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2022 White Sox motto: Firstbaseman are in the corner outfield 2023 White Sox motto: Firstbasemen make up half the bench Progress?¿?¿

He noticed the wall and didn't run into it. I'd call that an improvement

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2023/03/23/baseballs-most-valuable-teams-2023-price-tags-are-up-12-despite-regional-tv-woes/?utm_campaign=socialflowForbesMainTwitter&utm_source=ForbesMainTwitter&utm_medium=social&sh=2caabb126501 Mired in mediocrity, lol. Pretty sure franchise high was somewhere around 7th or 8th in 2006. Padres nipping at their heels despite loss of RSN at $1.750 and 17th. https://www.statista.com/statistics/194606/mlb-franchise-value-of-the-chicago-white-sox-since-2006/

Sounds like this ST game was really hard on you all.

Kevin Pillar would be a nice fit as the 4th OF. Much better than our in house options. I wanted him a couple months ago. Sounds like he may make the Braves, but if not, we should try to get him once released.

I don’t think anyone is advocating for Burger to be the starting first baseman though. Also, the board is comprised of various individuals that’s why there is disagreement amongst various posts. I for one thought Abreu went from decent to pretty good to good on defense over the course of his time here

In a world where Burger and Sheets are both on the bench, the last bench spot has to go to Leury; he's the only candidate with the versatility to cover all of the IF and OF. So I don't know how you can in the same paragraph advocate for both of them, but also advocate for DFAing Leury. In general, it seems like you're setting this roster up to try to win a playoff series rather than for the grind of 162 games. The main purpose of the bench isn't to provide pinch hit opportunities, it's to give guys days off and fill in for minor injuries.

If only the Sox cared as much about upgrading their team as they do upgrading their food.

I think he's going to be a pretty decent UTL guy for this team next few years.

You have no sources.

That team defense coming off the bench would make a t-ball team blush.

Here's where things were more than a decade ago...when the average value was just $472,000,000 per team. More than a 4x increase for the White Sox despite being terrible from 2013-2019. Years of historically low payrolls building up to the "unprecedented financial flexibility" rebuild finishing touches period, lol.

Good to see Romy making a late push.

I was going to edit and point out Hall looks like a good replacement. Oh well.

Hey Phillies, Wow us for Sheets/Burger

No he won’t, he has no intention of seeing this team contend. Do you know how bad that would make Tony look?

Jerry will regret lack of pitching moves.

Moncada picked the wrong sport, he should be a soccer player with that act.

Any time the slappy guys from last year want to show they know how to elevate the ball, it would be appreciated.

Some nice IF defense to keep Santos scoreless.

Grandal still can’t catch the baseball consistently. Not that important at least at his position.

Burger the1B to open the season?

He just has days where he doesn't have any of his stuff. We saw it last year, even before he started getting knee problems.

I just don’t understand what happened to his velocity

Kopech still cooking up some Giant LOBsters without his best stuff.

Listening to Stoney talk about what Pedro is looking for on the bench, I think we get Sheets, Burger, Alberto and Seby

Saying he played a certain number of games means nothing to me if a portion of those games, he’s clearly not even 75%.

Kopech looks wonderful…not

Best bullpen in baseball lock it in.

They amputated his knees. He’s on the Grandal rehabilitation.

Because Vaughn and Moncada are vastly better players than Sheets and Burger. AV could well be the next cornerstone of this franchise; I don't see the Sox pinch hitting for him late in games, nor should they. And by this pinch hitting role you're putting Burger/Sheets in, you're also downgrading the defense substantially for the rest of the game for what amounts to maybe a very small matchup advantage in 1 at bat, that in many scenarios will be counteracted with an immediate pitching change anyway. I just don't really think Pedro is going to manage that way - he is going to stick with his core guys late in games, IMO. Look, I like Burger and Sheets. They are fantastic depth pieces. Both are likely to get a lot of MLB at bats at certain times in 2023 due to injuries. IMO, they should both start the season in Charlotte getting everyday at bats and every day reps in the field assuming Colas breaks camp with the Sox. IMO, the bench SHOULD be Seby, Leury, Alberto and a RHH OF that is a plus defender via a waiver claim / milb deal guy that doesn't make their current roster (or I guess one of the internal OF options (Billy/Marisnick/Haseley) if nothing materializes there). I think the bench WILL be Seby, Sheets, Alberto and Leury. The only way Burger makes a single lick of sense on this roster on OD if is Colas is in AAA.

