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Its not that they don't do them properly. It's that this group wants the physicals to be perfectly clear. Most organizations understand that professional athletes are going to have some wear and tear. They accept a little and work at "prehab" and understand what is a red flag or yellow flag for a deal. Baltimore has always been extremely picky and doesn't accept this. It's their right but it also makes them difficult to deal with.

No doubt. Hopefully, as he gets out and experiences the world more he will come to understand that people are people and not to hate them based on these. If not, hopefully he'll at least not to be dumb enough to put it on social media.

Stupid 17 year kid garbage. As a now 24 year old young adult, I would hope he will make better decisions.

No. KW wanted Singer. Hostetler, Hahn and Getz had to tackle him and hold him down so he didn't make the pick.

I agree with not swinging at bad pitches. However, the borderline ones that he seems to strikeout on aren't that bad. It is a fine line but hopefully he'll learn to not be as passive on those.

Or if they are that close he could hit them. He gets too passive during his slumps.

This is why they need to go to the olympic model of blood testing before they enter the sport to get a baseline. That way they do t need to test for anything. They just test to seeif the blood chemistry has changed.

Yes. All trade proposals should be centered around players who can help them not AAAA fodder.

I swear sometimes people on the board are like my students and just pick up the conversion to suit their own purpose. Of course you make that deal at that stage of the rebuild, but again the comment was the Sox should no longer be in that position. They should be looking to acquire either close to MLB talent or a Tatis type player. At this stage of the rebuild they should shift their focus to players who have a good chance to help them win or someone who is a high ceiling player who will help in 4 years. Not just some flyer who mostly wont contribute at the MLB level.

This I would agree with. I just can't see anyone giving up a worthwhile return for him when he has been playing this poorly. I would rather take the chance that he improves because they don't need to do it for a salary dump.

It would be a bad deal because he could possibly return to some use and the return would be minimal. They just wouldn't get a return worth anything. They don't need a salary dump. The payroll is minimal. They should just keep him, have a chance he'll improve and keep goodwill with the other Cuban players

If you read, I said they need to stop it soon if they want to win soon. Those deals were fine when they were trying to lose. But co tongues talk of trading Abreu will be detrimental to winning going forward if all they get is a Gillespie type player.

The problem with the deals like Jennings for Gillaspie is that they are only going to contribute to more losing. You are taking a useful MLB reliever and getting a player who has very little chance to contribute at the MLB level. Where would the Sox bullpen be if they kept the players in these one for one minor deals? They are fine in the past when they are currently trying to lose but they should really start changing the philosophy because they will want to win soon. Useful MLB pieces are more valuable to winning than players whose chance of even making the MLB are minimal.

Walk off grand slam by Rivera in the 10th after the catcher pitched the top of the 10th and gave up 2.

Yeah, well you seen what I think of WAR. Any stat that says Schwarber is better than Trout in the outfield obviously has it's issues. Don't think many coaches would play schwarber in CF on a regular basis. I'm not sure if it's better development, scouting or both.

I wouldn't go so far to say he is super. But the point being that just because he doesn't have a position in the draft, doesn't mean he can't become an adequate fielder in the MLB. Need to trust the scouts on that

The almighty Epstein and cubs did.

On the fans part, yes. i'm not so sure about on his part. He gets in a funk and looks too passive.

The patience also works against him when he watches too many good pitches go by. This is part of the reason he is hot and cold. It can still improve though.

As they should. Teach the kid something.

I agree but do they let anyone go to 120 anymore? Seems like most of the time it's at 100 to 110 max.

Highly doubtful. At least his teams won. Terry Bevington immediately comes to mind.

Fired BOTH hitting coaches, Bill Mueller and John Mabry as well. Most so talk posters would die from multiple orgasms if that happened for the White Sox.

It's a shame how the coach threw that pitch to close to the zone for Perez to take.

Not a real pain guy is he. He looked like he was dying and it was a throw from the pitcher that bounced. I was wondering why Herm was standing up just poking around on the knee not doing any real tests. Moncada is going to be a challenge for Herm.