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Murakami 3 swings and misses against Mason Miller throwing 102

Murakami should get an AB in the top of the 9th.

Unfortunately Peters K's against a LHP, challenged the call but just nipped the top of the zone.

Just had turned it on and 1st pitch i see is the Vargas bombbb !!!

Hmm No All STar game thread and finally turned it on and 1st pitch I see is Vargas bomb !!!!!

You mean It's not about the Sox ???

Even though this is hyperbole it's what I've been trying to impart about the Gonzalez trade and what Kiley McDaniel said about how having a giant draft pool impacts everything. It's just so much more than Gonzalez for Thome or missing some imagined opportunity to get temporary pitching. It's long haul team building vs. short term stab in the dark. What good does winning one round do? It's a little extra playoff money but at what cost to the future where young players you trade away can make a difference because you lost depth. Don't get me wrong, when playoff talk 1st started I think I quoted a post from @Chimpton that said I thought making the playoffs was always very important. But there are levels to making the playoffs and actually having a real shot to win the World Series. For this year I'd like to at least make 1 move that tells the young guys the organization cares about winning now and let's it be known that we believe in you all to achieve now and in the future with who we already have and we will work as hard as you all do to provide help where it's needed.

It's just my way of thinking and seeing the future. It doesn't disappoint me if it doesn't happen. It's just the road that is forming at the moment and may never happen. No skin off my nose if it doesn't. The alternate future my be just as satisfying.

Tex get with the program. i know we are scarred by the last regime but things are progressing my friend. The Sox are being celebrated in this past week as having the best week of great publicity outside of winning a World Series in White Sox history Mune back and named an All Star, Tristan Peters hits for the cycle, named an All-Star, sweep Oakland , most money ever for a non Revenue Sharing team in the history of the draft., select Roch Cholowsky 1:1 in a stacked draft class. Tied for 1st place . I just hope its not the summit and we're still ascending this year and hold onto a playoff spot.

I think it's time you give up your title of the He Who Shall Not be Named establishment and moved into the present !

Lowest current value being injured in his 1st year in the low minors. Lowest possible would be like Gonzo as a hitter after being in the system a couple years before Charlotte. Carlson still is a high draft pick and is a premiere defender.

A once in 50 years draft ( meaning the Sox had the 1:1) and a chance to keep building in a strong draft class with unprecedented draft money for a non-revenue sharing team are damn good reasons. Sox could be contenders when Ishbia takes over and builds a new stadium. Try to imagine that. A new owner who spends and builds a brand new state of the art stadium surrounded by a baseball village like Atlanta and Sox fans filling it up making all kinds of noise. I envy you guys who will be around for it.

If I had seen any posts worth a damn I wouldn't have to point out your bitterness and clenched anus. I'm a terrible stalker. I don't think I had commented on any of your posts for 2 or 3 weeks. Of course you've not had much reason to post because every time you open your keyboard your venom spills out and things have just been going so right for the Sox it leaves you dumbfounded and speechless. Well speechless until you never shut up because getting the last word is your claim to victory . Go ahead be predictable.

White Sox Draft Camp in Charlotte running Thursday through Sunday.

I don't think the centerpiece of the trade was a draft pick. That is just too simple. It was the draft pick , clearly a couple of 40 man spots on a overcrowded 40 man that with injuries was up around 48. It's the extra draft capital that allowed them to have what many are saying was a phenomenal draft. You don't have to classify it as buy or sell. That's a label that has nothing to do with what they are trying to accomplish. Maybe its semantics but I'd call it a building move that was multi-faceted in what they were trying to accomplish. It strikes me as odd that fans so quickly want to start spending our prospects for temporary help that doesnt help the future. Where Hahn gave sustainability lip service Getz is actually planning it and most experts see it that way. This whole weekend was like a White Sox party. This is not just me. I'm seeing stuff, clickbait for sure, but the point is valid. Chris Getz is building a White Sox MONSTER and some fans can't see the forest for the trees which I have used before fighting the hordes who were focused purely on the record and not the building of the franchise. I have been singing this song for a year now. The tighter the roster crunch gets and the more talent we accumulate the decisions will become tougher . Now with Cholowsky and Thome maybe Billy Carlson does become available or Wolkow with all the power picked in the draft. The trade deadline will either shock us or bore us. I'm leaning more toward bore us . But I suppose even the Gonzalez trade has stirred some controversy but seems like its limited to those who aren't used to having roster crunches and players who have talent but no where to play or what real sustainability looks like. I'm guessing maybe someone along the lines of Jeral Perez type talent gets traded .

