Jack Parkman

? i am so confus

Joe Maddon to the Sox confirmed

Luis Robert was a negative defender in CF. He should probably be playing LF. Maybe we should be looking for a CF instead of a corner OF.

Nobody outside of Chicago thinks that Fields is it. Maybe we should listen.

In baseball, a sport with no salary cap, for all 30 teams it's always the latter.

Very good summation. Nice post.

I think that the Sox acquire Jarred Kelenic this offseason. @Harold's Leg Lift creams himself.

I'm not 100% bought in, but I'm at least considering the possibility that the best GMs are the ones that have the best computers and actually do what the computers tell them to.

They might just dump salary. Maybe if they eat $5M Pollock is tradeable.

No it's not. This is the White Sox, it is perfectly believable.

I hate the new limit on file sizes. Its hard to even compress images this small.

f***, they're trading Montgomery.

Kopech will be 27 next April. Time to unleash him and if he can't stay healthy, so be it.

Incognito Bobby Valentine

I'm arguing that there is no skill in GMing and scouting. It's all dumb luck. I bet computers would be better at drafting and player acquisition than humans are.

How many GMs in sports have been able to replicate their success in a 2nd job? How many GMs in sports have built two contenders with the same team? The list is very small.

I'm beginning to think there is zero skill in GMing. It is all dumb luck.

Clevinger only has 59 pitches through 5 1/3? JFC.

This is the White Sox you're talking about.

What if the new manager fired Katz and kept Menechino?

They don't. Go look up random players that you know and the deviations are wild. Juan Soto has an xBA 20 pts higher than his BA. Jose Abreu has an xBA 9 pts lower than his actual average. Bryan Reynolds has an xBA 14 pts lower than his actual average. Andrew Vaughn has an xBA 18 pts lower than his average. Josh Donaldson has an xBA 9 pts lower than his average Elvis Andrus has an xBA 13 pts higher than his average. Matt Olson and Ronald Acuna have an xBA 8 higher than their average. Giancarlo Stanton has an xBA 28 pts higher than his average Kyle Schwarber has an xBA 21 pts higher than his average. Guys that I looked up that matched(greater than or equal to 5 pts) Harper, Ohtani, Rutschman, Torres. Judge was 6 pts different. Large enough sample for you? xBA is ok for QoC and on individual batted balls, but does not hold over a full season.

People need to get over this. There was no way Jerry was going to give Rodon even the QO with his injury history. None. Rodon was never coming back in 2022. Was not going to happen.