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I think we all know eventually it will be a robot zone but there's an "emotional IQ" element in the transition phase we need to be...respectful of? One of the problems is that the tech is probably still too expensive to try it out in the minors (where problems like hurt ump feelings could be addressed) and you know MLB ain't paying for it in the Indy leagues.

I actually had the same thought last night. Ump calls it, but if it's so bad in pitch trax (like missed by a good inch) the ump gets like a little shock and changes the call. Kidding about the shock part. Maybe.

Right. TA, love him, great player, turned into a borderline star so far this year but he needs to be 6th long term. Or maybe 7th. The worst hitter should be 8th and hell it might be Madrigal if things keep panning out prospect wise.

trap door under the mound opens.

Obviously it will take a generational paradigm shift in how sports are officiated but things are moving in this direction. Look at the XFL with their "eye in the sky" official -- something originally proposed by Dan Rooney a decade ago. The NFL is finally considering it. We already accept (easily I'd add) that replay is dictated by a central office thousands of miles away from the game so why not every call?

Totally. If the Umps think losing one guy behind home plate every night is bad just wait until baseball proposes all umping is now done by one man per game via video in NYC.

He's a bit of an asshat but he is a former pro scout that puts in the time. And he's said nice things about us lately.

Keith Law thinks his timing mechanism means he'll always be susceptible to off speed stuff. He could be correct but you could say that about most MLB hitters facing 95mph gas all game long. In 5 years we might not even see more than a dozen or so 300 hitters in all of MLB.

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If Ricky is around and bunting in those guys' primes we got a problem.

Yea that was the hardest decision I had making it. If Robert can hit for a high enough avg and OBP yea put Madrigal down and Robert up.

He's put it all together offensively. Even starting to become a bit of a threat from the right side, at least if nothing else he's not an automatic out and isn't as susceptible to a lefty reliever late innings. In June, granted super small sample size, he's at a 10.5% BB rate with a 21.1% K rate. If he sustains that the sky is the limit.

Not going to worry about posting a lineup ROS this year as it will have holes anyways. Long term here's my ideal lineup. Madrigal (280/360/380 30/38SB) Moncada (280/350/500 10/15 SB) Vaughn (260/360/480) Eloy (300/350/550) Robert (260/310/490 20/25 SB) Anderson (290/320/500 35/40 SB) McCann (270/340/400) Tilson/FA/Madrigal (if they find someone better for leadoff) My god we could be loaded in a couple years. Astros like lineup.

disciplined? The ump union will probably want to give him a raise. their response to the machado ejection was bush league. right now one of the biggest problems in MLB is the ump's union and I'm more often than not a union guy.

need to go to robots. the tech is pretty much mature at this point they have a 3D zone.

Not sure how much faith you can put in a mid season STEAMER projection but they project 263//307/435 wRC+ 97. His preseason ZIPS was 236/312/341. I think you're right. He's ready for MLB. He's proven it the last couple months. But I doubt Chicago will call him up before next spring. Just doesn't seem like the way they are doing things now. Maybe if he signs an extension things will change.

130 wRC+ after last night. 2.3 fWAR. Run positive defensively. Other than a couple minor injuries and maybe some lack of development as a baserunner this season has been a smash hit for Moncada and really puts him back on a path to superstardom in his mid and late 20s.

One problem the White Sox have is that until reinforcements arrive you've basically got three automatic outs (or singles) at any given night 7,8,9. Makes it so Moncada and Leury don't see enough chances with RISP.

I don't think anybody is sure Rendon can cover 2B long term. Furthermore I wouldn't trust the Sox' scouts to be right either way on it. It would be a risk but it might be one worth taking.

Not a bad comp actually. Fletcher was a light hitting good glove infielder that was almost literally exactly a league average player in his career according to Baseball Reference. If Madrigal is an average regular that's OK. You'd hope for more but we have position player stars finding some solid regulars to fill out the roster internally would be ideal so they can spend on pitching.

Where he becomes the first "opener" to start an ASG! Wouldn't that be something.

In 2024 when Eloy is a 5 WAR player hitting 290/360/550 annually and Quintana is barely hanging around the league as a back end starter it will be obvious who got the better of the deal. Cease will have his say as well.

lord he'd dominate in the NL.

Cubs fans bending over backwards to defend that trade is hilarious. They got absolutely fleeced. Hahn traded Quintana when you could still squint and see a good #2. But that's not the pitcher he's been in Wrigley. He's been more like a innings eater than a TOR starter. The last time his K rate was so low he was walking an entire batter less per game. His stuff just isn't what it was on the South Side.

we need one WAR to rule them all! That said, all I really care about is his wrc+ and not looking like a buffoon in LF on a nightly basis while threatening to hurt himself. His wRC+ is up to 114 and his ZIPS projection actually thinks he's better than that rest of the way. If he finishes with something like 270/330/500 that will be a successful rookie year.