Jose Abreu

I don’t think Cease has been struggling. His numbers in a hitter’s paradise with a juiced ball are not bad at all, and the defense behind him has been abysmal.

Rain in the forecast.

Collins

Yermin Mercedes reminds me of Jesus Aguilar of the Brewers

*Yoan Moncada thread, which is about a 3B with an .874 OPS and 2.5 fWAR with team control through 2023, casually becomes a Tatis Jr thread because Soxtalk*

Anderson

Tried my best but there’s really no info out there about him outside of the reddit post

moncada

Vaughn will be better as a hitter than all of those guys sans Eloy, IMO

I've been attempting to do a write-up on Bailey but information on him is so scarce.

zack collins

Ha, when I saw the thread title I was gonna go with Benyamin Bailey. So instead I'll say Carlos Perez.

No idea why the Padres released a guy with a .996 OPS in AAA but I'll take him.

eloy jimenez

Could be. Either way, I don’t see a scenario where Collins is glued to the bench. Barring injury or a major struggle, he probably doesn’t play in AAA again this year.

Merkin has said on Twitter that Collins is here to stay, and Hahn has said many times that when a prospect is called up, he'll be getting plenty of reps. If anything, I think Castillo has played his last game for the White Sox.

I agree that it's time for Eloy to be bumped up. I'd go 1. Anderson R 2. Moncada S 3. Jimenez R 4. Abreu R 5. McCann R 6. Leury S 7. DH (Alonso?) L 8. Sanchez S 9. TIlson/Cordell L/R

Absolutely, yes. If he doesn't win it unanimously, something's fishy. edit- this was sarcasm by the way

I'm guessing that part of the poster's point is that Robert's ceiling, if you want to talk best case scenarios, literally is a faster Mike Trout. Surrounded by what our core looks like it will be, that would definitely be a better supporting cast than what Trout himself has. I see where you're coming from though.

Pretty much the same as mine, except I have Gallo instead of Meadows and Story instead of Iglesias. Nice picks though

He also averaged 83 walks per season. If Madrigal does that I don't think anyone will care about his home run totals

ANDERSON

Understood. Then I agree. He is above average as a runner, but his contact profile isn't special. That he always makes contact is what will fuel his BABIP, IMO. Hitting a bunch of ground balls to the right side, however, doesn't scream high BABIP to me.

I'm assuming a .300 BABIP, negligible HR rate, and negligible strikeout rate (1-6%?). I can see him anywhere between .285-.315.