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  • Birthday 01/22/1981

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  • Favorite Sox Minor League Affiliate
    Birmingham Barons (AA)
  • What do you like about Soxtalk?
    Muhahahahahahahahaha
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    2005: Rookie of the Year2006:Leftist of the Year2007:Lefty of the Year2009: Lefty (DEM)
  • Favorite Sox player
    Robert
  • Favorite Sox minor leaguer
    He Who Must Not Be Named
  • Favorite Sox moment
    October 26th, 2005. Sitting in a class with my computer open on MLB's gameday.
  • Favorite Former Sox Player
    Frank Thomas.

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  1. So far not a person has predicted Robert is held onto.
  2. Given his history I interpret this as expecting him to die this season.
  3. I think there was a lot of skepticism about the rotation last year, especially since we didn't think Crochet could do anything like that. But the bullpen actually had a bunch of additions to it. Tim Hill, Brebbia, Kopech, Steven Wilson from the Cease trade. Tanner Banks wasn't awful. Ok, Bryan Shaw was up there in age, but you could play the exact same game that is being played here to say that there was talent in those guys. Not great, but not the worst in history?
  4. Exactly. Given what we know about him, I'm guessing he struggles for a portion of the year and plays like 100 games or less. I just don't see the White Sox spending $20 million on him next offseason if he puts up 2 WAR.
  5. I have no problem admitting that the Hoosiers aren't a top 3-5 program right now. However, look at the list: Their facilities are strong, everything's in good shape and there are regular updates. They have one of the best home crowds in the country They have a very large NIL budget - according to Yahoo Sports it is thought to be in the top 5 in the country When they are actually good, or even decent, the television numbers are great - 2 years ago when they made a run to the big 10 title game, several of their games were in the top 10 of the year for viewership. There is zero reason for a team like this to be missing the tournament regularly. Zero. That's not a title contender, fine, I'll worry about that another time - there is zero reason for a team with this profile to not be a top 68 team.
  6. I don't know that it's the neighborhood that prevents things, my opinion was it's that it's so far from walkable. You don't go to that area unless you're going to a ballgame, then you park and leave. You can't keep the ballpark as it is and have a connection to the neighborhood without finding a way to replace the parking. A sea of parking doesn't fit a walkable set of businesses.
  7. I can be. They've tried, they tried putting a bar on that site years ago, I went once, but everything other than the ballpark in that sea of concrete seems to shut down, even many of the local businesses.
  8. Half privately funded, half from the state, $1.2 billion a piece. Still a big ask from the state but maybe? At least it would guarantee one Super Bowl.
  9. So Vargas is the starting 3b, Sosa is the starting 2b, Baldwin/Montgomery are the starting SS, Gallo is the DH, and Rojas is the backup for the full IF? Yikes, I guess that does actually work with roster spots.
  10. Run through the position player backups with me. Backup C Taylor Whoever is in the RF platoon not playing i guess Sosa? Clearly at least 1 backup IF counts. You can’t have 0 backups for those positions. If Gallo is on the roster, where’s Vargas other than cut? Or is Vaughn cut? Or is Vargas the backup SS and Sosa is in the minors? If Robert is traded, you still need someone to backup CF while Taylor moves to start, is that Gallo? I can’t see any version of this that works without cutting Vargas or Vaughn if Gallo makes the team.
  11. With a platoon in RF already and both of those guys, Rojas, and Taylor all on major league deals I cant see where you guys think there’s a roster spot for Gallo to make the team and just get some at bats - unless Vargas is gone and Gallo really is the primary DH.
  12. I’ll still bet that he’s nontendered at the end of 25.
  13. If Drury and Gallo make the team are Sosa and Vargas on waivers?
  14. As long as you’re happy holding him to the deadline.
  15. Yeah no reason why 2 of those guys getting reps should be a thing.
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