Lukakke Appling

Gotta get him over.

The jokes have been done to death, but a picture of McGuire wearing a “strokin” t-shirt would be a keeper.

I don’t think he tore his Achilles based on his reaction. Guys who suffer that injury crumple to the ground in pain. He didn’t do that. It did look like he’s going to miss some serious time, though.

A RHH backup maybe. On a related note, Teel’s bat speed is way up fwiw.

Sox gained a game on every ALC team today.

I think the plan is for him to be on the Tanner McDougall path, so maybe we see him come in relief.

He had a pop out, but your point remains. Really nice day for him.

I noticed that too. I commented earlier he looked like he was wincing a bit.

Anyone else see Burke wincing?

Meidroth strikes out too much in those spots for the type of hitter he is.

First career win for Schweitzer I believe.

Can’t watch the game tonight, just following online. Should I be worried about Vargas?

Guy’s a beast.

It had gotten pretty aged and dated looking, but the recent renovations have made a massive difference. When the roof is open it’s a great place to watch a game. Less so with it shut, but that would be true anywhere

Yeah totally. Might be better off taking your chances as an UDFA.

Vargas just loves the big moment.

The draft stuff from the owners is so ridiculous I kind of assume it’s just so they can “cave” on those ideas in exchange for the MLBPA conceding on other talking points as some kind of make-believe compromise.

Probably a corner guy, not really unexpected.

Burrowes won Pipeline prospect of the week for 2nd base.

From Kiley at ESPN: Best value: 3B/C Cole Prosek (second round) is a prep position player who is older for the class, but is quite polished and performed well in the summer. He might be a 55 hit/55 power combo from the left side with a solid fit at third base and a shot to turn his raw catching skills into something more. Quickest to the big leagues: SS Roch Cholowsky (first round) is the easy answer here, as a big part of his scouting report is that, whatever he's going to be, he should get there pretty quickly. I wouldn't be surprised if he was ready for the big leagues as soon as next summer and contributing in all phases right off the bat. Sleeper to watch: RHP Joey Volchko (third round) looked like a late first-rounder in his first few starts this spring, as Georgia unlocked some new pitch shapes with an arm slot change (roughly 12 degrees lower) from his days at Stanford. The issue is his command is still a notch away from being a starter and, while nasty, he threw only 6% of his pitches with arm-side movement (i.e. fastballs or changeups), relying on four breaking-ball shapes with 94% of his pitches. Solving both things is a tall task for the pitching development group, but the upside could be huge if they can make Volchko perform more often the way he did in Omaha. Though Volchko isn't the same as Grant Taylor, the overall idea (huge stuff, let's see what role it will come in) is similar. One big thought: I like the mix here, which is easier to accomplish with a giant draft pool and the options that provides. Cholowsky gives the class a very high floor, and SS Landon Thome (comp round; son of Jim), Prosek, Volchko, CF Alex Weingartner (sixth round), and RHP Kyle Casteel (11th round) give plenty of upside around more predictable college drafts; Volchko and Weingartner have the highest upside of this group if things click because of their massive raw tools.

I think they have a post draft thing in Arizona for a bit, then up to W-S I’m guessing.

I’ll never forget after the Sox took Madrigal 4th overall, Madrigal said he was surprised the Sox drafted him because he hadn’t even spoke with them. That just struck me as being a bare minimum that wasn’t done on THE FOURTH OVERALL PICK.

If you mean classic in the sense of it being from a bygone era, then sure.

Still catching up, so this may have been answered already. But anyways, in rounds 11-20 the first $150K don’t go against your bonus pool. If you can get your overslot targets in these rounds it’s a more economical way to spend your allotment

They’re all future Hall of Famers, you monster