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  1. Hugh2
    I think Mayer gets a call if there's a long term injury up the middle. Although hypothetically they could bring up Anthony and move Rafaela to 2nd/SS. Otherwise I don't think it's harmful for him to be spending all or most of the season in AAA. Anthony is the one who I think is going to knock down the door soon enough.
  2. Hugh2
    I'm fine with Toro on the roster right now, but it's going to be disappointing if he's still playing 1B when we are at mid season. I'm fine with him there now because this is what he was here for. He's a Band-Aid, right now they should be trying to figure out who is going to play 1b for them a month from now. Devers just makes way too much sense.
  3. Hugh2
    Nothing. The Sox don't want to mess with a guys development and switch their positions, and if they were (and they could) I would think they would do it at the MILB level. That would probably only delay his MLB career because you'd think that want him to play the position for at least a month down in AAA. Starting a MLB career is hard enough, they're not going to make a guy adjust to MLB and have to learn a new position at the same time. At some point, in the absence of someone going down to create an opening they WILL find a way to make room for at least Anthony. I still think we could see him in about a month from now.
  4. Hugh2
    I'm fairly certain given the aggressive assignment and how young he is that he will remain in Greenville for most of the year no matter how good he is pitching. But he could end up in Portland at the end of the year even if it's only for a start or a few. That would be pretty nuts to have a kid who started the year 18 years old finishing in AA. At this point it might be more about building up strength and stamina for him than developing the pitches to get MLB league hitters out. I wouldn't want him rushed before they're confident he can go a whole season.
  5. Hugh2
    New BA TOP 100 1. Roman Anthony - Jumped over Sasaki who is still ranked 3. Kristian Campbell - 9. Marcelo Mayer 68. Franklin Arias 94. Payton Tolle 96. Brandon Clarke It's kind of crazy the Sox can trade away their top draft pick from last year to get Crochet and still have two guys from that draft crack the top 100. Both pitchers. Also, one has to imagine if Perales was healthy he would be top 100, he was still listed as a just missed guy. Valera isn't on the national radar yet, or at least in this top 100 but given his trajectory it's only a matter of time. The Sox system is loaded top to bottom.
  6. Hugh2
    Not only that but we literally have decades of information showing pitchers tend to drastically decline the third time through the order, and as a matter of fact some of the losses we've had involved the starter giving up runs their 3rd time through. We are playing bad baseball right now, a lot seems to go wrong and there's usually plenty of blame pie to go around to get hung up on one piece. There are certainly things this team NEEDS to do better, but to some extent it does feel like bad luck. This team could catch a cold before they could catch a break right now;.
  7. Hugh2
    Exactly, they needed to make a move then when they found out how bad it was they moved him to the 60 day If it’s not Toro then why even have him on the roster. I suspect he won’t last long, I have a hard time seeing the Sox roll with a Romy/Toro first base platoon all year.
  8. Hugh2
    Looks like it’s an Abraham Toro/Romney Gonzalez platoon. I get it, this is why Toro is on the roster and if he doesn’t look good you can just get rid of him. It just stinks because you want to see other people get a chance down in Worcester. I’d like to see Grissom given another shot first. Casas ruptured is patellar tendon, he’s out for the year.
  9. Hugh2
    There is no Marcelo Mayer story. Sox called up Abraham Toro and Romney is at first base. you have a platoon first base.
  10. Hugh2
    What's frustrating is this team was looking poised to go on a run, and then two pitchers who otherwise have been great for you this year are the two who really blew it this series. Whitlock and Slaten. Both those games Giolito and Houck gave you something to be optimistic on and then two guys who haven't been the problem this year blow it. Everyone has bad games, even the best of them, but their timing certainly sucks.
  11. Hugh2
    All things considered I feel pretty good about that Giolitos start. First start in two years
  12. Hugh2
    Something is going to give, I don't see Roman Anthony down in AAA come June.
  13. Hugh2
    I don't expect Buehler to pitch like a 1 or 2 this year, if he does....amazing.
  14. Hugh2
    If Walker Buehler pitches good this year, and I say good not great because I don't think he can pitch great, I think he gets the Nick Pivetta treatment. Throw him the Q.O. if he accepts it, then great, if not you hope a team out there nets you a draft pick. And I like Buehler.
  15. Hugh2
    I think about the Roman Empire every day. Love the name of the latest soxprospects podcast, diving in deep now. Farm in general is looking great this year with guys looking to step up into the top 10 and make you still feel great about the system after the top 3 leave.
  16. Hugh2
    I understand why some people don't want players switching positions, but I'm more open to it than most. For the longest time a team would never entertain a player pitching and hitting, and while someone like Ohtani may be rare, one reason for that is just the sheer fact that once a player goes pro he only focuses on ONE side of the ball. Players coming up thru the minors are increasingly playing multiple positions and moving around the diamond. That type of two way player might be much more common than someone like Ohtani who is a unicorn. I'd believe that some players might benefit from staying put more than others, but if a team feels a guy has the right mindset to move around the diamond, I'm very open to this becoming more of a norm.
  17. Hugh2
    I was looking at his career stats, which is still small and why I want to see him get more of a chance in that role.
  18. Hugh2
    I immediately looked up his stats, and he's better as a starter than a reliever, which does not make sense, so that blows my post out of the water but it is a small sample size and I'd still like to see him in that role. Maybe still in Woo for now but I think he's a good depth option who should get another look at some point. Not like he should be given a ton of rope though.
  19. Hugh2
    I wouldn't hate Criswell in the swing man/long man get us 2 innings a few times a few role. I think the Sox are back to putting Whitlock in that role and having two guys who could be shut down there would be awesome. I think he could be better in shorter bursts.
  20. Hugh2
    If a player is going to earn more than the option, he's going to sign somewhere else. If a player is not worth anywhere NEAR the option the team is not going to exercise it. If both team and player are interested in each other, then it likely makes sense to just sign a new contract. I'm sure the money from the buyout is taking into consideration when players sign these deals.
  21. Hugh2
    I'm kind of curious now, I can't think of ONE. Not saying it hasn't happened.
  22. Hugh2
    mutual options are never executed by both sides. I'm sure there may be an occurrence out there somewhere I'm missing, but they aren't.
  23. Hugh2
    I'm laughing because I was almost going to say, unless it's someone like Skenes I'm hanging up the phone if anyone comes calling for Anthony.
  24. Hugh2
    Anthony strikes me as the type of guy who is going to bet on himself and wait out the market. If he signs an extension in Boston it's going to be for a lot. And if you're betting on yourself, you know the closer to FA you are the more money you're going to get. If Anthony is the guy we hope he is, he's going to take over 1/2 a billion to sign him in about 4-5 years from now. That's just the type of player he strikes me as, and that ain't bad, it ain't bad to be like Campbell either and take the security. I mean, Anthony did get about $2 million more than Campbell in the draft so he's got a little cushion to sit on and wait.
  25. Hugh2
    No I get it, I'm not disagreeing. In the end all 162 games matter exactly the same. But we do have to remember it's a marathon and not a race, but again I get it, we want to see the team win and look good. Still, I'd feel better about play in September, guys get cobwebs and slow starts, it happens to all teams. I suppose who deals with it bests is better for it. Sox are tied for the most wins so I'd say we are doing pretty good. Maybe that's because of the "soft" schedule, and if so then hey.....I'd rather play these teams now rather than later. I think the Sox have enough talent on this team to compete with anyone if they're firing on all cylinders.
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