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I think with the difference in the ball this year, Colas would benefit from AAA time. It seems like his opponent taco yesterday is impossible with the mlb ball. I am obviously as high on Colas as anyone on this board, but I don’t see the season as salvageable, so I’m fine with letting him acclimate. He should get a shot in 2023, though. Hopefully with a different manager and hitting coach.

Follow up: can someone replace anyone at anything?

This is a good time to fire a GM. Really nothing for them to do until EOS evaluations. They got a couple of months to find someone.

Burke dealing so far 5IP 2H 0R 1bb 6K

One lefty in the line up, no surprise he comes up in the biggest situation immediately.

Plagge.

Most .500 team ever.

So far every team except DSL has lost. Two bad bullpen meltdowns.

So Robert can pinch run, but not pinch hit?

Colas earned a walk on a really terrific ab. Fouled off a lot of pitches. Dude's a professional hitter.

Nice. Seems light on Sosa, but I like it generally.

Pretty disappointing day so far. Charlotte and Kanny both got crushed, Birmingham is in the process of getting crushed. W-S won led by another nice day for Ramos. Cespedes continues to hit the ball hard with a lineout and a single. Montgomery, Colas, and, obviously, Sosa all did not play.

Velasquez .1 inning, 3H 2bb. Another great offseason acquisition.

If Burger was a better hitter, you might consider it, but he is poor defensively and only hits lefties. I guess you could try Sosa at 3rd. He’s a good defender over there, but they owe Moncada like $50 million. It would be wise to try and fix him.

Seby may be turning back into a pumpkin here.

Maybe 5 runs on 25 singles with 18 LOB?

Ha ha. Tony’s a genius.

Kath HR. Kelley with some control issues, gave up 3 in the 2nd.

Maybe he can get Marcus Semien’s autograph and a churro. Every time I think I have come to terms with how much I despise TLR, I find a new level.

Predictable, but what a fricking joke. It's August. Leury sucks. This isn't some April slump, it is who he is. Meanwhile, you waste a kid's development time. If you're not gonna play him, why is he there? Please God, get rid of TLR before he destroys the entire rebuild.

Gotta believe it's the suspension. Sosa was pulled from second game of doubleheader and last night's game. Seems like they planned this.

Excited for Sosa. With his ascent and Colas, Cespedes, and Popeye all raking in AA, the Sox have some options on reconfiguring the team. While 3 of those guys (plus Yolbert Sanchez) are RH hitters, they are all better defenders than what we're running out there now. If we're not scoring, might as well catch the ball. I can imagine an all Cuban outfield of Colas, Robert and Cespedes (at least in the later innings). Add in dark horses like Romy Gonzalez and Carlos Perez and the Sox have an opportunity to do MLB for MLB swaps this offseason. Please, no relievers!

Birmingham is now losing 13-8 largely because they tried throwing home instead of taking the sure out. Should be 9-8. Our teams are dumb at every level.

Colas has hit the ball hard his last 3 times up, nothing to show for it.

Second HR of the night for Cespedes.