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Whenever you want, preferably in another thread so that the rest of us don't have to read it in one designed to talk about next month's draft.

Good contribution. Thanks.

Madrigal homer!

The bigger takeaway from tampa, as ever, is getting that direct comparison in an organization that commits to player development and squeezing value out of every asset, and the white sox.

No one can convince me to miss Avi goddam Garcia

Yea, I’ll take Robert over Rodgers. Better defender, similar power/hit tool, and better speed.

If Cordell pops that up it is a double play. If he misses it Sanchez is out at home, or in a run down. 1 out, 1st and 3rd, your chances of scoring are much higher letting the batter swing away (Cordell had been killing the ball all game too if you want to make a situational argument). Just because a call works or is dramatic and fun does not mean it was a good call. That said, it was absolutely dramatic and fun, so we may as well go lock up the W now.

Just want to point out I was right when I said Madrigal would have a homer before June.

A bad but successful call

Lambert 6 IP 7 H 2 R 1 ER 2 BB 11 SO.

Very cheap...446 ft

Omg

I'd way rather just sink or swim with Lambert or Flores. These guys are both 24 years old, so not super young. Lets see what we got.

Oh man, are we really about to move to Josh Phegley, who averages 40 games played per year over the past 6 years, as the next thing to incessantly complain about? With the way this board acts, you'd have no idea that Anderson and Moncada are OPSing .860+, Giolito is looking like an ace, Eloy is back in the coming days, Robert is doing well in AA, etc.

The Rutschman falling stuff makes me so happy.

Via Law chat today. http://meadowparty.com/blog/2019/05/16/klawchat-5-16-19/

Rooting for Walker, but still, strange choices to me. Alek Thomas is doing really well in A ball, also with great BB:K numbers. Signed for 900k less. Instead of pilkington could have gone after one of the many high school arms in round 3 with 1.5 million. Just not a fan of the draft strategy recently. Milwaukees was beautiful.

Yeah when he is good he is really good , multiple hits, extra base hits, and stolen bases.

Disagree. It worked thus it's a GREAT call. It's about results! It worked. Ricky take a bow. A-plus move there.

That isn't how it works: Let's say Steph can shoot 20% from half-court, which is amazing and also a bad shot. He shoots 4, misses 4. All 4 were bad shots. Now he shoots and makes a 5th. You don't sit there and say it was a good shot because it worked this time, gotta give him credit. He made a bad shot I did some fact checking of myself, however. In this case, I will admit there is some room for debate. For the situation (1st, 3rd 1 out) the run expectancy of a squeeze is negative (so you are expecting to score less runs than if you did not do it). But, some people have argued that, at least with a good bunter, your run probability (chances of scoring a single run) are a touch higher. So in the bottom of the 9th of a tie game, probably a good call. With 3 outs left to get, it really is opinion probably, and how highly you think of Colome. 7th and earlier, it is no bueno.

Who are you talking too?

We're gonna win cause greg can't watch the ninth. Have to finish something.

Automated umping can't come soon enough. This home plate ump is terrible in all aspects.

I hate when this shit works because he'll keep doing it.

only worse manager ive seen was my 9th grade coach... and its close...

We'll add this to a potential L that Renteria's managing has cost us if the Sox lose this one.

OT: But Robert just homered for Birmingham.

Good job Covey! We couldn't have asked for more.

He actually a good ballplayer.

Covey is a solid two inning pitcher.

Love the thread title.

With all of Tim Andersons community work and professional skills...if you can't make him known to the casual fan your not trying.

He’s rehabbing an injury. Should be back soon. He did an interview with SonsofHahnarchy podcast if you want to know more

Ross Detwiler not getting it done for you?

I agree. Look like kids. Hard to pick a kid

You had me at Mendick. Men-Dick! Men-Dick! Men-Dick!

Everything you posted is correct, and true. However, what has bothered me about this stupid move was that those mouth-breathing morons in the front office thought: 1. The shitty 2016 roster that they dropped on us, AND 2. the shitty, moronic manager who never wanted to be here, and wasn't even a HEAD coach in HS, 3. Collectively had a snowball's chance in hell of competing. In other words, KW/RH/JR are all collectively too stupid to tell the difference between a GOOD team, and a poor one. So set aside that anyone with a 3-digit IQ and working eyes could have seen that Shields was one of the suckiest sucks that ever sucked. Set aside that Shields could have/SHOULD have been gotten for mere money/salary relief/NO prospect equity. The people still running this org are simply too dumb to do their jobs. They were dumb in 2016, and I see little to suggest that they've gotten smarter since then. FFS, the squandering of resources on turds like Jay and Alonzo and others, and then whining about the price tag for Machado reinforces the idea that they don't know a good player from a poor one. THAT'S what truly hurts about this idiotic, moronic, and dumb trade. RH/KW/JR ALL deserve a verbal beating for being fucking morons. And yes, Tatis' likely ascension to stardom will be the constant reminder that we have imbeciles running this team [into the ground].

Was. One of the things about copy/pasting the career numbers into your expectations for a player in their age 34 year after a steep second half decline is a) those players get injured and b) they tend to start declining.

Well there's that guy playing shortstop that has been talked about every day all year long.

lol

Well, all decisions failed miserably regardless.

he acquired Jay in an attempt to sign Machado. Acquiring Jay had nothing to do with Avi or Jay's potential performance

This may be an excuse for Avisail but not for Hahn. Hahn spent more guaranteed money ($4 million) on Jon Jay than Avisail cost ($3.5 million), and Jay hasn’t even suited up yet for the Sox. Hahn blew another signing, period. There is zero positive spin on this, as much as you try to defend it. You guys are absolutely ridiculous homers to even entertain this defense of Hahn and the Sox. Avisail at 27 was much younger than Jay at 34 and was a much better bet to improve on a one year deal but Hahn decided to sign Jay for more money because he has zero foresight and is a terrible GM.

His 2017 season was pretty good although his k to walk struggled then and struggles now. With Eloy, Tilson, and Robert, there isn't much room for him in the way future although it would have been nice to have him this season. But ya never know if he puts up 2017 numbers every year, then he may have been worth keeping for the long hall. It is what it is.

Will the last healthy White Sox player please turn out the lights when you leave the ballpark. Thank You. White Sox management

This is amazing.

Rick Renteria in a 4-3 game yesterday?

So you bunt the runners over, and now you’ve taken the bat out of the hands of your hottest hitter who will surely be walked to set up another double play situation

You misspelled troll.