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My point exactly . He is here ( which he shouldn't be and getting AB's (which he shouldn't be ) so doesn't make sense to comment on his framing skills at this juncture.

Long inning . Not a big fan of Reylo going nine like last time even if it was warranted. He isn't the biggest guy and maybe he has a problem pitching strongly back to back. No shame in a pitcher going a strong 6 innings these days.

Luckily what you currently are is not what you may become when you are young and inexperienced.

Im not defending Beef . It's just not his fault he wasn't released. Blame management where it belongs.

I won't argue about which option he'd rather take. I mean at this point he should take the most money that will also allow some freedom should he bounce back .

Every White Sox prospect has their share of detractors . If you can name one who hasn't I'd like to hear about him.

LOL well we all wanted him gone but he isnt so what can you do?

If Madrigal struggles he could be the starting 2nd baseman and he probably would be at the beginning of the season if healthy. There's also the chance of him starting in RF if his groin allows either. Surely that would be attractive to him. 1 year plus a team option.

If he will be gone next year why even bother commenting on it. Surely you can find more positive or negative comments on players who will be here.

I like this post but eh Gamethread not worth it unless you have seen game thread comments mirror their non gamethread opinions.

He is one reason ( the other is Robert) we need to concentrate on the pitching in the off season. Imagine his numbers once he starts hitting above .250 taking more walks. If he improves along the lines of Moncada then we are looking at him coming close to duplicating his AAA numbers . Dickerson. Gennett. Moustakas all lefties . all one or 2 year deals all with a chance to be productive and inexpensive. Improves the bench, provides depth for injuries, or non performance and possibly huge upgrade if Gennett can bounce back.

Didn't we answer this question somewhere else in the thread ? Anyway someone answered it and basically it was a non issue at least for public consumption. Puig should not be in consideration. He marches to his own beat , doesn't listen to coaches, runs when he thinks he should run , misses cut off men. Not a good choice.

He doesn't even hit for enough power to be a supersub on good teams nor is he good fundamentally. The Leury's of baseball will always be there. There is no reason for him to be in the conversation.

No go big or go home should be reserved for the starting pitching or someone like Rendon. There is no go big option for RF especially next year. Give the kids in the minors more time and if nothing happens wait on Betts then go big.

Not necessarily. What he should do is realize the position he is in. Hurt all year traded then released by the team he was traded to. Guys like Wilmer Flores, Jonathan Schoop, Jason Kipnis, Brian Dozier Starlin Castro, Josh Harrison and Ben Zobrist will all be in similar situations. Some of those guys are going to have to accept minor league deals. Schoop might be the only one to get a multi year deal. Castro has had a very strong 2nd half and a terrible 1st half. Going into the 2019 season, Scooter Gennett was one of the more highly regarded players slated to become a part of the 2019-2020 Major League Baseball free agent class. Slashing a combined .303/.351/.508 (.859 OPS) with 50 home runs and 189 RBIs over two years with the Cincinnati Reds, he was one of the most productive second basemen in baseball. Unfortunately, a severe groin strain limited his playing time and impacted his performance throughout the 2019 season. He only played 21 games with the Reds, slashing just .217/.236/.261 before being traded to the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later. There, his performance improved, but not enough to keep him on the Giants roster for long, as he was released after just 21 games. Gennett landed on the open market two months earlier than anticipated and faces questions as to how he will fare as a free agent. Gennett made $9.775 million in 2019. http://www.baseballessential.com/news/2019/09/09/scooter-gennett-free-agent-question-mark/ So will teams wait him out to get a better understanding of his health or does he sign early to a one year deal for around $5-7M just to avoid a minor league deal ? He could end up a bargain if he makes a full recovery he could be signed as a bench piece and end up being more even if the OF isn't in his future.

At this point any LH bat with pop that has any experience in the OF is an option especially if the contract isn't lengthy or very expensive. He put up some nice years before he got hurt. I'd consider him a very strong bounce back candidate.

LOL i don't know I just saw you had a spot for someone besides Cordell so I filled it. I didn't even look at the names too closely that corresponded with the numbers.

Yep Sox are not in any position to be spending prospect currency on rental players. If you are going to trade them get some controllable talent. Minor leaguers for minor leaguers such as Mendick, Gonzales, Rutherford, Walker , Stievers etc for other more advanced prospects maybe like Jesus Sanchez in the Marlins org,

I'd rather have guys who can also start be considered depth pieces with more pop like Moustakas (1st , 2nd,3rd). and Gennett (2nd, 3rd, OF) though with Mendick i'd like that bench or if worse comes to worse Moose at 1st, Abreu at DH Gennett at 2nd in case of Madrigal struggles. Mendick to save a few dollars over Garcia . Engel can be backup CF (OF). I think i'd even have to consider Yolmer over Garcia at this point. Leury 's speed helps him in the OF but he isn't consistent and he just isn't a heady ballplayer . I'm sure the coaches could tell you a lot more than I could about how often Sox OF's miss cut off men. The Sox just haven't got production from enough guys that translates into positive WAR which means the defense and hitting has to get better significantly from the starters and the bench.

While a unique idea I think anything that limits the number of posts is not something an owner of a message board likes to see. I don't care how often a poster repeats himself or if anyone gets tired of reading it. Positive opinion will generates negative ones and vice versa. There is just no way to get around it. The success of a message board is not just quality posts but the number of posts too.

To be frank, I don't think how anyone here will think he will age is significant. Usually posts expressing how they think someone will age is just used as a personal bias either for or against that player. No one really knows one way or the other how a player will age especially if they are suspected of being chemically enhanced and even if they are not and age well there is always suspicion .

9 . Free Yermin

Part of what's wrong with that is the Red Sox might contend next year or even trade him this off season and he will be very costly. Eevn if he is still available at the deadline don't fool yourself into thinking he won't cost all that much. He would require an A and a B prospect at the minimum. I'm not as keen on spending decent money on DH types. Since it seems apparent the Sox plan of keeping Abreu then they just have to man up and tell him he's a DH. Sign Moustaskas to play 1st and he can fill in at 3rd and 2nd occasionally or with injuries until or if Vaughn pans out,

Hey we agree on something.

I understand the non tender but they easily could ve resigned him to the type of contract TB eventually offered him. I'm pretty sure Avi was begging the Sox to keep him but he was getting too expensive for a guy who got injured too much.