BamaDoc

Agree. Every other team is seeing his performance, or lack thereof. Nothing that he is doing would make anyone jump and say, "I gotta have him."

Bingo! You can play your way on (Palka) and off of the 40 man roster.

I think seeing Kopech up and doing well, we felt pretty good about having four young starters for 2019. Felt like add a fifth, Eloy, others improvement and you could be a surprise team. Losing Kopech just seemed to blow all that optimism up.

I feel it just shows we are in for a long 2019 as most prospects won't arrive till later that year(Eloy exception) and as we have seen, few are great right away.

Sometimes you hear what you want to.........pessimist focuses on the setbacks.........optimist focuses on the successes.

Get well soon Michael. Back and better than ever.

So I will repeat, he looks like he will work in relief. For those that don't like wadding thru the numbers I found above, the results against him are very much like him pitching to Adam Engel for every at bat. So one time thru lineup would be like pitching to Engel nine times.

Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO SO/W BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE BAbip tOPS+ sOPS+ 1st PA in G, as SP 18 162 142 17 30 2 0 5 0 0 18 31 1.72 .211 .300 .331 .631 47 4 0 2 0 0 4 .236 68 82 1st PA in G, as RP 6 42 40 2 9 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 3.50 .225 .262 .300 .562 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 49 5 Stats per baseball reference.com To me it clearly indicates he has a role on the team. He needs to be the long reliever. I looked and a six game sample size is obviously small but when you add in first time thru the order as a reliever, I think it is a lot more valid. OPS for second time jumps to .864 as starter and .750 relieving. He looks like a guy who can go two or three innings and be very useful. We may need two longer reliever types depending how we fill 4-5 starter roles. I agree with you he should not start.

Looks like 1 and 2 locked up. 20 games to go.

Best of luck Jack! Next year will definitely be trying so stepping away may be best. At least you recognized it was not a positive for you. As an optimist, I found if I go to the minor league box scores first, I can find someone did something good and be happy. That's why I started a lot of those threads. When I look at the majors I spend a lot of time thinking flip candidates, improved draft pick, and needle in a haystack. I realize our AAAA players probably won't stick but looking at it that way keeps me sane.

I guess I am idealistic. Better food, happier players, better results. Maybe 4-6 players make the bigs instead of 3-5. Treating them better than what they see other teams doing helps with signing early possibly team friendly extensions etc. For what it costs to bring in on over the hill reliever or bench piece you could feed the entire farm.

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=09/06/2018 http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?sid=milb&org=145&ymd=20180906 Henzman for A+. Need a win down 0-1 in series.

I was not saying feed Robert and not others. I was saying, even he spends time in A ball and it would behoove us to all we can for each player. You can have roving nutritionalist as well as contracts with local food providers which strengthen the teams presence in their market places. I would just like to see Sox player development answer the questions.

Robert cost us 50-60 million including the penalties, comes from a different culture, played at A ball, why would we not do everything to maximize the return on investment? I wouldn't expect the affiliate to foot the bill but the Sox as parent club. It would make us more appealing to cities for affiliation as well. You are a favorite poster of mine and I thought you would be all in on this. Why not provide the best possible to help the prospects maximize their potential?

If you have read any of the articles by a ex minor leaguer on another site(not trying to create controversy), the reimbursement for the average minor leaguer is poor. Guys going to the AFL may only get a $20 meal allotment. There is a cultural adjustment for players coming from latin america to the states etc. Could someone with the ability to reach Getz or someone in the appropriate area ask a question/series of questions? Why do we not provide meals for the minors before games/ after games/ or both? The non bonus baby minor leaguer makes less than minimum wage. Even guys like Moncada freaked out when discovering twinkies and Eloy was in to a fast food chain. Others, we heard about pizza. Why not be the class of the minors and feed your players a nutritious meal, either in a post game spread or in boxes if hoping on the bus? Can you not supply supplements/vitamins if requested? It would not be that costly and you could tailor it to the players needs. Granted it is a static facility, but Alabama's football team eats like kings, steak, lobster etc but also with nutritionalists fitting diets to the individuals needs. Why isn't this done in the minors? I understand that most players won't make it but when you stand in front of Congress (which may be coming) to explain the sub minimum wage conditions, wouldn't this be if nothing else a good excuse? If the White Sox were to do this ( I realize Jerry doesn't rattle the status quo) it could set us up as a premier organization where everyone in the minors would like to be. It could help on signing draft picks as well as the minor free agent who ocasionally pan out. It seems ridiculous to pay 50-60 million on a player and let them eat garbage/fast food. Entrain them with good habits and hopefully you don't have out of shape major leaguers either. I would love to see articles in the future addressing just how we take care of our players. Sorry for the length.

In Fegan's Athletic article, several of the callups talk about just losing a grip on the ball and it sailing or spinning up to the plate. I am in no way affiliated with the Athletic but they have some very insightful stuff.

The broadcast talked about Kopech's body language and muttering in warmups. This was a night he didn't have it and the Tigers had seen him recently. Coupled with the seams on the MLB baseball (which all the new guys admitted to dealing with) and a rain delay, it is in retrospect, predictable.

Read the article in the Athletic by Fegan on how the new pitchers up are having to adjust on the different seams on the MLB ball. Very interesting and a good read. Several almost can't control a breaking pitch or have some that slip.

It makes sense. First couple starts almost all fastballs first time thru the lineup. With Tigers seeing him recently he has had to go breaking ball earlier.

Medeiros wild 2.3ip 5 walks 3 er

They still have the playoffs!

Stephens doing well. Madrigal .306

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=09/03/2018 http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?sid=milb&org=145&ymd=20180903 AAA Stephens needs to close strong been struggling. Fatigue? 91 innings last year due to injuries 140 now. AA LHP Medeiros been looking good. rookie Pilkington only going 1-2 innings since signing but hasn't shown much.

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=09/01/2018 http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?sid=milb&org=145&ymd=20180901 The MLB link shows the big league team which is a little more fun with prospect callus. Rodon for big club. Turner AAA, Henzman A+, Stiever rookie league

If we are fortunate to have guys pan out like Lillian illustrates, these guys will have come up together and you may get some extensions etc from non Boras clients at a bit of a discount. Those guys on the A+ team are probably having a ball and like each other. Winning makes you attractive to other players as well.