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Sox minor league depth is sad(zek)

Cease done for the day 5.1 6 hits 0 bb's 11 k's

2 more K's for Cease. He's up to 11. Fell behind Joe and gave up a single on a pretty good pitch. 83 pitches, 56 strikes through 5. Not too many non-competitive pitches with the fastball or slider. Knuckle curve has not been great. Barely thrown the change. He's got a really good game plan working. Hopefully, whatever he found in the fifth inning of his last start sticks into the regular season.

Lamb with 2K's. It's possible he is not the answer.

2 singles, one apparently a roller up the middle, 2 more K's. Cease has 9 through 4 innings. Fastball and slider are both working.

Cease fell behind everyone, but strikes out the side with a single mixed in. Fastball command good aside from the first two pitches of the inning. 33 of 47 pitches for strikes so far.

Cease gets out of the second. 21 of 28 pitches for strikes thus far with 4 K's and a solo shot.

Cron with a HR on an 0-2 fastball. Cease still throwing strikes, though.

Cease strikes out the side in the first. Really throwing strikes with the fastball, which is a good sign

2 days ago he lined a foul ball off his shin and on the next pitch hit the ball 450 feet. Seems pretty tough to me.

Sox pitching looking real good in the last week of spring training. Silver lining to a rough week.

I think Rutherford is probably a bust, which is too bad. The pandemic did not help. Hard to say much about Sheets, Adolfo, Gonzalez, etc. when they didn’t play last year. I think there’s a solid chance one of them steps up by the middle of the year to help out. Maybe it’s Cespedes. What is clear is that the trades brought in way better talent than the high draft picks during the rebuild, except for Rutherford.

Just read a Yankees fan site that suggested we acquire Tauchman from them — for Codi Heuer and Benyamin Bailey. Vaughn is looking pretty good out there by comparison.

We can agree to disagree on the value of Billy Hamilton.

That looks accurate to me. But Fry is expected back May 1, so you can’t put him on the 60 day, and as soon as Engel is ready, you DFA Hamilton, right?

What a cheap Earnie for Carlos. Glad it’s just spring.

Ugh. Couple of cheap hits and now Will Carter is coming in. Carlos pitched well, though.

Nope. Lotta K’s

Carlos looking good, throwing strikes. Wish we had an option year.

Collins approach is just so good right now. Really looking to be dangerous to the opposite field, which the Rate always rewards. I would love to see what he could do in 400+ abs

Man, he looks awesome. Hope they don’t nail him to the bench while he is this hot.

Collins!

Kenton Hiura long solo shot.

What a bonehead play

Geez, Louise.