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The frustrating one is going to be dealing Crochet and then he ends up mirroring the Chris Sale path. Might not be more than 5-10% odds with his injury history and overall lack of innings...but that would be another kick in the nuts after Rodon. With Luis Robert, Jr....pretty much the entire fanbase is already reconciled to/with his eventual loss.

These moves usually aren't on the table until late May or early June. The biggest point in that poor attendance/lower revenues will be the usual justification for not taking on additional payroll. Which means you have to rely on increasingly scant and overpriced FA classes to fill needs.

Game 2 looks like a sure bet for Philly...if ever there was such a thing in day-to-day baseball gambling. Like back in the day when they'd face Randy Johnson.

This will be a real test for Crochet on the road against a legit lineup with some good fastball hitters who take professional at-bats like the Dodgers. Probably about due for the dreaded dead arm period as well.

Except Andrew Vaughn and Benintendi as a duo are 5-6X worse that trio and the Sox are still stuck with one of them for at least 3 more seasons. Burger Anderson and Garcia are ultra cheap to their respective teams, at least.

Well...except for the claim to winning the AL Central in 2020 to start the story. Putting Zack Collins on the list of core guys. But at least an A-/B+ effort.

Let it fly: Age has taken its toll on the 37-year-old Abreu, but his barrel rate was still a respectable 8.7% last season before dropping to 0.0% this year. If he’s able to mitigate the effects of aging later this season, finding a way to catch up fastballs will likely be necessary. He’s whiffed on 47.4% of swings against four-seamers this year, nearly double his 24.3% rate from a year ago. mlb.com Farthest hit ball of the season a nearly 340 foot double...no homers yet, though.

https://soxmachine.com/2024/04/tim-andersons-return-to-chicago-comes-without-remorse/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/chicago-white-sox-tim-anderson-miami-marlins/ https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tim-anderson-chicago-marlins-white-sox/ "A lot of my decisions as well, you know, off the field kind of interrupted things as well. We understood that, and it's hard to win when you don't have the right guys to go out and compete – you know what I mean? And you want to win," Anderson said. "The last year that I spent there was tough, and you know, to finally be able to make it through again on the other side, you know, I'm happy, in a great place, you know, my smile's back – and I'm back on my dream." Miami manager Skip Schumaker said everything he was told about Anderson has been “spot on.” “There’s people that you trust in the baseball world, and they were exactly right on his work ethic, how he impacts his teammates,” Schumaker said. “He’s been out for early work. He’s been on an early bus. He’s been the first guy in the clubhouse at home. ... It’s been great.”

https://theathletic.com/1075513/2019/07/14/marcus-semien-reflects-on-the-trade-that-sent-him-to-oakland-and-andrew-vaughns-future-with-the-white-sox/ He was the #4 prospect for the White Sox (Erik Johnson was somehow first) but never was considered a consensus Top 75 MiLB prospect. Scouting Grades: Hit: 55 | Power: 45 | Run: 50 | Arm: 50 | Field: 50 | Overall: 50 Semien has been a revelation since signing as a sixth-round pick in 2011. After totaling 10 home runs in three college seasons at California, he has gone deep 35 times in his two full pro seasons. Two of those long balls came during Semien's first big league callup last September. Semien is more of a tablesetter than a slugger, though, and he led the Minor Leagues with 110 runs in 2013. He controls the strike zone well and repeatedly barrels balls with his compact stroke. Semien enhances his average speed with good instincts on the bases. Drafted as a shortstop, Semien played a lot of second base last year and mostly third base while with Chicago. He profiles best as a second baseman, offensively and defensively, but he has the savvy to get the job done at shortstop. Semien has nothing left to prove in the Minors and only needs to have the White Sox clear a spot for him in their lineup. mlb.com Maybe Davidson had the higher profile because he was always a highly-touted prospect (up to that point), but he had already lost some of his shine from disappointing results with the Diamondbacks, especially the the high strikeout numbers, and he was also older by that point in time. There were also questions about his defense. Pretty much everything was uncertain except for his flowing locks of hair.

Well, it doesn't exactly look auspicious to launch it with one of the worst teams in modern baseball history...Hahn/JR/Boyer signed just a five year extension last time to place themselves in the heart of their championship window as the short team deal expired. Which theoretically would have been favorable. But obviously counting on a much better renegotiated deal (due to being on the "cusp of an unprecedented dynasty" in 2019, but still take advantage) didn't exactly pan out as planned. Basically, they have a product almost nobody in their right mind wants to consume.

Have you looked at Beckham's OPS numbers since his rookie season? He wouldn't even be considered a good hitter on the 2024 Sox team.

Then they should have played him at third. And they didn't give Johnson more than 2-3 months of consistent starts at the big league level either. 5th round picks always have a much higher level of doubters/skepticism from the scouts to overcome those industry biases towards the first rounders and consensus MiLB Top 75 guys.

"There's a new front office in place, but one that hasn't operated a rebuild and isn't overseeing a strong farm system. There is, however, the same old worthless owner." The last comment (writers universally picking Sox as worst) about feeling sorry for the fans was spot-on. Fwiw...have never fully understood how Rockies fans could be so supportive (attendance-wise) of team/ownership with their track record of recent mostly last place teams.

Because he wasn't a high first round draft pick and they only envisioned him as a utility guy/spark plug off the bench. Nobody would have predicted the SB numbers at the mlb level yet, either.