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Badler: Sox expected to sign Yoelki Cespedes

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Only to a degree. Otherwise  anyone could hit major league pitching.

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  • southsider2k5
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    Wow, if the Sox figure out a way to put both of those kids into the system in 13 months, that replaces a lot of graduating talent and gives them some future waves to add on with, or even deal from if

  • southsideirish71
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    This is a pretty damning indictment.   Trading the funds made no sense at the time. 

  • Yea. They should have signed the left handed version instead.

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1 hour ago, Sleepy Harold said:

 

Good thread

@Y2Jimmy0 @Y2Jimmy, do you expect them to play him a year in the DSL like they did with Robert? I hope this isn't the case. 

52 minutes ago, Yearnin' for Yermin said:

@Y2Jimmy0 @Y2Jimmy, do you expect them to play him a year in the DSL like they did with Robert? I hope this isn't the case. 

I hope not 

5 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

The only time Longenhagen has seen Cespedes play, he went 3-18 in the Can-AM League and had a long swing 

Is that the last time anyone saw him play?

9 hours ago, FriendlyNorthsider said:

FWIW, he has Gavin Sheets as a 40 and Cespedes as a 35+ meaning that Cespedes would slot somewhere between him and number 32 Jake Burger in the Sox System. That just seems ridiculous to me 

Honestly, Cespedes’s Cuban stats aren’t anything to get excited about and the last time anyone saw him play he struggled. Any reports or rankings on him at this point is complete guess work. I don’t think he’s below Sheets, but I do think people need to curb their expectations with him. This is not Robert 2.0

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Always great to see the Sox grab a #1!!!

2 minutes ago, wegner said:

Always great to see the Sox grab a #1!!!

As long as they don't fall in a #2. ?

I keep seeing different spellings of his first name. Is it Yoelkis or Yolqui or is Yolqui a nickname for Yoelkis?

 

1 hour ago, bmags said:

I keep seeing different spellings of his first name. Is it Yoelkis or Yolqui or is Yolqui a nickname for Yoelkis?

Let's go retro and call him #cesPAYdes

1 hour ago, bmags said:

I keep seeing different spellings of his first name. Is it Yoelkis or Yolqui or is Yolqui a nickname for Yoelkis?

I've also seen 4 different ways over the past month or so.

On 12/27/2020 at 4:39 AM, FriendlyNorthsider said:

FWIW, he has Gavin Sheets as a 40 and Cespedes as a 35+ meaning that Cespedes would slot somewhere between him and number 32 Jake Burger in the Sox System. That just seems ridiculous to me 

If that rating is accurate...no reason to get overly excited about him.  He'll have to play himself on to the team.  Can't assume he will be a fast riser in the system.

On 12/23/2020 at 1:23 PM, tray said:

Only to a degree. Otherwise  anyone could hit major league pitching.

There are natural mechanisms that make a major league hitter just a freak of nature.  They usually have amazing hand-eye coordination and outstanding vision.  You can't teach that.  Now their swing mechanics however can be changed and massaged over time.   

Delete. I was wrong. 

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5 hours ago, bmags said:

I keep seeing different spellings of his first name. Is it Yoelkis or Yolqui or is Yolqui a nickname for Yoelkis?

Spanish does not have a letter K. The QU would be original. 

3 minutes ago, pcq said:

Spanish does not have a letter K. The QU would be original. 

Thanks this is what I was looking for. Also saw he is on Twitter as yolqui

46 minutes ago, aeichhor said:

 

He needs to find a weight room :)

Hopefully we hear news soon about Colas (if he is signing somewhere or waiting).

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15 hours ago, pcq said:

Spanish does not have a letter K. The QU would be original. 

Is there one in cyrillic? He is from Cuba. ?

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