Early on I'd play them every day when there are off days built into the schedule and rain outs. Might as well get as many games and wins as we can out of them until they get injured. When the schedule tightens up and the weather is better they'll need more days off. But I want them to find their bats as early as possible and stay in the lineup. Can't treat them like China dolls any more. Either they start producing and staying on the field or there will be massive changes .

alternatively

Insert Simpsons walk in and walk out gif.

I don’t think Vaughn or Moncada are getting pinch hit for by AAAA players.

Congrats!

Fantastic news friend!? Sounds like they are way better than me. This was me last summer:

Congratulations! Always satisfying as a coach to see them doing well.

Yoan sleeping one off ?

Man I do not recall Gordon supporters as late as 2013.

We're changing the ball once again, this time it'll be a bean bag except for Yankee games.

Simple. .435 in the WBC does not affect his MLB season one bit. An injury may very well affect part of the season.

Fox Sports lists his injuries. They don't specify how many of those required DL/IL stints but he went on the list three times last year for example: DATE INJURY 8/25/22 Hamstring 7/6/22 Foot 6/17/22 Hamstring 5/28/22 Quad 4/7/22 Oblique 7/1/21 Hand 6/15/21 Illness 8/29/20 Leg 7/30/19 Hamstring 6/26/19 Knee 6/16/19 Back 6/10/19 Back 6/2/19 Leg Soreness 5/5/18 Left hamstring tightness 5/4/18 Left hamstring tightness 4/21/18 Sore left hamstring

Bruised rib is exactly the sort of thing that Moncada does not need. Remember when his slight oblique strain was supposed to be minor?

Moncada - always the drama queen.

Seems like the Sox aren't the only organization that doesn't know how to teach the fundamentals. From the video it looked like the outfielders right leg/knee struck him on his right leg/knee.

Maybe they think a lack of defensive position is the new market inefficiency to exploit?

"gets Getts" "Hard concert" since you seem to take such joy in my typos/mistakes . Childish I know but below you quoted my error of typing idiotic instead of idiot. No I have no idea where you got that from. I didn't post anything about where they batted on opening day and why does one day even matter . Fine put him 7th or 8th on Opening Day and bat him in the top 6 the rest of the games. Happy now ? Not in the middle of the Order Opening Day. I'm not trying to prove you wrong. It's your opinion yet my opinion is a "long nonsensical diatribe" . You can be a Moncada homer and I can't be a Colas homer . Got it. See above 1st insult from him not me. If it was only civil discussion but somehow because I am persistent against the vast majority it makes people angry just like when it happened with Vaughn in 2021 when I said he was a bad OFer and couldnt hit, yet no one wanted him off the field or out of the lineup in what might be the best season of the attempted rebuild or thinking Andrus was a good choice for 2nd base but the vast or maybe my most persistent opposition thought he was no better than Leury. I am persistent and outnumbered yet I'm doing the brow beating ? It's not my fault because I am persistent and a Colas homer that he feels brow beaten and has to lash out. I don't take that crap lying down. I don't turn the other cheek. We had a crappy .500 team last year and @Tnetennba picked the Sox to win 78 games this year. I don't understand why he cares so much where Colas bats on Opening day. Might as well just send him to the minors and get the extra year if he thinks that instead of arguing how important it is to keep him down in the order. Yet he applauds you suggesting the reason all the rookie of the year candidates ( with the exception of Rodriguez who you didnt mention) in the AL had so many PA's in the top 6 in the order was because they were on either bad teams or teams had no offense. He thinks the Sox are a bad team and last year they had no offense. He should be telling me, based on his own posts and emojis that Colas should be in the top 6 asap.