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Robert is back in the lineup if we want to find something else to worry about.

A couple of new entries on the MiLB transaction tracker: C Alvaro Rios, 17, Panama SS Jehancarlos Mendez, 16, DR

That’s a bottom five that puts more fear into Sox fans than any of their opponents.

Not trying to be the negative guy, but I have zero confidence in this front office and coaching staff. In my eyes to even have a playoff caliber season by 2027, we are going to have to see major changes made, and most importantly, they have to make the right changes. Now look back at how many "right changes" this organization has made in the last 5 to 10 years. Makes it kind of hard to be positive, but hope they prove me wrong

Solid win. It was the kind of win the Sox will need to replicate as much as possible, low scoring, some steals, timely hitting, pitching and defense.

Given JR's stated history including last August at Getz's press conference, convincing him to pay for pitching may be equal to finding the Holy Grail. That would be quite an accomplishment. By the way that doesn't mean JR is necessarily wrong given pitchers injury tendencies but the fact is other teams are willing to take those gambles and the Sox are always left behind.

We need an "on the spectrum" tag for some posts.

That's fair. But if I can watch every single one of my 10 year old nephew's games on a live webcast, you'd think a Major League franchise should do the same.

So consistently bad?

Why the f*** can they not just stick a home plate feed up? f*** this franchise.

Despite the rage, that was the point of bringing in tons of shitty place holders this off season. Quit rushing kids and allow them to simmer as they need instead of putting them into bad situations they weren't ready for. Maybe not rushing the next Andrew Vaughn and forcing him into the OF as a lumbering ox allows him to at least learn how to hit first before being shoved into the majors. I have no idea how this will all end up, but there are at least a couple of signs that look better to me.

You must be new here.

It's not his throwing shoulder. Why do White Sox injuries make you so gleeful?

Minor pet peeve that always gets to me: when someone takes a photo of a two-dimensional subject (usually a TV screen but in this case the lineup card) at an angle instead of head-on. Anyway, go Sox I guess.

And that is how you become mired in mediocrity.

The top 30 list is coming out this week. Here are the players who just missed our list: https://www.futuresox.net/2024/03/04/futuresox-white-sox-24-ps-just-missed/

This is like hell on earth.

I have a feeling you will like his posts around 40% of the time this season.

Lip is usually a dark cloud, but look at what we were promised, and look at what we got. At present, his dismay is more than justified. im skeptical of anything anyone says on the positive side of things. Pillar thinking this team could make the playoffs.’ Where’s Jim Mora when you need him?

A nice well rounded win. Scored some runs, got some hits, did not make any errors for a change and got some solid pitching.

...And there is a White Sox winnah!!

Then you won’t be optimistic very long.

Solid outing for Soroka. One hard hit ball for a HR and some soft contact otherwise. Struck out two and and walked one in two innings.

We can't forget about their propensity for overpaying mediocre FA. No one really knows yet how much leeway Getz will have compared to his predecessors. Yes they will likely spend some money, but how that gets allocated or how well that gets allocated is another story.

Helpful anecdote 19 years later.

That would be a terrible strategy in 2024. You need to keep as much talent in the system as possible, not win 65 games instead of 62.

How on Earth did I get so jaded? Life’s mystery seems so faded…

Actually, I've experienced Mr. Liptak going all the way back to Tribune chat boards on AOL, mid to late 90's. Dude's consistent.

Yeah but if he sticks at SS and can hit for AVG and get OBP, it's sort of fine, as Jimmy has mentioned.

Looks like the potential Opening Day line up vs. the lefty. Sox should be a runaway train by then.

Competitive in this division? Sure. Sox have very little committed to the 2025 roster and payroll besides a bargain superstar in Robert. A little tough to see Getz's longer term vision at this point (besides improving the defense) as nearly everyone he has acquired is a 1 year stop gap outside of Fletcher.

True but at least it looks like a professional swing instead of that college metal bat swing he had before.

You think the AL Central is going to field 4 ~> .500 teams in a single season with balanced schedules? I can't see that.

We've made our playoff appearance for this decade. 2030 is the soonest we'll be competitive again. https://champsorchumps.us/team/mlb/chicago-white-sox

It’s not who earns a spot in spring training, it’s who we’ve already decided will be on the roster. That’s basically what he’s saying. The guy can’t stop tripping himself up.

It’s just so ugly actually seeing it on paper. 44% of the lineup is putrid. It’s even worse if Vaughn doesn’t finally have a breakout season, and is just his usual mediocre self.

Fair enough although I don't recall that.

I was surprised Scholtens made it through the winter on the 40-man. I don't get the Tanner Banks hate. Dude's a solid lefty reliever with an option remaining.

Was a Dark Cloud on WSI. He stopped posting here for a while but returned. I’ve very really seen positive posts on players beyond those who played decades ago. Can’t understand following a team and players I mostly did not like for decades.

I mean, there are plenty of things to b**** about regarding the Sox, but does any team set up a webcast to every single spring game? Clearly not, or every Sox spring game would be televised and we wouldn't be having this conversation. Just like every team has dudes that get hurt.

It's the "White Sox way..."

My top 5 as of today: 1. Cags 2. Hagen Smith 3. Brody Brecht 4. Braden Montgomery 5. Konnor Griffin

We will scrap to win 60 games this year. A 10 game improvement PER YEAR (which would be huge) would put contention in around 2027.

There is no evidence Getz knows how to build a team. The number of years is irrelevant.

The problem is that if you keep him and don't pick up his 5th year option, he's gonna end up being the backup if they draft a QB with #1. His trade value will probably never be higher than it is prior to his 5th year option deadline.

seems to me you should be able to get about 1,000,000 to 1 on anything over 68.

There’s no way they’re adding. This schlub team of has-beens and never-wases was put together for the sole purpose of hoping for bounce-back years to get lottery tickets at the deadline.

Being one of the worst base runners in baseball has hurt him as well.

No settling. Need a high end player over depth.