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That's what I was doing early in the off season, combing AAA guys. I'm glad James Outman made the Dodgers opening day roster .

F Sox Machine. There's only one reason why they get time on 670 The Score, because they are boring and dwell on all the bad things. Like in that podcast. The only comments they put up all basically questioned final bench pieces. Well duhhh. There was no way to please everyone regarding the bench. Not enough decent hitters who could also field. Romy and Seby maybe and no one believed in Seby s defense or offense a year ago. Romy looks like he can play the OF. We don't have much of a sample to know but he's fast and athletic . He has power .Might as well have some power on the bench. If you are going to only get sporadic starts and PH, HRs will do more damage than any other hit. Alberto won a spot. Why play games if u can't win a spot by performing well or lose a spot by performing poorly . 3 of the 4 bench players are RH. Sheets or Haseley. That was your choice for a LH bench piece. They chose power and a guy with MLB credentials rather than the guy they released last year. Sure people wanted Burger ( all hit no glove) or Hamilton ( speed and D no bat at all ). Reading the tea leaves here wasn't that hard. The Romy hype train was rolling since early in the off season. He started spring bad . We heard he was hurt, disappeared then came out of nowhere and smacked 5 HRs. I like James Fox. He's a Sox fan and has some celebrity for being a level headed expert but close to crunch time he still got half the bench wrong and we all knew Seby was a lock so essentially he got 2 of the 3 others wrong. Many said Leury was a lock and they were shocked the Sox ate the money. Really ? Didn't the Sox eat more money with Keuchel ? The bench is basically built for as much power as possible to make big impact in a small amount of time . It's not meant for late inning defense or pinch running . Really how much better was Hamilton than Romy in those areas ? Burger is Romy without the speed and defensive versatility. Seby, Romy and Alberto seemed like the easier picks to make once Romy started blasting HRs. Alberto started hot and stayed hot the whole way and did fine defensively.

Pretty impressive rally considering it was 2 on 2 outs and 0-2 count and the score was 6-1. Even after the Romy HR made it 6-4, 3 straight hits with 2 outs tied it. Kath single, Glass double and Gladney the 2 RBI hit up the middle.

Yea we can talk all we want about stretching and adding muscle and it certainly helps in some and not at all in others. Genes have a lot to do with injuries , some people just aren't "built" right to give sustained max effort whether you're an athlete or a construction worker Gio experimented with extra pounds and Eloy too. Now they both decided they were too heavy.They are still figuring it out for themselves what's best for them so I don't see how we can decide that for them. Still I'd rather have Eloy in the batters box than in the OF by a long shot.

Could James be wrong on 2 of the 4 guys? I'm guessing he'll be wrong on 1 of the 4 certainly. Hamilton ? Really ? Makes me feel bad for guys who had good springs like Haseley and Erick Gonzalez. If it is that 4 for the opening series I'll start calling James the Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Good luck Leury. You were my adopt a prospect and I liked your speed and versatility and your big smile and often stuck up for you. However after last year it became apparent that there were going to be better options even though you had many supporters or was it Andrus detractors early in the off season ? A bit of both I suppose. But in the end you're not on the team and Andrus is a starting 2nd baseman for better or worse. In any case have fun with your money . You should have enough for the rest of your life to live comfortably.

And they just did as well as announcement by Len on the broadcast. Day to day with lower back stiffness.

Apparently Shaw has been released from his minor league contract to pursue opportunities with another team.

Thanks it' so odd the last 2 days the Sox aren't even at the top of my app like they usually are because I have it on White Sox settings. Today it's the Guardian's Reds game at the top.

Gomber is a LHP so 3 of the top 4 being RH makes sense unless you want Moncada in the top 4 also because he is a SH so all 4 can hit RH against a LHP. Grandal has the day off so we're missing a potential middle of the order bat so today against a LHP. Today you're looking at 3 Benintendi , 6 Sheets and 8 Colas. I doubt there are going to be many times during the season the Sheets hits 6th against a LHP.

But Leury is there !! Ugh.

Pretty pitiful on the week MLB TV is having it's free watch thing going on that for 2 days in a row the Sox games has neither team doing the broadcast .So partial blame can go to the Rox and Reds. The Sox are the home team today.

Lynn done now, final line 4.2 IP, 5 hits, 2 R both earned, 2 BB, 6 K

Romy rough day 0-4 with 3 K. Only one in the lineup so far without a hit.

Remillard 3-3, just hit his 2nd HR of the game leading off the 6th. 5 RBI today

Lynn 6 up 6 down since he came back in.

SOx with 12 hits through 3 inning. 3 4 5 6 of Sheets Grandal, Burger and Colas 6 for 7 . 5 run inning. Lynn back in the game.

SHeets singles in Leury who led off with a double. Sheets now 2-2. 4-2 White Sox top of the 3rd.

Remillard, Erick Gonzales with HR's. Ho Hum Hanser hit another double. Now has like .850 slugging and 1.400 OPS

WBC and lots of minor leaguers getting PA's.

I wasn't convince his hit tool would play either but he sure caught up fast once he came back from whatever was ailing him . i think he has the athleticism necessary to play OF I mean what are our alternatives. Haseley who was released last year, Marisnick, Hamilton and Leury. Not sure anyone else much better will be available after all cuts are made across Baseball. He put in a lot of work this off season and I was skeptical of all the rave reviews especially when he got off to the bad start in ST but power plays in a bench roll especially when u can cover so many positions. Maybe Hahn was right and he will be Zobrist ?

Romy.

I think it's a little more juicier than last year. A least it's looking that way with some of the oppo shots we've seen.

Today's game looked like vintage 2021 "kill the lefties" White Sox.

That's exactly how it's looking right now. If we don't keep Hanser he's probably gone from the Sox.He's been phenomenal this spring.