Look at Ray Ray Run

The Ryan Fuller excuse just doesnt add up to me. I have to believe they had a plan to have that infrastructure in place when they were drafting, so why would a lack of infrastructure at that time influence their pick?

Schultz having a rework is the biggest stain and red flag for this current regime. It made no sense. It has been a huge failure, and they've been candid about it being their decision and direction that's led him here. He went from a possible #1 overall prospect to a huge question mark. The lack of pitching development this year has been devastating. Smith also didn't throw strikes in college so assuming command will come with reps is far from a guarantee. Lastly, they're on pace to lose 101 games and they have a farm system in the back half of the league. How is there any positivity there?

Back to back wRC+ of 141 as a younger-than-level prospect will create a lot of buzz. He did that at 20 and 21 so pretty impressive at that point. I actually have more hope for Mead than Vargas right now.

So where are we getting 80 wins from exactly?

100%. This exists throughout all walks of life and work too. You can have an incredibly talented team, but their skill sets simply don't align so you can't get the most out of any of those skills. Your GM is supposed to be the facilitator and maximize the team structure in a way that they can get the most out of their assets skill sets and strengths. If you have a head of pitching development that excels at maxing spin, velo and release, but your lead scouts and minor league pitching coaches strengths were maximizing endurance, release repeatability and command, on the surface you'd think you have it all covered but the reality is you have people in both spots delivering a message that the other can't maximize. In baseball, if you are going to find an edge it'll be a niche edge that you need to master and then you need to commit to it. It doesn't mean you throw everything else by the wayside, but it means all you care about being is average/in-line with others in other areas while you master your niche. The Sox didn't actually have a problem mastering a niche historically, there problem was being average in the areas they didn't invest in. With Getz' White Sox, I think that niche is still a big unknown while he's focused on bringing other areas up to average. As I've said before though, nobody ever won anything consistently by merely copying what others were doing. You need an edge, and I have yet to see it. The step back pitching took this year is a huge kick in the dick.

Another lefty last night for the homer. Crazy how many lefties He's seen since he went to Milwaukee.

Tim Anderson averaged 4.01 WAR per/162 in his first 6 years with the White Sox. If Colson has that pace, it would be a huge win.

The challenge with the Baez comp for me is that Lenyn is a contact-oriented player. He's striking out less than league average, but also walking very little --- meaning he is putting a ton of balls in play. If we were forced to compare him to another Chicago MIF, I'd compare him more to Starlin Castro than Baez. He has a little more pop than Castro, but besides that their K/BB rates are in the same ballpark, but Lenyn elevates the ball with greater frequency and hits the ball harder when he makes contact consistently. Castro's game was built more to collect a few more singles, while Sosa's game is built more to generate more XBH.

Vaughn is actually hitting the ball on the ground quite a bit more in MIL than he did here.

The Rays gave him looks over three seasons, and while the PA's are low, it's hard to argue that they didn't give him a chance imo. They did, and they simply didn't like what they saw. His power does not seem to have ever come fully back following the broken wrist.

Smart enough to adjust continually to the changes pitchers make to him. He has a lot of mental lapses which lead to highly recognizable errors in the field (maybe he needs some adderall???), but generally speaking I wouldn't call a guy who has adapted and evolved as much as him baseball stupid.

With a payroll under 80 million, I'm not so sure.

"Building around up the middle talent."

Luis has officially gotten his xwOBA up to the 50% percentile. At this point, without some bad luck (expected numbers are about 20% better than actuals) he'd be on a 3.5 WAR pace with the horrible start. Insane that no one traded for Robert. He really could have been the x factor of the entire trade deadline.

On a rate basis, he's about 16th of guys who actually play 2nd base and removing qualifiers (still requiring 200 PA'S though). So pretty close to right in the middle. He's actually in the top 10 since the middle of June though.

There's been a few of us here saying Sosa was the most likely to improve and stick, of everyone around. His history shows it. Hilarious how much hype Vargas gets and hate Sosa gets. Sosa has now been more than 50% more valuable ytd than Vargas despite fewer games played.

Thanks, I remembered the prediction thread and the vast majority (from what I recall) said they'd be better than last year.

I've read twice that "many people here said they'd be worse this year than last." To that comment I ask, who said that?

Get's his wRC+ up to 100. All this guy does in his career is get better.

3:51 into this one! you were right on Joe West. "A joke to the umpiring profession"

My favorite part is it was clearly intentional... wimpy even says "come on, it was below the waist" lol. And if an umpire deems it to be intentional, he's supposed to toss you. Hawk really was the GOAT.

Definitely my favorite poster whose username starts with Weg.......... Weg and Ron are probably my top 2 posters, although I've been able to predict some of Rons recent troll posts which means he's been slacking a bit! By the way, does the wife know you're on here flirting with SS2k?

I said it elsewhere, but the devastating thing to me is that my entire life I've been surrounded by Sox fans -- friends and family. The vast majority of those people are no longer watching White Sox baseball, aren't talking about it, and aren't attending games. I just don't think people realize how the vast majority of fans view this team, and it's one thing that can/could really kill the future of this organization. These are people who have been through miserable White Sox baseball, but this stretch has broken them. Heck, I post here around trade deadline and other periods because my circle doesn't want to talk about the team. They've moved on to other hobbies and interests. That's a scary thing as these were season ticket holding fans watching 100+ games a year.

I certainly don't scold people, and I've never called you any names. Please don't lie. You typically ignore the content of my posts and then attempt to take personal jabs at me left and right, but I ignore them and stick to the substance. I'll also respond to posts that I feel like, and don't believe I need anyone's permission. Lastly, my algo's don't typically have dance moves, but maybe one day they will. This is actually the first baseball related discussion board I've ever been a part of where people get very offended by me presenting modeled data. Not only do I not believe that the data is always right, but I typically will caveat that it's just one layer of analysis as I believe there is more to success than just numbers. "I have you on ignore" is one thing that when I read, I do cringe a bit.