Jose Abreu

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Aug 19, 2017 -> 02:47 PM) As of now, I'd predict it to look like this: 1. Leury Garcia CF 2. Yoan Moncada 2B 3. Jose Abreu 1B 4. Casey Gillaspie DH 5. Matt Davidson 3B 6. Nick Delmonico LF 7. Ryan Cordell RF 8. Kevan Smith C 9. Tim Anderson SS This is almost exactly what I would propose (seems like we both think Avi will be traded). I'd just make Delmonico the DH, have Gillaspie start in AAA and then put Willy or Rymer in the LF/RF spot (with Cordell being versatile enough to move).

Fulmer is an interesting move but I have no problem with it.

Leury Garcia

Avi Garcia

He joins Zeke Bonura as the only Sox player to have 5 home run in his first 15 career games.

Scoring change for Dunning. Now only 1 run of his was earned.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Aug 17, 2017 -> 09:12 PM) I dont think there are any minor leaguers I would trade for Jimenez. I would consider Acuna (as was said already) and maybe Vlad Jr, but that's it.

QUOTE (ron883 @ Aug 17, 2017 -> 07:45 PM) Moncada hr!! I think somebody should eat crow about a certain player that he judged too harshly.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Aug 17, 2017 -> 04:24 PM) This isn't a fair comparison considering Yolmer has played the majority of his season at 2b. Davidson is a much better hitter. In addition, Yolmer has been regressing offensively while Davidson has been pretty steady.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 17, 2017 -> 02:28 PM) I had my last one (Will Arnett) for something like 7 years. The Gob avatar was an institution here. I miss it

El Rey >>> ReyLo

It's shocking how many people still can't accept that they lost the Civil War. Nothing about it is American, what they're honoring is American traitors. We should get a Benedict Arnold statute to put with them, too.

Yeah he'll be fine.

Delmonico's lack of defensive ability is obviously a concern but he looks very comfortable at the plate against MLB pitching. 11 game hitting streak, 13 game on base streak (every game of his career). Gotta love it.

Rodon though!!

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 17, 2017 -> 12:06 AM) Petricka is just ungodly bad. Rather see Fulmer out of the pen With Rodon, Lopez, Hansen, Dunning, Giolito, Kopech, Stephens, Guerrero, whoever else I'm forgetting, a potential FA signing, etc, chances are we'll be fine finding 5 starters. We might as well convert him to a reliever soon where I think he can be excellent.

#Tankwin

I was surprised to learn that, while his 2016 and 2017 splits show that he's a much better hitter from the left side, Moncada's 2015 splits were the opposite. At least it gives me hope that he'll become adequate from the right side. His 2015 splits were: As a lefty: .262/.379/.374 for a .753 OPS As a righty: .310/.381/.570 for a .951 OPS

QUOTE (StrykerSox @ Aug 16, 2017 -> 11:46 PM) Then we should have looked elsewhere. I just don't know how, in the 2017 draft, we seized on this idea of low-K types, but less than a year earlier, when making the most important trade in recent history, we ignored that aspect when choosing our top prize. If you'd rather have Robles and Giolito than Moncada and Kopech then I don't know what to tell you. Nobody else was ponying up anything that good for Sale.

Delmonico

It seemed like Utley was trying to get HBP on the first pitch

Don't know if that was a legit double play. 1B may have caught it off the bag

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Aug 16, 2017 -> 11:31 PM) Did he just say s-h-i-t? Yes lol

Delmonico is everything Schwarber is supposed to be

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Aug 16, 2017 -> 11:43 AM) It reminds me of how skewed NCAA BB recruiting gets. A kid is ranked 50 and he signs w Kentucky and next ranking he drops to 20. Moncada was clearly ranked higher 3rd than Benintendi 15th going into 2016 season. By the end of 2016, after each got called up that changed. Rankings are very subjective. Some are very accurate and some are not. Well there's why. Benintendi had a better 2016 than Moncada so the rankings changed.