When all is said and done he winds up in Winston-Salem. He will be playing this year. It's a pretty aggressive placement but if what they see in his 1st stop in Charlotte at the draft camp maybe gives them pause then Kanny will be the destination . Something like getting used to the wood bat might be a consideration or minor swing adjustments if they want to tackle that right away or just take a look at how he does with his college swing.

I watched this today. The Sox and all their FO people are so transparent about what they are doing. It's so refreshing in contrast the KW cloak and dagger act. Turns out they hid what they did because it was so bad. And Frank Thomas still gets a bad rap from his dealings with KW. The one guy who should've gone down in history as one of the greatest RH hitters of all time in the era of steroids is now deemed bitter when he actually was dealing with idiots.

Lots and lots of power bats.

I mentioned it that they have bigger fish to fry for the future of the organization and Mune is at the forefront . Still not sure Mune will give the Sox a crack and also not sure how feasible it is in JR's mind when he's already admitted that in their current location they don't have the means to compete. Just sounded like he's given up. But I don't think anything is imminent on that front if that's what you mean. Could still be a year or more away to see how that plays out. Getz has always had to sacrifice on player payroll to get the hires he wanted and start fixing the foundation. That was a reason for the crappy 2024 season as much as anything. He had nothing to work with, no players no budget and nothing ready in the minors. The progress since then has been remarkable.

Nah its a smart trade. Sox last had the #1 pick in 1977 and now MLB wants to take HS players out of the draft. This could've been the Sox last opportunity in a long time to enhance the team of the near future and secure a more distant future . Not very many teams are committed to selling yet . Not sure there will be that many bargains out there. Also the Sox are not getting any immediate help from the international signing period at all . That is still a work in progress. It's not like JR still isn't the owner. Getz likes to say we aren't rebuilding we are building. I think that is as true as it ever was. People think Gonzalez was a bigger chip than he is. Could be true but a decision had to be made on using him to get more draft capital and players for the present and future or waiting around to see who will outbid you on the premium talent that does end up available. Gonzalez was going back to the minors and had no chance of increasing his value any more by playing in Charlotte. As much as I liked his contributions while Mune was gone I doubt many GM's thought of him as a premium piece . It's just as lot of wishful thinking hoping our team can make a big playoff run. But securing the foundation for the Ishbia years and a future new stadium is still top priority. This year can stand on it's own as a year to be proud of without selling out the future for temporary help.

This right here is why you can't admit failure. You think there are still just 2 people supporting Getz and you are still in the majority. To their credit most have moved on. Please get help. It's just pitiful now that you have to look really hard to find something to whimper about.

It's ok if you're sad that you were so wrong and find it hard to express joy or say you were wrong. Therapy will help you if you give it a chance.

Seems like something the masses are split on. I think it's a wait and see situation. I loved the contributions Gonzalez made while Mune was injured and I think his improvement could be real. However a major shot at re-stocking the farm doesn't come along very often when you aren't getting the benefits of Revenue Sharing Small market teams, your international system isn't producing results yet and your owner is still Jerry Reinsdorf. I can't blame Getz for doing what he deems best to keep the talent pipeline filled cashing in a 24 year old with only a couple months of good production and drafting some talent for down the road while also knowing there's Cholowsky and Bonemer for possible near MLB ready help . I'm as optimistic as anyone about the potential of prospects and while things were bad was getting accused of drinking the Sox Kool-aid , being a sheep, a Sox propagandist. I supported Colson through the bad,I was one of the 1st to say I wanted Mune in the off season when I didn't think it was actually possible. This place was Tox-Talk so there's still a lot of of those who were proponents of that Tox-Talk still doing what they have been doing for the last few years and taking any opportunity to do so. I know you are not one of those people as are many others who aren't sure of this move but it's not something that will provide immediate answers. Right now and for the next year what Gonzalez does with the Pirates will drive the narrative . But it's the development of the HS players drafted and any other later rounds over slot picks and future International players that will sustain any run of success . In this division that can be winnable every year the talent reaping aspect is crucial. It;s not just about Gonzalez vs Thome. He really had no place on the Sox in the immediate future and a decision had to be made to try to use him in a trade for a temporary push for a year or 2 in a market where there are still too many teams not throwing in the towel or using a once in 50 years opportunity to push for a longer lasting competitive window that will take us to the Ishbia years and a possible new stadium in an excellent position to still be a factor. Oh forgot something important. There's also a chance that MLBPA gives in on keeping more HS players out of the draft so this might've been the last chance to cash in on that .

OK it did seem unlike you but so difficult to tell because there's no voice inflection in a post and using teal to show sarcasm is a dinosaur.

I know the reverse jinx when I see it !