WestEddy

Sox Notes from SoxMachine: https://soxmachine.com/2024/06/pregame-notes-constant-white-sox-trade-rumors/ * Sox not fooled by 3 win streak. Will trade everyone * Benintendi not as big a joke as you think * Steven Wilson expects his velo to tick up in 2nd half

I agree that they've been shallow in previous years. This season, they do have 3-4 viable options (Julks, Colas, DeLoach, Fletcher) to slot in youngish outfielders for extended periods. So the only reason that looks logical to me is that they're trying to get them on a run to trade them.

Benintendi and $38m to the Nats for Patrick Corbin.

The stat allows pitchers know what pitches they throw are being squared up, and which aren't. That's valuable information.

The MLB definition of "barrel": https://www.mlb.com/glossary/statcast/barrel

You know what Greg? Nobody is marketing to you or me. I'm 60, I'm guessing you're within 10 years of me, on either side. Baseball is either trying to get parents to drag the kids out to the park, or trying to get you to bet money on some HR/W parlay.

That may be true, but at this point, the guys they're paying $12-24m for, and then they're done, maybe they're just trying to showcase their bats for a trade. And this year, I say, all the more power to them. ?

Seth Keener with a no-no through 6 at Kannapolis.

Closer to it when we play the Rockies than when we play the Yankees and Dodgers.

Maybe they'll finally claw back some wins now we're not playing 60% of our games against sure playoff contenders for a month.

Have you ever heard Caribbean Series announcers? Soccer announcers? This isn't golf.

Looks like they might have dialed "Cal Quantrill" into the Trajekt machine and figured him out, a bit.

Wait - this is from the SoxMachine article I posted.

Just posting what Grifol said. Discuss.

Speas was DFAed to add Grossman. Traded to Oakland for cash considerations.

Where we going?

SoxMachine pre-game notes https://soxmachine.com/2024/06/pregame-notes-eloy-jimenez-running-at-between-75-and-83-percent/ * Eloy's somewhere between 75-83%, as per Grifol * Shuster's throwing changeups * Orlando Cepeda has a White Sox connection

I would think quite the opposite. Every guy in the lineup has to think everything depends on him. Nobody is picking each other up with clutch hits on any regular basis.

I would think most of the regulars are expecting a return somewhere between the Grossman and Middleton trades, if Pham is traded alone. He could certainly goose a Fedde trade from a lower top 100 prospect and another piece to 2 lower top 100 prospects, if packaged.

The Sox are 2-1 in the 2nd half, opposed to 0-3 in the first. An improvement, sure.