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A friend of the MLB Draft subreddit, who we’re doing an AMA with later this year said that Garrett Mitchell is the fav to go 1-1.

Yeah, he’s both those things but if he were taller he’d probably be labeled a better athlete and would give off the perception to some people that he could maybe play another position. He’d might be ranked higher. Short, stocky white guys aren’t really looked at as being good, physical athletes.

If Andrew Vaughn were at least two inches taller, he’d be held in a higher regard.

Who’s calling the webcast games?

Anderson Moncada Abreu EE Grandal Eloy Mazara Robert Madrigal

I’d rather keep McCann since he’s a better defensive option than Mercedes and Collins.

What are the Sox biggest needs in terms of the system as a whole? Athletes, up the middle talent, lefties and starting pitching depth? Some influx of youth won’t be a bad idea either. Im really like Detmers, Soderstrom and Howard but I’d prefer it if the Sox add a high impact prep bat in the first round. Howard naturally plays a premium position, while Soderstom has the better bat but might have to be moved from behind the plate.

There’s literally zero downside to this extension. Not counting the option years his AAV is $3.2M. That’s a drop in the pan

OBP skills and where a player bats in the order have nothing to do with each other. I like Grandal batting fourth or fifth so he can break up Abreu, EE and Eloy. Anderson Moncada Abreu Grandal/EE EE/Grandal Eloy Mazara Madrigal Robert (I still think he’s ideally the Sox’s own George Springer batting leadoff)

I wouldn’t be mad if the Sox kept Kopech down till May to get back the year of control that they lost due to his TJ.

Ed Howard and Tyler Soderstrom. If the Sox draft Soderstrom, I hope they would move him from behind the plate because the bat looks great.

Why won’t the Sox name him captain?

This is huge. The farm is barren (I don’t count Robert, Kopech and Collins as prospects). The Sox really need to add an influx of young talent into the system. This a good start to the draft and J2.

Definitely a top ten prospect.

Very good move and at a really, good price. Lack of pitching depth was an organizational concern going into last year’s draft, drafting Dalquist and Thompson helped infuse some young and projectable talent into the system. Veras follows suit.

I’m curious about the Ben Broussard move. He was their leadership/career skills guy and now, he’s the hitting coordinator. Maybe he’s been working as an instructor on the side.

Crane had to be in the dark about this since he fired Lunhow and Hinch.

Robert Moncada Abreu Eloy Grandal Encarcion Mazara Anderson Madrigal

I think Moncada will take more walks this year compared to last as he’s established that he can hit and he’s more used to this aggressive approach.

I think that’s a big reason why Vizquel is no long a part of the organization but we have to remember that Sox just started giving players individualized game plans when Chris Getz got here. Change isn’t an overnight thing

I don’t think the Sox are going to trade McCann at any point this season. Why not have a position of strength? They arguably have the best catching tandem in bigs right now, it makes no sense to trade him plus even if they sign EE, they still have some flexibility at C/DH/1B.

Ever since the rebuild started and Hahn and co. started to bring in new guys to the org, they’ve been slowly been becoming a state of the art organization. There’s a lot of work to do but they’re headed in the right direction.

Yeah he would insulate the team’s dependance on Kopech, Cease and Rodon.

Other guys that I like: Dominic Leone (averaged over 10 K/9IP) Derek Law (averaged 9.94 K/9IP & 50% GB% in 60IP)

They desperately need strikeout guys in the pen but I like the idea of McHugh as an opener/long relief/6th starter for them.