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does feel like most years these offdays get filled with rain delays. Some years ago I proposed scheduling no opening week games in outdoor northern team stadiums and was met with "it's still rainy and cold in week two!" but my point was it's likely less cold and opening day pushed back to week 2 in detroit where it did not delay and found two reasonable mid 40s and sunny days makes me more confident.

Yeah, I mean this is an exciting start to the season but I don't think what we are seeing is out of step with that ranking and still think it's what it deserved. But here are reasons why I think it was valid: - Unlike previous white sox dead last farm rankings, the system does include quite a bit of talent that could become high-end. But much like previous dead last rankings we have these huge depth issues where multiple positions have no help close to being found. SP makes up close to 20% of a major league roster and it's a bunch of 40 FV guys and MILB depth until you get to A+, and I'm talking about Burke there, who has a lot of arm build-up left. - In 2018-19 our farm was super fun not just because it had a bunch of high-end guys, but they were all performing. 2021 was the inverse of that, while we had some successes in guys like Romy, Rodriguez and Ramos emerge with really good years, our high-budget draft picks of Kelly, Dalquist and Thompson had atrocious years. Our Kanny young hitters had mostly atrocious years (Beard, Gladney, Bailey, Previously promising pitchers like Stiever and Lambert reaffirmed they were now just fodder after coming back from injuries. - Possible Guy Norge Vera didn't play, and exciting pickup cespedes didn't light the world on fire as a for-his-age prospect in High-A. So basically we have a farm with a bunch of potential (Thompson, Dalquist, Kelly, Vera and added Kath, Montgomery, Macdougal) that hasn't come close to showing it yet and is viewed with more skepticism, while guys that are performing (Rodriguez, Sosa, Ramos, Mieses) are building up a case but still viewed skeptically (though ramos probably about to burst through, my sweet boy Rodriguez is still viewed at arms length as just a UTIL guy unless he improves hit tool). And when you compare that to other teams, it's lack of immediate top 150 guys sticks out, and then guys we are excited also have guys like that in every other org. But that said, with a 2019-esque year on the farm, it could jump up quite a bit because they are a young group. AND our bottom of the league farm of the early-mid-10s produced way more major league impact than would have been predicted. AND guys that were just considered bleh like Sheets and Burger last year have contributed quite a bit to the major league club. It's not destitute, but it isn't inaccurate. The main thing for me is they just need to add MORE. More more more more more. Bigger LatAm, and I don't know that we can afford these 2020 like classes. I think looking back I'm totally cool with 2021. Kath was not as expensive as I remember, and we did some big work in the 11-20 range.

Not sure I really understand this critique. We don’t have a single position player debuting as a rookie on this team, and the only debuts in my head have been banks and now severino. And considering rosters are at 28 that doesn’t seem out of step to any other roster let alone one with multiple injuries.

Sox catcher, absolutely. Sox player? We’ve had some cool plays (Hamilton diving catch in rain for one)

Yoelqui double

Said in game thread but that was just a very very pleasant game to watch. From weather to tv production to the ump to the actual play. Just fun.

Perez was on way for a 2-5 day but just had the last one turned to an error

Holy crap I have to catch up on Kanny. Colson 2B! Colby Smelley! (Did we get multiple good catchers last draft?) Jonny Ray with 5 Ks in 2 IP and a good start by Tommy Sommer. He was IUs Friday night starter right?

Love how pumped he was for Banks inning

Holy hell that is awesome. I know he had a lead off walk but love how he attacked hitters early, and he’s figuring out what gets them to chase.

Fun baseball game. Sunny weather, awesome ump, and a blowout.

Happy he’s back, if this was 2019 mlb with 15 teams rebuilding he’d have found a team. Hope he goes to Charlotte, cuts his k rate to mid twenties and keeps hittin bombs

I feel like you need to change your name to scooter mcguire now

Come on Danny, I believe in uou

This ump is awesome.

Engel hit that 108 mph, hardest hit ball so far this Sunday in mlb

Engel smokes, smokes a 2b

That was a smoooooth sequence my god

REESE!

This is the sharpest looking imo in the game. My god.

Kopey settle down brah

Good strikeout call from the ump. I also like his height.

Dude threw a 19 K perfect game in the NPB last night and is only 20

Woof hate Australia races.

I want a deeper class this time. I like last years draft a lot but they need some more arms.