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No, and I doubt Levine and Esposito even heard about that the other night.

Kopech was on the Score this morning. Nothing earth shattering. Hopes he gets called up, but understands they have a plan.

6:10 start

If the Sox sweep KC, the Nationals sweep the Marlins, and the Dbacks sweep the Padres, the Sox will drop to 5th with six weeks left in the season. The Sox have been in the 3rd position since June 11.

#badlyforadley

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Shocking you have concerns about Madrigal already.

He’s ready. So is Jimenez. But we’re down to about 54 games, 1/3 of a season of meaningless games, so they’re under control for an extra year when the Sox are supposed to good. Easy choice for me.

17-25 for 61-101. 3rd, 4th, or 5th, I'm good. Lose a game this weekend, huh? Royals probably got to their hotel around 3am.

No Eloy to start. Maybe he comes in for Castillo after a couple ABs.

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?cid=&lid=&org=145&sc=&sid=milb&t=affiliate&ymd=20180817 Adams, Cease, Hansen starting Charlotte game 11am

That’s fine, but be consistent. If a Sox batter gets hit in the same situation, don’t complain.

Acuna kept hitting leadoff homers, so Urena tried to hit him in the middle of the back to start the game and break that streak. That was his dumb reason.

Just saw the pitch he hit the guy with...uh yeah, should have been ejected. Clearly intentional, and it doesn’t matter what part of the body you hit. Would like to know if McCatty asked him what he was mad about after the bunt. Like, it’s part of the game...he should know that.

When he hits a 15% k-rate. Ha- like that will happen.

Yes, but if it’s intentional after he clearly was mad about the bunt, and the benches cleared, usually the pitcher will be ejected in that case.

Wish I could watch this now. Don’t throw at Eloy.

He didn’t get tossed? Wow!

Three more starts left? Is he getting suspended? Without seeing the video, I’ll back off. He just seems like a jackass, but a very talented jackass.

Kopech’s season should be done

https://mobile.twitter.com/KnightsBaseball/status/1029752223646011393 Kopech starts April 4th and 9th in Charlotte. They fly to Indy, the Sox announce he and Eloy are coming up on the 11th. Eloy makes his debut on the 12th, and Kopech on the 14th.

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Yeah, I don’t know what to make of Collins- you get so many mixed opinions. And you don’t know what to make of his offensive stats and skill set and how it will translate at the big league level. As far as getting quotes or opinions from his pitchers- that would probably be mostly irrelevant anyway...what else are they going to say besides something positive? I guess he’ll be at Charlotte next season, and hopefully the catching picture becomes more clear as the season goes on. This is where the Sox self-scouting has to be good because they absolutely need a competent catcher in 2021-2025.

He could still go next week. Depends on who is desperate for innings. He has gone 6+ twenty times this year, which is valuable. Mariners wouldn’t shock me, but there are few other teams that could value him in their pen in case something bad happens in September.

I can’t see the Tigers falling off that bad again this year. They’re bad, but I think they have 15 wins left in them for 65-97. Sox should lose more than that. But yeah, it’s looking like the AL Central is going to drop the Sox to 5th pick, which is probably where they belong anyway.