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I fully expect Jace Fry to come up and surprise us and dominate like Lopez has....it's been a strange year so why not.

A very funny man...RIP Norm.

Fastball: Sits 90-93; sinks it low; modest arm-side run; predominantly flat elsewhere in the zone. Draws weak contact in the lower third; barrel magnet when he tries to elevate. Deception slightly pads quality; modest velocity and movement profile will give him smaller margin for error at the big league level. Grade: 45 Curveball: Often lacks target zone velocity, sitting around 74-76. Inconsistent arm speed, release point and follow through. Shows sharp 1/7 break at its best; decent amount of slow rolling hangers up in the zone. Backdoors it to steal strikes and works it low as a spike pitch. Swing and miss is more so a product of pitchability than raw stuff. Grade: 45 Changeup: Above-average offering; optimal velo separation at 80-83. Features late tumble and solid arm-side fade. Maintains arm speed; thrown with conviction; shows confidence utilizing the pitch in FB counts. Elicits weak contact and swing and miss from both LHB and RHB. Grade: 55 Control and Command: Crafty southpaw with advanced pitchability. Impressive control; pounds the zone with quality strikes; sequences well, avoiding predictable patterns and locations. Actively attacks the edges of the plate; gives up loud well barreled shots in the heart of the zone. Above-average command of FB and CH; CB command significantly lags behind. Control: 60 | Command: 55 Name: Extremely Stupid. Grade: 25

I have had a feeling for awhile that if the Sox make it out of the 1st round, they will win the American League pennant. No idea if they can beat whoever comes out of the NL but I'd sure like to see them try. It is exciting to be able to see playoff baseball on the Southside for the 2nd year in a row. This really has been a crazy year with all the injuries. This is just the first year of the window...if they win it all this season, terrific...but they should be set for awhile.

It's great to have a gamethread again. Those off days are like a day without sunshine.

Crochet's W-L record would probably be better.

League directive??

I hate the Yankees but the Bluejays are scaring me a little bit....how about Oakland and Seattle go on a run and take those 2 wildcards??

I have come to expect Luis to make all the plays so I was surprised he did not make it...but that ball was crushed and that is on Kimbrel. I was just remembering how much trouble Luis had with walls late last season...he is still just so young and will continue to get better out there which is scary for the rest of the league.

Thanks. It is Puzzling. Well he seems like a fantastic return on what I believe was an intial $50,000 investment. I hope to see him on the Southside in a couple or few years. Congratulations to Jose.

Granted I suck at soxmath but how does he have the following scouting grades and not have an overall score of 50? Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 50 | Run: 50 | Arm: 50 | Field: 50 | Overall: 45

Get in line The Indians and Cubbies screwed us at the deadline. My apologies to Tepera however for saying he sucked when he first got here ?

I wonder if they are hoping that Cespedes will be ready to push for an OF spot next season?

If they decided to bring him back...what would it take? Great utility guys do pretty well on the open market.

I still wonder what it would have taken to get Daniel Hudson....I thought that was the move to make. Granted I have no idea how he has done with the Padres. I'm sure he was much less expensive prospect wise than Kimbrel. Oh well, hindsight....

Absolutely and he has played a very nice SS in Timmy's absence.

He's a great utility player but maybe not a regular...but he's going to need to be a regular if Cesar continues to contribute zero offensively.

Damn that was not a cheapy....I was yelling "get outta here" and my wife just laughed "they did it"

I'll take seconds and dessert.

I would say you've got to move Leury over to 2B when TA is back.

How about we give him a BSW....blown save win.

Cesar Hernandez.....the bench is calling.

I do have tons of airline miles...I can figure out the hotel later ?

You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him....LEURY!!!!