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Please try to add something of value with with your posts instead of repeating the same shit over and over again.

He's the 149th highest paid player in baseball. ?

Right now his BABIP is at .263. Last year he was at .319 at A and A+. If his BABIP was the same as last year he would be at .310/.383/.407 line currently. I would say that is a decent line for a 2B that plays + D and runs above average.

Spelled McCan instead of McCann now

What's the point of replay if it's still wrong

He wasn't drafted at all. He signed as an amateur.

I‘ll just say this: The mental gymnastics some people are willing to do to knock Madrigal are pretty amazing.

Crazy giolito could rebuild his entire delivery and become successful under the worst pitching coach in baseball

I find this funny coming from you.

It's been 10 games.

The BABIP was shown to suggest he would regress back to the mean BABIP over the course of the year and what his #s would look like. Please continue being incessantly negative with everything. It really makes this a fun place.

@Jack Parkman right now.

I missed it. He didn't pump his fist or anything did he? Would hate to see Grichuk be upset

WHY DIDNT HAHN DISCOVER HIM

Vaughn plays at California

Actually he was signed as a free agent... Players out of the Dominican ain't draft elegible

God you are annoying as fuck...

At the game. Second row behind jays dugout. Go Sox.

Alonso is approaching Adam Dunn 2011 territory

The Twins rebuild began in 2012. That is 7 years with no playoff victories.

Again, the Twins had the #1 ranked farm system in baseball in 2014. 5 years later and they have zero playoff victories to show for it. Their rebuild has been a bust so far. What they do this year and next is still to be determined.

I'm sure it's a twist to people that only watch the show and aren't as invested.

The mad queen was in her blood. It was destiny. She couldn’t avoid it. And even though Jon is a Targaryen, he isn’t all about incest. He doesn’t want to bang his aunt anymore, lol.

1) Maybe you should pump the brakes. He was a) laying out a ton of hypotheticals and b) he said *maybe* 2) Of anything to go after in that segment, you pick the Robert part? I think the mere idea of calling up Madrigal at any point this year probably deserves a ton more disdain than the idea of Robert

I think we just have better players this year. But they are still raw so the games are going to be peaks and valleys of individual performances. I don’t think we’ll see any kind of steady from many of the players this year- just too young and raw. Ricky has an impossible job of managing that and trying to turn that randomness into wins. Micromanaging Ricky’s every decision is a fool’s errand IMO. As a whole, the guys look to be developing nicely. The arrow is pointing up generally.

Giolito joining a few guys in the org who got outside help to get right I see.

So 2 years ago? We went a season and a half between good closers, not long

No one ever doubted his bat to ball ability. More that he just doesn’t have the natural strength to be able to drive professional velocity. I know there have been quite a few scouts that have followed Madrigal that have stated he needs to make changes to his swing (leg kick) in order to handle velocity better. That hasn’t happened yet, so it will be interesting to see if they do make some changes to it. You see a day like today where he has a handful of weak pop ups to the right side, and that particular swing flaw is magnified. He’s always going to be reliant on BABIP, but if he’s making a lot of weak contact, it’s going to trend to be lower than expected.

I used weighted plyo balls against a wall to shorten my sons arm circle up as an infielder. Its remarkably effective instead of trying to give verbal cues or doing random drills.

Thank god he didn’t go 4/4 by signing Machado. The organization can easily recover from misses on short term expiring contracts like Jay, Alonso, and Castillo but a miss on a $300M player is not something this organization can overcome. Would have stopped the rebuild dead in it’s tracks to have $30M per year tied up in a player that will be producing as an average regular during the Sox’ contention window.

The Sox payroll is around $92 million for this year. $13 million is 14% of the total payroll. When you have a low payroll to begin with, you can’t afford to burn 14% of your payroll on bums.

The bullpen is starting to take on a different look as Bummer and Marshall join Herrera and Colome. Starting to feel like we can hold a lead if the starter gets past six innings. Lets keep it up. Only Minnesota has a team that looks tough. We don't have to give up when the Central is this thin of quality teams. The upcoming series with Minnesota will tell a lot about how far we go in 2019.

Giolito looked terrific again. Good for him. Only downer was Moncada 0-5 with three strikeouts, now down to .277. Alonzo is Adam Dunn 2.0 Both are left handers, both are making a lot of money, both usually hit under .200 and their only worth is hitting home runs. He hit one today but this is still a big mistake by Hahn unless he somehow turns things around. Maybe start going the other way to beat the shift and start raising his average?

