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Quick look at Plate Discipline Metrics 2018 vs. 2019 from Pitch Info O-Swing% - 22.2% - 16.7% Z-Swing% - 62.0% - 69.2% Swing% - 41.1% - 42.0% O-Contact% - 45% - 57.1% Z-Contact% - 80.0% - 85.2% Contact% - 70.1% - 79.4% So he's actually only been swinging just a bit more overall, but he's way up in swinging at pitches in the strike zone. What's most comforting though is that his contact percentage is way way up. If he can keep an ~80% contact rate going forward then RIP rest of league.

Hawk would call him El Pequeño Mago.

Monstercada YoYo Destroyer of Baseballs

Alonso has been a pleasant surprise for me. Our line-up looks far more hit-er-ish ( my word) since he replaced Davidson types we have used. Hard to explain since he is hitting for little or no BA. He takes walks and every hit seems to be a rope. He passes the eye test. His defense is also a nice plus over previous Abreau backups. Type of veterans to have as we wait for the next wave.

I can't remember being this anxious for a future player. This comment is not aimed at Yomer. He will be just fine after he gets the rust off. Madrigal has the qualities of Nellie Fox of bat control and GG defense that makes things happen. I am expecting him to be my favorite player for the next decade. The skills that Madrigal has don't take many days off. Slumps are very rare. I am keen on Robert, Cease, Kopech, Adolfo, Rutherford etc.. My money is on Madrigal being considered our MVP in a few years. Homers are sexy but consistency like Madrigal shows is rare.

We're due for some good news and good luck.

that ball was kilt

I hate the new mlb rule changes

I think Moncada and Robert are kind even based on position, but Robert has a chance to be a 40-50 HR guy and Moncada might have a couple seasons in the 40 range. Robert has stupid power.

https://twitter.com/league_carolina/status/1113954145671766016

Luis Robert with a huge HR. Sound off the bat was amazing.

If we could all agree on which player excites us the most we would all have matching jerseys.

First Palka creates a profile here to brag about himself and now Madrigal. Badass

You're an excitable poster. I dig it.

Translation. Moncada will throw the World Series !

Every highlight of Abrams I see seems to be him chopping the ball into the ground.

Why don't you just bump all the threads you started?

Misplays is not a thing that shows up on any stat so there is no answer

If it's Bishop, it better as fuck be for underslot. If we are passing on Witt, we better be saving money for some hard-to-sign talent that the Dbacks don't snag.

You make a good point. Thanks for correcting me. I guess I am just annoyed at the stupid way they pursued Machado. Alonso works well on our roster...I just don't think they truly pursued him because he is a good fit for the Sox. But if it works out great. I have been very pleasantly surprised with his play so far.

Supposedly sent down with Anderson’s return. Looks like Ruiz is here to stay.

Assuming he keeps this up, he's my favorite college bat this year...I want either Bishop or Witt at 3 as of now (assuming Adley is gone)

Zack Collins must have read SoxTalk and is determined to prove us all wrong. This is my theory and I'm sticking to it.

Somebody said last time that this nickname should be dragged out into the street and shot. Still laughing bout that.

Lyle Mouton /thread

Robert and Collins have certainly raised our hopes and expectations, for this rebuild. Very encouraging. It's a shame that the Sox coaching staff tinkered with Collins' swing mechanics. They seemed determined to have him "ditch the hitch". I assume that he is still hitting with his original mechanics, which he went back to, late last season. Comes under the category of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

Ankle injury when he got twisted up covering first on a grounder to the 1B. He stayed in after but lost command so he got pulled. Hopefully just a sprained ankle.

With the way today has gone, I vote we just declare victory and end the MiLB season today. It is all downhill from here, lol.

