WestEddy

You have a bullpen arm face the 3 toughest hitters of the order, once, making them the 7,8,9 hitters for the starting pitcher, and easing the "starter" into the game, some.

To redirect, it is interesting looking at Monty as a #22 pick, compared to other #22s. I got a bit down on him this spring and thought that if he achieved something along the lines of a couple other #22's, Kolton Wong and Jayson Werth, he'd amass 14-17 bWAR in his 6-7 years of team control. At that time, I thought that would be phenomenal. Expecting him to hit the highs of Craig Biggio (23 bWAR) or Raffy Palmiero (27 bWAR) would mean expecting him to be on track for a Hall-of-Fame career. Chet Lemon also put up around 25 bWAR in his first 6+ seasons. The league's going to adjust to him, he'll have some sort of sophomore slump along the way, but I'm thinking that he looks like his glove and power could buoy him along as an average to moderately above average SS/3B (2-3 bWAR, annually). But if he hits like this, omg.

I don't even think the Sox "fixed" him. He got himself right in the off-season, refined his stuff at AAA and wanted a club to give him Major league starts. Credit the White Sox for keeping him on track and working with him.

For a bunch of those managers, I feel like I can remember some board hate for them (Phil Nevin?). As for any of them, they all become stupid once their team starts losing. And every single criticism of Venable would apply to them (not warming up a reliever at the beginning of every inning, not starting the 9 best players 162 games in a perfectly arranged batting order, etc.). There's really about a small handful of candidates who truly suck. They can't command a clubhouse, or are rage addicted, or have really weird ideas of how to manage a ballgame, pitching staff, or whatnot.

In the 5 games he has started for the Sox, Curtis Mead has gotten on base each game.

"LOOK, MA!! NO BASEBALL!!"

I await the Bob Nightengale Tweet, scolding, "Lenyn Sosa and Davis Martin were certainly available at the trade deadline."

Vinnie Duber addresses the issue: White Sox’ losing streak stretches to six as Sean Burke turns in rotation’s latest short start - Chicago Sun-Times

The bullpen's also picked up 25.2 innings over the last 5 games. Fresh arms.

2024 and 2025 was the same thing. .474-.497 OPS in April, and .665-.618 OPS in May. That was a contributing factor to two terrible starts for the entire team.

Your list shows them at 18, and B-R.com at 19, just behind the Dodgers. For all the whining about their "dumpster dive" bullpen, weird how the Dodgers seem to be just about as good while spending tons of money on their pitching staff.

Why are Sosa and Robert out?

I wonder if they do Vasil and Alexander in tandem to fill the rotation spot or promote somebody. Yoendrys Gomez seems to have calmed down at AAA.

The wheels fell off last year. He just got one wheel on the wheel studs, and it fell back off.

There could be a parallel universe where the White Sox pummeled the Mariners, sweeping them, and securing home field advantage throughout the playoffs by the end of the first week of August.

Not for him. It's just information.

Correct. But there is a limit to how many times a player can be sent down in a single season. I believe it's 5, then the player gets to become a free agent if they choose.

Correct. This is his last option year. He can be sent down something like up to 5 times per option year. Next season, he is out of options and has to be rostered on the 26-man all season, or DFAed. Bryan Ramos is in the same position, so I'd think they would have called him up instead of Amaya.

No, I think the whole thread's a troll. But yeah, moronic.

I think some people envision me having a notebook filled with me practicing signing "Eddy Vargas" in it, and I think besides saying he could be a 3 WAR 3B (not crazy given the pace he was on for 2 months), I've also said he may not be on the next competitive team. He's a place holder until he taps into that top 40 potential with the bat.

Only off by not reading the comment. 34 games was about 1/3 of the games already been played.

Or he was, and it takes a while for a change to feel natural in game situations.