Waiting and Wondering

No soup for you, Korey Lee, not when you let Michael Soroka give up four earned run in 5.1 innings. And no five-game win streak. Guardians 7 Sox 0. But enough of that. How about this? As a parting gift to his team (not that he knew he was going), ex-GM Rick Hahn drafted three shortstops for the organization. Two of them are doing really well, to the point of meriting a promotion. And the third? That would be Colson Montgomery, the Sox top prospect. The good news is, Montgomery’s in Triple A at the age of 22. The bad new is, he’s hitting .225, with six homeruns and 46 strikeouts in 129 at-bats. The longer Montgomery takes to figure out his hitting, the longer Brooks Baldwin stays at Double-A Birmingham, where he’s leading the Southern Association with a .360 BA. Baldwin has eighteen RBIs in 114 at-bats to Montgomery’s fifteen in 129. Interesting. The longer Baldwin stays in Double A, the longer Jacob Gonzalez stays at High-A Winston-Salem, where he’s hitting .289, with three homers and twelve RBIs in 121 at-bats. Something’s got to give. Ideally, it would involve Montgomery going on a hot streak and getting promoted to the Sox, allowing for some piggy-move-up action with Baldwin and Gonzalez. Or the Sox could get creative (perish the thought) and try the other two at new positions, like second base and centerfield. It’s something to keep an eye on. Along with waiting for Soroka to get sent to the pen, if he’s lucky.