Rounding_Third

The White Sox plan to convert Crochet to a starter from draft day on was always ludicrous! He had very little history, if any, at TN that proved he can become a long term consistent starter. Drafting him where they did for that plan shows what an idiotic FO/scouting they are and why high White Sox draft picks rarely come to fruition. He could be a great closer someday and possibly a really good setup man sooner. He can be very effective in any bullpen role but a starter is hard to see given his track record.

Say what you will about their ownership but you're completely wrong and the facts prove it: 1. Guardians have already proven to be better 2. Youngest team in baseball 3. 3rd best farm system in baseball (as of Aug 23, 2022 per MLB) 4. Their team payroll currently sits $127m lower than Sox; $69 vs $196 All the while finishing ahead of Sox in AL standings from 2013-2018 (& 2019 tie); winning 94 games in 2016, 102 in 2017, & 91 in 2018 yet still accomplished #'s 1-4. Sox have managed 26th best farm while sucking those same years Cleveland's awful ownership? Really? I sure wish ours was on that level of awful!!! This Sox rebuild is a bust! Not sure if Cleveland is a "juggernaut"; their future looks pretty damn good! I do know this pathetic dysfunctional White Sox org is not going to challenge them for quite some time.

Its extremely unlikely that the White Sox can/will beat out the Guardians for the division for at least the next 5 years. The gap between the two orgs is growing larger every day.

Good bye Sox & Go Bears!

Losing makes us better

But we're so good at scoring from 3rd on DP's.

After the Astros pound the Sox into reality, TLR will say how much better it makes them for 2023.

A few weeks ago I read an article from his only Boson call up in Sept, 2016. The coaching staff was frustrated with his numerous baserunning mistakes. His season ended pretty quickly (8 games) for all the things he did so badly. He couldn't even survive Sept call up as a very hot prospect. I think that after over paying him that huge signing bonus, they were more than happy to let him go for Sale. At least he corrected his baserunning mistakes with our Sox by just not getting on base....problem solved!

This is 2nd most dysfunctional org & team in all of sports next to Blackhawks! Congrats JR!

I'll take Tepera's 3.89 era over 37 innings vs Kelly's 6.20 over just 20 innings any day; no brainer. Kelly may throw harder but Tepera pitches better. Same price this year but Kelly get $2m more next year. For what? Great thinking Tony! Kelly's torn biceps a better option than Tepera's disrespectful rant of friend, Dusty.

So thankful for the TLR wisdom to drop Tepera for a more expensive & injured Kelly who couldn't even start the season. TLR didn't want Tepera after his Astro's cheat comments and thought a torn biceps was a better choice. Gosh he's so smart! We can all learn so much baseball from him!

He will remind us of that, as well....again and again until he forgets what he's talking about and intentionally walks us and goes back to sleep.

Pilkington vs Pizza the Hut

The man is literally obese. When so many depend on him to do all he can to perform at his highest level but instead, he chooses an agenda of self-indulgences deserves the "Selfish Asshole" label. This after being lavishly rewarded. Unacceptable!

Clearly Lynn doesn't give a shit about the Sox; just his "fat" & probably last contract. Once on the books, he got as fat as he wanted. "Who cares, I'm rich, what else matters?" He'll lose some weight in the off season and eventually get somewhat decent in the 2nd half of 2023 as the club option gets him motivated. Have another pizza, asshole!

Actually it was. The 1st (unofficial) national flag was created and raised in 1776 to celebrate the newly formed Continental Army.

Nope! Their only chance is winning the Central. No way they make it as a WC team. Must win at least 13 games against Twins. Not impossible but unlikely. Besides, they're too busy counting their $'s and kissing their mirrors to give a crap.

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Thank goodness Burger was DH tonight instead of baseball's most worthless pos Grandal.

Serves up the long ball a bit. Good park for him to debut. Good luck kid! Have a night!

Because they were afraid to wake Tony up, he's always so grumpy.

"No" to both. For the most part, Sox will go with the pitching they have. Also, with both Cespedes & Colas in the org and maybe just a year or two away, there's no big, long term money on a RF now. Will go with Vaughn, Sheets, Engel patch work. However, both positions will get reviewed at trade deadline; if improvement is needed then hopefully Hahn deals.

RHP's historically get ~70% of the starts. Gavin and his .900 RHP OPS has to be the DH for all of them in 2022 until he shows he can no longer get it done or the Sox find a better LHB for DH. He can also sub at 1B & RF and be a late inning LH PH. He's just too valuable right now on a team with so little LH punch.

Given the fact that the team payroll is going up by ~28.5m before the FO can blink means they're probably not going to do much. And that's before Giolito's arb raise and doesn't include any team option pick ups. Add to that, the prep for the upcoming Arb1's for Cease and Kopech after next year. There's also a few other important arb reviews/decisions such as Engel and Lopez. With my expectations being low, I realistically hope they can resign Leury, Hamilton, and Tepera (& ofc Giolito). And I hope they can option/trade Garcia and Kimbrel (deserves to be closer anyway) for decent prospects. Leury can be our every 2B with Romy as the super sub (or visa versa). What they actually do might be quite depressing given the financials.

I think as a late inning PR/D-replacement, Hamilton has it over Goodwin by a wide margin. However, if needed, Goodwin should be called up over Williams. But I'm also wondering just what else does Mendick have to do to prove he's so much more valuable than Lamb. I sense it too. Yermin needs to sharpen his discipline and focus like he was in April. He's swinging at a lot more junk lately; too aggressive.