WestEddy

There's some talk the Sox could hold on to Tauchman for next year. I'd imagine they take more pitching in the Rule 5.

Riley Gowens at AA is probably the closest thing to a starter they could promote, and he's really a year away. Jesse Scholtens is throwing rehab starts at AAA, but he doesn't look ready at all. At this point, their best options might be a 2-headed, 5-inning monster of Vasil/Shuster, or waiver wire churn. The guys they have starting at AAA are really just depth. Chris Rodriguez and Owen White would be worse than what's on the big league squad.

It's information. Calm down.

Nobody's making up a narrative. The economics of the game have shifted where guys like Tauchman get cut because the Cubs didn't want to pay an arb-inflated salary. The same thing happened to 29-year-old Austin Hays, who happens to be injured now. Yes, the White Sox have traditionally tried to find value, but this is a new level of cost-savings for guys who are still productive players. You're the only one claiming Getz invented this. Baseball players get injured. I don't understand why you feel the need to change your posts to take shots at me. There are 2500+ other strings here where you can and do post your nonsense ad nauseum.

Exactly. Tauchman and Slater were great signings.

Eloy Jiminez, Yoan Moncada and Luis Robert all say you're wrong about older players getting injured more.

Not my job to make you believe factual information. If you have anything relevant to discuss, fire away. Otherwise, there's over 2500+ other threads on this site you can post your mantra of "Jerry and Getz suck".

Good rebound start by Shane Smith. I guess we'll see his biker chick sister in Atlanta for the All-Star game. I thought Vargs was having a bad game, then he turns in a 2-4 with a walk. We won the Fedde/Kopech trade. Tauchman/Slater were great signings. Age is the new market inefficiency. Keep stocking up on able 30+ year olds while the market undervalues them. I'm really curious to see how the White Sox approach this next off-season. If they're still in the bottom 5, they'll probably make another Rule 5 strike to add to a potent core.

I didn't realize games of bingo at the old folks' home gets so rough. I hope you're okay. The point is, you do take his word for it. Do we start giving players lie detector tests when they're injured? Body MRIs for the entire team after every inning? You proclaim the White Sox tragically wrong after every hangnail, which leads me to believe that if you're claiming they're wrong, they're right.

He opted out of his minor league deal.

I'm sure it's a typo, and he meant to type "clear". The Sox have been getting their Thetan levels tested at a local Dianetics storefront and will most probably leave NYC "clear".

And Jared Shuster is right back up:

George Wolkow in May: .292/.357/.500 3 HRs I feel like they've been working with some of these guys to establish the strike zone, prioritize contact, and now they're exploring their power.

Anybody worthy of note has been thoroughly scouted, and they're either signed or under agreement for their age 16 year. If David Keller was walking along the beach, and stumbled upon an unknown 17 year old kid throwing rocks into the surf at 101 mph, he could certainly sign him for under $10k. He could sign hundreds of kids for under $10k and that doesn't count against the pool allotment.

Maybe Fuller or the bench coach knows or noticed something about his swing that can be corrected. Otherwise, I would think they have shortstop covered between Meidroth, Baldwin, Sosa, Rojas and Tristan Gray in AAA.

There was an open 40-man spot, so no corresponding move is needed there. However, he's out of options, so I'm guessing he bounces Amaya.

For a team in the first phase of their rebuild, they have no depth issue, regardless of whether you "give them credit" or not. Their depth exists. Bryce Wilson had 3 productive seasons, 2 of them directly preceding 2025. He's a fine swing-man.

None of that has anything to do with my comment. A weird, hidden benefit to signing a pitcher is that they actually pitch some games for your team. Trade value is an added bonus.

Actually, 4 Tommy John surgeries and Perez' injury resulted in the guy they promised a shot at starting - starting games. So that's 5 injuries, and 2 guys in AAA not being able to throw strikes, if we're going to get technical. And even with that, they still have 3 guys on the 26-man with starting experience behind Bryce Wilson, 2 other guys at AAA who might get starts in the bigs, and Jesse Scholtens may even be back by the middle of June. So, yeah, they had and have depth.

Actually, it isn't hard. He pitched well. Please try to follow the conversation.

They signed Martín Pérez to a big league deal, he wasn't awful. The Sox had starting pitching depth. Not everybody is the Dodgers with 11 FA starting pitchers on the IL.

Martín Pérez wasn't.

Again, just spit-balling options.

Right now, it's looking like various shades of nothing, or at best, an exchange of projects. If he does the "one year rebound" with the Sox, you still have the chance to trade him at the 2026 TDL.