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On a White Sox Talk podcast, Getz said Micker’s arm is healthy and he could “be in the outfield in a couple weeks.”

Thank gosh.

Unrelated to today's games, does anyone else have difficulty getting the box scores from MILB.com to show up for them on their internet browser?

Looks like Remillard replaced Robert in CF...I hope it's not another injury.

I played 12 inch during college and we routinely played teams that had ex-college baseball players. We had players who peaked in high school, and got murdered nearly every game. One time, our pitcher got nailed in the face with a ball and broke his orbital bone. That was our last season playing 12 inch, as no one wanted to pitch anymore.

This. I have seen too many Sox minor leaguers perform great in age-inappropriate levels only to see them falter when they are promoted.

This is the problem. Farmer is not a play-by-play guy, just does not have the talent for it yet he does the PBP. He is a solid analyst, so is DJ, but both need a legit PBP guy to be successful. Rooney was that.

Agree to some extent. Prospect development is not linear. The top 10 pitchers in WAR this year (Fangraphs) broke out at various points in their career: Scherzer, late 20s; DeGrom at 26; Severino, early 20s; Bauer, this year at 27; Verlander right away; Cole pretty early; and Paxton/Kluber late 20s. So patience is clearly justified. On the other hand, at some point soon, others prospects will force the issue and need to be given a chance over Giolito if he keeps struggling. Lopez/Covey/Rodon are the three best right now. Within the next year, Kopech "should" be ready. Jordan Stephens also appears ready to be given a shot soon. So if Giolito does not turn it around in the next three and a half months, you may have no choice but to bump him from the rotation.

You know how much of a BS artist she is when even her husband doesn't buy it. https://twitter.com/gtconway3d?lang=en He is a hilarious follow on Twitter because he trolls the Trump Admin nonstop despite her wife being Kellyanne. And he is demonstrably conservative.

So is this going to be another deal where we have to send a decent prospect along with Hossa?

I was totally expecting the next news about him to be TJ surgery and out for the year. So glad he is healthy and ready to roll.

Easy, no. We won't have too much pitching depth until we have five starters in the majors all producing well and two guys in AAA who are making a mockery of AAA.

The reports at the time of the trade were that the Sox were targeting Beinetendi and Devers. And eventually "settled" for Moncada and Kopech.

Was not trying to be snarky at you, just at the Coop/Gio session itself.

When he walks three in the first inning in his next start, we'll realize how meaningless this was.

That's why it's important to never react to small samples (good or bad). I remember Garfein talking him up based on such a limited sample size.

If they can find value, I would be all for it. Something like the Cubs approach with Tyler Chatwood. Now granted that has not worked out, but I would not be opposed to a deal like that for someone the team identifies as a burgeoning talent.

Ok, so I bailed on the American after season 1 for the show just seeming overly proposterous. Basically the whole Clark/Martha stuff turned me off. But it looks like I bailed too soon.

While Machado is a great 3B, he is below average at SS (this year his defensive runs save is -8, which is tied for second worst in the game for SSs). The Sox will likely bid for him as a 3B and so will many other teams knowing he is way better there than SS.

Re his first 2018 Mock Draft done in June 2017. So while mocks are interesting, there will be enormous player movement up and down draft boards.

I think it's important to realize that, while Robert has some of the loudest tools in the minors, he has not consistently played in live games for like two years now.

I think Kanny is the perfect assignment for Robert. He is still super raw as a hitter, so let him get his feet wet there. Let his production in Kanny dictate whether he ends the season in Winston-Salem.

According to Baseball Reference, they are already at $185 million in estimated payroll for 2019 (if Q and Strop's options are exercised). The luxury tax next year will be at $206 million. If they want Machado (or Harper for that matter), they will easily be at $215 million without any other off season additions. Will be interesting to see what they do,

There's nearly 30 picks left til us. I wouldn't be so confident quite yet.

I have no clue what Singer's velocity was pre-hamstring injury, but maybe his lack of 93-95 velocity this past Saturday had to do with the hamstring injury not being fully healed. Just a throwing that out there. B/c there is a huge difference in performance capabilities when you are at 95 MPH with movement versus 89-90 with movement.