I think they want him to learn to play at this level now, so that he is fairly developed when the next wave of kids come up in a 18 months or so...

 

"waves of talent"

 

And his service clock is such that the Sox don't get to keep him any longer even if they waited until early next year to call him up. As long as you're confident that he won't be so overwhelmed up here that it will hurt his development, it's better to get him up here against the best competition and presumably with the best coaches.

And his service clock is such that the Sox don't get to keep him any longer even if they waited until early next year to call him up. As long as you're confident that he won't be so overwhelmed up here that it will hurt his development, it's better to get him up here against the best competition and presumably with the best coaches.

 

Because his walk rate is so good, and he strikes out looking often, I'm glad he's getting some time to work with a presumably better strike zone.

I'm sure the Sox had him flying the first 1st class ticket out of Charlotte as soon as the trade was finalized last night. He's probably been in Chicago since last night. Hopefully he got a good night's rest.

I hope they didn't book him on United or Delta.

I just realized I will be blacked out again tonight.

 

Lame.

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Any official lineup announcement yet?

I just realized I will be blacked out again tonight.

 

Lame.

 

cut back on the whiskey!

cut back on the whiskey!

Well played

https://mobile.twitter.com/whitesox/status/...748128761368579

Abreu picking up Moncada at the airport today, per Rick Hahn / ESPN 1000

Hahn said Abreu went to go pick up Moncada from the airport today.

Any other good tidbits?

Any other good tidbits?

 

There were suitcases filled with twinkies

Any other good tidbits?

I'm listening as well and will let you know - they're talking Quintana trade now.

I just got really hungry thinking about "comida tipica". Hopefully Abreu's wife cooks them up some mean pollo con arroz y habicheulas y plantains.

Hansen

Melky

Abreu

Avi

Davidson

Moncada (2B)

Anderson

Navarez

Sanchez (DH)

 

yesssssss. Bet marketing wishes they didn't call him on what I assume will already be a decent turnout for GoT night.

Any other good tidbits?

"There's certainly players of interest still on our club that other teams are calling us about."

 

Paraphrasing Hahn's response when asked about more trades in the next couple weeks.

"There's certainly players of interest still on our club that other teams are calling us about."

 

Paraphrasing Hahn's response when asked about more trades in the next couple weeks.

 

"Melky...we'll take a bag of balls and a souvenir cup for him"

Replica Moncada jerseys now available on MLB.com

@ChuckGarfien

11m

Yoan Moncada: "I asked Jose if he would pick me up at the airport and he did."

 

@CST_soxvan

Moncada's locker is next to Abreu's, who is from same Cuban town as the prized rookie.

http://espncu.com/stream.html

 

Going on ESPN right now.

Anyone catch this? I missed it.

Something tells me we are going to keep Abreu for as long as we can. And when he retires I could see us keeping him in the organization somehow to help with recruiting Cuban players here

What would be a good 2.5 months for Moncada?

Something tells me we are going to keep Abreu for as long as we can. And when he retires I could see us keeping him in the organization somehow to help with recruiting Cuban players here

 

 

Yep a player like him has a ton of non statistical value. It's like a really good college recruiter, you can get a nice pipeline rolling.

What would be a good 2.5 months for Moncada?

 

 

Off of my head I'd consider the following good for him. Not what I am expecting per se, but it would be a good start.

 

BA- .275

OBP- .330

HR- 9 HR

K rate- 27%

E's

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Single=Throw one Twinkie on the field

Double=2 (or packet filled with 2, lol)

Triple=3

HR=4

SB=??? (Still working on it)

 

That would be way cool marketing, the Chevy Pride Girls could pick them all up after they littered the field, of course, it wouldn't delay the game at all, haha...

Single=Throw one Twinkie on the field

Double=2 (or packet filled with 2, lol)

Triple=3

HR=4

SB=??? (Still working on it)

 

That would be way cool marketing, the Chevy Pride Girls could pick them all up after they littered the field, of course, it wouldn't delay the game at all, haha...

 

 

I actually really like this lol.