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LOL at the top 100 is a list of 100 players who could be a great. That is comical.

I actually root for every player to have a slow/poor spring because I prescribe to the non-scientific and non-statistical due theory. All joking aside, I actually do not mind everyone having slow springs because players should be working on things they're not as good at; eg., only attacking off-speed pitches and letting fastballs slide, working counts deep to see more pitches, going the other way if your swing has been pull happy and on and on. Pitchers do the same thing. How many huge springs are followed up by slow Aprils and vice versa.

White Sox twitter up in arms about Ricky's spring training lineup. lol

The projection of guys at the back end of the top 100 is about 10 career fWAR. 1-3 (30-40+) 60-80FV 3-10 (25+) 55-60 FV 11-40 (20+) 50-55 FV 40-80 (15+) 50 FV 80-100 (10+) 45-50 FV Those are the projected career WAR's - roughly - based on the FV's. If you think Madrigal fits in at 15+, he falls into the 50FV bracket. Those are median projections.

This is a shot in the dark, and I should have said something prior, but there is a big sports trivia in Oak Park/River Forest every February for a good cause. Maybe someone here participated? There's a ton of entries. It is at Trinity Girls School - there are about 100 teams 600+ participants. All entries go to a good cause; free beer and food as well. I will post a link for next year if anyone at Soxtalk is interested in investing in a team of 6 or if anyone has friends that would want to do it. https://www.stgilessportstrivia.com/ Is the link; We are a year away from next years, but everyone can plan accordingly. I am a big fan of the trivia, and my squad dethroned the team who had won 5 years in a row this year so this is a slight humble brag as well.

I get it, and that's a fan mentality. Ricky needs to spread AB's out - give some guys more looks than others (like an Engel as he fights for that 4th OF spot) - and manage rest and etc for the starters. If I can think of one thing that means literally nothing in life, a spring training batting order might be at the top of my list.

The White Sox should not care one bit about a game just because it's on television.

Anderson Moncada Abreu EE Grandal Eloy Robert Mazara Madrigal Madrigal makes this team.

Also Robert graded out better than pache defensively last year but people still love to imply pache is easily a better defender. Robert was the second best defensive player in milb last year.

Eckstein had 17 career fWAR. If law thinks madrigal would have 17 career war and didn't put him in the top 100 he's a bigger dumass than I already thought. Law with Hunter Greene 30th still but doesn't have Madrigal ranked. Classic Law And you're exactly right. Law is stubborn both ways. Madrigal he didnt like in the draft and despite him having a very good year last year in pro ball, law will never change his mind or opinion.

What Bummer did last year generating GBs at that rate and with that velocity has only ever been matched by zach Britton. Bummer is much more unique than many here are giving him credit for.

Not really. If they want to possibly use bummer to close his arb prices could sky rocket. Colome just got 10 million alone. Nothing wrong with locking a price in on a guy with one of the most unique skill sets in the game for a reliever. Could he fall off? Sure. But if he doesnt hes worth much more than 13.5

Huh? Relievers are worth more today than theyve ever been worth.

Look at ron trying to pretend he thought of the preseason fluff before the guy who said it could be preseason fluff.

I get Coopers reaction that a lot of these new age cameras are just tracking technique and verbiage he's been teaching for decades... but the difference is you can literally show him, track him, and teach him how he should feel when he's doing it right based on tech/cameras... and you can use the tools/equipment to better train the body to do it right. Cooper may have known this was a problem, but telling someone and teaching is different than being able to show them in slow mo detail and etc.

Ricky: Tim, we're going to put you 6th because we don't think you can get on base at the 35% clip we want from our leadoff guy. Tim: But Skip, I had a .357 OBP last year? Ricky: Tim, we don't believe that was real and we don't think you're that good. Sorry. Signed, - Sox Talk's professional managers and leaders

Everyone last year: Tim Anderson OBP sucks, his defense sucks, he's just an OK hitter and he won't improve. 2019: Tim Anderson wins batting title and is a 4 WAR caliber player Everyone before this year: Tim Anderson's production was fake, he will for sure get worse everywhere, he shouldn't lead off because even though he had a good enough OBP last year he won't this year because he's only going to get worse and sucks. 2020: Tim Anderson "Hold my Beer."

One excerpt from the Fegan piece: Giolito’s relationship with Cease can seem like the closest and most directly instructional on the staff a times, but Giolito shared a clubhouse with López at Low-A Hagerstown as far back as 2014 when they were with the Nationals, and both have seen each other suffer through the worst years of their careers in Chicago. They’ve also known each other long enough that when López initially turned down Giolito’s invitation to train with him in Los Angeles, Giolito thought his teammate was beyond convincing and was shocked when he saw him at Mamba Academy this winter. “He said ‘Wow, you’re here bro!'” López recalled through team interpreter Billy Russo. “Maybe for me it’s good to get out of my comfort zone and try something different. I said well, why not, let’s give it a shot.” In Gio they trust.

2019: The big difference between these two is his glove arm doesn't get anywhere near as far out front as it did in 2019. He doesn't have quite as much extension on the back swing, but when he comes forward he's much more compact and doesn't fall off towards the first base side as much.

There's no much history saying Engel hits anything well but for maybe outfield walls.

It's a PR move to get the game national exposure in the middle of a long season where overall exposure to the game feels regional and localized. It's a good move, and has nothing to do with cheating and the average fan will not connect the two what-so-ever.... And Shoeless Joe DID NOT cheat or throw the World Series in the first place.

Better glove, more power, 1-2% growth in walk rate, and a 30 point drop in BABIP, and he's still sitting with a similar avg/obp, but his OPS is higher and his fWAR is much higher with a ++ year with the glove.

Moncada was the #1 prospect in baseball coming off one full season in the big leagues. Mazara was a top 20ish prospect coming off 4 seasons of big league play. The scenarios are nothing alike.

It's literally nothing like that. Also, teams lose trades and give up on players too early ALL the time. I never understood the concept that if they want to give him up, hes no good.

Assuming all teams know 100% more than a very educated member of the baseball public is also assuming the Colorado Rockies ceased to exist.