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And then deleted the posts...

Is that what you are looking for? Some kind of AHA moment? Have at it.

Considering all of the back up quarterbacks played at Charlotte yesterday, I wouldn't expect to see a Burger or Sheets for sure.

Because current stats aren't static. They change as you play games. That is the literal point. Player will get better and worse than what they currently are. There is zero chance that Andrew Vaughn has a 38 OPS+ against RHP by the end of the season, and none of the players you keep pushing will have their same numbers at the end of the season. In fact the more you play them, the more likely they are to see their numbers take a dive because they are crappy players. They have a history of being crappy players, who are currently just being played in favorable match ups. The more you play them, the more exposed they become. The house of sand that everything can only be determined by their stats today, and that it is the only thing you care about is an imaginary standard. We are going to play about 90 more games this season to get to October. I care about progress through the rest of the season, because I know Andrew Vaughn is the one guy out of that group with a real chance to get better the more he plays, unlike the rest of them.

That's the entire problem. You are setting up an imaginary standard. I am arguing reality. If you want to live somewhere that everything is made up, there isn't a debate to be had here.

He won't improve as a weak side platoon player. Even if your arbitrary 50/50 odds are accurate, that is way higher than what they would become with Vaughn sitting out most games waiting for a favorable lefty pitcher match up. As for the middle paragraph, this isn't what stats are for. They are a snapshot in time in a dynamic game. A guy hitting .333 isn't getting a hit every 3 ABs, and shouldn't be expected to do so going forward. This even more important when looking at talented young players who are going to whip between extremes just by their very nature. Literally no one is going to put up the exact same ratios of their stats for the rest of the season, so mapping out the season based on that is an exercise in futility.

I think the danger is overblown from what I have seen, but that is up to the coaching staff to keep an eye on.

Let me keep this simple. Playing Andrew Vaughn isn't about his stats today or anyone else's stats today. Playing Andrew Vaughn is about trying to get your best possible team ready for October. If you want to win series in October, getting Andrew Vaughn to be able to regularly hit major league pitching like his ceiling is able to do is going to make you A MUCH better team in October than Jake Lamb or Brian Goodwin doing exactly what they have done in recent years. These guys were unemployed in April for a reason. They are the White Sox 3rd string of OFs for a reason. If you can get me an OF that makes us better in October, I will listen to that logic, but the guys we have now, aren't it.

He isn't going to magically learn how to hit major league pitching at AAA.

99% of hospitalizations are for unvaxed people. The only "issue" is people's ignorance.

Golden God? Uh, as a post, these are some words.

You can also adjust on the fly. Right now we have a lead in the AL Central. If that falls apart you can adjust playing time up and down as needed. But right now, with everything in your favor, you try to prepare yourself to be the best possible team in October, not June.

Also we did exactly this last year. We played the guy we viewed with a superior ceiling as much as we could until the end to try to get him to turn around in Nomar Mazara, when it became time to win, we benched him. I do agree you could scale back more if you had guys like Eloy and Robert around, but for Brian Goodwin and Jake Lamb? For Luis Gonzalez? Eh.

Jake Burger has a .741 OPS against right handed pitching in AAA. Once you adjust for major league pitching, is that really helping?

He's been hurt, but yeah it hasn't been pretty. Still, he was my pick.

He JUST got to play his first pro game within the last week. Slow the roll on the panic. He's walking into a situation where everyone else has been playing in their spots for a month and a half, and wasn't even supposed to be with this team originally. Let the kid gets his ABs and settle in.

Well at least I know who the Brian Goodwin and Jake Lamb fanboys are who would rather win a couple of games in June versus developing their talent to win for the next decade.

Say it again. You play Andrew Vaughn as often as possible because he is 23, and still learning the game of baseball. He is going to be one of your best hitters if you don't stunt his growth by turning him into a weak side platoon hitter prematurely.

I would be a lot more worried if all of MLB wasn't having a record year for injuries. It's silly to overreact to something we don't even understand yet

Honestly the only number that the Sox should care about is that career 116 OPS+, and his huge split advantage vs RHP. The Sox won't be trying to get defense out him, so WAR doesn't matter. Slot him at DH and let him rek righties

Nothing has been said.

According to the account today one of the 1st people the President called after he got Covid, was Fauci.

Frank's best days were went he was killing right and right center, and then ambushing an inner half fastball. There is a lot of truth to that for Jose Abreu as well, and I can see it being true for Andrew Vaughn as well. Vaughn I see as very Konerko-esque. When Paulie would go into one of his mega-slumps, I knew it was about to end when he would pound a few solid singles to RF.