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Fedde has settled in, let's tie it up.

I agree and for a young hitter it takes the pressure off sometimes.

I was going to suggest might be a take until you see a strike AB and instead of 0-2 he'd have been up 2-0.

What an awful AB. Man, going to have to start laying off high fastballs.

I have no idea how it's only 2-0 but lets score some runs.

Yes. Cock shot.

He's got nothing, going to be a long night.

that's the 3rd middle middle hanger he's thrown this inning. Good lord.

Really sad we can't just eat the contract at this point. How they didn't have a buyout for next year is so bad. Thanks Hahn.

Hey we got Beni out of the leadoff spot!

Literally nobody has ever said it's an important stat that has any sense at all. It's a fluke. A team has never been able to consistently outperform their talent in 1 run games outside a one season sample. I don't mind you as much as others here but you consistently post some of the strangest "gotchas". Like who are you digging at here? Can you not just enjoy the improved team as much you seemingly do without trying to constantly instigate off nonsense?

Dodgers just have so many resources it doesn't even matter if they cut him in two weeks. They probably have a dozen 17 year old latin or asian guys of similar stock.

Problem with that trade was never Tatis Jr that was just downstream of the terrible decision to double down on a flawed roster.

I've never seen the standings look like this the 2nd week of May. Other than the Yankees I'm not there's a 90+ win team in the AL. The rays are hot but they aren't going to sustain that pitching all season. Opponents have a .249 BABIP against them entering today, easily best in the league. Their FIP and xFIP and xERA suggest a half run a game regression before season is over.

Colson.

It's in the article on Shelton above your post. Colson today also said he's focused on OBP and OPS, not AVG. It's been obvious, but it's nice to hear it out loud.

I like hearing that the Sox are emphasizing swing speed over contact. It's a new era. Many teams are now rocking TTO monsters as their best hitters.

We were a proper franchise at one point. Hard to pinpoint when the decline started but I think failing to make the playoffs in 2006 was a blow. Letting the org stagnate in the aughts period between then and 2015 in analytics, scouting and LA/Pacific investment put too much pressure on a mediocre FA budget and the draft. And while we've drafted OK, we've pretty much completely struck on on FA before Mune and obviously LA has been a disaster and still seems like it is.

I'm still adjusting to the fact a 806 OPS is 23% better than average and probably about 40% better than avg for a SS.

Yea we're 22rd in xERA, 25th in xFIP and 23rd in FIP. We are 18th in ERA with a solid but not elite defense. We are pretty mediocre in most underlying pitching metrics but we do stand out as 12th in avg 4 seam velocity at 94.9. The Sox seem to have some sort of juice org wise in developing SP and getting the most out of mediocre arms. Not sure it's sustainable but they finished 22nd in pitching fWAR last year with talent that was by any standard bottom 5 in the league staff wise.

Fedde, Schultz and Burke scheduled for KC against Kolek, Lugo, Bubic. We really need to win that first one and then try for one of the next two.

I would have liked to sign an OF as well but simply cutting Beni would go a long way as soon as they feel Montgomery is ready. How about 4 weeks from today?

IMO it's Acuff. I just don't trust iso guards that are under 6-4. As for the Bulls, what a spot! We are guaranteed either Boozer or Wilson, with a small shot of Peterson falling, which would be just fine as well. I have the tiers as follows: A+ prospect (All Star floor, MVP potential): Dybantsa, Peterson A prospect (perennial All Star Potential, solid starter floor) Boozer, Wilson B+ prospect (All Star Potential, rotation floor) Wagler B prospect (Good starter potential, rotation floor) Acuff, Brown, Mara, Yaxel, Steinbach. And then everybody else. I'm not as high on Burries and the other guards in that 6-12 range as some others. I see alot of good pieces but it's really hard to project them as anything other than solid pieces. At 15 for Chicago if somehow Mara is still there that's the pick but he'll be gone probably top 10 is the rumor right now. I'd have to look at Steinbach as the pick if he's there. A really good prospect imo, I saw him here in Seattle and he's a floor spacing mobile big. Needs refinement but he'd be an instant boost off the bench imo. The kid from Kentucky scares the hell out of me with his knees but at 15 if the Bulls want to take a HR swing after locking up say Boozer at 4, why not? edit: I'm not high on Essengue at all. I think he's a lot like Pat Williams in that his motor just is not there. I wasn't impressed with him at all in either SL or in the few minutes he got before getting hurt. That said, rooting like hell he can be a useful piece, if nothing else maybe trade bait after a solid healthy 2026-27 season in the rotation.

The Athletic has become a shell of itself under the Times' umbrella. A lot of click bait. Reminds me of the dying days of SB Nation, with management increasingly making editorial decisions and appealing to the lowest common denominator. Aaron has built up such good will I'd imagine he could survive simply on a Patreon and Substack at this point, and good for him.

White Sox now 12th in position player fWAR at 4.7 with a 100 wRC+. The defense is surging, now 15th in RAA at -6.1. Pitching wise we are 3.5 fWAR good for 16th. Sox are 8th in xwOBA and 11th in walk rate. Last year they were 17th in walk rate and 27th in xwOBA. Right now this is a legit mediocre team with several young or still in their prime players contributing. Do I believe? Eh, I believe they are playing like a 78-82 win team, which is a massive improvement and should make for a fun summer watch. The pitching will regress, but the offense should stay around league average after Teel and Montgomery join, even with some regression from others.