WestEddy

Kenny Williams would run out on the field and put a stop to this nonsense

The Complex White Sox are playing against the Padres' team. They just had a 3-run 2nd inning, where they stole 4 bases with one caught stealing. Osniel Castillo stole home.

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Good points by Beefloaf 1 - He was able to maneuver around the man the front office wanted to play CF (Luisangel Acuna) into the man he knew he wanted to play CF Tristan Peters, without much issue. I was calling Peters his teacher's pet, but Will knew best. 2 - Andrew Benintendi a veteran had to take a reduced role, no longer an everyday player, no longer a position player basically at this point, just a DH by handedness and I haven't heard a single gripe about this during the season. 3. Anthony Kay - opener situation didn't quite work, so he adjusted back towards the player's wants of starting the games and Kay has been a nice solid addition. 4. Munetaka Murakami and what has been an unprecedented media circus around the Chicago White Sox 5. Bryan Hudson - He took a guy who was waiver bait and quickly saw he was shoving and elevated him to a top leverage guy 6. Sam Antonacci totally getting rushed to the majors but Venable easing him into the lineup, easing his transition into LF from 2b, not benching him for some goofy ass moves on the base paths....letting him learn on the job 7. Mike Vasil being assigned the role of ELITE VIBES GUY in the dugout 8. Managing up and down (management and player) to get Seranthony Dominguez out of the closer role. That was the guy the FO brought in to do the role so he had to left him fail just enough in the role to ultimately get his way of using players opportunistically in the role

If you still smell smoke, I hope you guys are wearing masks.

Happy "Same Lineup, Third Game in a Row" Day, for those who celebrate.

Or they give him a full rehab stint at AAA so he can be scouted thoroughly, then trade him off the IL.

Jesus, 32 pitch inning.

Fegan in the SoxMachine game thread said that Vargas looks fine.

Probably getting x-rays

What a great group.

On the IL with a wrist contusion.

Canine-American.

They played at a 70-win clip, I believe, from July 1 on, last year. I thought that was the baseline, and they'd add 5+ wins to it.

I think making up arguments that nobody else is making in order to "win" is called a strawman. We all know that athletes are the ones who put in the work to get better. That notion didn't need to be dispelled. I would imagine everybody here also understands that the White Sox had the at-bats at the big league level to spare for Vargas to finish developing. The Dodgers didn't. He was out of options in 2025. Getz also upgraded the White Sox' capabilities and resources for Vargas to work in. I do believe the Sox instructed Vargas to put on weight, lower his hands and swing harder. You'll need to explain to us why Vargas didn't figure that out and just do it on his own so that he could stick in Los Angeles.

Yeah, and again, it wasn't really about 'liking' Getz. I wanted to watch it and figure out how he worked. Understanding that there had to be reasoning behind moves meant that I wanted to put parts of his anatomy in my mouth. Looking up something else, I stumbled upon this list I made at this time: traded Cristian Mena for Dominic Fletcher Traded Matt Thompson for Bailey Horn Added Josimar Cousin to 40-man, released Luis Patiño Signed Tim Hill, released Declan Cronin signed John Brebbia, released Romy Gonzalez signed Clevinger, released Jose Rodriguez activated Grossman, traded Alex Speas activated Rafael Ortega, released Bailey Horn traded Luis Rodriguez for Corey Julks selected Chuckie Robinson, released Duke Ellis Romy Gonzalez is useful for Boston. Luis Rodriguez has hit a bit of a speed bump in high-A for Houston. Every one of these moves was roundly decried as direct evidence that Chris Getz was a horrible GM.

I wouldn't say I "liked" Getz as much as I just wanted some discussion of what he was doing. Every move had to suck. I believe my take was that the trade seemed a prospect light. I think it was a bit of a shock what the league thought of Fedde and Kopech. But no, it had to be that Getz was stupid and didn't know player values. Vargas was a top 40 prospect. There was value. As late as this spring training, some were still calling him a glorified bench bat. That's insane.

Maybe he didn't fully log off at the library.

Okay, you got me there. Generally, the owners have granted some service time. I'm pretty sure that if baseball players aren't playing baseball games, they're not being paid $200k a game afterwards.

If there's a lockout, nobody's getting paid.

Vargas is 10th in the AL in position players' WAR. He's got some work to do if he wants in on the MVP convo, end of year.