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Separate Planes? They have enough money. But seriously, I thought that they were limiting the flying that teams have to do.

Erie's

Baldelli wouldn’t have the energy to finish the test.

Did McHugh injure his flexor tendon taking the test?

Red Sox Rotation: 1. ERod 2. Eovaldi 3. Perez 4. McHugh (for the second half of a half season?) 5. No one ARYFKM

The problem is that it is a head to head weekly league. There playoffs would be almost as long as the regular season. Maybe we should just go to a rotisserie league with points instead of head to head and no playoffs?

"Trotting"?

https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2020/06/boston-red-sox-legend-david-ortiz-issued-restraining-order-by-ex-partner-in-dominican-republic-report.html

Wow! "Within a week." Do they mean the regular season will start within a week?

I didn’t know that about the reset. That sucks.

It will not start unless they can guarantee that it will finish.

The owners will pull the plug on the season and blame COVID.

You are posting lots of wisdom.

[h=1]Rob Manfred No Longer Confident 2020 Season Will Occur[/h]By Connor Byrne | June 15, 2020 at 3:58pm CDT https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/06/rob-manfred-no-longer-confident-2020-season-will-occur.html

I just don’t want to get my hopes up. If they have some sort of a season, it will be a pleasant surprise for me.

We shall see. Before the pandemic, I was not happy with him at all as he seemed intent on coming North with a rotation of 3 starters.

The Red Sox don’t even get an honorable mention: https://www.mlb.com/news/top-classes-in-the-2020-mlb-draft

My prediction is that there will be no season and the owners will blame it on the safety limitations from the virus... but it will be about $.

Wasn't he second in command at Tampa for most of his tenure?

This is true.

Has anyone been jumping on him? COVID has given him a free pass.

I am hearing that some of the very top players are not getting drafted ... possibly because signing money is short this year. 21 of the pre draft ranked top 100 weren't taken. 15 of those 21 were HS kids. Two of the best available pitchers: Victor Mederos and Jordan Walker went undrafted. Red Sox pick Blaze Jordan was my great nephew's roommate in USA 15 & Under team. Kid has been hitting 400 ft bombs since age 14-15. Kid wins every HR derby, but in game action he swings and misses a ton. Swings and misses at 90 mph fastballs. Maybe his swing is too long and can be fixed or his quick twitch is too slow. He also has a big arm 92-94 mph. Maybe they will turn him into a pitcher. He has a Clemens' type build.

My great nephew wasn't in the 2020 draft although he got draft packages from the Diamondbacks and the Reds. He didn't register so he wasn't listed on the portal. He is working back from an arm injury and didn't feel the it was the best timing for him. His dad, my nephew is pretty familiar with a lot of these players, because my great nephew has played with or against them. Here are the comments that he sent me by text: It's by no means a full evaluation, but he has a very good eye for talent. But here it is-- evaluation by text: nick yorke .. can flat out rake ... .. kid just hits everything robert hassel III is a JOKE at #8 ...he sucks Austin Hendrick #12 is horrible, he is a pederson-type -- all or nothing Mike Abel #15 is real deal i have no f***ing idea who Ed Howard is...never saw.him ...ever .. his f***ing bio say LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES.. are they f***ing kidding pete crow armstrong SUCKS, figures the mets would waste a 1st round pick nick bitsko is real deal.. tons of arm... great body .. at 15u USA nick topped at 87, [my great nephew] was already 89 at USA and drew romo .. no clue ...says USA catcher for the last 2 years .. he wasn't there prior to that best catcher in this draft class out.of HS is a kid Jack Bulger from MD ... kid rakes and is solid behind the plate next kids from NY might be lazarus holdings .. sick outfielder...definite MLB bat and fast jason savacool, rhp from arojnd syracuse.. sick 91-93 FB and devastating CB for strikes, mixes well and hits his spots Alex Santos.. big lanky power arm. but typical power arm that cant hit a f***ing barn

The evaluators were really at a disadvantage for this draft. In senior year of High School and during college these players can make huge developmental jumps. Missing a full season was just huge in being able to make the evaluations. I think that down the road we will see an unusually large number of undrafted kids from this class making it to the majors.

Here is the Red Sox selection: