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I honestly thought Droth was a star wars character for a second. Meidroth is a defensive downgrade over Colson at Short in my opinion.

Him or Sonny Gray are the two free agents I want the most.

What the f*** does a senior advisor actually do? Besides just get paid to hang out. Can I be a senior advisor, as a White Sox fan? In all seriousness, I know that the Assistant GM who runs the R&D department used to work for the Rays front office. I think they are basing themselves off the Rays. It's much better then it used to be.

I loved their approach against Messick (both times) and Williams, the first time they faced him.

Here are a couple more stats for people who want to fire Shoman and see the White Sox rework their offensive approach. Chase Rate / O-Swing%(Swinging at pitches out of the zone): 2022 White Sox: 34.7% (4th worst in MLB) 2026 White Sox: 28.8% (Better then league average) Zone Swing % (Swinging at strikes): 2022 White Sox: 69% (top of the league) 2026 White Sox: 68.2% (top ten) Whiff% (swing and miss) 2022 White Sox: 24.1% 2026 White Sox: 27.8% Because the White Sox had no plate discipline in 2022, they struck out less even though they swung at everything. In 2026, they traded that aggressiveness to only swing hard at pitches they could actually do some damage on. I actually think, and statistical analysis backs me up here, that the issue in Games 3-5 is that they abandoned the approach that had brought them to this point.

Not what I'm arguing dude. I'm saying that the 2022 team had a highly aggressive approach at the plate which did cut down on strikeouts but also increased ground balls that were outs. The 2026 team struck out more but was a lot less aggressive at the plate and thus hit the ball in the air more and walked. That patience at the plate can lead to strikeouts as if you don't get the pitch you want, you don't swing. I'm honestly Kenny Williams shocked that you'd rather see a team like the 2022 team vs the 2026 team. Becuase that is what you are arguing for. I'd also argue that the strikeouts piled up in the playoffs due to pressure and less because of anything Shoman did.

Not what I'm arguing. Arguing about how ground ball rate and aggressiveness might avoid K's but lead to a higher GIDP rate. Which is the ultimate rally killer

Definitely a bigger rally killer then a double play

🤔. I wonder why that was? For context, here is where we ranked in those categories in 2022. AL: Runs: 8th BB: 15th HBP: 4th GIDP: Tied for 4th Home Runs: 10th (our team leader had 17 home runs on a team that was built to hit home runs. ) K: 13th In fairness, Eloy would have cleared 30 had he been healthy. Still.... If people don't understand how ground balls are worse after reading that... I don't know what to tell you.

Or you can hit into a double play. High ground ball rates are killer, as we found out in 2022

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There wil probably be some minor coaching changes. For example, I could see a team poaching Walker to be a manager. I do think teams will poach from the white Sox now in the same ways they do the Rays and brewers. Probably will focus on the rebuild being over and that they need to get pitching. I do like how transparent Getz is compared with Hahn.

Seriously. I never want to live through 2022 again. That was miserable and IMO, from a hitting standpoint, worse than 2024.

I will say if Seya is willing to take a bit of a hometown discount to play with his bestie... I'd do it. I think in a few years, he'll be a full time DH as he's dealt with some knee issues in the past. But rotation needs to be the focus.

Focus needs to be on the pitching.... so yes. Some minor additions. But pitching needs to be the focus IMO.

That's not true at all. Everyone knew. The media still existed. But ok, Patrick Kane...... pretty sure he had a partner when he was accused of rape.

All for trying to keep Mune. Agree with you on Braden. Need's to put a bit of muscle on and rework his swing.

If he doesn't retire, Sonny gray might be a good choice.

No. That the hate he gets is, in part because he's a proud black man who isn't interested in kowtowing to the white baseball establishment. People hold black athletes to a much different standard than they do white athletes. See Marcus Rashford abd Jack Grealish. Rashford parties but he is a selfish asshole. Grealish goes out till 2am and it's Jack the lad.

None of us also know the parameters of TA's relationship with his wife. I know many people who are married and happily non monogamous. Not saying this is the case but I don't think his wife has ever commented publicly on it

Furthermore, does anybody talk about the fact that Wade Boggs was a serial womanizer? If anything, people think it's cute. There is such a clear double standard here.

If you can't see the difference between domestic abuse and an affair, then there is some sort of cognitive dissonance going on and I just can't help you. One is a mistake, the other is a felony.

White players have been doing that and nobody gives a s%*#. Come on!

People who are white seriously need to examine their issues with TA. Not accusing people of being overtly racist but the double standards are insane.

Look at how TA was treated by the white base establishment. Much of the hatred and resentment towards him was due to the fact he was black and didn't try to hide that or adjust the way he played the game to please white baseball fans. His antics weren't anymore extreme than any other player of his era.