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Is the corresponding move reinstating Robert? Seems too early. Is Shewmake about to get 3 more days of big league meal money? Selfishly, I wanted Ramos back at Birmingham to lengthen out that line up. Now, it's likely Sosa goes back to 2b unless his assignment to the taxi squad is something serious.

Barons get swept. 5 walks in the 7th and 1-15 w/RISP kills them.

Barons bullpen walks 5 batters in the 7th. Tied 2-2.

Tatum got hit on the head, but he's staying in the game.

Oscar Colas breaks up the perfecto.

Bases loaded against Kanny too. Every team is struggling. Barons fall behind 2 in the 8th. Caleb Freeman did not look good. Charlotte gave 4. W-S gave up 6. Kanny gives up 1.

Relief is gasoline, including a HR from old friend Mieses. MacDougal ends up giving up 5ER in 5IP. deserved a better fate.

The wheels fell off for MacDougal in the 6th. Single, double, walk, walk. Leaves with the bases juiced. The opponents have the bases loaded in three of four games right now.

Charlotte has gone through 6, they are getting perfect-gamed.

Baldwin walks. Missed a HR foul by about 3 feet. He's just good.

Hoopii-Tuionetoa looks pretty darn good. Easy 95 fastball, slider is his best pitch. MacDougal off to a dominant start for W-S 3 innings 5K 27/36 for strikes.

Nice recovery for Bush. 5IP 4H 3R 1ER 3bb 7K.

Baldwin continues to crush it. 2-2, hard single, hard oppo double, great play to start a double play at 3b.

Ky Bush has been super unlucky so far. Struck out the first 2 guys, then consecutive errors, a passed ball, then 2 singles. Then a strikeout. 2-0 Rocket City.

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.