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As someone who watches unreasonable amounts of Sox MiLB and has seen Colson play at every level including AFL, I think this is the right move. The spot where they rushed him was from AA to Charlotte. I think playing on that first half Barons team last year for even a month or two would have been better for him, and I'm pretty convinced that he would have been up before now if he did. Championship aside, there was a group of prospects clearly developing winning ways together with no one shouldering the task of needing to be "the guy" every night. When he went to Charlotte instead, it was a team much more (forgive the pun) barren of that "next core" feeling which I think made him internalize a sense that he needed to hurry up and come be the franchise savior by himself. You're the top bat on the farm, you're bubbling up national lists, things in Chicago are miserable, they need you ASAP. Hitting in Charlotte is easy so this should basically be perfunctory, just rack up some numbers and we'll see you in September! Then you get a guy who had been breaking records for consecutive games on base swinging like he needed to hit the baseball from Charlotte into Lake Michigan to justify where he was at. Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if he finishes the season with an MLB slash better than his Charlotte one. Also wouldn't surprise me if he doesn't. Cags has a 14 WRC+ ~100 ABs in to his first taste of the bigs; PCA (hate him, but he's good) was slashing .188/.238/.271 coming into July last season. Would I like to see another couple weeks of great AAA production? Sure, obviously wouldn't hurt. But I think there's something to be gained from getting him up here while he's hot, getting him away from the sense that the next 1-10 stretch puts him another month away with not many months to go, with the ASB not far away if he does need a breather ten days in, and with the post-deadline freedom of a rebuilding team right on the horizon after that. If he struggles in the bigs, it's a new struggle and one that is basically expected. He'll be one of several rookies up here that can relate to that struggle, compared to on an island in Charlotte as a top prospect slumping in AAA. Even being sent down again with an MLB to do list would have a sense of progress to it (shouldn't happen really, they should have no shortage of ABs to give after the deadline). There's just less pressure for his first 100 ABs up here with the other young guys than there would be for his next 100 ABs in Charlotte in a way that I think lets him get back to himself mentally. Sorry for rambling, but I'm still high on the kid. Hope he crushes it.

Vinny DFAed

Caufields on a role this morning to make sure everyone's miserable

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First Sox game I have watched start to finish in a long time. I really hope Montgomery can hit consistently because a combo of him and Meidroth could be special. I love Quero and Teel. They say Championship teams are strong up the middle and they have a nice start. Need to find a CF with some pop in his bat. Need to find a couple more position players who can hit with power. Sounds like they have a few really good arms down in the minors that can be added to the few already up here. Hopefully Ishbia will start infusing money in to the organization sooner than later and they can grab a couple FA's and start getting competitive in a weak Central Division. All in all I feel a little more positive regarding the Sox future than I did going in to the season.

I’d 100% trade him. Lots of guys coming back next year that will need a shot and I’d rather just cash in on Houser right now while he has some value.

Rojas should be long gone

I don't understand why they don't call up Lee, make him a backup, and then have Quero-Teel rotate at catcher and DH

It’s insane that they won’t give Teel some at bats at DH

I have not watched the Sox much last month or two, but why is Vargas playing so much 1B? I mean the obvious reason is AV is gone, but Vargas looked really good at 3B earlier in the year and is sooo much more valuable to the future of the org as a 3B. I really hate it.

I’m so proud of you. I didn’t know you were capable of saying something positive.

Let's see what Montgomery can do at the major league level

He’ll be back… they always come back… 👻

Do Noda next.

Battle for the Fecal League Standings.

He's over 800 MLB PAs now. It's not like he is new here

You’re really in no position to dunk on people who think he’s a bust either. Those PCL numbers from years past still haven’t translated to sustained success in the Majors.

My point is said poster is ridiculing people who said Vargas looked like a Major League hitter when he was performing by calling it a “hot streak” whereas he can’t wait to call him a bust now that he’s actually only a cold streak. I’d still happily bet money he heats up again and ends up well above a 100 wRC+ this year.

He could be setting himself up for a nice payday if he can finish the year with close to a 3 ERA and a couple nice playoff starts.

Easily.

You’re welcome

Finally a 2 out hit

This. We are wasting Lee in AAA. Nothing wrong with 3 catchers on the roster when you have worthless guys like Rojas here.

Regardless, why not stick with him there instead of Rojas? It’s not like we’re trying to compete right now and he’s not blocking other kids. This idea that we should cut bait on kids at certain positions because of a bad month is crazy to me.

colSSon

Can’t watch the game tonight, but I understand Colson is debuting! Wish the guy good luck!! Go Sox!!!!

Exactly how he dreamed this moment up!

What a start to his career! Catcher's interference!

Elko is in the minors now but Baldwin has decent upside like a young Benintendi but can play more positions with a little more repetition . Doesn't have the pedigree of Benintendi but they might have similar power.

Two powerhouse teams clashing

Say what??? Vargas is hitting .220 with a .696 OPS. That's good????

Being skeptical is perfectly fair. Saying “he is what we thought he was” and declaring that’s he a bust while he’s in the midst of a cold streak is a different thing.

No one is calling for him NOT to play. Recognizing that he has been bad WAY more often than good is being able to see reality. Perhaps you should focus you ire on not taking everything personally.

Say 900+ ABs?

So we are back to the 'this only his 2nd full season' BS. He's had over 600 AB's in the bigs and LAD burned through his options giving him multiple opportunities. If you want to squint at a hot streak and see it as his norm, by all means, you do you. But looking at his whole body of work in the bigs, seeing a hot streak for what it is and remaining skeptical is a perfectly fair position.

He'll clear waivers and be back in the organization soon. Like a bad penny the Sox keep getting their rejects thrown right back to them.

All closers blow some games. In a White Sox uniform, Hendriks had 76 saves in 86 opportunities for an 88% save percentage.

Hendriks was an All-Star in each of his first two seasons with the Sox. Then he was hit with cancer and TJ surgery. He was nothing like the rest of those players.

It also didn't help the Sox gave them huge contract deals before they really proved anything.

And Vargas.

The big 3 of Moncada, Eloy and Robert have to be the biggest flops in MLB history for a trio of promising players. As Clint Frazier said they just didn’t want to play which didn’t surprise me, obviously when you don’t want to play you aren’t going to bust your butt working on trying to improve and get better, those 3 guys are IMO just plain losers and one of them is still with us.

I think we're about two steps from claiming that the White Sox never even existed, never won a baseball game, and nobody is on the team.

The 2027 world series of poker? These guys wouldn't even win the the college world series...

I’m sorry, where is this quote from? Is it your own? And how did the Red Sox develop Braden more than us when he never played for them?

We really need him or Wolkow to make it. Great to see both turning the corner.

Hope he succeeds, but not expecting it. Dumb move, imo.

Please don't send Baldwin down again after 3 AB's --- AGAIN. One of Capra/Noda/Rojas should be the corresponding move.

You expected the Sox to not be idiotic?

I do not think this is good for him, and it’s based on a very small sample size of good ball

For my list, I did not include players who made it to the majors. Noah Scultz Braden Montgomery Hagen Smith Caleb Bonemer Colson Montgomery George Wolkow Jacob Gonzalez Jeral Perez Tanner McDougal Christian Oppor Luis Reyes Sam Antonacci William Bergola Mathias Lacombe Adrin Batista Yobal Rodriguez Alexander Albertus Blake Larson Mason Adams Juan Carell I think the Sox have a top 12 farm system. So many guys made it to the majors this year already, I think they will add more talent in the draft and at the TDL. Looking at this list, they need to add some power into the system. They also need to ad some more talent in the middle of the diamond