DirtySox

20 runs! Forgetting how to count! This game has everything!

Challenging a strike up 17 to 1 is peak toxicity lol.

Hooooooly.

They gonna need to re-up that firework inventory.

That's my catcher!

Too early for a position player on the mound?

Gonzoooooo!

Co-signing that this is an excellent listen. As @Y2Jimmy0 sort of alluded to, missing on Emerson's hit tool would be pretty catastrophic. The rest of the tools are solid across the board, but Konnor Griffin/Bobby Witt he is not. So you need to be pretty convinced that he's going to hit. One point that was hammered home on Roch and Lackey is that even if you come up light on both the hit and power tools by a grade or so, you are still going to have a valuable big leaguer for years, simply due to how stellar the defense is for both of them. The defensive value of both of those players will carry so much value even if the bats aren't what was projected. I think I'm still at the point where I would seriously factor in how much savings you can get and what you can do with that money with further picks.

Thanks. Gonna go listen to it on my run. Im at the point where im seriously considering just taking the cheapest of the three if there's decent savings with one of them.

Here's a fun one from the combine. Loud.

I'm actually at the point where I'm totally fine with all 3 options. Have a slight preference for Lackey just because he seems to have the most upside/tools, but he seems like a distant third based off all the recent intel with the Sox. I have Emerson a bit ahead of Roch as well, but I get the proximity and window argument for Cholowsky. I want upside all day. But that's easy to say when I don't have the consequences of messing up a 1.1 pick.

Awesome article at BA today where they make the case for each of Cholowksy, Emerson, and Lackey as the number 1 overall pick. I will post only the portions on what each player could be like as a big leaguer and how it could go wrong. There is plenty more analysis within that is worth the read if you are a subscriber. https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/mlb-draft-2026-making-cases-for-roch-cholowsky-grady-emerson-vahn-lackey-to-go-no-1-overall/

Feinsand piece on Red Sox trade chips. Does not mention the White Sox with Gray as a potential suitor. Also worth noting that Sonny has a full no trade clause. Wasn't aware of that wrinkle. https://www.mlb.com/news/red-sox-trade-candidates

He is going to be one of our bullpen additions this season imo.

Love seeing Fauske and Boughton both turn it on as of late. Now just need Carlson back in the mix too.

We have a delayed start.

Day baseball! Murphy is opening for Fedde. Lineup below. Would love to see Gonzo get back on track and park one in the seats today.

I posted it in the other draft thread, but my dream is Spangler at 41. Don't think he makes it there, but if he does I grab him and don't think twice. Might be a $4 million bonus though. Eerily similar profile to Colson Montgomery too. Why not go back to that well?

Problem is he's gonna need some work to actually get to that power in games.

Burke understood the assignment. So did Newcomb. Finish it tomorrow.

Boughton continues his hot streak.