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HR Boston Smith. I do not know what to make of him. Lowish round senior sign acquired for Mead. He hit like a mf his last year in college and his first full year as a pro. Surprisingly athletic and, although they mostly use him in the of, he's not horrible as a catcher. Rocketed up 3 levels this year. At this point, just on production, you have to put him in the Top 30 of the system, right? But I'm not sure the median outcome is even an mlb player.

Nice

Taylor is the new Bummer. Lotta soft contact base runners.

Carlson was super hot before he got hurt. Will be interesting to see how the bat develops

Really disappointed in how they performed against what’s left of Bieber, but you can’t blame them for struggling against Yeasavage. Man, I wish Hagen Smith looked like this.

Just logically, what I’m saying is Mead got an offseason plan from the Sox that he then executed. He then spent most of the spring in the WBC or Sox Spring Training. Is your theory that the Nats changed his swing one game into the regular season?

There has been A LOT written about how the Sox changed Mead’s swing, approach, and training to get to more pull side power. Here’s Google AI summary of the story: https://www.google.com/search?q=curtis+mead+2025+season+end+hitting+discussion&rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS999US1144&oq=curtis+mead+2025+season+end+hitting+discussion&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyCQgAEEUYORigATIKCAEQABiABBiiBDIKCAIQABiiBBiJBdIBCTIyMDg1ajBqN6gCFLACAeIDBBgBIF_xBa9ZWrF38fQs8QWvWVqxd_H0LA&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&source=chrome.ob&ie=UTF-8#lfId=ChxjMe

Eisert gave up 3 the next inning. He still sucks.

To be fair, Fuller deserves a ton of credit for Mead’s season. Last year they sent him away with a clear plan: stop being a tweener. Bulk up and look to hit for damage. They gave him swing fixes to achieve that. Mead was blocked, out of options, and played in the WBC so the Sox didn’t get a full look at the results of those changes. Also, Boston Smith is not a terrible outcome.

He does not.

If they get second half Shane Smith from last year, they don’t need Singer or Detmers. Personally, I love Detmers, but not at the cost of two really high first rounders.

Great minds think alike.

If a tree falls on an uninhabited island and there’s no one around, does it matter what time it fell?

Currently the Sox have one team in the DSL. They will have two after they open their new facility. Many orgs already have two DSL teams. @southsider2k5 expressed surprise that despite NOT splitting their talent, the Sox still have such a terrible record in the DSL.

Sox don’t have a lot of pitching depth right now, but those are two guys who could help out in the second half. Especially Smith. Need them to shove tonight.

Discretion of the official scorer. The fact he had an ERA over 9 for the game may have had something to do with it.

Schweitzer probably deserves the W tonight. Richard’s may get it, though.

Red Sox up to .500. Twins get there if they hold on at Wrigley. Gonna be a barn burner down the stretch.

Carlson 3 hits in his return to action.

Kay may not be long for this one.

Carlson def looks like an mlb shortstop.

Cannon getting rocked. Tre Morgan just took him deep. Switched over to Kanny. A lot of impressive athletes on that team. We’ll see if they develop as hitters.

Charlotte has no actual prospects left. Maybe Quero. Cannon almost got taken deep by Nick Madrigal.

Not entirely fair. Ryan Fuller has built a hitting program very different from the group who tried to help Kath.

This is 60 speed. This is why you always draft shortstops. https://x.com/FutureSox/status/2077130987587137995