What's the last Sox position prospect promoted from AA directly to the majors successfully (hitting with a 725-750+ ops)...let alone in the heart of a pennant race?

Frank Thomas in 1990??

1 minute ago, caulfield12 said:

What's the last Sox position prospect promoted from AA directly to the majors successfully (hitting with a 725-750+ ops)...let alone in the heart of a pennant race?

Frank Thomas in 1990??

Does this mean, to you, that you never do it again?

4 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Well yeah, Jenkins has spent his entire career in CF playing at a GG level and Bonemer has spent all of 7-10 days in AA.

Not you putting holes into your own argument.

1 minute ago, southsider2k5 said:

Not you putting holes into your own argument.

The reason they do or don't make the postseason shouldn't come down to promoting Caleb Bonemer or not...

As it stands, they promoted Braden too early as well...and numerous posters were arguing he was he ready (offensively) after flying through the system in just one year after sitting out much of his draft year.

Just now, caulfield12 said:

The reason they do or don't make the postseason shouldn't come down to promoting Caleb Bonemer or not...

As it stands, they promoted Braden too early as well...and numerous posters were arguing he was he ready (offensively) after flying through the system in just one year after sitting out much of his draft year.

Whoa whoa whoa, besides you who else is saying the entire season/postseason comes down to promoting Bonemer?

This has nothing to do with Braden

2 hours ago, chitownsportsfan said:

That said, nobody is going to feel sorry for injuries as a Sox fan, our 3 WAR catcher missed basically the entire year and we all know the pitching injuries.

Not saying this with snark, but more of a “it’s been a long season and l legitimately don’t recall” thing. What are the pitching injuries?

12 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

What's the last Sox position prospect promoted from AA directly to the majors successfully (hitting with a 725-750+ ops)...let alone in the heart of a pennant race?

Frank Thomas in 1990??

Frank Thomas was awesome....you're right Caulfield let's do it

1 minute ago, Kyyle23 said:

Whoa whoa whoa, besides you who else is saying the entire season/postseason comes down to promoting Bonemer?

This has nothing to do with Braden

Or look what happened to Moncada the first time he was thrown into Boston's September/October...it was a disaster of epic proportions.

It's one of the many reasons they protected Benintendi/Devers in that Crochet trade.

If Mune/Kolson aren't going to bounce back...they will 100% need Bonemer and Cholowsky to succeed.

And who is a good comp to Bonemer then...since you will reject Moncada and Jenkins lol?

Let's hear it.

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1 hour ago, Lightly Folded said:

This is about what I expected. Enjoy your lunch. Lay off the punch.

9 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

The reason they do or don't make the postseason shouldn't come down to promoting Caleb Bonemer or not...

As it stands, they promoted Braden too early as well...and numerous posters were arguing he was he ready (offensively) after flying through the system in just one year after sitting out much of his draft year.

So what does Walker Jenkins and the Twins have to do with any of that?

13 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

First off, Jenkins raked in the minors.

Second off, Yea I absolutely wouldn’t mind throwing Bonemer into this race. No time to be afraid, this is a team of kids who don’t know any better

I'd rather Bonemer than Quero. We Don't need 3 catchers

2 minutes ago, wegner said:

Frank Thomas was awesome....you're right Caulfield let's do it

Except he had a full half season to get himself mentally ready for the pennant drive...that and the little issue of being a Top 5 hitter all time his first seven seasons.

Robin Ventura otoh famously struggled his first two weeks in the majors after being one of the most accomplished players in NCAA history and the Golden Spices winner...which made him rededicate himself to working on his defense and all other facets of his game.

8 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Or look what happened to Moncada the first time he was thrown into Boston's September/October...it was a disaster of epic proportions.

It's one of the many reasons they protected Benintendi/Devers in that Crochet trade.

If Mune/Kolson aren't going to bounce back...they will 100% need Bonemer and Cholowsky to succeed.

And who is a good comp to Bonemer then...since you will reject Moncada and Jenkins lol?

Let's hear it.

I’m not beholden to dooming him with a comp. I am willing to let him come and be his own person

3 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

So what does Walker Jenkins and the Twins have to do with any of that?

Name one milb Top 30 hitter (prep draft, not NCAA) who has come up in this situation and actually thrived at the big league level....especially one with a K rate of 25% or higher.

And obviously that esteemed GM Chris Getz disagrees, as they are sending him to the Arizona Fall League instead.

It appears we have reached the point where the goalposts begin dancing around

1 minute ago, caulfield12 said:

Name one milb Top 30 hitter (prep draft, not NCAA) who has come up in this situation and actually thrived at the big league level....especially one with a K rate of 25% or higher.

And obviously that esteemed GM Chris Getz disagrees, as they are sending him to the Arizona Fall League instead.

What are you even talking about? This isn't a high school kid, he is in AA. Neither one of these guys were called up from HS.

Just now, Kyyle23 said:

I’m not beholden to dooming him with a comp. I am willing to let him come and be his own person

That's how the majority of old school scouts look at the game...by comparison.

You won't find a single legit scouting report that doesn't have them included.

Can/would Bonemer contribute more against LHP than Montgomerys and Mune? Quite likely, that’s all that matters.

10 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Or look what happened to Moncada the first time he was thrown into Boston's September/October...it was a disaster of epic proportions.

It's one of the many reasons they protected Benintendi/Devers in that Crochet trade.

If Mune/Kolson aren't going to bounce back...they will 100% need Bonemer and Cholowsky to succeed.

And who is a good comp to Bonemer then...since you will reject Moncada and Jenkins lol?

Let's hear it.

Is your argument don’t promote Bonemer because he might not be ready to help the team right now?

Or

Don’t promote Bonemer because it might mess with his long term development?

5 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Except he had a full half season to get himself mentally ready for the pennant drive...that and the little issue of being a Top 5 hitter all time his first seven seasons.

Robin Ventura otoh famously struggled his first two weeks in the majors after being one of the most accomplished players in NCAA history and the Golden Spices winner...which made him rededicate himself to working on his defense and all other facets of his game.

Golden Spice winners are good at cooking... what's your point?

I'm beginning to think you you don't want Bonemar called up.

1 minute ago, caulfield12 said:

That's how the majority of old school scouts look at the game...by comparison.

You won't find a single legit scouting report that doesn't have them included.

Is that before or after scoping out the ladies at the game?

3 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

It appears we have reached the point where the goalposts begin dancing around

King of the Strawman

1 minute ago, southsider2k5 said:

What are you even talking about? This isn't a high school kid, he is in AA. Neither one of these guys were called up from HS.

Yes, which means he has even less overall playing experience on his resume..

Still waiting for ANYONE to come up with a similar situation and that player succeeded instantly in the big leagues with their team having a 1 1/2 (or even 2 1/2) game lead with 12 games to play...?????

2 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Yes, which means he has even less overall playing experience on his resume..

Still waiting for ANYONE to come up with a similar situation and that player succeeded instantly in the big leagues with their team having a 1 1/2 (or even 2 1/2) game lead with 12 games to play...?????

He has less experience than a kid in HS? What are you even going on about?

3 minutes ago, fathom said:

Is that before or after scoping out the ladies at the game?

That's how they talked...except much dirtier.

I spent weeks and weeks listening to Rocky Bridges and Gene Lamont spinning their baseball stories in Augusta in 1994-95.