Look at Ray Ray Run

12 at bats is a slump now? Interesting take.

All jokes aside, if he adds just a tiny bit more loft to his swing path, my goodness.

I'm pretty sure Yoan moncada doesnt live in Chicago in the off season.

Coaching staff is all trash and know nothing about baseball and dont ever develop talent. Eom.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-quiet-breakout/ Nothing we didn't already know, but Yoan (rate wise) has been one of the 10 best position players in MLB baseball and he's still a kid. His ceiling is a consistent top 5 talent in all of baseball. One excerpt since so many people are concerned about his base running value with the lack of steals: "The only players with a higher BsR and wRC+ than Moncada this season are Mike Trout and Christian Yelich" You get more baserunning value from taking extra bases and etc than you do for stealing bags. Also, one other interesting nugget is that Yoan Moncada is the third best hitter in all of baseball when he makes contact.

Lol you're a riot

Fair point. I should have cited something else. Every defensive metric grades machado poorly defensively at short. DRS is the only one that grades Yoan poorly.

Giolito is a slight favorite over the Twins seeing them twice in b2b starts. That's some market respect right there for Gio.

And no intelligent team with a hole at BOTH SS and 3B would chose to move Machado between the two or primarily play him at SS. There are times where you have a back up 3B but not SS so that flexibility is nice, but Machado should be playing every game possible at the position he's elite at. That's how you maximize value. In 1900+ career innings at SS Machado is -13DRS. In 7300 innings at third his DRS is +91.

Hes played 34 games and grades out -2 DRS. That averages out to -10 DRS over the course of a season which is bad and far from playing the position "quite well."

Right, yet Tatis grades out poorly there and he wasnt on the Padres when they signed Machado so.... it's almost like once he got paid, his sole purpose of "showing" he can still play SS went away

Machado changed positions twice for two reasons: 1. Playing time. He was "blocked" by JJ Hardy as a kid and his path to professional baseball at a young age was switching to third base. 2. He switched back to SS to maximize his worth because SS's make more money. He was bad at SS and now he's back at the position he's elite at because he got paid. Machado is an example of what I have said are the reasons players change. Clearly, Machado got paid and wasnt demanding he played SS anymore. Why? Because he wanted to play SS, in his head, thinking it would garner him a bigger payday.

Why would you move the better defender who also happens to be a player already on the team for an outsider? You can only imagine what I'd say? Moncada was a bad second baseman. Moving him away from that position in hope of maximizing his defensive talents elsewhere made sense. Moving him from a position in which he's excelled with limited professional reps before this year is lunacy. There's always a reason to try something new when things aren't working. There's really no point in trying something new when what you're doing already has great results.

Except you literally take away about 30% of his skill set and value by moving him to right field.

All it takes is time and practice. My goodness. I played CF 99% of my life. I hated right field. Could I play it? Sure. Did I enjoy it or feel as comfortable when I did? Absolutely not. The majority of players do not like changing positions after spending their lives and careers mastering one. There's a reason A-Rod moved to third when he signed with the Yankees and it wasn't because Jeter was a better defender. You see this all the time in baseball. Guys do not like changing from their comfort zones. It its not out if necessity for staying in the league and maximizing playing time, 99% of players would tell you they like knowing where they'll play everyday and they like knowing where they'll bat.

Yoan Moncada grades out as the 6th best defensive 3rd baseman in the MLB this year. Why the heck would the White Sox move a guy who is performing that well at that position in his first big league year there? It's an absurd proposal.

Madrigal could honestly probably play short but his arm would be below. He'd be better than Eckstein over there though. He was a hell of a defensive SS before the best defensive SS in college joined his team.

Yeah, and the Sox just moved Moncada and hes been one of the best 3rd baseman in baseball. Do you think the Nats were going to move Rendon again after he proved his worth at 3rd? Do you know what finite means because bases on this post I'm not sure you do.

Cool.

At the time, Madrigal had not proven anything in professional baseball. Machado could play third and Moncada would move back to 2nd. Or Machado could play SS, and Tim could play the OF. Rendon can not play SS. Over the past year, things have changed too. Players have gotten hurt (pitchers mostly) and position players have taken big steps forward (Madrigal, Tim and Yoan).

If you have proof to the contrary they'll say it's fake. Theres honestly no point in arguing. They have their predisposed beliefs and nothing will change that.

Yes, the only way signing rendon could be even remotely feasible is if they traded Madrigal. At that point, your overcomplicating things though. Just acquire the pitchers/RF with the money you have saved by using a young core of position talent.

Rendon was literally a natural second baseman most of his college and pro career until the Nats moved him. The Sox don't need an infielder though so this is a pointless discussion.

When you have a finite number of resources, spending a large % of them on a position that is already occupied by your best player is a waste as you will never maximize your return. The Sox have holes and weaknesses they need to fill. Those holes cost money to fill. When you spend money filling a hole that doesnt exist, you are not allocating your finite resources efficiently and effectively. The Sox would be better off signing 2 pitchers for what it would cost to sign Rendon. The White Sox do not need an infielder, therefore they shouldnt sign the most expensive one on the market. This really isnt difficult to understand. You invest in areas of opportunity, not the other way around.

3rd base; it was the position he played in Cuba and one he said he felt very comfortable with this year. That is obvious by his results.