WestEddy

I'm sure somebody's going to dig out some metric that proves beyond the shadow of a doubt he's not all that, and that Getz should be fired. LOL.

To me, #1 is Tyler Skaggs and the drug-related negligence in the organization. #2 is that Moreno has meddled and signed a player or two to insane deals without the GM's coordination, seemingly, and then tightened the budget. Comparing this to the Sox, it seems like JR set up a hierarchy where KW and Hahn would be at odds and systems would stagnate without agreement on a way forward. That doesn't seem to be the case with Moreno. Maybe he's part of the conflict that has turned their minor league system into a problem. I agree with you that the Sox are in a much better position right now.

SoxMachine's Spare Parts column: Spare Parts: Not all contact issues are created equal - Sox Machine B. Monty, Murakami, and the emphasis on contact rate Sun-Times article recapping Pope Leo's 1st year as pope MLB article on walk-up music Athletic article on Angels' GM Perry Minasian Cleveland trades for another light-hitting catcher MLB recap of recent Twins/Guardians game sums up what they are eyeblack article on the aftermath of Clevenger investigation, or non-investigation Infield shift ban hasn't really increased offense - The Athletic analyzes

Kelenic is South Slavic, Croatian or Serbian. It would probably properly be pronounced with 3 syllables. Americanization, I guess. The blonde woman's a trainer.

More pre-game, morning reading. I always come to a lot of this list when people call JR the worst owner in all of sports.

Ryan Blake at Lookout Landing takes an in depth look at closer Andres Muñoz's troubles and underlying metrics: On messing with perfection | Lookout Landing

Happy Mothers' Day

FanGraphs had this to say: Chicago White Sox Top 40 Prospects | FanGraphs Baseball 22. Tyler Schweitzer, MIRPDrafted: 5th Round, 2022 from Ball State (CHW) Age 25.4 Height 6′ 0″ Weight 185 Bat / Thr L / L FV 40 Tool Grades (Present/Future) Fastball Slider Curveball Changeup Command Sits/Tops 45/55 45/45 45/50 40/40 45/50 92-94 / 96 The former MAC Pitcher of the Year started his 40-man platform season humming in 95-mph fastballs with cut-ride at Double-A Birmingham. He carved with a five-pitch mix, with a shorter slider being Schweitzer’s most reliably located secondary. Even if being Grant Taylor’s piggyback partner did his stuff few favors, it was still kinder than how the left-hander’s heater played when he got bumped up to the launching pad that is Triple-A Charlotte, this at the same time that his velo regressed to the 92-93 mph band. You don’t see splits this stark everyday. To wit, at Double-A: 49.2 IP, 32 H, 0 HR, 1.27 ERA. At Triple-A: 50 IP, 61 H, 13 HR, 7.92 ERA. Yikes. Schweitzer leverages his plus arm speed to reliably be on time at foot strike and offers starter command of fringy stuff. He ended the year as a multi-inning reliever in Birmingham, dominating again, and that’s where his skill set projects if he can ever weather the horrors of Charlotte.

One might think that "fans" who scream every time they don't know exactly how a player's bowel movement looked like this morning might understand that an injury doesn't heal on schedule. And you can do all the resting, icing, and taking the proper meds for a week, then one day's better, the next day seems worse. You sleep funny. I just think that the people who squawk about transparency actually understand that nobody knows anything. Trainers, doctors, managers, or the players themselves can't tell you exactly where an injury is, or what the exact timeline is. They're not going to run daily MRIs just so sports radio can speculate even more wildly. The manager's kind of the spokesman for the team on a daily basis. Getz only talks to the media maybe once a series or homestand, right?

And has a trainer ever done a press conference?

That looks like a game score of 60 for Kay. Nice outing. If he could give us that, he works.

https://youtu.be/ySXMB7m6yHM?si=nqTU3vauiPcoJS9k

His virginity?

The Vargas Game!!

SoxMachine game notes: First pitch: Injury updates of every variety - Sox Machine

It also seems like they wanted to option him, and he might have said the things Hazen refers to.

I don't know where to put this, but this is kind of ridiculous, right?

It seems to me that Thomas may have had a higher opinion of his value than the D-backs did. Apparently, they wanted to show him by putting him on waivers. I'm guessing they're just done with him.