WestEddy

Well, injuries happen, and top prospects failing in the bigs happens too. Maybe the O's sent the wrong infielder to Milwaukee.

I didn't pay a lot of attention to what the people were demanding in trade on a message board. Prospect rankings don't really mean much. We got two 50FV pitchers and a 40FV OF for Cease, traded at an inopportune time, maybe at the behest of an owner who didn't want to carry the risk into the season. If you're acquiring a top ten in the game prospect, you're buying high. If you're getting a guy just out of the top 100 with a higher ceiling, you're buying low. If "injuries happen", then all pitchers are injury risks. Like I said, an organization with a good scouting and training staff can manage injury risk. You bringing up Crochet as an injury risk indicates to me you might have concerns about Baltimore's ability to keep Crochet on the mound.

...as in "thetan"? Are you a Scientologist?

I think you're misunderstanding the situation. Garrett Crochet isn't the "price" for acquiring a package of prospects from Baltimore. It's the other way around. Maybe Baltimore will find another team to take a lesser package for their ace pitcher. Crochet looks like the best on the market, and a good team will be able to manage around any injury concerns. Perhaps Baltimore chews up pitchers like Billy Martin did during his time in Oakland. The evidence seems to support that, in which case, the Orioles should probably look elsewhere. They should get two or three, since with the O's track record, two won't finish the season healthy.

I don't think this even deserves its own thread, but Nick Senzel DFAed by the Nats. Man, that 2016 draft was awful. People complain about grabbing Zack Collins at 10. The Dodgers look like the only team that did well that 1st round by grabbing up Will Smith. Mickey Moniak, Senzel, Ian Anderson, Puk, Riley Pint. Cal Quantril has the 2nd highest WAR chosen in that 1st round.

Yeah, the whole plan, all along, was get a bunch of broken toys, fix all of them, then see if anybody wants them. The end. Why pay $15m to gamble on fixing and flipping one player when you can pay 5 guys $3m each, and gamble on more than one of them hitting?

Regardless, if he doesn't crash and burn in AAA or even spring training, he'll probably get a shot. If Lenyn Sosa can fog a mirror with a major league average .750 OPS, I think 1B is a possible destination to park him for a couple of years.

I tried to not go nuts and pick everybody, so I just went with the guys I was pretty sure would be moved. I think Sheets can certainly upgrade 1B for a half dozen teams with viable playoff hopes, but he wouldn't be that big a step up to send a prospect for. He could be a throw-in. I could see someone buying into Vaughn's recent hot streak as this being the guy he actually is. As a first rounder, he is a known entity, and his development either fits into what teams thought he could be, or could be fixed. From April 17 forward, Nicky Lopez' slash line is .268/.318/.322. That's a serviceable utility infielder. While I don't see anybody spending any prospect capital for that, like Sheets, he could be a throw-in as a lefty bench bat who slugs much better against righties. I agree on the minor leaguers, too. Everybody's got a guy in their system another team just missed taking in the 8th round, or whatever, and could sweeten a deal to loosen up that last prospect.

Not counting guys they'll acquire at this year's TDL, Sosa, Baldwin and Ramos can all fit in the infield next year. I think Elko's a way off, but if they move Vaughn and Sheets, 1B is his to lose. Julks/DeLoach platoon in LF, and Fletcher/Colas can share CF/RF. Perhaps a trade piece is ready to take CF. Benny can DH, platoon with the UI and 5th OF. There's lots of room on the 2025 White Sox.

I think Flexen works as a swing-man for a team on the cusp. Somebody dealing with injuries. He can cover a few times through the rotation, then be an effective long man. He's worth somebody's AA arm that has to be rostered this winter.

Okay, this is the funniest thing I've seen on the internet, today.

Benny's basically in a platoon with Julks. Julks should play more. Maybe go towards more of a 50/50 with Julks and Benny after the TDL if nobody bites. If Sheets isn't traded, I could see them going towards more of a 50/50 between sheets and Eloy. I doubt they DFA him. I could see it being a courtesy to Eloy and Yoan, giving them a showcase to show the FA market they're playable.

Was he injured this season? He's on track for a 4 bWAR year. We should all be so injured. My conspiracy theory is that KW/Hahn made a deal to sign him for the Padres because they were over their allotment for the year. They then went through the motions of returning him to the Padres for Shields. The alternative is just way too stupid, even for the worst Hahn truthers.

That was such a great movie. They did a 2nd made-for-TV movie - a follow up - The Night Strangler, set in Seattle. That triggered an order for a TV show. I think McGavin got tired of it, in that it really got away from the original vibe. They only did one season.

DFAing Benny is the best outcome. But if JR doesn't want to pay another player, even the minimum, while he pays a LFer to play for someone else, then just DH him during what will be another losing season. If he could get back to what he was with the Yankees with a little bit more of this year's power, that's less painful to pay $17m for than what we're getting now. Stop the defensive bleeding, somehow.

Benintendi is going to be packaged with Robert, then Reinsdorf is going to plant microchips in all White sox fans. Then he's moving the team to Nashville, and will force us to buy season ticket packages for games 500 miles away. People are making up BS to be mad about.

David Wells was probably the biggest public a-hole who played on the White Sox in my lifetime. So to answer your query, David Wells was the player closest to being black that was the biggest a-hole, and pretty roundly hated when he criticized Big Frank for not playing hurt, turned out to be very wrong, then couldn't play through his own injury.

I picked bare minimum. Crochet, Brebbia, Fedde, Banks, Pham, DeJong. I forgot to select Kopech. I think Sheets and Soroka are possible. Robert, slim.

Even if you did have faith, he's on the same timeline as Crochet, who "won't be around by the time we're competitive". Thames' work could finally be sinking in, or Vaughn is getting comfortable with any off-season changes to his swing. Hell, Lenyn Sosa can give you what Vaughn has at 1B, and probably fields the position better.

Mr. Feinsand has Andrew Vaughn drawing interest.

Don't you think it's a bit early to call Ramos a complete bust? Colas will get his at-bats in August and September.

1) There was talk of moving Moncada around when Bryan Ramos was up and hitting. Now, I'd guess Sosa moves to 2b, and Mendick's the odd man out. 2) Either that, or they pair Benintendi up with a lower level arm somebody covets, eat some money, an get a bullpen arm in return.

I would think, at the very least, Pham, DeJong and Fedde are gone. That's a spot in the IF, OF and rotation to play with.