WestEddy

Did Clev grab his arm, or something? That would be a good development.

Esteban Loaiza

Wil Cordero

Well, nobody has to worry about Nastrini and Cannon getting their long looks this season.

Just stop. I'm not spending my day reading through all this guy's posts just so I can respond to your pedantic harassment. I've made my point.

At this point, you're just a constant stream of bibbledy-babble, I don't even fault you for not being able to keep track of what you posted.

4/20 Sox @ Phillies 5:05PM CT WhiteSox2023 replied to DoUEvenShift's topic in 2024 Season in Review I didn’t? I said that the acquisitions of DeJong, Fedde, Maldonado, Lopez, Soroka, Flexen, and most of the bullpen acquisitions were all garbage. Nice of you to try to change history but it’s too late. Everyone knew these acquisitions sucked at the time but you. You tried to hype these bums up. Do you really want me to go back and prove it out with your recorded posts via the search engine? You said these things and everyone here knows it. Why do...

People like that guaranteed that "Fedde would suck" because he had success in Korea. I'm starting to think that account is a sock puppet for one of the mods to troll.

Sosa is not the equal of Witt.

You too.

Sounds like you should be talking to a therapist, and not whining to anyone who will listen.

I'm not aware of any excuses. All roads seem to lead back to Chris Getz having done something really bad to you at one point in your life. The Orioles didn't seem to prepare Jackson Holliday to be a major leaguer. Lenyn Sosa had a few extended opportunities in the majors. He sure seems like a AAAA player to me.

It is if they aren't seen as a major source of offense. And when Sosa came up, he was kind of portrayed as the guy who is raking at AAA. But he didn't hit for a week, pressed, started making boneheaded mistakes, then he's seen as part of the problem. Right now, I could see bringing Sosa back up and giving him an extended look. Benny, Pham, Sheets, Mendick and Lee are all pretty much producing. DeJong and Lopez are what they're going to be. That's a situation where Sosa won't be making headlines for messing up a rundown.

If you think DeJong is bad, wait until you see what Jose Rodriguez and his AA .177/.288/.294 stat line would look like in the majors. When you introduce guys like Fletcher, Sosa or Colas to a 3-20 team, where nobody is hitting, they will fail. The spotlight is right on those guys, they press, and get worse. If you at least have a team of players who can carry their own weight, then you have the opportunity to plug Lenyn Sosa in at 2B or 3B, and let him flail for weeks until he gets his feet under him. You can't run an entire lineup of those guys out there.

It's a good thing they're not hoarding 35 year old OFs. AAA is for stowing guys with experience who could be a 4th OF on the big club for a week in a pinch. Matt Thompson isn't in the tier of arms that is Thorpe, Iriarte, Bush, Eder, Adams, Nastrini, Cannon and Shuster. I think the issue is they paid to take a flyer on Horn, found he wasn't going to be fixed any time soon, and didn't want to pull him back from waivers and cut somebody else.

Matt Thompson really isn't a "prospect". With Thorpe, Iriarte, Bush, Eder and Adams in the AA rotation, which one do you bump to get Thompson starts? Thompson, if he stayed with the Sox, was probably bullpen fodder to see if he could throw strikes in shorter outings. The Sox are hoarding that kind of player.

I'm guessing they need another "innings" guy if Soroka and Flexen can't get out of the 5th.

It actually is.

Not sure. Just found it curious he wasn't seeing game action in Charlotte.

I've read that tweet 3 times, and can't find the word "hater".

Nope. I predict the bidding starts with Baltimore sending Holliday, Basallo and Mayo.

It's weird that Dominic Fletcher hasn't gotten any plate appearances, or even outfield innings at Charlotte, this weekend. I wonder if he's still in Chicago.

After a week of spring training, dudes are still starting every other day, and playing three innings.