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Found it.

That video of Kelenic walking around Safeco and seeing a picture of Jean Segura, then awkwardly saying "his kid died" is something else.

Given how much Fuller helped Montgomery, I’m interested to see if he can work with magic with Kelenic as well. There’s no risk. If he still sucks, they can just get rid of him.

Jared Kelley never amounted to anything, but they heavily overslotted him in the 2nd round of that draft if I remember correctly. So it was Crochet, Kelley, and 3 “punt” picks.

The other thing about Kelenic is as bad as he is offensively, his defense sucks as well. Its worth the minor league contract, but if the Braves and Mariners couldn't do anything for him, I'm guessing the White Sox isn't a very good bet.

I would be curious to hear more on the details here. What is his deal? Bad teammate could mean a lot of things.

How many slots would they have to punt on to make it work? It would look like the Sox 2020 draft. You got Crochet and literally nothing else

Sox are winning the division in 2026. Ron has decreed it. So shall it be.

Well yeah, cuz they get thrown in a bullpen which isn’t as vital a role as a good starting pitcher in your rotation.

And why do we need them here that quickly?

Young pitching prospects get to the majors quicker if they go the bullpen route.

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I think if Seattle doesn’t land Marte or Donovan, maybe they can look to the Sox for Sosa. They have a comp pick too. And they once dealt their comp pick to us in a deal for a reliever.

For sure. He'll be a top 100 prospect this year.

Right around $18.6 million using the 5% overage.

And how much do we have? i realllllly want another comp pick in a Robert deal

I would throw Oppor into the top group for 2027. His stuff is such that, if it clicks in AA, he could come fast.

Ron: I was pleasantly surprised to read that you would not be surprised if the WSox compete for the Division championship. As it stands though, too many shortcomings in the pitching staff inc. no high leverage L or R arms and no Closer. Murakami's defense at 1B might be an issue. Meidroth might not single or walk enough to start him over Sosa, who was one of the best hitters on the team last year. Braden might come up and rake, or not. Robert or no Robert. Etc. As far as acclimating pitchers through bullpen appearances, OK, but in the Minors. There it could have value. Bringing a pitcher in a game in high leverage situations puts the microscope on what they can or can't do in crunch time, often against the best hitters. A starter can often get by after walking a lead-off man in an inning and then working out his control on the fastball or spin on off-speed pitches as the game progresses. Conversely, as we witnessed the last two seasons, bullpen guys came in , walked the first guy they faced, and then let hitters take advantage of their lack of control. So let the Minor league pitchers prove what they have before they come up and f things up worse than they already are.

I think moving guys like Aldrin Batista and Mathias LaCombe to relief roles in advance of R5 makes sense. Smith, Schultz and McDougal are basically their only hope for awhile at top of rotation arms. They must stay in rotation.

Right. It’s unlikely It’s not about losing the player. Sox slot will be around $11.3. Rays will be like $10.5. Rays have $20 million to spend. Nobody has ever gotten more than $9.3. The only issue is Rays theoretically offering full slot at 2 and Sox having to potentially pay more than they’d like to. They’ll take the player regardless. TB and Pittsburgh both could easily. TB has $20 million and Pirates have $19

I don’t really want Verdugo. Fine taking a flier on Kelenic due to age.

Meanwhile, Getz just signed Jarred Kelenic and the Sox are considering giving him playing time according to James’ article. You just described Kelenic to a “T” — the ultimate teammate. An even better team player than Verdugo, right? Pretty funny that you would post this in this specific thread. The truth is that cheap beggar teams can’t be choosers. If you don’t want to spend the money, you have to accept the warts sometimes.

Verdugo is also a guy who has run himself out of multiple organizations. There's a reason he continues to beg for a job from teams. Immaturity, lack of hustle, and poor work ethic is not something this team really needs right now after they finally shed most of the Hahn era guys.