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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.

How do you feel about both? Asking for a Chris Getz.

There is but Sox would have to pay somebody. That goes against the Prime Directive.

Nope.

Watching Noda on a team that’s gonna lose 110 regardless is pretty hard and very pointless.

There ought to be a new stat — unearned bb. Vladdy just got one. That ball got the whole plate.

To be fair, Keenan Walker is probably the worst Sox top draft pick ever because the process was so bad.

Yeah, I was shocked how bad Gonzalez looked when I first saw him in Kanny. Has never been more than a borderline prospect from the minute he was drafted. But he went 1-15. Madrigal was 1-4. Gonzalez is a tool shed compared to Madrigal. He can at least play adequate ss, and might be a decent utility player. I took heat on this board for unfavorably comparing Madrigal to Nicky Lopez. Turns out, he wishes he was Little Nicky.

Pretty good debut for Wikelman. The stuff looks legit. Tough on the debut to come out for another inning. Wonder if they’re gonna give him some run.

Cleveland gotta be pretty happy dumping that Gimenez contract

Gotta say, I may already have enough Noda

Varland is pitching in the ACL, so he's trending in the right direction. Otherwise, this team is at a pretty low ebb. Lose 8 in a row, most of them close, and lose a bunch of SP.