Missed the first homer. The second one was crushed.

So was the first.

I'm glad I'm not running things, because if I were I'd be like "f*** it, Courtney you're coming North with the team."

He's only 21. Nice to have a bright prospect.

Waive Cabrera...then with Hawk and Avi,two biggest corner guys surrounding the tiniest CF in MLB

Hawkins can certainly hit a FB. Good job of pulling his hands in to get the barrel of the bat on the ball in the second homer. Really looking forward to seeing how he hits in Birmingham.

Rodon the Reliever lights out and Hawkins just wow !

Edited March 22, 201511 yr by CaliSoxFanViaSWside

Inordinate amount of KC fans at the game today. Lots of chirping. Was glad they stuck around to get a taste of Hawkins.

 

Penny looked good. Gillaspie needs to stop hanging his head every time he makes an out.

Edited March 22, 201511 yr by The Ginger Kid

I feel a trade for Yasmani Tomas to play 3B coming on, lol.

 

NOT.

 

 

Hawkins as a legit corner outfield power threat takes some of the pressure currently on Garcia...at least from a long-term perspective.

 

Short-term, there's not much help in the outfield, other than a trade/waiver move or Trayce Thompson. Of course, there's probably a 50/50 chance we see Tim Anderson shifted out there (eventually)...but first they'll put him at 2B, barring any devastating injuries to Cabrera/Eaton/Garcia (or Micah Johnson) at the major league level.

 

 

For as awesome as Courtney (and his beard ala Tyreese from Walking Dead) has been this ST, if he was on the Cubs doing this, there'd be almost as hype as there is for Soler and Russell IMO.

Edited March 22, 201511 yr by caulfield12

I feel a trade for Yasmani Tomas to play 3B coming on, lol.

 

NOT.

 

 

Hawkins as a legit corner outfield power threat takes some of the pressure currently on Garcia...at least from a long-term perspective.

 

Short-term, there's not much help in the outfield, other than a trade/waiver move or Trayce Thompson. Of course, there's probably a 50/50 chance we see Tim Anderson shifted out there (eventually)...but first they'll put him at 2B, barring any devastating injuries to Cabrera/Eaton/Garcia (or Micah Johnson) at the major league level.

 

 

For as awesome as Courtney (and his beard ala Tyreese from Walking Dead) has been this ST, if he was on the Cubs doing this, there'd be almost as hype as there is for Soler and Russell IMO.

 

I just looked at Bryant's numbers from last season. Would be HUGE for our system if Hawkins somehow puts up similar numbers to what he did. As I posted earlier in the thread, when he's ready (assuming Eaton and Garcia hit the way we expect), we may have to trade Avi or Melky or go with a rotating OF/DH since the DH spot would likely be open at that point.

 

Also, I'd love for Thompson to have a breakout year as he is still just 24 (could be enticing to a team looking for a young OF in exchange for a catcher or another pitcher).

Edited March 22, 201511 yr by soxfan2014

I just looked at Bryant's numbers from last season. Would be HUGE for our system if Hawkins somehow puts up similar numbers to what he did. As I posted earlier in the thread, when he's ready (assuming Eaton and Garcia hit the way we expect), we may have to trade Avi or Melky or go with a rotating OF/DH since the DH spot would likely be open at that point.

 

Also, I'd love for Thompson to have a breakout year as he is still just 24 (could be enticing to a team looking for a young OF in exchange for a catcher or another pitcher).

 

The odds are pretty high we're going to have to put together some minor league pieces to trade for a more reliable (youngish) catcher.

Edited March 22, 201511 yr by caulfield12