WestEddy

Well, right now, Colmon is the heir apparent. He was a top, what, 20 prospect? I don't think it's a reach to assume he's going to get every opportunity to start and stay at SS for the duration of this season, and it's not unreasonable to imagine him in the spot going forward.

Gray seems like a logical replacement for Rojas.

That's probably the best 1-8 in the organization right now, so, Hooray!!

This team feels like the Fisk/Walker/Calderon/Hibbard/Melido Perez teams that ushered in the 93 playoff team. Then again, a few of them could pop and be perennial all-stars.

Keep it rolling.

Sure, they're not designed well, and don't have the amenities of modern stadiums. In 1999, I had time on my hands, and decided to go see the White Sox A-ball affiliate, the Burlington Bees, at every Midwest League stadium. Kane County was new and nice, but when I traveled to John O'Donnell Stadium in Quad Cities (now Modern Woodman Park), or Veterans' Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, I felt like I was in an old French church. I understand the wonder over Wrigley and Fenway. The Rate's still a better baseball experience.

I almost don't want to type this, but only 1 HR allowed in 18 IP, too.

I remember somebody saying the Rockies haven't won a home series all season. Do it against somebody else. ...Yup. 14 home series before this, lost them all. We're #15 for them.

And everything seems cowboy themed. I was only there 2 or 3 times, but it felt like if the City of Chicago put gangster insignia on every bridge and street corner.

I didn't have any questions. You don't have to troll everybody who doesn't fall in line with your negative BS.

Nobody disputes that Sosa is a developing bat. Not sure how a logical question equates to ejaculation.

Sorry to usurp. Somebody fell asleep.

Yes. The guys we're talking about were higher bonuses, but if they have a full scouting department working 4+ countries and Puerto Rico, they would be finding multiple guys for tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses that would advance.

Fedde had a longer track record that season and was probably pretty thoroughly scouted in Korea. Houser reworked his delivery in the off-season, and it took a month to start feeling natural. I think that Fedde and Houser are great comps. Neither is a lockdown strikeout thrower. I think that put a damper on their value. Looking at the Fedde trade, it feels like Fedde brought back Vargas, Kopech - Perez, and a combo of the 3 (with Pham) got Albertus thrown in. The trade was probably a prospect short. I don't know what level. Another Perez/Albertus? Adrian Houser has reason to believe his strong White Sox debut was a new beginning - Sox Machine Houser talked with James Fegan about going to a pitching lab in the off-season:

When did Colson Montgomery throw a ball into the dugout? Rojas bounced one into Vargas, who was looking straight into the sun at that point.

No. It's the cheapest talent available. Eduardo Herrerra had a rough 1st year last season, and this season, he's OPSing .975, and will most probably graduate to the ACL next year. Frank Mieses is a 17-year-old CF OPSing .869.

Javier Vazquez.

I think it's the same problem with Fedde. He doesn't have that dominant strikeout stuff. Fedde's affordable contract wasn't ringing the phones off the hook. Houser's expected numbers are higher than his actual. I think he's a solid pitcher right now, on a good and lucky run, and like Fedde, he'll get interest, but not the kind of interest a knockout/strikeout guy would have gotten. My own opinion is that the Sox should be targeting somebody out of the top 100, then develop him into the rankings.

He probably brings back a prospect outside the top 100. The Dodgers 2024 trade for Jack Flaherty is probably the ceiling (Thayron Liranzo, a catcher just outside the top 100, and Trey Sweeny, glove first SS prospect), and the Padres acquiring Martin Perez from the Pirates is probably the floor (1 DSL pitcher who can't find the strike zone consistently).

My mind keeps wanting to read this as "painting Houses to absolutely no avail".

Vargas double. Slump over.

Morris Austin and Phil Fox had been having a nice run for a few games.