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It is definitely a risk but Greinke has managed a hall of fame career despite issues like that. Greinke of course is a different character than kopech (more the sheldon cooper type:)) but it is not impossible to manage stuff like that. Can of course also go wrong and ruin his career, every case is different.

I don't think it was malicious intent by coop but he totally can't say that.

Hopefully yermin doesn't collide with someone in the OF, that would be like getting hit by a tank:)

Vaughn bomb And a bomb and a bat flip by Tim

Thought it might be fun to collect some stuff from twitter and other social media here. Starting with robert hitting a bomb of rondon while falling to the ground

Most delivery changes with adult players go wrong though. You can make a small change like shortening up the arm a little or change the stride but changing the arm slot is risky because the muscles have been used to this path for decades and changing it can cause injury and performance loss. I'm not saying it cant work (I think Halladay did a successful slot change) but I have not heard of many successful changes but of quite a few ones that went wrong.

The offense was great but the pitching not so much. The results in the RS weren't that bad but sirotka, parque and Baldwin significantly outperformed their FIP which was bound to come back to earth.

I think crochet could get mlb lefties out right now but against righties his third pitch and command would need more work. I think you can't use a loogy anymore (does the 3 batter rule apply already this year?) but you could bring him in to face two lefties sandwiching a righty batter. The question is whether you want to bring him up and start his clock for such a specialized role.

Isn't there a rule that a Corona outbreak doesn't count against the 60 man, I.e you can call up extra players to replace corona infected players?

I guess they can do some kind of intrasquad games and live at bats against sox pitching prospects. Not real games of course but better than just hitting in the cage and playing catch all year.

I do think he would play in the expanded afl if he is healthy (and if that fall league can happen at all which we don't know yet). The swing looks good and he was an advanced bat but still if that afl is not happening he can't really play because you can't just put him in the majors after all the time off with injury and never playing above A ball.

Burger had a 1100 ops in college hitting 330+ with lots of walks and 20+ Homers. He always was a long shot to stay at third but he was a very polished college hitter who would have profiled at first or DH too. He wasn't super fit in college of course but still you dont expect an early 20 year old to RIP his Achilles twice. Fat players tend to get injured but not before their late 20s, that a player gets injured that early is rather unlikely.

I still like it because it prevents teams from keeping prospects down too long and use the minors as a reserve for mlb ready players. I would slightly adjust the times though, make it 6 years for HS and international kids and 4 years for college players because 5 years can be too little for international guys (who are only 21-22 after 5 years) while for college players 5 years is plenty (they are like 25-27 after 5 years).

Howard got less than crochet (3.7m) so I guess the sox simply liked crochet more. Also maybe timeline played a little role as howard probably isn't ready until 2024. Kelley will take time too but he has a mature body and maybe could be up a little faster.

So he got full slot value, right? This means he probably really was 11th on the sox board and they didn't want to save money. When looking at the board it probably makes sense, the better players really all went top 10 unless you like abel or howard more.

Are you worried about the reports of Kelley showing up out of shape in spring as of makeup concerns or do you think that is nothing to worry about?

I Think pipeline is the outlier, law said the change is bad and longenhagen didn't really mention the change. However I would prefer a plus breaker over a good change with an amateur. Not everyone can learn change up feel but it is possible however learning to spin the ball is hard. If the breaker has no command or a bad axis it can be corrected but if you can't make the ball spin fast at all your breaker will likely always be a "cement mixer" that just hangs up there.

I think that was kelley, crochet does throw a change but is not a viable pro ball pitch yet.

There is no question he is going go kill lefties with his slider but law said he struggled with righties because he has no credible third pitch. Law suggested maybe developing a cutter/slider hybrid to combat righties at least once or twice through the lineup which could be easier than developing feel for a change up. Still of course to be a full starter as a lefty he should at least try to develop a change up (straight 12 6 curve would work too but at his arm slot this is likely going to be a slurve which is not effective against righties at all).

Vaughn is certainly already better than the 30th guy, that is not the question. The question is like I have said in my other thread is whether you are willing to lose a year of service time with him by bringing him up.

I think there is a good chance he will never pitch in pro ball. He had tj so he is out until next summer and could very well be released until then. Kinda cruel but he of course was just picked to save money.

Of course we don't know if there will be a season but assuming there is there are proposals to make a 20 game taxi squad apart from the roster who can come up and down any time without 40 man moves. That is a good situation because of potential double headers and less off days and would be good for the Sox advanced prospects but how would that affect service time, especially vaughn, madrigal, kopech and cease? Would bringing those guys up in the taxi squad start the clock on them? Vaughn is an especially curious case as he hasn't played above high A ball but he likely would only need another 250-300 PAs in AA to be ready. Usually you would just give him those ABs but with likely no or only a late milb season do you put him on the taxi squad and start his clock or sit him on his ass and waste a year of development (except maybe some complex training and a fall league) but get an extra year of service? And what about the other 3 guys who are basically ready but could be gamed for extra service time? Robert is the only one were this is no issue due to the contract extension.

If you get a decent offer I would be open for a trade but I'm not sure you get a lot for either as neither has shown much in the majors. Also the time of the full time DH is really over, with 12 and 13 men pitching staffs most teams like to have more flexible players and rotate players through DH.

Abreu is a free Agent in 23 and vaughn likely not up until may 2021. I guess eloy will stick in the outfield through 2021.

In the end it doesn't matter if they get traded or pitches for the sox as long they help the team. However them getting traded could also mean they underperform which would be bad as you would sell low. It could of course also mean a monster trade for a superstar but I think right now that is not something to worry about