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Unless he has unlocked something weird, Vasil is a depth starter for Charlotte, right?

Would much rather take a flyer on Maton than Jankowski because there may be offensive upside. However you look at it, Sox OF after Robert and (maybe) Benintendi is brutal. Given the fact they want to trade both those guys,B. Montgomery, McLain, Zavala, and (maybe) Wolkow have huge opportunities ahead. Also, tells you how little they like Fletcher, DeLoach, Colas.

They gave up an actual player for Gilbert. They must value him.

Huh? I know he’s out for a month or two, but Drury was their best player in Spring. Not surprised with Varland. He hasn’t looked great.

2 teams combine for like 1.5 decent position players.

What are the rules re: Drury? They got to add him to the 40, then DL him?

The loss of Drury is probably bigger. He was the Sox best hitter in Spring. Now my homemade bobblehead seems foolish.

Good to see Zavala hitting. Would be nice if he can ascend. Gonna be interesting to see who plays OF in W-S. Read somewhere that in at least one game it was Wolkow, Montogomery, Zavala. Sox have 5 legit OF prospects (including Saucke and McLain). All 5 of them should start the year at W-S. I am not high on Saucke (or Veras, obviously) but three of the other 4 could move quickly. Personally, I'd give Wolkow another half season at Kanny, and rotate McLain, Zavala, and Montgomery through all the outfield spots, but I'm not on the back fields, so who knows?

“I wouldn’t trade the Celebration Cake Milkshake for two Juan Sotos.” —No One Ever

Forget who makes the roster. The Sox have a new franchise player: The Celebration Cake SHAKE. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44111171/mlb-2025-new-ballpark-food

Sox have 5H, Drury has 3 of them. So far 0 XBH by either team.

McLaughlin walks a guy, but Giants strand bases juiced. 8bb so far, Giants have stranded 11 through 5.

Booser faced 6 guys and walked 3 of them. MiLB afterthought Mark McLaughlin is in.

Cannon faced 2 more guys and got them both out. 3.1IP with same stuff as above. ERA went down after this outing.

Cannon is out. 2.2IP 6H 3R 3ER 3bb HBP 1K. Maybe 2 cheapish hits, but a lot of balls hit hard. Dalquist came in and walked a guy. In 3 innings, Giants have had 11 baserunners. 3-0, but could have been worse.

Now 12 guys: 5 singles, 2bb, HBP, line out for a double play and a CS. The Giants OBP so far is .666

Cannon has faced 10 batters: 5 singles and a HBP so far. Hopefully this is an Arizona thing.

How long is he out for? The Sox have zero luck when it comes to lefty hitters. Their line up vs. righties will have 6 or 7 right handed hitters in it. Sliders ahoy!

Looks like Jankowski, Michael A. Taylor, Tauchman will all be in the outfield. Amaya still has a good shot to make the team, and it’s not like Vargas or Sosa has really done anything in mlb. They are going to struggle to not be last in runs scored again.

Jankowski is a lefty. As much as it hurts to say this, I think the OD left fielder for a major league team is going to be what’s left of Michael A. Taylor. On paper, this team looks like it will lose 160 games.

Not shocked by any of those guys. 12 NRI’s still in camp. 40 man roster crunch gonna be fascinating. Looks like they break camp with even more AAAA types than last year. Rotation looks okay. Line up and bullpen seem problematic. SS seems down to Meidroth/Amaya/Tristan Gray

Wow. Your predictions read like my eventual suicide note.

It is if you PA announcer is Jerry Lewis.

Yeah, the college position player group seems to be 20 guys that you would be fine taking anywhere between 15-45 and nobody who really fits in the Top 5. I think a lot of teams will be shopping for deals in that group then scooping up HS arms later in the draft. I would be looking at HS bats for 1-10, but you never know.

I’ll play: Sox representative to the All Star game is Davis Martin. Andrew Benintendi will have a Wrc+ above 110, and they will trade him. George Wolkow will be a top 100 prospect by the end of the year. Nick McLain and Sam Antonacci will both be top 10 players in the Sox system by the end of the year. McLain will get a call up after Benintendi is traded.