WestEddy

reporter: Frank, how well would you hit against today's pitchers? FT: Oh, probably around .240 reporter: Only .240? FT: Well, I am 56, you durn fool!!

I don't want or need credit. It's just conversation, not a competition. People who should know are throwing Sheets' name around as a TDL target, and if Vaughn is really fixed, and it's sustainable, that's a low-risk acquisition. The problem you have is you keep putting words in my mouth, or you purposefully confuse things out of context. I said the Sox had 15 starting pitching prospects lined up over 3-4 levels, then when pressed, put a list of guys I considered to be starting pitching prospects. I think there was about 23 I considered to be "prospects". And I don't even think it was that long, like, 2 days later Drohan was cut. They have about 30-35 guys who are minor league "starters", so it's not so outrageous to include a guy who has started and had success at AA with Boston. If everybody is going to wail about Matthew Thompson and Luis Rodriguez as "prospects" being traded, then Drohan was a prospect. Drohan's probably just not rosterable this year, and by next, he was going to get lost in the shuffle.

In the last few years, teams in contention pulled off trades like this: 2021 - Brewers sent 2 relievers to Toronto for Rowdy Tellez (.605 OPS) 2022 - Mets sent bullpen arm to Pirates for Dan Vogelbach (.769 OPS) 2023 - Brewers sent minor league starter Justin Jarvis to Mets for Mark Canha (.725 OPS) 1B offense has cratered in the AL this year. Vaughn has 5-6 weeks to solidify himself as a .750 OPS hitter. Sheets has already done so. Until last week, the Red Sox were running Garrett Cooper out there at first. Houston is writing Jon Singleton into the lineup. Again, I'm sure you can make a point without sounding like a circus clown, no matter how silly your point is. All teams have scouts. They don't look up a player on B-R.com, then make a trade based on their stat line. If they feel Sheets' and Vaughn's adjustments are real and repeatable, both have value.

If we're talking about bringing back cooked ex-1B, Konerko would put a few asses in the seats, and he'd hit a little better than Abreu right now.

Nobody's really trading for anybody right now. Teams won't start getting serious about the TDL until after the draft. If Vaughn has finally "figured it out" he can be a cheap plug in. He's got about 5 weeks to show it. Have you seen what some of these .500 teams are running out there at 1B and DH?

There's about 5-6 teams conceivably in a playoff race who could use an upgrade on their 1B. And here we are, sitting on two.

Who cares that they've been outscored by 155 runs? There are certainly a bunch of dudes who love to post the chances of breaking all-time loss records, and when one comes off the board, it's "who fucking cares"? LOL. There's a string on this site to track the shutouts. Did you ask that question there?

The White Sox have been shut out once in the last 41 games.

Speaking of catchers...

Anything I ever read about Ellis pretty much said he would never be promoted, and was not a major league OF. Getz had 4 OFs on the IL at the same time, and Ellis was an emergency call-up.

And then they optioned Chuckie to AAA? Maybe they were running up against a deadline for Robinson's contract?

Shutout once in the last 40 games.

Fedde's owed about half of that.

What are you talking about? Who said "no one could have seen it coming"? Do you even have a point? You seem panicky and desperate.

Not sure what that means. Are you saying that because there's an expectancy of them getting hurt, they weren't actually hurt? This is a feeble attempt to take that "excuse" off the table. Eloy, Yoan and Robert got injured. Regardless of what anybody expected.

Three. Three of their main hitters went down in the first 11 games.

What are you even talking about? Eloy's replacement was sitting on the bench, and has put up better numbers than Eloy since Eloy first went on the IL.

It really isn't. The histrionics here are silly.

Run out of arguments? LOL. Dude, you're pretending I've said something I didn't, which is your M.O. Then you whine that I'm pointing it out. I'm not sure why you're stalking and trolling me. You whine about threads being ruined by your petty BS, then hide them. This is all you.

Nope. I get that pretending to be too stupid to understand what I said is your best argument.