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Not Frazier and is .637 OPS again; Drury is having a career year, but Moncada turning it around is probably more likely than Drury keeping it going. At this point, I wouldn't trade for any 2B; the 40 man and upper minors are clogged with them.

I lot of these guys really need to minimize the hacking. I don't know how the org approaches it in instruction or in signing/drafting players, but it's not a good sign for major league success..

Maybe it's just my eyes, but man it looks like Burger has great bat-speed/reaction time. It looked to me like he swung late on that pitch and then just whacked it.

The run yield per hit on this team is just awful. Toward the bottom in doubles, homers and walks. One triple all year.

I like the way you think ? It's pretty apparent that the FO brain trust thinks that the bullpen is where you find spending efficiencies. The same may be true with utility infielders. They're out to lunch.

And the Sox use a decent amount of draft capital for the bullpen - and they still spend $50 million.

How do you not use Hendriks there? Good gracious.

I just listed the punts in the prior post. No team came close to what the Sox did. What you are describing IS nuance: drafting a lower rated player so they can save slot. The Sox don't do that: they completely punt 5 picks and sign them for 10K. Actually sometimes the Sox do "reach" a bit, but still pay them slot or above. 100% correct.

100% Correct. What teams do is pay some picks under-slot without completely punting. White Sox don't do that. Here's your list of 2021 punters: Cubs (6, 10), Dodgers (9, 10), Mariners ((5,9,10), Pirates (5,6), Royals (9), White Sox (6,7,8,9,10).

Very few teams punt picks and no other team punts 5-10.

Will the Sox punt picks 5-10 again, or will they try a more nuanced approach this time?

6 years ago, Hahn went scorched earth in desperation, with a SP his centerpiece. But that was before he realized he was a member of the White Sox lifer club.

Nor the skill.

Plenty of fans thought may of the moves (Kimbrel, e.g.) were bad at the time. Regardless, the FO should be accountable for actual results. Yes many well-intended and constructed moves don't work out. But in the aggregate, they should.

Oh there are some interesting players to watch - several per team. Fascinating to follow.

It was W-S with the weird hire.

Birmingham is just dreadful. Made a weird manager hire.

Indeed. But young player for young player trade isn't what this front office does. (at least since Hahn's first rebuild).

This is supposed to be a championship team. Sox were thoroughly outplayed this weekend.

Yea, poor Rick Hahn. Anyway, might after reverse the edit on the thread title.

No, please, no.

Don't cut him to send a message; cut him because he's a terrible pitcher right now. But they probably should keep him until they have a replacement. And that they don't, falls square on those who, by all rights, should be the first to be axed: the front office.

Thinking this was a predictions thread with strange Caulfield numerology: 11. The Sox will stabilize in May with a 16-12 record against a tricky schedule. But they will fall to 5.5 back of the Twins, who will go 19-11 against a modest schedule.

If this team continues to rot, they really should get Giolito all primped up and move him in July. Now that's asking a lot of Hahn and Haber, but it should be done. Theoretically they should move relievers as well, but this FO has basically given them away in past Julys. A good GM could then get this team straight for next season.

We have utility infielders starting at 2B. That may not be the biggest problem, but it is a problem. They didn't need another utility infielder anyway.