WestEddy

Liar!

Benintendi out 4-6 weeks.

We all have our favorite pianos. Perhaps it would be wise for Narvaez to leave his in the clubhouse, and not try to run the bases with it on his back.

...And Benintendi's out of the game after a HBP.

Martin Perez looks like a pro pitcher.

My best hope is that it's nothing but pushes him back from starting OD with the big club. Let C. Monty rake for a month in AAA, then give him a bobblehead day.

More bullpen watching today:

Vargas will probably have the longest runway, and most intensive support. I say Vargas.

Somebody asked on Twitter, and Grok stepped in with the answer:

I believe that was Wilfred Veras' error that allowed the runner to take 2nd. Hagen Smith was the pitcher who allowed the runner to steal third.

David Robertson and the Melk-man did okay. Melky just gave all his production back on the field. LaRoche was the move where Kenny Williams should have just suited up himself and saved some money. Concerning the Melky Cabrera trade, AJ Pucket just pitched for Hermosillo in the Mexican winter league. Did reasonably well in 40 IP, too.

Tristan Gray was the 2B. I know it wasn't Hackenberg's fault, but I believe he took the error on the play. It felt like the scene in Vacation where the camera pans the car trip, back seat, everyone's asleep, front seat, passenger, then Chevy Chase zonked out like a light.

Old ex alert: (I just hummed his name to Macarena, and fucked my brain for the day), but Donovan's Lalena came to save the day.

Okay, I guess my very pedestrian recap of yesterday's game (you can still cue it up and watch it on MLB.com) would be as follows: 1) We have 2 exciting pitching prospects in Schultz and Hagen Smith. Rodon comps are bouncing around for Hagen. Much smarter people than me have broken down their outings in this very string. 2) Sean Burke looked fine, as did Bryce Wilson. I'm not concerned about our starting pitching. 3) Steven Wilson threw a clean inning. If his DFA made the Cease trade look worse, this outing makes it look better. 4) Eric Adler is a guy who has some buzz as a future closer. I would have liked him to have not walked 2 batters to create the clutter that enabled Hackenberg's Folly in the 9th. 5) Concerning Burke, I would have liked him to put away Oscar Gonzalez in the 2nd, rather than an 11 pitch at-bat culminating in hard contact. But looking up Gonzalez, the Yankees took him off waivers from the Guardians during the 23-24 off-season, then the Padres signed him as a free agent this last November. Watching that at-bat, I'd think a guy like this should have been Getz's first priority over Austin Slater. Where are our scouts? Did this guy web-stalk some teammate's baby mama? 6) Tristan Gray, Andre Lipcius and Joey Gallo are here to hit. They didn't. 7) I'm kind of surprised at Gray and Jacob Gonzalez falling asleep on that 9th inning stolen base (Hackenberg's Folly). Bone-head play that Gonzalez should have been running laps for after the game. Fielding is Gonzo's carrying skill. If he can't even do that, he's toast. 8 ) I'm wondering how much weight last year's record has on this spring. Everybody says they've turned the page, etc. But plays like Lee's (I know errors happen, and it's early) just feel like they're pressing. 9) Meidroth - I have nothing to say. He's a baseball player; he looked like a baseball player in the field. He hit a high fastball to right field. I was told he can't hit the high stuff. Maybe that was someone else. 10) Circus Vargus. I want this guy to break out so bad. I want him to want to break out so bad. Life comes at you fast. So do baseballs. I was up at 6:00 am this morning. I hope Vargas is, taking grounders this morning. 11) Please hit some baseballs.

Looking at Benintendi, his splits also seem to be pretty much historically neutral. I sure hope Fuller sees something magical in Austin Slater to unlock.

And if "diminished skills" is a thing, why not throw in a clause that starts deferring money if production slips under a certain level for a prolonged period?

Also, let it be noted: Left-handed hitting Mike Tauchman his his HR off of the left-handed pitching Ryan Och.

Why don't you do the first one? Or does Scrooge McDuck have to keep his money pool overflowing?

Martin Perez next up vs. The Guardians tomorrow.

Sun-Times post-game notes: Clean starts for White Sox' prized lefty prospects Noah Schultz, Hagen Smith - Chicago Sun-Times

At least there's no no-hit or perfect game drama today.

Kinda shitty to interview Noah's dad during his one inning. Let the guy watch.

Korey Lee showing Vargas how it's done.