WestEddy

Right now, trade Kopech. That's like, his fifth clean outing as closer this year, right?

Shane Drohan showed up and threw baseballs. He won't be putting any of them on his mantle.

He and Colas were supposed to be two huge gets when they happened. I hope the Yankees get his World Series ring size right.

At this point, IL him and bring up Oscar Colas. Or sign Brandon Belt. I don't care. I have a strange feeling there's some reconning coming after Memorial Day weekend. (I don't know anything.)

Shane Drohan gets lit up in Winston-Salem. Maybe offer him back to the Red Sox now, and they decline.

People don't get a head rush thinking about a lineup with Robert?

Nastrini tomorrow? https://x.com/CST_soxvan/status/1793069389891117419

Actually, an IL stint could be just the thing for our rosters. An OF of Pham, Fletcher and Julks, Sheets DHs, Benny can change his name to Bench-intendi.

His love pillar.

Personally, if it's Nastrini or Cannon (or Thorpe), I would have brought them up for tomorrow's game, and bumped everyone else back a day. https://x.com/CST_soxvan/status/1793050275671933377

I think he was one of the guys the experts were watching, at the time. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=drohan000sha

Yes. If he were reinjured, and were put on the IL, so that he could not make 90 days on the active 26-man, he would remain on the White Sox and his Rule 5 status would be in effect for the 2025 season.

As per MLB.com: Rule 5 Draft picks are assigned directly to the drafting club's 26-man roster and must be placed on outright waivers in order to be removed from the 26-man roster in the subsequent season. Should the player clear waivers, he must be offered back to his previous team for $50,000 and can be outrighted to the Minors only if his original club does not wish to reacquire him. A Rule 5 Draft pick can be placed on the Major League injured list, but he must be active for a minimum of 90 days to avoid being subject to the aforementioned roster restrictions in the next campaign.

He has to be on the active 26-man roster for "all season". However, due to injuries, if he spends at least 90 days on the active roster, that counts as a season, and he's the unconditional property of the White Sox. The league assumes the Sox don't play IL games, or whatnot.

https://x.com/CST_soxvan/status/1793038094360359401

He's still on the 60-day IL. Yes, he needs to be on the 26-man for 90 days of the season. He certainly looks like starter material.

https://x.com/CST_soxvan/status/1793028693888991238

https://x.com/CST_soxvan/status/1793029994463027278

https://x.com/CST_soxvan/status/1793029599053410630

Trade Rumors chat: Ellis 1:52 What kind of return can Erick Fedde net assuming he's still pitching similarly to how he has been to start the year? Steve Adams 1:56 Darragh and I talked about this on a recent episode of the podcast. Some recent examples of trades of starters with 1.5 years left include Jose Berrios, Jose Castillo and Tyler Mahle. All of those guys netted one near-MLB-ready top-100 prospect (Austin Martin, Noelvi Marte, Spencer Steer) and some quality secondary pieces. I don't think Fedde will be quite that much because of the lack of track record, but a muted version of those packages seems reasonable enough. He's one of the more interesting arms out there and I feel like he's already done enough to command one good 50-FV type prospect.

Maybe they're playing Benintendi to prove to JR or even to 10-D that he's untenable in this condition. JR to eat the salary, or 10-D to take a trip to the minors to fix himself.

Kopech's not really a lock down closer, yet. The FutureSox guys were talking about how teams just love guys with "stuff". And even though he still walks a lot of batters, front offices have the ego to believe they could fix a guy throwing 102. But I don't think a contender would want to make him their closer addition at the deadline if he stays like he is now. They'd want some time to "fix" him. I think Fedde only has #3 stuff, tops, and teams might want to wait longer to see if they want to pick up that extra rotation arm. Even though he has good numbers, I think he's a fallback option. And the whole starting pitcher market hasn't even coalesced, yet. All that being said, Kopech goes earlier for teams to work with him. Fedde goes later for teams to make sure he's for real, and he's really only a solid fall-back option, not a new staff ace.

Because there is no stat that measures "panic". I do not accept that roster churn, alone, represents panic. Panic would be trading Noah Schultz and Brooks Baldwin for Frankie Montas to shore up the pitching staff. Cycling Kevin Pillar through, no matter how long he played, is baseball business as usual. Holiday played 10 games. All starts. Ramos played in 10 games, started 9. Sosa played 12, started 9. Sosa has had 240 PAs at the major league level. He was pressing so hard, he was making basic mistakes. He's not a "prospect" anymore, so I see no problem with moving him up and down. His ceiling is a utility infielder, at this point. Fletcher started 18 of the 20 games in which he appeared. He was pressing, couldn't get started, offensively, and was making basic defensive mistakes. They gave him a timeout. None of this is data, or is compared to anything. Fletcher, Lee, Ramos, Shewmake, Colas, Sosa and Julks are what I would consider the "rookies" hitting the roster. Fletcher, Lee, Ramos, Sosa and Shewmake all got long enough looks. Lee and Ramos had success, and their looks continue. Colas is considered to not be ready. Sosa and Shewmake profile as utility infielders. I'm not sure what they're doing with Fletcher, now. I could make something up for you, but I'm not concerned. Shewmake started 21 of the 29 games in which he appeared. Except for Colas, Julks (who looks like he'll get a long look), and Ramos (who was injured), everybody got longer looks than Jackson. So the answer to your implied question is 1. We've blown through one guy with a shorter intentional look than Holliday, and that's Colas. Again, you ignore the issue that the Sox were losing at a pace where every loss was a national news story. I believe that striking out 4 times and logging 2 errors every night on a team that is being covered like the Yankees isn't beneficial, and that had to be fixed. No, win-loss record doesn't matter. Losing at that rate does. Also, Baltimore has been building a team for 7 years. They should have a more stable roster. This is year Zero of the rebuild for the Sox. We should have more flux. The fact that you won't concede any point means we're still playing "you can't convince me". Show me one statistic that is generally agreed to measure "panic". There are none. This entire conversation is subjective on both our parts. You think I haven't proven anything, and I think you haven't proven anything.

Well, thank you for at least acknowledging that example. I would say that the White Sox found themselves in a situation where they really had to stop the bleeding in order for their rookies to play in obscurity. It doesn't help when NBC is breaking into American Ninja Warrior to give an update on Sosa's run-down gaffe. Fletcher got a nice long audition before he was sent down.