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Gio, CoveyAAA, Banks AA, and the A+ debut of Varnell. I was looking and high A has a bunch of lefties. Some 2018 college guys who are a bit old for league but first full year like Varnell and Sousa. Pilkington 21 will likely repeat but A Perez looking decent at 21 and the guy I asked about Lindgren. I wouldn't be surprised if Lindgren stays healthy to see him make it to MLB next year.

https://www.milb.com/scores/whitesox/2019-08-11 https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=08/11/2019

Remember when Eloy didn't come up because he needed defensive improvement? What would you say is his biggest weakness?

Interesting. If accurate 6'2 185 lbs and 18yo. Wonder if next year you bring to AZL and/or see if he can start?

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=08/10/2019

There was a Q&A with James Fegan of the Athletic. I asked about Lindgren and here was his response: "I'd really have to ask about Lindgren's rule 5 status, because I don't know. I spoke to him this past week. He's basically only just now getting healthy and was sitting 90-91 but could get swings and misses with his slider, so yeah there's some hope of a lefty specialist." Athletic is a good read.

In a completely different vein, growing up you marketed your stud pitchers. I remember Gibson, Carlton, Seaver, Ryan. The teams of my youth had Wood, Black Jack, Hoyt, Dotsun, Bannister, Burns, our five lefties, Buehrle, Garcia, Contreras. How does a team or MLB market 5 inning pitchers today? How do kids identify with the seven pitcher games of today? Personalities are marketable. With all the pitchers today, I think we will see something like running backs in the NFL where very few are studs or have longevity.

Balta, I agree. Sabathia 2012-16 was 23 million per WAR. From 8-13 he was 9 million per WAR(18 per your double). Most big contracts have not been great for the teams. Zito, Hampton, Sabathia , Cain, Santana, Felix Hernandez, Kevin Brown, Price, Hammels probably not worth it. How will Lester,Arrietta, Sale, etc finish up or look in hind site? Scherzer great, Verlander still a horse, Lester got the Cubs established but next couple years may change it. Many of these were big market clubs who spent and many before salary cap mattered. Cubs,Yanks, Red Sox were all reluctant to add because even they reached cap limits they didn't want to cross. We probably need to model more on a Brewers, Rays, A's idea with the ability to go beyond that. Bauer going year to year may one day make sense for us.

Thought I saw a discussion on another prospect(Micker?) that had a lot of injury issues that we got a extra year. Hoping here with two lost years he might qualify as he might be interesting.

I have been looking at contracts, rosterbaiting, and thinking ahead. In the last 10-15 years there has been a huge decrease in pitchers racking up innings. It is now getting rare to have guys go 200 innings compared to the past. I have seen articles addressing this but I haven't seen a breakdown of rosters and innings by starters vs pen correlated to money spent. Does it make sense to pay starters who average 5 innings and change 20 plus million? A true horse might be worth 30 ala Scherzer but if now 4/9 of games is pitched by bullens, maybe the superpen philosophy might work because a lot of those pens may not be costing 4/9 of the pitching budget.

For a team with a budget, which like it or not our team uses/has one, is spending 30 million a year spending/investing wisely? I am not being a dick, I am torn. If we wouldn't go to 30 a year for a position player like Machado, I am not sure I see them doing it for a pitcher. Google the biggest baseball contracts and many of them would cripple this franchise as the last few years of the contract are terrible or they are terrible a whole lot of the duration. Scherzer has worked but at the time I thought it was nuts. Would you want many of the big pitching contracts? Honest question. If we had a contract and performance like Darvish, I am not confident this management team would just spend past it.

AAA,AA, and A all going against ranked pitching prospects. See who shines........

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=lindgr000jac Left-handed reliever. Drafted 2nd round in 2014 with a wicked slider. Made it to the majors in one year 2015! Then barely pitched in 2016 and not at all in 17 or 18. Two TJs. Had always been a little wild with 4 plus walks per nine. Sox have brought him back semi slowly starting at AZL. Now high A and doing very well. Obviously, chronologically old for league but not really experience wise. In high A, 9 innings with no walks and 13k's. Not sure if they will push him up or what. Questions, anyone seen him and due to his injuries what is his rule 5 status? Due to his injuries, no one was going to take him in a rule 5 when he hadn't pitched but now I wonder with the pedigree and success if he is still a prospect someone might gamble upon? Due to his injuries do we get extra time without requiring putting him on the 40 man? Does he still have his raw stuff or is he no longer projectable. Cheap left-handed relievers with stuff are valuable.

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=08/09/2019 https://www.milb.com/scores/whitesox/2019-08-09

DHed for AZL last night.

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=08/08/2019 https://www.milb.com/scores/whitesox/2019-08-08 Lets see if Micker plays two in a row.

There are a lot of new names. In a year, most of the top will be gone. We need the new ones to perform and a lot of injury bounce backs or it will be a much weaker system.

Frare also on AZL rehab

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=08/07/2019 https://www.milb.com/scores/whitesox/2019-08-07

Laureano and Mendoza both 18 yo along with Bailey make a very interesting trio.

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=08/06/2019

One could argue that the division may be easier to win than a wild card spot. Almost sure one of Yankees- Red Sox will have one wild card.

Three players in the DSL lineup have a higher BA than Bailey's .342! I know small samples, age(actually only one is old for league), one stat, but I sure like having more good looking results than a team of guys hitting .220.

https://www.milb.com/scores/whitesox/2019-08-05 https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=08/05/2019

Can Goins be sent down without going thru waivers? If a contender has an injury, they can trade a prospect for a minor leaguer. Just thinking outside, or inside, the new box. Guess could move Escobar that way as well. Won't be for much maybe a DSL type. Could do with our AAAA relievers like Minaya etc