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what's our record in day games since 2020? Has to be awful.

You are right, I thought he was sent down with Eloy and sustained it in AAA. But he injured it prior to Eloy being recalled.

Shane Murphy has my attention. 5 ip 8 ks. 3 runs. 22 year old lefty. Came out of CC, was a highly touted HS prospect that never put it together in college. Did get 125k though, so thought somewhat highly.

And obviously - I thought that dude would have much more power when he was drafted. But he does walk.

I'm impressed that Skoug has made it to AAA and perservered thru a horrible start in pro ball. He has actually decreased his K% as he has moved up, which had to because he was at like 40% in A ball with nothing else. He hasn't hit much in triple A so far, but homered today. He still walks a lot. I'm sure he's a garbage defender. But impressive nonetheless how far he has come. For his sake, would love if he saw some games in the big leagues to cap off that journey.

oh my god one can dream

One thing I've said before is it is curious that on a team so starved for power and so bad at defense already, that they couldn't find room for Burger last year.

My personal opinion is there is no reason to not go all in on this roster. There is no "sustained success" in the minors coming up. There is zero help in Rick Hahn doing a rebuild on the fly, which he has failed at, or a full rebuild, which he has failed at. He has also failed at putting a roster over the top. But anyway. I love colson montgomery. I love Mena. I will not get enjoyment watching a team with a great colson montgomery and Mena surrounded by like some bullshit slappy first baseman playing outfield. Time for hahn to lose some trades. Send out Montgomery to the tigers for Baez and salary relief. Shoot Mena out of a cannon to the pirates for like mitch keller. You are gonna say like "these are bad trades!" of course they are. They will be disasters. Let's burn the ships man.

We are back. We are sooooo fucking back

It’s funny how after the draft I can tell you how many siblings each draftee has, and then when they return the next spring I’m like “who the s%*# are this guy”

Brewers, giants, mariners. amazing what you can accomplish when you try to be good at something and what you can’t when you don’t,

yeah this we'd be hallucinating him forever i guess

You are saying you think we should imagine him as a genius that can accomplish anything with moxy so no.

It's like when you try and win the record for most positions played in a game. You only need to suffer as catcher for .5 an inning and hopefully pull off a few hidden ball tricks.

I've been thinking a lot about how this season is in fact Reinsdorf's masterpiece. We know that the worst years of Reinsdorf's life was having Larry Himes as GM, trying to tell Reinsdorf things that weren't "you are wise business man and so loyal". Since then Jerry has been able to hire industry people that were sufficiently flattering and aligned to his project of "sport executive who admires Jerry". But there is always risk there. They may have come up in a system that prioritized winning, and not executive admiration. He couldn't be sure where they'd pivot when the times got tough. Hahn was his long-term play. Get a boy from a well connected family, who grew up getting told by the elite of chicago that he is smart and nice. That is his home. Spoiled enough he could get multiple degrees in his twenties to continue to boost his self esteem, and then have one of his family friends get him a meeting with Jerry. It was hahn's decision to go be a scout? Hardly. I don't believe it. I think Reinsdorf realized this was his chance to put a true blue Jerry believer in from the ground up. Monitor his progress, create an infallible resume. Multiple degrees from top universities and came up as a scout? Of course that is Gm material. It was the perfect plan really, hahn's clockwork promotions were a sign of his talent, and the promotions were controlled by ole Jerry. At some point, or maybe always, Jerry's main goal shifted to "still own the white sox but in a way that is guaranteed to have every face-to-face employee express love to me." Hahn is his masterpiece. This season may be a disaster on the field, but in that air conditioned office, likely with no windows or media allowed, it is still a loving atmosphere. We need to imagine Reinsdorf as happy.

What else is he doing

It's something that the organization has to be clear they prioritize from training/pd to player acquisition. When they then go and sign Elvis Andrus it's clear it would just be half hearted.

My take on Katz is while at San Fran he learned a lot from an org that provides a whole bunch of support and focus for their pitching philosophy. Katz can bring some of the philosophy, but the Sox approach is to hire someone, say they are in charge and that’s it. Basically I’m saying the farther away he’s from San Fran the worse he’s going to get. Like muscle atrophy.

It sure I’ve seen this many nice catches in the org in the same day.

Yeah I’d just hope he improves throughout year

Kanny bizarrely sat camiletti but Sprinky with 2 doubles and a walk. Gettin hot hot hot!!!

Lol oh it’s nick friedell

Not really surprised. He was a curious target for a team that had plenty o singles slapping, contact already. They needed power so so so badly.

He was awesome in July that year at least.

That said embarrassing pitching in this org. Hahn cannot keep his job.