WestEddy

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Fedde, Hicks, Dominguez. Sounds like a 4-2 win, to me.

Full interview. Kind of fluffy. - knows teel, chase meidroth, wikelman, chris murphy from boston - trained with davis martin - zach bove - overlapped in KC - focus - developing kick change to attack lefties - most proud of sweeper and curve shapes

Fluff parts of Sandlin interview with Courtney Finnicum. Tried Giordano's deep dish, will report on bidets.

SoxMachine has a more thorough write-up of this. PECOTA nice(r) to White Sox; Erick Fedde is in the fold - Sox Machine

Anthony Kay on facing Murakami

No White Sox, knock wood:

Just look up Leaders > 2025, and sort for shortstops. There's a defense column. I set the cutoff at 200 PAs. I seem to remember you saying Fairbanks was going to get up to mid $40M.

Baseball Prospectus' PECOTA numbers out. I don't subscribe, but SouthSideSox posted the AL Central. 69.4 Wins for the Sox. Will the White Sox outperform their PECOTA projection of 69 wins? | South Side Sox

Dude, this is how you wind up salty over losing a ban bet. You're wrong. Colson Montgomery is an above-average defensive shortstop. Having better shortstops in the pipeline doesn't make Colson a below-average defensive shortstop.

RubRub: No one has ever done that!! WE: Yes, some have. Here's actual examples. RubRub: My point is I'm not aware, and that's what counts!! Caulfield: But what about European Sparrows?!? I'm done with this subject. The two of you need to drop it and move on.

Defense isn't measured by what internet people are saying. It's measured by what they do on the field. FanGraphs ranks Colson as 14th best defensive SS with 200+ PAs. He's an above-average defensive SS. The prospect of other players being even better doesn't affect one player's statistical defensive standing. Here's your quote: Other than Baldwin and Acuna...there aren't an abundance of players here with exceptional POTENTIAL ability to field their positions in an above average manner. Colson Montgomery just did that. There's hardly a one standard deviation above "average" MLB defender anywhere on the projected 2026 field other than the two previously mentioned I have no idea what you're looking for, here. Define "one standard deviation above "average".

It's really not that big a deal, dude. I said maybe Acuña is going to try to pinch hit. I don't know. I gave you examples of 4 guys, 3 who tried switch hitting after they hit the bigs. I can't imagine being such a frail porcelain doll that I go into conniptions after every Getz quote. Im not sure why you think switch hitting is something guys just pick up. Because it is. I've given you examples. Again, I'm not stating that Acuña is, indeed, trying to switch-hit. I threw it out there in conversation. You "standing by what you said" means nothing. You've already demonstrated you'll say anything to troll me. You have no credibility.

Colson Montgomery.

Tito Fuentes started his career as a RHH, then picked up switch-hitting a couple years into his career. Eddie Murray was convinced by a manager to try switch hitting in AA. Bill Russel and Paul Blair experimented with switch-hitting for a season during their careers.

Obviously, Jose Quintana wants one last chance at a ring:

James Fegan files his day 1 Spring Training notes column: Will Venable wants the White Sox to 'start from zero,' but there might be finally something to to build upon - Sox Machine Pitchers checking each other out. Murakami took grounders Teel and Quero get along well Venable has a motivational catch phrase - "Start from zero" Cannon talks about being drafted under Hahn, and wonders who should get credit for his development

and I'm not sure how it's ironic that players who were in the organization when Getz took over, stayed in the organization, were promoted, and worked on the daily adjustments the league was making to them. GMs generally don't get rid of every player in the organization when they take over so they could have a clear claim on every victory in the system. Anybody drafted during Getz's tenure will only have played one full minor league season, at most.

All baseball players encounter adversity. And then they work through it. A player has success, then the league adjusts to them. I'm not sure how GMs are supposed to make players fail. Getz seems to have put the pieces in place to support players on many levels in ways that weren't there when Getz took over.

How?

You keep pointing this out. Why? The organization has them now. They're working with them to get better now. I'm not sure why an interview with researchers who worked on discerning hitting issues that could be fixed after acquisition is causing heads to explode.

Seriously, dude, WTF's your problem? Why are you trolling me? This is two solid pages of you, SS2k5 and DickAllen just talking BS. Others keep complaining that you guys ruin every thread with your trolling BS. Why don't you go be a clown elsewhere?

I think it's been bandied about in a few places that this move doesn't preclude a Canning signing. Fedde could certainly throw reasonable innings while Thorpe/Bush/Adams work their way back and Sandlin/McDougal/Schultz work towards a promotion. Canning might be on that same timetable.

Not saying it's easy. Switch-hitting is a taught thing. One isn't born a genetic right-handed hitter. If a hitter has worked from the other side and has reached a comfort level, it's certainly something that could be developed. I don't even know if Acuña's a switch hitter.