Timmy U

They are approaching use it or lose it on some of these players. Norby and Beavers for sure have no place to play. Trading them for pitching with 6 years of control would make sense. Otherwise, they are going to find themselves in a Michael Busch situation. I can see them asking for someone who is further from 40 man protection, but eventually they are going to have to deal with their surplus.

Sox have ton of potential RH bullpen options: Berroa, Adisyn Coffey, Adler, Cousin, Hoopii-Tuionetoa, Burke, I think Pallette is a reliever -- If someone gave you a decent offer, would you trade Leasure? I would certainly consider it.

I am fine with anyone in the Smith, Burns, Rainer, Griffin group. I question drafting a 1b, 2b, or corner of at 5. That said, the Sox need to add impact bats to the system. I wonder whether they might throw in prospect pitching to get a prospects bat at the deadline. If they add Smith to the group, you gotta imagine players like Cannon, Bush, Eder, Adams, Pallette, and MacDougal could be thrown in with say a Fedde to get someone like Kjerstad, Mayo, Norby or Beavers from Baltimore.

His stuff looks pretty good. I'd call his fastball average velocity, and he has two breaking balls. The key with him appears to be tunneling. Everything is coming out of the same spot and hitters struggle to pick him up. He seems a bit like your classic Cleveland pitcher of the past several years.

Angelo Hernandez hit his 4th HR for ACL Sox. He continues his bid to become the highest-rated Hernandez.

Barons win 4-0.

Adams is out. 6IP 3H 0R 0ER 2bb 7K. Cousin is in. He looks terrific in relief. Not a starter.

Who's actually good from that group?

No Wolkow or Mogollon again for ACL. Gil is playing 2b.

Elko HR 3-0 Barons.

Gonzalez and Baldwin both 1-2. Baldwin has smoked it both times up. Man, is he a good-looking hitter.

Drohan is in for Charlotte.

HR Montgomery.

Weird inning for Mason Adams. Struck out 3, but hit a guy on a 1-2 pitch, then gave up a double off Elko's glove.

I've heard good things about that Robert kid.

Any sore elbow has to be considered serious for Clevinger considering he has had TJS twice already.

Oh, his time will come. Sox are set to trade or DFA about half of the 40 man by September. They may break the all time record for most guys on the 26 man roster.

While admittedly terrible, Lopez in the 2-hole is just as bad and may be worse cuz it proves Pedro has no clue about what sort of hitter should bat 2nd.

So long, Sammy Peralta.

I have been low man on Burke for quite awhile. When he was first hurt, he was a top prospect for them Now he has been passed by like ten guys, including the entire 6 man rotation in AA. If he is going to be a part of any future Sox rotation, he has to start performing almost immediately. He’s an up and down guy for me, probably a reliever.

I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of guys get promoted directly from the Barons to the big leagues. Sox are going to trade everyone with value and release a bunch of guys without value. Might as well see Montgomery, Baldwin, Ramos, possibly even Gonzalez vs. Lopez, Mendick, Remillard, DeJong et al. I don’t think the Sox like Charlotte from a developmental aspect. But I could be wrong. It will be interesting to see if they let Maldonado hit .086 all year long. If not, maybe Quero comes up. Eder and Iriarte are already on the 40 man. Bush is going to have to be protected this winter. I could see Thorpe and Adams suffering through Charlotte cuz neither is Rule 5 eligible this winter.

Still no Mogollon or Wolkow for ACL team.

Drew McDaniel is getting lit up in the second inning of his first A+ start. 4 runs in the second, still nobody out. Dash trail 4-3.

Old friend alert: Luis Mieses just hit a double for Hickory. Eventually, he's gonna go back up to AA. Still only 23.

I wonder if Shuster is gonna get a chance to crack the rotation after they trade everybody. I think he has earned a shot.