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I have not heard anything about Drew Thorpe. Can anyone educate me on his timetable, and when they expect him back.

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Much sooner for Braden imo.

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I’d rather see this happen than sign Tauchman. Sosa can alternate at LF and DH with Benintendi. If Tauchman wants to sign an MILB deal as an NRI, fine.

He is at least far more athletic than both of them.

Nothing to lose by putting Sosa in LF. Hopefully they experiment with that in spring training. It could be the Vaughn/Sheets thing all over again, but it’s by far the easiest way to get his bat in the lineup.

At this point just give Sosa an OF glove and sign a starter that can at least give you a little something every 5 days.

Now we can say that both players taken out my Managers mid-inning are Hall of Famers.

He has a negative defense fWAR. He's an okay player, but they really need to look at Baldwin, Acuna, Pereira and hopefully Sosa. While Hill and Peters are hopefully earmarked for Charlotte, they are clogging the 40-man, presumably for insurance purposes.

Didn’t want to start a new post just for this, and this felt like the best existing post

I would also prefer to not add a cast-off. If they bring back Tauchman, I won't lose any sleep, but I think the OF will Bendi, Baldwin, Acuna, but all of these guys probably won't play more than 120 games in a season even if they played ok so maybe I am ok with having a cast-off to rotate with these three. I guess Montgomery will also probably be up my May/June if things go well so that would work itself out.

He graded average or better in all major advanced metrics. Obviously his speed is completely compromised at this point, but he gets good jumps and makes all the plays he can get to. Now, if his health is currently worse than was it was for most of last year, I’d certainly pass. But for $2M or about $1M over league minimum, I will happily see what I can get out of him next year.

I think Braden comes much sooner than that if all goes well (big caveat). That being said, it’s part of the reason you add a cheap vet to hedge against any delay in his readiness. And I fully agree those are the three guys who should get the focus heading into camp. And given two of them are RH hitters, I think that vet we bring in being LH makes the most sense. Tauchman just checks a lot of boxes. As for Kelenic, I view him as a lottery ticket who needs to go absolute HAM in camp to make the OD roster. However, in the unlikely event he figures things out, he should still have two more seasons of club control and I doubt he gets traded.

Just go with what we have. Tauchman can hit ok but he’s not much of an OF.

There's really no reason to bring back a broken down Tauchman in any capacity. He was terrible in the field last year and his legs are shot. He also saw a huge drop-off at the plate the final 2 months of the season (.220 BA). At 35 yrs old, it isn't going to get any better for him. Bringing him back to just DFA him a month or two later doesn't make sense, especially when so many guys currently on the 40-man are way younger and out of options.

Yes, I have standards. Congratulations on finally figuring it out. Now ask yourself why after you made this list talking about continuing to rage post reply to all of my posts, you spend so much time obsessing over me. Is it either you enjoy unhappiness , your standards are too high or you need another team that meets your standards. Remember, no one is forcing you to be unhappy.

I still remember someone describing that exchange as the White Sox replacing a guy who would run through a wall for his teammates with a guy who complained about them putting a wall there.

Average WAR for the 10th pick in the draft is ~5.5. Clayton had 19.5 bWAR/18.2 fWAR. He would be a great outcome for Carlson.

I hope they don't lose 100+ games again this year but the starting pitching is poor, the injury history since 2018 has been brutal, they are going to be playing a lot of relatively unproven kids and JR is still running the show. It certainly possible they continue to bottom out again.

I wouldn't think Braden Montgomery is up any time before September, at the earliest. Tauchman would probably be the best option for this team; the devil you know, and all. He's also nice insurance against an extended Jarrod Kelenic run if Kelenic can't turn it around. I would really think the most energy should be put towards getting Baldwin, Acuña, and Pereira as much time in the lineup as possible. If Kelenic hits, he may be gone in July. If Acuña and Pereira hit, you have your outfield. BTW, from 8/2 on, Baldwin OPSed .803.

People have been saying that for several years and it’s never an issue. This roster still has a ton of holes. I’d rather have the veteran providing some sort of stability around the young position player group. If the young guys are good enough it won’t be a problem finding them playing time.

No one is forcing you to be unhappy except your own standards you just said that. So either you enjoy unhappiness , your standards are too high or you need another team that meets your standards. See I care about your happiness.

I hope he did sign here with the hopes of being traded to a contender, that's his purpose here. For where the White Sox are now, this is what they should be doing. If they rebuild this thing and are contending for playoffs every year, then yeah, I would be pretty disappointed if they were signing flip candidates. For todays roster, its what is for the best for the future.

I wouldn't be; we'll never get anywhere if high draft choices can't hit. We need solid regulars, if not all stars. William Bergola is a really good defender. Defensive SSs aren't that hard to find. Ones that can hit are.