[Cease To Padres per Passan]

Thorpe, Iriarte, and Wilson have combined for 2 earned runs allowed in 34 innings. Not bad.

[Fedde linked to Giants...?]

2 hours ago, T R U said:

I am going to be extremely interested in the trade deadline this year. My hope, and expectation, is that guys like Fedde and Wilson will be dealt. There is also a small part of me that is worried that if they continue to perform well, they will just hang onto them keeping up this charade that they can compete soon.

I don't expect that to happen, but it is a slight worry.

I don’t think that’s a concern if they’re 30 games under .500 in July

[Tommy Pham close to deal with White Sox]

On 4/16/2024 at 9:51 AM, southsider2k5 said:

I take it back, apparently the Sox outbid San Diego for Pham...  Wow, WTF are we doing?

 

 

Wait…so people complained about Getz not signing free agents like Michael Taylor in the offseason and now they’re also complaining about signing Pham? What gives?

[Nastrini and Cannon to be Called Up]

1 minute ago, Bob Sacamano said:

I'd deal him if there's a strong enough offer to move him.

Me too. The one thing this organization is relatively deep on is starting pitching (anssuming the kids in A+ and AA continue to develop) and they should be able to sign another couple Fedde/Clevinger type free agents in the offseason if needed to eat innings.

[What should Getz do with LuBob?]

1 minute ago, joejoesox said:

yeah i never understood that line of thought, Robert's remaining contract years aren't exactly cheap, 8.3mil > 20 mil > 20 mil

Not just that but his remaining years don’t align with the rebuild timeline at all. If they’re lucky, maybe they’re competitive in the final year of his contract. And that’s a big maybe.

[Nastrini and Cannon to be Called Up]

3 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Is Cannon going to stick in the rotation or will he get demoted to AAA as soon as Clevinger is ready?  Seems like Nastrini is safe with Flexen moving to the pen, but this team is a lot more fun with two legit youngsters in the rotation.

The starting rotation has the potential to be a lot of fun in the second half of the season with Crochet, Nastrini, Cannon, Thorpe, and Iriarte all 24 years old and younger. I wasn’t a proponent of promoting these guys until they were ready and honestly felt like they rushed Nastrini and Cannon a bit but perhaps I was wrong. They looked very good in their debuts.

[Nastrini and Cannon to be Called Up]

22 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

 

That’s actually really impressive for a third round pick. Score a win for Chris Getz development @WestEddy ?

[What should Getz do with LuBob?]

31 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

should've traded him in 2023, huge missed opportunity there.  if anyone could prognosticate this kids health, it would've been his current team and yet they still felt that he wouldn't get hurt again, what a massive failure, sox fans really don't deserve this s%*#

When I suggested trading him last offseason, most laughed at the idea. “You’ll never get fair value trading him now” was the common reply. Well, his value is undoubtedly less now than it was a couple months ago even if we accepted an “underwhelming” package.

[4/17 Games]

3 hours ago, PaleAleSox said:

It’s 46 at bats but I guess that’s enough to write him off. 

I haven’t written him off but I do hate that big leg kick. I don’t see that working against higher level pitching. Too much movement, needs to simplify things.

[4/17/24 KC@CWS Game 2 Time for our once a week victory??]

2 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

What a play from Lopez.

His D is as good as advertised. He’ll maintain a positive WAR if he even hits just .225 with no power.

[4/17/24 KC@CWS Game 2 Time for our once a week victory??]

Sosa just isn’t a major league hitter

[4/17/24 KC@CWS Game 2 Time for our once a week victory??]

In a lineup otherwise full of bums, Fletcher at least looks like a professional hitter.

[4/17/24 KC@CWS Game 2 Time for our once a week victory??]

Fletch!

[4/17/24 KC@CWS Game 2 Time for our once a week victory??]

6 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Getz gets a B for his pitching moves, F- for position player.

Agreed. The only thing I would say though is that it was very difficult to find any quality bats this past offseason with the budget he was working with. Not sure what he could have done.

[4/17/24 KC@CWS Game 2 Time for our once a week victory??]

Have to give credit where credit is due, Fedde looks legit. 2/$15M is a bargain for him. 

[4/17 Games]

Boy, Zavala is really struggling. Down to .196 BA, .586 OPS. I hate his huge leg kick. Hope he gets rid of that. Thankfully, the pitching Getz got in the Cease return has been lights out.

[4/17/24 - KC @ CWS, Game 1, 2:10 PM Eastern]

1 minute ago, southsider2k5 said:

Raise your hand if you had Paul DeJong as the team HR leader on April 17th?

He’s actually been solid.799 OPS. If the rest of the lineup was doing anything close to that this team would be decent. 

[4/17/24 - KC @ CWS, Game 1, 2:10 PM Eastern]

Wilson has been incredible. He’s going to fetch a very nice prospect in a few months if he keeps this up.

[4/17/24 - KC @ CWS, Game 1, 2:10 PM Eastern]

4 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Here's something you can't say often.. The SP in line for a win after 5.

True. I’m excited to see what the 3 headed monster of Leasure, Wilson, Kopech can do with a close late lead.

[4/17/24 - KC @ CWS, Game 1, 2:10 PM Eastern]

Just now, Capn12 said:

Flexen DFA, Soroka to the pen?

That was my thought, yep

[4/17/24 - KC @ CWS, Game 1, 2:10 PM Eastern]

So once Clevinger joins the team, the starting rotation will look something like this?

(1) Crochet (2) Clevinger (3) Fedde (4) Nastrini (5) Cannon

Dare I say that’s bordering on a respectable rotation?

[Bleacher Report ranks Sox MiLB system 3rd]

1 hour ago, ScootsMcGoots said:

And didn't win any postseason series. It was a complete debacle. The only thing good to come out of that rebuild was TA's cornfield walk off, Gio's no-hitter, and Leury Legend's bomb in the post season game. That's it.

Playoffs are a crap shoot. All you can ask is that they put themselves in a position to make it and do damage. They did that for two seasons.

[Bleacher Report ranks Sox MiLB system 3rd]

Just now, Quin said:

Cause many of us remember when the team was ranked first — built off of external trades and a few high draft picks — but they couldn't develop any supplemental pieces to support that talent and that talent never really put it all together, with players unable to stay healthy or keeping their same strengths and weaknesses that they had in the minor leagues.

And now the guy in charge of developing the minor league system back then is in charge of the whole operation.

And despite all that they were still a pennant contender for two seasons (a rare occurrence for this organization). Unfortunately, the peak was much shorter than expected but they had a legitimately strong roster for two seasons.

[Bleacher Report ranks Sox MiLB system 3rd]

2 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said:

That's why I haven't COMPLETELY understood the doom and gloom unless you are entirely ignoring the whole picture. There is some hope to be gleamed from it all. Yes the major league team is complete ass, but literally no one on the team matters in a year or two minus like, 4 or 5 dudes. 

They’re actually in a decent position all things considered. It’s going to take a few years though. Should have a top 5 farm system for the next several years and have a clean slate from a payroll perspective at the MLB level outside of Beni’s contract. As always, it’ll come down to drafting and development unless Jerry is suddenly willing to break the bank in free agency.

[Bleacher Report ranks Sox MiLB system 3rd]

3rd seems high. Probably around 10-15 right now with the potential for top 3 as soon as this August following another round of TDL deals and amateur draft.