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I didn’t say I thought they would fix the offensive side. But they may be able to fix the pen, which would be huge. I would be shocked if they tried to keep Montgomery down until 2027. They will have little incentive to completely suck in 2026. I expect them to put their best possible team on the field and that that team still will not be all that good.

They have a lot of potential relievers, if they want to try to assemble an actual mlb pen. My guess is that, due to 40 man stuff, Wikelman is the next man up. Stuff plays up out of the pen. He has had 2 or 3 scoreless outings thus far in AAA. I bet he is up in 2-3 weeks. Ramos is coming on, like you said, but they are awash in RH corner types. I think Braden Montgomery is on a rocket ride up the system. He has disciplined at bats already and no one questions the tools. In the old days, he would be a potential September call up. I think his ETA is now May/June 2026. Schultz has to be added to the 40 man this offseason, so I bet we see him. Smith and Taylor, who knows? I kinda don’t want them to bring up Taylor cuz if they see him in the pen, they may want to keep him there. I think McDougal is a possible pen conversion and call up too. His 40 man clock is ticking. He throws 100 with nasty breaking stuff and control lapses. That sounds like a bullpen guy to me. Lotta guys they can cycle through.

I can see why they’re interested. At what point do they give Coffey or Adler or Pallette or someone a chance instead of merely recycling the trash?

All the injuries to pitching has decimated Charlotte once again. The Dunn experiment will be over soon. Even when he was getting away with it, the stuff did not look like anything. Now he is getting pounded every time out.

Nancy Faust at the game on Sunday. I suggest her walk up song for Elko should be “Wilco (the song).” Almost an Oh Ee Oh Magglio vibe.

The consensus is that the top of the draft is muddled. No one has really separated themselves as a top tier, so names that are in consideration as high as 1-1 may be available at 1-10. That said, it's always better to pick higher. I very much doubt names like Holliday, Willits, Hernandez, and Arnold will be available for the Sox. So, the draft is deep enough that they will be able to get a good player at 1-10, but I still wish they were picking 1-1 after the worst season in baseball history.

Sox beat the Royals. In the ACL. LeCombe with a much better outing: 1R 1H 0bb 7K. Colson 1-3, no K’s.

They’d have to be lovable first.

Not sure Venable has been given any buttons.

So interesting to watch Braden's progression. He's drafted as a power guy, but he's taken the first month or so to put up good at bats, not overswing, and take what the pitchers are giving him. Now the power's coming as well. He has a great approach. Would not change a thing. Would rather have a guy hit 25 HR with a good average and some walks than 40 and hit a buck nothing because he's trying to pull everything. Also, his defense and baserunning are very good. He's their top position prospect in my mind, followed by Bonemer and then Teel. But that's just my opinion.

To put Oppor’s outing into context, Carolina is probably the most stacked team in the minors. I think he’s a top 10 prospect for me.

I wouldn’t want either, let alone both. I would take Sal Stewart, I guess. Rather trade with Dodgers for Hope.

Zavala 2-3, double 2 rbi. Might be getting there.

Bonemer HR. Braden 2-2, 2 HR. At this rate he is gonna beat Colson to Charlotte.

Oops. Gameday changed. Now says he K’d. Sorry.

Colson 1-2. Drove in a run with a single to the opposite field. That’s a good sign.

Colson 0-3 in ACL with a walk. Gil with another HR. 2 in 2 games.

Jerry in 4 different clown outfits.

I like it when they win some games. I get the need/desire to trade Robert, but having zero good players on the whole team will make me sad. When Robert is using his tools, he's the best all-around player on the field every night. It's a nice break from Palacios and Palacios-equivalents that comprise 90% of the rest of the team.

Most of those hits were not well struck at all. If he can get to about 66% strikes, he's going to be a handful.

2 rain shortened wins, 1 save. Weird year.

Jinxed it. As soon as I typed it, 1 H. I'll stop now.

Sorry, 0H so far.

HR Jacob Gonzalez. Hagen Smith 3IP 1H 0R 2bb 4K, so far. Walks are still a little high, but AA hitters are struggling to hit him.

Wilson was lucky most of the game with all the traffic. The luck was bound to run out. It is disappointing that he got the 5th spot ahead of Vasil. Won’t matter long term, tho