On my Big Board as of today, this is how I have the outfields:

 

MLB: Cordell/Engel/AGarcia, 4OF: Delmonico/Leury

AAA: May/Tilson/WGarcia, DH/OF Palka, 4OF Robbins

AA: Fisher/Polo/Jimenez, DH/OF Hawkins, 4OF Gelalich

A+: 4-rota of Call/Basabe/Booker/Adolfo with DH, 4OF: Schnurbusch

A: 4-rota of Robert/Rutherford/Gonzalez/Dedelow with DH, 4OF: Taylor

***Rk/EXT: Destino, Frost, Garcia, Coronado, Brown, Staudinger, etc.

 

Worth noting that Destino and Frost both saw some infield work time at the hitters' camp, so they may be working to get them into A-ball somehow.

 

On my Big Board as of today, this is how I have the outfields:

 

MLB: Cordell/Engel/AGarcia, 4OF: Delmonico/Leury

AAA: May/Tilson/WGarcia, DH/OF Palka, 4OF Robbins

AA: Fisher/Polo/Jimenez, DH/OF Hawkins, 4OF Gelalich

A+: 4-rota of Call/Basabe/Booker/Adolfo with DH, 4OF: Schnurbusch

A: 4-rota of Robert/Rutherford/Gonzalez/Dedelow with DH, 4OF: Taylor

***Rk/EXT: Destino, Frost, Garcia, Coronado, Brown, Staudinger, etc.

 

Worth noting that Destino and Frost both saw some infield work time at the hitters' camp, so they may be working to get them into A-ball somehow.

You really think Engel starts season as the CF?

On my Big Board as of today, this is how I have the outfields:

 

MLB: Cordell/Engel/AGarcia, 4OF: Delmonico/Leury

AAA: May/Tilson/WGarcia, DH/OF Palka, 4OF Robbins

AA: Fisher/Polo/Jimenez, DH/OF Hawkins, 4OF Gelalich

A+: 4-rota of Call/Basabe/Booker/Adolfo with DH, 4OF: Schnurbusch

A: 4-rota of Robert/Rutherford/Gonzalez/Dedelow with DH, 4OF: Taylor

***Rk/EXT: Destino, Frost, Garcia, Coronado, Brown, Staudinger, etc.

 

Worth noting that Destino and Frost both saw some infield work time at the hitters' camp, so they may be working to get them into A-ball somehow.

 

Well the Kanny defense should have some range. I do just hate being forced to lose reps for fringe CFers like Rutherford already at low levels.

On my Big Board as of today, this is how I have the outfields:

 

MLB: Cordell/Engel/AGarcia, 4OF: Delmonico/Leury

AAA: May/Tilson/WGarcia, DH/OF Palka, 4OF Robbins

AA: Fisher/Polo/Jimenez, DH/OF Hawkins, 4OF Gelalich

A+: 4-rota of Call/Basabe/Booker/Adolfo with DH, 4OF: Schnurbusch

A: 4-rota of Robert/Rutherford/Gonzalez/Dedelow with DH, 4OF: Taylor

***Rk/EXT: Destino, Frost, Garcia, Coronado, Brown, Staudinger, etc.

 

Worth noting that Destino and Frost both saw some infield work time at the hitters' camp, so they may be working to get them into A-ball somehow.

 

 

I don't know if Rob feels similar but after listening to people talk at SoxFest and just observing things, I feel like Rutherford is going to Winston-Salem. I think they want him in that ballpark rather than Kanny.

You really think Engel starts season as the CF?

 

I do. If he hits a little, I think he can hold it down for a while too. If he doesn't, then he gets replaced after a couple months. Tilson has been away for so, so long, and listening to the Sox talk, I think he starts in AAA.

 

 

Well the Kanny defense should have some range. I do just hate being forced to lose reps for fringe CFers like Rutherford already at low levels.

 

I hate it too, but what choices are there? Good news is, there will inevitably be movement, probably pretty quickly.

 

I don't know if Rob feels similar but after listening to people talk at SoxFest and just observing things, I feel like Rutherford is going to Winston-Salem. I think they want him in that ballpark rather than Kanny.

 

A 20-year-old who hit like .225 with Kanny last year? I think it's highly unlikely they push him up a level, but I've been wrong before. I don't see them rolling the dice on his development by over-assigning him just so he can hit 50% of his games in a band box to feel better about his power.