WestEddy

2027 will be Keller's first full draft class. Carlos Vielma was signed this year. So Keller did well to bring a future Hall-of-Famer into the organization.

Who are you looking at? MLB hasn't even put the 2026 draft prospects in the top 30s yet.

Dude, I didn't write a listicle that I'm sending to Oslo for a Nobel Prize. It's a random list of mid-pitchers they worked with and have found success with. Some pitchers respond to a new system, others don't.

Because if they get a couple of key injuries at the same time, Joe Rock is probably a more workable option than a not-100%, under-performing Wikelman Gonzalez.

Pitchers brought along by the coaching staff who are having consistent success. Did the staff develop Newcomb? Should Davis Martin be included as someone who is enjoying regular, consistent success right now?

Oppor has developed the yips. That's sports psychology. I'd love to hear what exactly Bannister "did" to Hagen and Schultz that he needs to be "blamed" for. They're trying to make their deliveries repeatable and keep them healthy.

The Sox had a little walk-in museum behind home plate for a while. I don't remember much more than they had a bunch of old uniforms in chronological order.

Non-a-hole code says you shouldn't put your friends in the position of keeping secrets from their wives. 😃

It's been thoroughly discussed here a few times. He's the Director of Pitching for the org. He's not logging pitches in the Kannapolis dugout. He pow-wows with Getz about what type of traits they should be scouting the waiver wire for that are easy to accentuate or work with. He might show up to Arizona to watch Christian Oppor throw a few sides, but he's not a coach, anymore. He sets policies with Getz, scouting and the stats dudes on what to pursue and develop.

club houses are kind of a collection of cliques tho, right? You had the Latinos, then the Christian white-bros. Maybe guys like Gordo or David Robinson kept above it. LaRoche was looked up to by Sale, Eaton, Zach Duke, and Samardzija. Maybe Flowers? Probably more. He was like the chaplain to them. When Frazier and Rollins were brought in, I think they were the ones telling KW the Drake show was ridiculous.

Once during marriage when someone dropped a suggestion that I turned down. I've tried to steer clear of stupid situations where it's too easy to f*** up.

Grant Taylor. Jordan Hicks. Bryan Hudson. Sean Burke. Trevor Richards. Tyler Schweitzer. That said, Bannister isn't their pitching coach. He isn't anybody's pitching coach.

It's easy to criticize a move in retrospect, then generically say, "there's a half dozen guys they could cut before him." No there isn't. They obviously like Joe Rock better. So no, they can't DFA the guy they like better to keep the guy they like worse. That would be colossally stupid. Getz replaced Hays quickly, and Grichuk produced. I really liked the idea of Pereira, but he played about 27 games. Doyle's a better fielder. Wikelman's JAG. Teams like the Brewers get their pockets picked every Rule 5 because they develop way more players than fit on the 40-man.

I really like the idea of Tim Anderson. He seemed like a nice kid, a bit immature, but nice, nonetheless. He was great for the franchise. I liked a bold, mouthy kid as the face of the team. Gave them a swagger. He couldn't exactly walk the walk for an extended period, however. As far as the cheating, do any of us married dudes have any friends that cheat? They don't really remain friends for long. If the wife finds out about them, hoo-boy have I got some 'splainin' to do. "Why are you hanging around with him? Why did you keep this from me?" TA wasn't my friend, but you know what you do to make your marriage work, and I just lost a little respect for him, even though in 35 years of marriage, I think I was in the same zip code of "you wanna come upstairs for a drink?" maybe once, and he dealt with that on a daily basis.

But seeing recovery times this season, I'd say Vasil isn't really an option to start until 2028.

I have no idea what happened with Ramirez, or why TA felt compelled to fight. The famous Ventura/Nolan Ryan dustup has been fully explained. The team decided first guy hit charges the mound. That was Robin. TA wasn't a fighter, either. We've all been taught to box in one form or another. Dad, gym class, park district, CYO. TA's right-handed, and he came at Ramirez backwards, leading with his right. That just all probably sprung out of such a deep frustration with where he was, and all. He also got it a bit from other teams, calling him Jackie, and all. He made some mistakes, and had to carry the weight of that, too.

In 2024, the White Sox had one position player with at least 100 plate appearances (out of 17) who cleared 100 OPS+ or were above average. Another 3 cleared 94. This season, 9 (of 12) have cleared 100 OPS+, and the three who haven't are Quero, Romo and Acuña.

Looking at the schedule, I'd pick 25-19, rest of the way. No sweeps, winning the home series, losing most of the road series. The Tigers are going to be tough. We have 7 left against them, so we kind of control our own destiny.

My friends found this album in a budget bin somewhere. A lot of our ad libs came from this album for a few years. "What's your trip, turkey?!?"

And that's why they keep trading them.

The White Sox would have to go 1-44 to lose 100 games. I don't think that's going to happen.

All I know is that 26 Guardians players will be laying in bed with their wives tonight, unable to get it up. The wife will be like, "Don't worry baby, it happens. What's on your mind?" And to a man, they will all answer, "He closed with Trevor Richards."

It's Ann Landers 101 that every gambler wants to lose. So, no, I won't be putting any money on anything.

That's the only way he learns to be better. Pitch in high leverage. By the World Series, all of these dudes will be tested.