You are awesome Lillian. I can't imagine many women lifted weights back then. Very cool you've stuck with it that long

This is nonsense. If you work out youd know? Lol The internet is a great place. Been in baseball gyms with thin juicers and bulky naturals. This isnt 1993 pal. There are roids that would keep you thin but chiseled and incredibly strong.. allows you to keep speed. Trout has been taking a shit all over baseball since he was 14 years old. He was a stocky fast high school super star. Football build. Never missed a beat in the minors. No body transformations.

Probably going to be a lot of homeruns in charlotte this year. AAA is using the major league balls this year and everyone knows how juiced those are. So juiced balls in that stadium is going to look like a PCL team.

You leave Jose "Old Man Eloquent" Abreu out of this!

Well he doesn't have a higher ceiling than Mike Trout.. because, like, Mike trout has possibly had the best start to a career in baseball history.

His most likely outcome is a guy who went 40/40 twice? And his high outcome is the best player in the past 50 years? Yeesh, setting that bar high boys.

As long as we can all agree to stop making up stupid nicknames.

Though I think there is a chance Robert could be a great hitter, I think his most likely outcome might be Alfonso Soriano's best years.

Madrigal leading off and Moncada hitting second ahead of Eloy and Robert is going to be so much fun to watch.

Yoan "The Dude President" Moncada

Just please stay healthy! There might not be anyone with a higher ceiling in the system, and I am not kidding.

Collins with an opening day triple. The wheels on that guy!

Cuba is off to a good start for this organization this year. Love it.

So you made that up or are confusing him with Martin Van Buren. I'll go with you made that up.

Going to keep bumping this if it doesn't get pinned. Maybe some of you don't know the rules of Pick to Click. They were probably lost in transitioning to the new and improved Soxtalk . So here they are per El Rockin. RULES for scoring for 2019: run = 1 Single = 1 RBI =2 HR = 4 2B = 2 3B = 3 SB=1 Walk=1 HBP-1 EXAMPLE: a bases empty home run equals 7 points (4 for the HR ,2 for 1 RBI , 1 for 1 run scored.) You can pick the same batter only twice in a week (Monday to Sunday) This is to prevent picking the best players over and over again. It's so easy and fun and all you have to do is pick a position player who you think will do well. If your player gets the most points based on the scoring system above you win. Gives you something to root for . See the post above this one to navigate your way to the PTC game thread. Remember all picks must be made before the game starts. Edited to change you can pick a batter to you can pick the same batter because it makes more sense that way.

We should sign shields

This is a solid post. I was a Moncada hater in that I continually stressed last year that he needed to cut down on the Ks. I insisted that if he failed to do that, he would indeed be a bust. Other people correctly pointed out that he K'ed looking too much and that he'd improve as he got a better grasp of the strike zone. It looks like that is happening, because his approach is changed. I don't really care about him being 9-20, because 5 game samples are pointless, but I do care about his newfound aggressiveness early in the count and his lack of Ks so far. Last year, he had two five game stretches where he racked up 9 hits, but he had a total of 17 Ks in 47 PAs during those ten games. The Ks were always there, hot or not. And I think those have dropped this year because of this new approach. I've shared this before, but I'll plug it in again. It's a comp tool I made with Excel where you can plug in PAs, each type of hit, BB-rate, K-rate, and it computes everything else. In this edition, for player A, I inputted Moncada's stats from last year (it's not completely perfect, I don't bother with HBP or SF/SH). For players B, C, D, the only change I made was K-rate (to 25%, 20%, and his current SSS of 16%) and then adjusted his number of singles so that his BABIP matched last year's .341 (which assumes that he doesn't build on last year's XBH numbers at all, which is probably not going to be the case. Either way, his OPS climbs to .770 at 25% k-rate, .803 at 20%, and .833 at 16%. Check it out and play around with it, if interested. Either way, if the Ks come down, he's a star. Player Comp.xlsx

I am pretty sure every White Sox position player will have a 5 game stretch this year where they look awful. I an sure we know what Yolmer is and what he will be.

That deserves a LIKE for Gregster, lol...

I would never ignore caulfield. He is one of my idols.