Greg Hibbard

The more I look at the lack of data on Acuña and Pauley, and the more I remember Luis' last two seasons, the more I think this trade really is TBD. If Luis puts up .223 and 1.4 WAR, that's really not a good result for the Mets - and if we were to keep Luis and he put up .223 and 1.4 WAR it's hindering our development as much as anything. Acuña doesn't have enough reps yet, IMO, and Pauley is just a sprout. We'll see.

Eh, I think unloading a huge contract to an iffy oft injured player on the downside of his talent after 2 sucky years is fine, but we did get garbage in return. It’s an expensive flyer for a cheap flyer. Hopefully they do stick Acuña in CF.

26 wins in the first 81 (52 win pace) 35 wins in the second 81 (70 win pace) After Montgomery arrived and started to catch fire it felt like a different team. I agree with all those who said it’s a D at best when looking at the whole season, but I see this season as a tale of two halves. An F for the first half and a C for the second.

Sure, but they are hot garbage in part because of the Sox. And that feels REALLY good

It feels REALLY sweet to be THAT team for the Twins this year - the bad team that's a thorn in their side. In the same way the way the 2003 Tigers were our Kryptonite.

Since May 1 they are at a .400 winning percentage, basically on a 65 win pace. It’s not great, but it’s not abysmal. Now 7-9 in July with a positive run differential. We might have benefitted a lot from facing weaker teams but it means we aren’t necessarily the worst team anymore. It’s a step up.

I'll be there. Bought the $125 pass, and I'll already be at my office downtown in the am. Pretty easy to sneak out and head down to 35th and shields for a couple hours.

Talent has never been an issue with Moncada, so I think he'll be motivated to produce, and if he stays reasonably healhty, he'll produce just enough to stay in the Majors for the next few years. It's sad, because the guy could've probably been a hall of fame caliber player if he had stayed healthy. I still don't know how much stock to put in whether or not he cares or is motivated by baseball or not. Maybe he just hated playing for the White Sox. I wouldn't blame him for that.

He wasn't in his last season...

I do think there's some hidden value in his ability to be consistent (albeit slightly below average) and remain healthy.

From 2018-2020 Aaron Judge played 65% of his team’s games. For many, he had a reputation of never being able to stay healthy. From 2021-2024 he’s played 88% of the team’s games. I’m not comparing their talent, but there’s no way you can tell me that either was particularly predictable. Injuries can go a lot of different ways, even when a player gets hurt a lot in multiple years.

His minors injury record is a fair point. Maybe I’m too optimistic but I’m so sick of injuries.

Nice work moving the goalposts! I almost didn’t see it.

He played 56 out of 60 games in 2020. Or does 2020 not count as “every single year”?

It's not any great heights by most standards, but Jake Burger's 38 HR and 36 2B in his 190 games since leaving the Sox is something I would certainly like to have had.

I don't think this is even a choice anymore. Vaughn has proven he's better than Sheets at basically everything except the quality of being Left Handed.

No idea how to evaluate this guy as a good or bad asset for the team. The pros: Healthiest player on the roster, remarkably consistent, seems like a good clubhouse guy. The cons: His ceiling apparently equals his floor, not enough power, no speed, 4 years in the majors now - he is what he is. I think he's fine to move forward with because of how bad we are, but he seems like every other White Sox asset - never quite good enough to be elite or even above average, never quite bad enough to be cut or traded. A middling talent. Also, his WAR was 0.2 this season mostly playing 1b/DH. Wins Over Replacement typically means replacing him with whoever comes up from the minors, right? I have hard time believing any player coming up would automatically hit 30 doubles and 19 home runs.

I get that the stats look bad for 2024, but I hesitate to apply the word "trend" to this given the 100 game sample size, his 2023 year and career numbers, his injuries this season, and how historically awful this organization was this year. I personally think Luis will be ok. Maybe not the nintendo player everyone projected, but an .800+ OPS 4 WAR player.

I kind of think Benintendi still has some upside, looking at his advanced stats. BABIP seems low and hard hit seems about 90% of what it was. I don't think he'll be a .270 hitter, but a .250 hitter with 20 homers/20 doubles a year would be fine.

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I really, really don't understand why Sheets is still on this roster. Literally no upside left.

Will our best qualified hitter (Vaughn) be the worst best qualified hitter in terms of BA ever ?

Is a Sheets DFA impending? He hasn’t played either game since the break and they were both right handed starters…

This is a ludicrous statement. His entire 2019 season is all star caliber.

You're right. That would be a steep price to pay on a flyer.