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Converted SS so you'd think it would be fine but then again I thought the same of Madrigal. Scouting report says similar bat to ball skills but Sosa has much more raw and in game power. MLB.com had him 40 grade overall preseason. Have to think that would be revised up to 50 or even 55 if he keeps up this batting line, which is solid regular territory.

Not a single team mate that I've seen has said anything positive about the guy. I saw something on another forum that said the best thing team mates can say about him is that he's "intense" which is code for "complete asshat but can hit the ball a bit so we tolerate it".

@Chicago White Sox PAGING PAGING PAGING

If it's not broke don't fix it. Wouldn't want to mess up anything with Kopech's routine right now.

I was shocked to see he had nearly 100 bWAR. I forgot what a great defensive 1B he was in his prime in addition to a regular 300/400/600 line. 33rd all time in bWAR.

I am not a "believe all blacks" or "believe all women" type but I am of the believe that my experience in the world is not theirs so I should usually believe them. Not every time, but usually. In this instance I will listen to Aaron and TA and other AAs and if they think it's racist that's good enough for me. Some of the "TA is the real RACIST" takes on Yankees blogs and forums are batshit insane however.

This is pretty close to what I think reasonable people are thinking. Nobody believes Josh Donaldson is a hardcore racist attending Klan meetings in between games -- but -- there was racial intent in his demeaning of TA and for that he should be punished. Was Josh even aware enough to realize it? Probably not, but ignorance isn't an excuse.

There's a huge pile of evidence that Donaldson is the closest thing to a "clubhouse cancer" that you'll find in MLB these days. Nobody seems to like the guy, not even his own team mates. And when you get guys talking to this degree about stuff that is usually kept outside the media and fans' purview it's usually for an extraordinary reason -- Donaldson just is that big of an asshat.

Offer him 5/180 this offseason see if he bites, that's a fair deal imo. He can still get one more big contract and the Sox extend him out through what should be good competitive years for him and the club.

Black men always have the spotlight on them and have to be some sort of "upholder of their race" or some shit which is something us white dudes really don't have to ever think about. TA has done about as well as you possibly can on and off the field in his efforts to promote baseball and promote the success of under privileged kids. We are lucky to have him as a player on the team we all love and a guy like Donaldson knows nothing, about TA, about what he means to Chicago and what it means to be a black man in America. He can fuck off.

Probably a better off-season topic but I always enjoy a good "compiler" vs "peak" debate. I agree that staying healthy and playing 15 years is a great accomplishment, don't think it's HOF worthy without a top 5 or so player in the game period for at least a few years.

Eh, not sure we need to really comment on this publicly. If TA wants to fine but coaches especially should be seen not heard.

Yankees fans are scum, some of the posts on this on their forums are racist as fuck. Much worse than Donaldsons words.

Haha.

I must say I really DGAF if he is on some PEDs. Other teams have cheated in an organized fashion, gotten caught and had nothing of any consequence happen. So if Chicago has a "hear no evil see no evil" policy on Cueto's training I really do not care.

Nice to see some signs of life. I will say he's made some better tactical choices lately from what I can tell.

he's broken. Rocking a 52% K rate down in Tacoma. Slash line of 222/276/407. 455 BABIP hiding what the K rate eventually won't. He is flailing up there. This is beyond a slump this is a guy that has taken a step back in true talent level. We'll see where he's at in late August. Still only his age 22 year.

His errors frustrate us all but he's got a 180 wRC+ he's just mashing relative to the league and he is still a SS, despite the miscues.

TA on pace for about 8 fWAR...

he looks a lot like his daddy at SS, same mechanisms.

Fuck him.

there was no point, just a late night shitpost.

only max 2 per inning 'doh White Sox CBT History The White Sox payroll has never exceeded the threshold for MLB's competitive balance tax.

I mean that's possibly this summer. That said as noted no point in selling low. We need to just wait and see, which isn't a sexy answer but sometimes doing nothing is the move.

careful, there's a cholla behind us.