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If he were healthier, you really couldn't ask for a better 4th outfielder than Adam Engel, 19th-round pick.

He's 5th in OBP in the Carolina league. Of the 4 ahead of him, 3 were drafted in 2020. Lenyn Sosa has the 5th highest OPS in the Southern League, where Regions Field eats hitters alive. Of the 4 ahead of him, 3 (including the Barons' Tyler Nelsony) are 26-years-old or older or have moved on to AAA (Jerar Encarnacion, a 24-years-old corner OF/1B). He also has the 6th highest .OBP and second highest .AVG (behind Encarnacion). This is all while keeping his strikeouts low (K% is 14.2%) a decent walk rate (6.4%), and clubbing 10 home runs and driving in 37 runs from the middle infield. Half the reason Yolbert Sanchez needs to be called up is because Lenyn Sosa is kicking AA's ass all while being two and a half years younger than league average.

Better manager than TLR:

But what if I want both

What...even are these swings?

Cueto's expression after every single inning. I feel that.

Oh. My. God.

TLR is a brilliant strategist. A true leader of men.

Man, Grandal is in rough shape, but that should have been 3-0.

No, he's just an average Road to the Show create a player.

Jordan loves North Carolina, but he wanted to own the Bulls first.

Absolute shot in the dark: Once Reinsdorf passes, Michael Jordan pulls a Loria/John Henry and attempts to purchase the Sox and Bulls.

Firing TLR is an admission of failure and also repeating the exact same "mistake" he was trying to undo in the first place. Tony's feelings might never recover.

It's fucking mind boggling.

At this point, I'm convinced TLR is trying to piss people off because he knows he has immunity.

Banner power takes time.

Yes

While it's definitely an area of concern, Tim did have a 2.3% walk rate in A+ ball. Granted, that's offset by him having elite bat to ball skills / generating a higher .BABIP that he's sustained throughout his career.

God someone get me a real manager.

Charlotte got absolutely obliterated, but Yolbert got 2 of the team's 4 hits (Eloy and Adolfo were the other two). It's like @Y2Jimmy0 and company said on the FutureSox pod - just call him up to see if he provides a spark at this point. And it clears space for Sosa in Charlotte when they deem him ready.

Can TLR try to win today's game instead of tomorrow's for one game?

I mean, that's fine? I even gave the thread a snappy, memorable name. I'm trying to keep the board organized so that if a Montas rumor does develop, posters don't wander in here and have to wonder why it's 5 pages of people relitigating Pilkington and Hernandez.

Idk how Montas speculation became Pilkington / Cesar talk, but here y'all go:

Yes

According to my mom, Leury Garcia, Adam Engel, and Danny Mendick. She really doesn't want to trade Jake Burger and Gavin Sheets. Burger can be backup SS/2B and Sheets can be the backup OF, he'll just learn to play CF. Now that I've typed it out, I'm scared of TLR getting ideas.