recently, but not having to take BP or at least only having to focus on pitching may be beneficial.

In his 2nd to last start, all I have heard so far is the Biloxi home announcer say he sits between 92-94 on the fastball. I feel like their own announcer should have the most up-to-date info on his velocity, unless the readings he is seeing are wrong. I've reached out to Biloxi's PBP TV guy for clarity.

For those wondering what Kodi's velo is right now, I just fired up his start from last night on MiLB.tv. The Biloxi feed doesn't have any graphic, so I can't see any readings, but I'm hoping the commentator mentions it at some point. I'll edit this post with any velos I hear. Slider - 77 MPH, 76 MPH, 77 MPH Welp. That was is. Only 3 teams was velocity ever mentioned in his last start. His slider is beautiful and slurvy. He commands it pretty well. Honestly, his command in his last start was just fine. I think he only walked 1 batter, and it was on a blown 3-2 count strike. His defense let him down a ton. I guess I'll go find the start BEFORE this one and see what I can find for velocity.

VERY pleased with this return. Love Medeiros. Was hoping for a better secondary piece than Perez, but we also know very little about him, so he could be a guy has taken a big turn or matured physically this season. Seems like a lottery ticket to me, but I trust that if we made such a deep dive on him, it's because they saw something they loved.

I guess I would take RF Julio Rodriguez and RP Matt Festa???? Their system is really quite bad, it's hard to even find names with an age that would line up well for us.

I had plans to go to the game with Jeff Samardzija's cousin, who is a Rays fan. I called him up the night before we were going to go and told him I didn't feel like going, and that he should just come over and watch it at my house. So yeah....I should have been there in person. I would have been in a very small group of people to have witnessed both his No-Hittter AND his Perfect Game in person. Biggest regret of my life.

You don't find 30 IP as too small of a sample size to keep him off limits to get an arm like Jay Groome?? Sure, I like Fry now too, but I wouldn't bank on him still being highly effective in 2 years when this team might be ready to contend. Relievers are so insanely volatile.

Jon Morosi‏Verified account @jonmorosi 3m3 minutes ago More In preliminary #RedSox-#Marlins trade talks, source says Miami indicated that Michael Chavis or Jay Groome alone would not be sufficient to acquire setup man Drew Steckenrider. That is one snapshot of the market value for controllable relievers. For anyone like me who had never heard of Steckenrider before, he is someone who *should* have less value than Jace Fry. Fry is 2 years younger, and extra year of control, a lefty, and has been better in 2018. I would think we would all be pretty damn happy with either of these guys for Fry.

Other orgs have multiple AZL teams, so I wonder why the Sox didn't go down that road.

Orioles are 3-7 over their last 10. They've actually improved their winning%. Sox are 4 GB of the #2 pick 7 GB of the #1 pick

Madrigal Elektromotoren - Das gut!

Could be. Although after seeing Brad Hand get the #14 prospect in baseball, I wouldn't rule anything out.

Not in the beginning, but my point is they could have moved any of their corner OF over to 1B to make room for Kittle, or just played Kittle at 1B to get a guy who has belted 90 HR over the past 2 years in to the line-up. Squires was their back-up 1B that year, so you're talking about replacing a bench guy with no bat, with a slugger putting up legendary numbers in the minors. Us fans would be insane now a days if that happened, even with a non-prospect like Matt Skole. If he belted 40 HR last year, and then was on pace for 50 HR this season, we would be begging to see him get a spot somewhere on the team. I get that the '82 Sox were a decent team, but you get the point.