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The author of The MVP Machine was interviewed on Sox Machine. I would give it a listen if you haven't yet, its today's ( June 24th) episode. The interview talked about how the Dodgers and Astros will be dominating the league for years based on how much money they put into their farm teams and approach in development. Verlander and Cole have revamped their careers based on Astros analytics, and the Dodgers have been able to turn around a lot of careers around. Listening to how the Astros' farm teams are dominating at every level (stats wise) it makes me feel awful about what we have outside of our top 3. It also worries me that the Twins have taken notice and have also adjusted their developmental approach to hitting. Look at their at their prospects. It is paying dividends for them so far, and its becoming clear they won't be a one and done type of team. Look at what the Dodgers have been doing with their young players. Now look at us.. Burger, Collins and Fulmer, and how our top prospect had to go to his high school pitching coach for guidance. Its a scary thought to think we have a window of contention, whereas teams that are taking their farm systems seriously will be able to become yearly competitors thanks to a stream of minor league depth. How far behind is our organization really? In Big Data Baseball the book made numerous mentions on how the Sox were one of the last teams to start paying attention to analytics. How much do they believe in them these days and to what extent?

not sure how you miss not one but two hanging sliders..

Thank you Ricky and Alonso!

alonso is a joke, a clown, and utter trash DFA HIM ALREADY

Wow good play, stole away a double and made it look smooth

Yolmer and Cordell just kill any hopes at a rally..

1. Robert 2. Moncada 3. Vaughn/Jimenez 4. Jimenez/Vaughn/Collins 5. Collins/Vaughn/Jimenez 6. Anderson 7. McCann 8. RF (hopefully lefty) 9. Madrigal

Wasted first round pick

WE. NEED. ROBOT. UMPS.

We need robot umps

Collins bat looks really slow

Man Hansen is such a depressing story

Choo is such a good hitter, what a beautiful hit

no chance on that changeup, mercy

these umps need to be held accountable, absolutely shameful when are they going to bring on the robot umps?

WHY IS RICKY NOT GETTING THROWN OUT WITH THIS UMPSHOW BEHIND THE PLATE??!??! STAND UP FOR YOUR PLAYERS im beyond livid

yeah garcia is hurt, theres no way he doesnt beat that out when hes 100%

Alonso was a bad call there, but i guess there arent many options on the bench

two different strike zones tonight

Anderson was just so selfish

Verlander didnt discover PEDs at the time

bust...y

That was the best win in ages, all because of Eloy. Now about that Moncada incident...

fuck you renteria

MLB cant market their game, this should not be a surprise to anyone