I'm going to have to side with The Sir on this because I simply cannot side with Jose Abreu on anything

Eloy's never going to be a high-WAR player because of his defense, or lack thereof.

You can tell what my mood is that day based on my posts. If you lived my life you'd understand.

Nice game in under 3 hours too

Nice to see TA with a 3-for-4 day and a big 3 run HR. Plate discipline still leaves something to be desired but his fielding and hitting in general have both displayed dramatic improvement. Not that it’s news to anyone here but it really can’t be said or appreciated enough IMO

Nooooo. Our MVP's jewels. Those are the people's jewels!

https://www.milb.com/scores/whitesox/2019-05-11 Winston Salem already PPD Cease on the bump

But it doesn’t matter. The Sox are not going to flip the bill for Rendon with Moncada at 3B now.

Mookie Betts would look nice changing Sox in a couple years ?

"I I'm not a big Andrew Vaughn fan, but you're making me one. Vaughn is 5'11, not 5'5. He's also been graded as a solid defender... 'm not trying to hound you from thread to thread, but your analysis boils down to "I don't like Vaughn. I like Abrams. Let me provide no truly substantive reasoning as to why." I have a basis for my opinions and a right to express them on this fan forum. FYI, I have done what most fans interested in this Draft have done, namely I have searched for and read everything I can find on the players I think will be available at no. 3, including Vaughn and CJ Abrams. I have also watched numerous video highlights from their careers which I understand are just that - highlights., and looked over their available stats. This is something that was not as easy to do with a prep player like Abrams, but there is still a lot to be found on line about him. I have also looked at fan forum sites for the Orioles, Marlins and Tigers on their Draft topics just to see what their fans' opinions are on these players. There are substantive reasons why the WS might not choose Vaughn over another a top player at another position. As others have pointed out, the Sox already have major league talent and numerous prospects that fit into the 1B/DH role. The fact is that 1B/DH is essentially a one tool position which is easier to fill than positions requiring more speed, athleticism, flexibility and a healthy, trim physique. I considered the potential upside of these players. Vaughn developed power after lifting weights (according to his own account) and gaining bulk. I am not sure how much more he can add to his frame and wonder, at what point added bulk (from age or weight lifting) begins to slow his swing and speed on the bases. I looked for some example of a 6 ft. tall first basemen selected that high in the Draft that ended up being a star in the majors, and could not come up many examples. ...at least not in recent years. I even looked at Paul Konerko's rookie card . Even as a catcher, he was taller and far less bulky, or leg heavy (as Lillian pointed out) than Vaughn. Of course there have been guys who had a big azz and could hit like the Bull, Greg Luzinski, but they are always a liability on the bases and now, with the increased use of defensive shifts, their averages would have dropped., I am not going to defend Derek Jeter, but I do respect his opinion about a young shortstop's talent. My own opinion about CJ Abram is based on his athleticism, speed and that LH swing, and more than anything, scout evaluations. IMO, which is not an isolated one, CJ has tremendous upside potential. I just don't see that with Vaughn. He might end up being a guy who already maximized his talent , perhaps like another guy from Vandy we Drafted a few years ago. And just to add, I expect that the White Sox will take Vaughn. I did not like most of the Draft selections they have made in recent years and I don't expect this year to be any different. Collins, Fulmer, Burgur...

Funny how all these posts pretend they didn’t want Machado now. There is NO ONE coming in FA we will be able to sign anywhere close to his talent.

I bet there are 5 guys on that list that won’t be on the team in 2 years in starting roles.

Sosa becoming en fuego now. Great to see.

This is revisionist history. A lot of people were pumped on Ian Clarkin as well as Rutherford. Clarkin was a former first round pick (One pick after Aaron Judge) and only 22 at the time of the trade. Hahn got pantsed by Cashman.

I don't know, but I will shoot you an email when I find out!

Agree. I said it weeks ago, they are the biggest divisional threat to the Sox during the Sox’ anticipated contention window.

No one competes the first 2-3 years after the start of a full rebuild. So throwing out 5 years as some type of long timeframe is ridiculous. Realistically, two years ago was the start of their contention window and they made the playoffs. They had a disappointing season last year but are right back to being in a great position to make the playoffs again this year. It’s very premature to call their rebuild a “bust” as we stand here today. Now if they are sitting here with no playoff wins come three years from now, then I would agree with you. They’re approaching the peak in their rebuild while the Indians are trending down so let’s see how this plays out first before declaring bust.