southsider2k5

Nolasco looks like he was a mediocre DSL guy last year

I am really hoping that this year is an indication that player development is starting to catch up with the rest of the league. Seems like a lot of great stories so far, and some from unexpected players.

I know.

And for the record, as soon as the free agent compensation deadline passes, my first call would still be to Conforto. Check in and see if a longer term deal could be worked out and kick him a few bucks this season to grease the wheels of getting a contract done.

Seems like a huge red flag for the guy who has talked about being here forever, to all of the sudden to be talking about leaving. Then the whole team has looked like they don't want to be here.

Here's the thing I don't get. They saw that they needed to be deeper in pitching, especially in the pen. They obvious knew that starters weren't going to go as deep for a lot of the season, and that injuries could be a thing. But with the line up, they didn't seem to factor in that the same thing could/would happen. They seemed scared to add a legitimate starting position player. I have seen the justifications for not adding Conforto and yes the fans didn't know that. +1 for Rick. But the rest of the off-season was a contest to see what the absolute minimum they could do to fill a roster was. While the rest of baseball was adding to loaded rosters, the Sox acted like they had won 105 games last year and made the World Series and were a bench player away.

If you told me that Jerry would only allow Tony or Ozzie to manage the team, and I have to make the choice, I would pick Ozzie and run out of the room laughing and giggling for joy.

It's too bad that the White Sox media is made up of cowards and yes men, as his status should be debated as the headline of every single White Sox discussion happening in Chicago right now. Instead, nothing.

MLB also taking notes here... NSFW https://fb.watch/d44gzNK3a6/

Of all of the hills to die on, protecting Tony's sack is a choice.

Who knew running a AAA line up out there wouldn't work. Oh wait.

Except mine are like $45 mistakes. This one was 45 billion.

That was a heckuva play.

I am shocked people take these articles seriously enough to get upset about them.

Despite listing 4 names and all kinds of non sequiturs, there is nothing in here to refute Grandal having a great 2021.

Yeah, some really bad teams had good off seasons, but it wasn't enough to turn them into really good teams. The gap is still there if the Sox start playing like their talent level.

OPS .939 OPS+ 157 bWAR 3.7 oWAR 3.9 (at bref) fWAR 3.7 wRC+ 159 xOBA .414 ISO .280 Nope, pretty much any stat shows he had a big time year.

Of course. He had back to back good games. Gotta get him out of there.

Watching Elon get scared and search for a way out of his Twitter mess is very entertaining to say the least.

Wow. The poor dude. That is awful.

AND THIS BALL GAME IS OVA!

Ok Liam, no heart attacks today.