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Good for him. He needed a change of scenery

What would you consider 1.50 on the dollar? All prospects can fail, so wouldn't you have to get at least two viable guys? A bird in the hand and all that.

He's prone to getting hit because he expands the zone down and in. Everyone tries to keep him from extending his arms and he goes fishing on a ton of breaking balls waaay out of the zone. He'll get hit less if he stops swinging at those cuz they'll have to change their approach to him. Also, James has alluded to the fact that the balls in Charlotte may be dusty, so getting him outta there would probably help.

I mean, no one's untouchable. Sure if they want to give up a real hitter like Emerson, Montes, or Celesten... Sure I guess. Otherwise? Why are we churning through guys with 5 years of control? You start doing that this rebuild is going to get it's own 125 year patch.

If Colson comes up soon, I would dump Noda, who does not look good. Capra gives you a righty to keep Colson from facing the Chris Sales and Garrett Crochets of the world. Rojas gives you steady D and veteran leadership. Now, if you wanna keep both Colson and Baldwin when Robert comes back, I can see either Capra or Rojas going. But that may be very short term. Maybe they’ll wait until after the deadline to do anything interesting.

Love the mock. Lotta great info. Would love Carlson + Gamble. On small typo: you write that Marek Houston struggled in SEC play. Pretty sure you meant ACC play. Keep up the great work!

Latest BA mock is the nightmare scenario in which all the college pitching slides. Willits, Carlson, and Parker all go top 8, leaving the Sox with Jamie Arnold. In that scenario, I honestly think they take Steele Hall, but who knows? Sox gotta get hitters.

Another Colson HR.

Vasil coming in now. So, this statement is not true.

Venable manages like these are all ST games. Why is Gilbert pitching in a game with the lead in the 8th inning?

HR Colson. 98 mph fastball turns it around at 111.

Another good outing for McDougal so far. He had control problems early with 2bb and a HBP in the first 2 innings, but has been turning it on. 5IP 5H (some of them cheap) 0R 2H 2bb 8K.

Cannon has a mixture of medium control and medium stuff that makes it hard for him to be an above average pitcher. His command has to improve for him to survive.

No one. They are waiting until Tuesday. I bet it’s Baldwin, but who knows?

Colson 3-5 single, double, triple. Charlotte is bashing them, so a good night for everyone. I don’t know what to think right now. In all probability he wouldn’t be worse than Noda or Rojas, but that doesn’t mean they should promote him.

Another hit for Colson. HR Lipcius, that’s 11 for him. Charlotte can really hit. So far that has not really translated when guys get called up.

Nick Kurtz is doing a pretty darn good job of making the jump. 12 HR and an .840OPS. Does not have the aggressive approach that Cags will have to tame.

Smith is done. 1 more K, bb, bloop single. Runner CS. Leaves with 2 out, runner on 1st. Stuff looked really good.

Hagen Smith 3 up, 3 down, 2K. Much better command than before. Still looks like there’s reliever risk, but stuff is pretty sick.

Civale’s really eating those innings.

Another HR for Colson.

Charlotte in a slugfest. They have 2 5-run innings, but Schoenle and Nastrini both blow. It’s currently 11-8.

HR Colson.

i like Baldwin, but not sure he's a everyday outfielder. He's a good defender at 3b and I don't think Elko is a high-probability mlb player. Maybe move Vargas to 1b? He's better over there.

Another HR for Baldwin. Hard to justify keeping throwing at bats away on Rojas, but it’s a huge jump from AAA.