WestEddy

Read the sentence. Tops. Out. As. A. 3.5 bWAR. Dude. Benintendi put up 4.8 bWAR in 2018. Then he put up 3.2 between 2 teams in 2022. That is a type of player. If C. Monty averages well over 2.0 bWAR over his first 6 seasons, that's a good player to have. So, Earth. On the world called Earth did Benintendi top out as a 3.5 bWAR dude.

The interesting thing is that most of the pre-Rule 5-draft prognosticators missed out on Shane Smith. Melissa Lockard of The Athletic is the only one who tagged him as a Rule 5 pick. The MLB draft brain trust of Callis, Mayo and Dykstra didn't even have Shane Smith as the top pick from the Milwaukee org. If he wasn't even on anybody's radar, kudos to pro scouting. Unless McKinven suggested him, in which case, you can't keep hiring new bench coaches each year to get special insight on another team's org. depth. Or maybe you can...

Sure, getting the extra year is a thing. You can get the extra year by leaving him down a month at the beginning of the season, or letting him get exposed, then sending him down for a month. Still the same month of service time saved. And with the slippage of Monty's star, maybe he tops out as a 3.5 bWAR dude. That's Benintendi. I would hope that in 7 years, we've produced another 3-WAR 3B or LF.

I coming to the realization that C. Monty's not the guy. But he may be *a* guy. Maybe he's a 3B who can hit you 25 HRs a year. Of a LF. He's no longer such a commodity that he needs to be handled with kid gloves. If he can hold his own, not embarrass himself at SS, you have a cheap position player. If he takes off, you might get the extra draft pick for top 3 ROY. If not, he gets exposed in the bigs, you drop him down and work on whatever is the new weakness. If Getz is establishing a pipeline of talent through the draft and international signings, there will be other shortstops coming through. They already have Gonzo and Bergolla who, if they can hit .260 w/10 HR and acquit themselves defensively, can move Monty off short as soon as next year. I don't think this rebuild will result in this Godly "These are the core 5 players we will build around!!!" It's just going to be a more steady stream of prospects coming through who can step in and hold down a position. Monty becomes a starter. Then Teel/Quero filter up. The better hitter moves from behind the plate. Zavala/Wolkow/Saucke/B. Monty - one or more of them start looking like a guy.

If he's rostered all year. If he's pounding out 2 WAR into July, I think he's gone. Unless the Sox slip through some vortex and are in the thick of a divisional race.

That, and the development feels a little more organic. It's not just a spate of first rounders and a bunch of trades.

Scott Merkin takes an educated whack at the OD roster. He has Benny and Slater on the IL, so Fletcher and Ramos make the team. White Sox 2025 Opening Day roster projection

I'm so glad we have such sage old souls here to warn us against irrational exuberance. I always thought that a 3-3 game in spring training meant a player would hit 1.000 in their 540 PAs during the season. Learn something new every day.

It's not even a sample size. It's a game. Teel had a good game. The end. Lord Almighty.

Ian Eskridge and James Fox break down the reasoning behind the top thirty and just missed lists. Great listen. FutureSox Podcast - 2025 Preseason Top 30

Ian Eskridge on The Au Jus podcast, talking about what goes into the rankings of prospects. Ian is a great listen. Beefloaf laughs too much for my taste.

Maybe Michael Taylor should bring his mitt to the plate when batting. Catch it and throw it into the outfield.

I saw the offensive side of the roster as: C - Lee/Thaiss 1B - Vaughn 2B - Rojas 3B - Vargas SS - Monty, or Amaya if he's unable LF - Taylor CF - Robert RF - Tauchman DH - Drury Bench - Sosa, Fletcher, Slater If Taylor gets cut, I'm guessing it's Colas or Baldwin. Meidroth doesn't seem to be crushing Amaya, and Baldwin just isn't getting the reps.

Bergolla has the hit tool, no real power. I think it's telling they have Shane Smith in the 5 day rotation in ST. The Brewers did a weird thing with Wilson last year, where they had a 1-2 inning opener for him, then he'd enter and throw 5. Maybe he's that guy.

I like this Bergolla kid, already.

Can't get Twitter to give me embed code. Amaya departed with hip tightness.

2-spot in the first. BB to Sosa, HBP Robert. Rojas singled in a run, Vargas w/the sac fly. Hold 'em and go home.

Yeah, I think they have that.

Nothing really to take from this. I think the rotation's set. LF CF RF DH P B-game 22-Feb Colas Robert Tauchman Dalbec Shuster 23-Feb Benintendi Taylor Slater Baldwin Gilbert 24-Feb Fletcher Robert Tauchman Drury S. Smith 25-Feb Benintendi Taylor Slater Lee Martin 26-Feb Julks Robert Tauchman Gallo Burke 27-Feb Taylor Robert Slater Benintendi Perez 28-Feb Julks Fletcher Tauchman Gallo Cannon 1-Mar Slater Robert Veras Drury S. Smith 2-Mar Colas Fletcher Tauchman Ramos Martin 3-Mar Julks Robert Tauchman Gallo Burke 5-Mar ss Gallo Robert Tauchman Thaiss Perez 5-Mar ss Julks Fletcher Colas Ramos B. Wilson 6-Mar Julks Fletcher Colas Narvaez Cannon 7-Mar x Taylor Robert Tauchman Sosa S. Smith 8-Mar Taylor Robert Tauchman Vaughn S. Smith Martin 9-Mar Gallo Fletcher Mitchell Drury Adams Burke 10-Mar Taylor Robert DeLoach Teel Perez

Gotta assume that with his lead in shortstop starts, Amaya is the "bust" in C. Monty or Bust!! C 1B 2B SS 3B 22-Feb Thaiss Drury Meidroth Montgomery Vargas 23-Feb Lee Vaughn Rojas Amaya Sosa 24-Feb Narvaez Gallo Gray Meidroth Vargas 25-Feb Thaiss Drury Sosa Montgomery Rojas 26-Feb Lee Vaughn Meidroth Amaya Vargas 27-Feb Narvaez Drury Rojas Gray Sosa 28-Feb Thaiss Vaughn Baldwin Amaya Vargas 1-Mar Lee Gallo Sosa Meidroth Rojas 2-Mar Narvaez Vaughn Baldwin Amaya Vargas 3-Mar Thaiss Sosa Rojas Meidroth Drury 5-Mar ss Lee Vaughn Rojas Amaya Sosa 5-Mar ss Narvaez Drury Meidroth Baldwin Vargas 6-Mar Thaiss Gallo Baldwin Amaya Drury 7-Mar x Narvaez Vaughn Rojas Meidroth Vargas 8-Mar Lee Vargas Meidroth Rojas Sosa 9-Mar Thaiss Vaughn Baldwin Montgomery Dalbec 10-Mar Narvaez Sosa Rojas Amaya Vargas

Another Sosa 1B start, first spring starts for DeLoach (RF) and Teel (DH). DVS doesn't say which Wilson. There are other White Sox than Amaya. Just sayin'.

Nobody said they didn't. They don't have players on the "15-day IL" because there's no 26-man roster to take players off from, yet.

The 26-man is the major league roster. If one is on the 40-man, and is put on the 60-day, he burns service time without using an option.

As in, there's no real reason to install infrastructure for a strip mall of pawn shops and OTBs?