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Any word on Konnor Pilkington's velocity?

Madrigal with a 2B!!! 3/3 today.

Robert has 160 PAs at A+. Tatis Jr. had 451 PAs in AA before he was brought up to the majors. If Robert keeps rolling through the season, gets promoted to AA and keeps rolling he might get promoted to the majors this year. That is a big might. Most likely if he tears up AA he would be up in the majors early next year, or starts the year in the majors if he signs an extension like Jimenez.

Robert go ahead 3 run HR

Alec Hansen in for WS. 1-2-3 inning. 1 K. 14 pitches, 9 strikes. Robert 2/3 in game 2 with a 2B and RBI.

Collins with another HR

SIAP here's Collins 3B & HR

Sox Minors Scoreboard Sox Minors Stats Charlotte (AAA) 6 PM- Roach Birmingham (AA) 6:30 PM - TBD Winston-Salem (A+) 6 PM - TBD Kannapolis (A) 6 PM - Stiever

Here are some actual articles on Yolbert Sanchez.....

Adley Rutschman's first 6 games this year: .316/.536/.947, 4 HRs, 10 RBI, 9 BB, 5 K.

Rutschman 3 run HR from the right side just now against Nebraska. His 3rd of the year.

Actually, he did not. He was taken in the 1st round, 28th overall by the Houston Astros in the 2018 MLB Draft.

He was expected to get $2.4m in arbitration.

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/an-update-to-prospect-valuation/ Sox Prospects #3 Eloy Jimenez $64 #19 Nick Madrigal $50 #24 Michael Kopech $44 #27 Luis Robert $43 #66 Zack Collins $26 #83 Luis Alexander Basabe $21 #87 Micker Adolfo $20 #95 Dylan Cease $18 #96 Dane Dunning $18 #116 Zack Burdi $13 #130 Alec Hansen $10 ☹️ 2 Fernando Tatis Jr. $65 Atlanta and San Diego have 12 prospects on the list. The Sox have 11.

So you would have the Sox trade their young controllable assets for a pitcher with 3 years of control, or whom are you trading for Gray? When have the Sox actually gone out and signed Top available free agents? Albert Belle? Jose Abreu? Is that it? Personally I'm leery of signing Corbin because there are major red flags: Tommy John in 2014, velocity down at the beginning of the year this year, slider usage way up, one season over 3.5 fWAR in his career doesn't translate to a 5 year $100 mill+ deal for me, is his elbow a ticking time bomb? I'm not going to complain if the Sox show that they are willing to spend on top free agents and sign some though, in fact I would welcome it. It's something they haven't done in a long time. The payroll is low now with barely any $ tied up long term, they have talent in the minors waiting in the wings, at what point do the Sox start adding pieces via free agency to help them compete for the playoffs and more in the 2020-2023 time frame? The 2014 off season they signed: LaRoche was signed for 2 years 25 mill. He accumulated 6.4 fWAR over the previous 5 seasons. He was 35 when he signed. It was a dumb signing. Cabrera was signed for 3 years 42 mill. He accumulated 11.3 fWAR over the previous 5 seasons. He was 30 when he signed, and had multiple instances of PED use. Robertson was signed for 4 years 46 mill. He accumulated 8.1fWAR over the previous 5 seasons. He was 29 when he signed, and lived up to his contract value. The top Pitching Free Agents (pitchers that signed for $100 million or more) in 2013 were: Masahiro Tanaka (age the next season after he signed as a FA 26). He got 7 years 155 mill, he has been worth 15.5 fWAR so far in that contract. The top Pitching Free Agents (pitchers that signed for $100 million or more) in 2014 were: Max Scherzer (31). He had accumulated 21.6 fWAR over the previous 5 seasons. He got 7 years 210 mill, he has been worth 25.4 fWAR so far in that contract. Jon Lester (31). He had accumulated 19.1 fWAR over the previous 5 seasons. He got 6 years 155 mill, he has been worth 13.4 fWAR so far in that contract. The top Pitching Free Agents in 2015 (pitchers that signed for $100 million or more) were: David Price (31). He had accumulated 21.6 fWAR over the previous 5 seasons. He got 7 years 217 mill, he has been worth 8.8 fWAR so far in that contract. Zack Greinke (32). He had accumulated 22.4 fWAR over the previous 5 seasons. He got 6 years 206.5 mill, he has been worth 10.8 fWAR so far in that contract. Johnny Cueto (30). He had accumulated 17.0 fWAR over the previous 5 seasons. He got 6 years 130 mill, he has been worth 6.9 fWAR so far in that contract. Jordan Zimmerman (30) . He had accumulated 18.7 fWAR over the previous 5 seasons. He got 5 years 110 mill, he has been worth 3.2 fWAR so far in that contract. The top Pitching Free Agents in 2016 (pitchers that signed for $100 million or more) were: No one. The top Pitching Free Agents in 2017 (pitchers that signed for $100 million or more) were: Yu Darvish (32). He had accumulated 14.7 fWAR over the previous 5 seasons (ZERO in 2015). He got 6 years 126 mill, he has been worth 0.2 fWAR so far in that contract. The top Pitching Free Agents in 2018 (pitchers that signed for $100 million or more) are: Patrick Corbin (30). He had accumulated 11.3 fWAR over the previous 5 seasons (ZERO in 2014). Of those 8 pitchers who received 100 million + I would say that Tanaka, Scherzer, and Lester lived up to their contracts. Greinke so far has lived up to the contract, but most likely will take a tumble. Price has slightly under performed, but made up for it in October. Cueto had one good year and looks to be a fail. Zimmerman has been a complete fail. Darvish after 1 year has been a fail, but has time to make up for it.

Just my opinion, but he only has 140 PA at A+. He needs to start at Winston-Salem. Rutherford, Basabe, Call, & Booker should start at Birmingham. Luis Gonzalez, Luis Robert, & Micker Adolfo should start at Winston-Salem. That would be a fun outfield to follow.

When do the Sox spend $ to try and start building a winning culture while also bringing up talented prospects, and not blocking them? I know none of this will likely happen, but this would be my wish. We don’t lose picks signing any of these guys and no long term bad contracts. Allows you to take a 62 win team and fill holes while allowing prospects time to develop, and should push team up to being competitive, especially if Cleveland sells. Sign 3B Mike Moustakas 3 years 45 mill. Sign RF Andrew McCutchen 3 years 45 mill. Sign CF AJ Pollock 3 years 45 mill. Sign SP Nathan Eovaldi 3 years 48 mill. Sign SP Lance Lynn 2 years 18 mill. Sox spend $70 million per year on 5 signings none longer than a 3 year contract. C - Narvaez/Castillo 1B- Abreu 2B - Moncada SS - Anderson 3B - Moustakas LF - Jimenez (after a couple of weeks) CF - Pollock RF - McCutchen DH - Palka Bench - Sanchez, Davidson, Engel, L. Garcia SP - Rodon/Eovaldi/Lopez/Giolito/Lynn RP - Fry, Jones, Bummer, Vieria, Fulmer, Minaya, Frare. Laugh away.