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But you can compare Giolito 2019-20 to today. Which pitcher is he as of this week? Also remember he mostly faced the AL East with a poor defense previously.

Wish Giolito could be so mediocre as to have a 2.20 ERA.

Yes, they are replacing Mendick, not Harrison as a starter. Makes about as much sense as thinking Sheets has things figured out now. Of course now we are also without Robert due to ouchies/lack of hustle. Feel sorry for those families who paid good money but got this type of crap lineup.

The White Sox philosophy...such as it is...is the sheer, utter opposite of entertainment. More like Chinese water torture.

LaRussa was never in a million years going to bench Harrison for a rookie while they were still contending.

Exactly. It’s almost like Lou Gehrig was getting the call. The same thing happened around the time of Owens/Fields/Wasserman/Richar/Andy Gonzalez where the system was so weak that Top Ten organizational guys get excessive amounts of attention. There was a Latin American catcher who always was Top 5 for a number of years who never even made it. At least we know he will be starring for the Giants, Rays, Brewers or A’s a couple of years from now.

Though he started as a basketball scout, Krause switched to baseball during the 1970s and 1980s and worked for the Cleveland Indians, Oakland A's, Seattle Mariners and White Sox. After his retirement from the Bulls, Krause worked for the New York Yankees, New York Mets and Arizona Diamondbacks. He took over as the White Sox international scouting director in 2010 and worked through 2011 until current director Marco Paddy was hired. "I have two different Jerry Krause experiences," current White Sox general manager Rick Hahn said. "I had grown up in Chicago as a kid, seeing the Bulls teams he built and feeling a sense of gratitude toward him before I even met the man once given what that team was able to accomplish. From a personal level, when he was here and involved in our scouting operations, I found him to be an excellent evaluator and a very thoughtful individual who knew a tremendous amount about the game and was generous with his time and was certainly an asset while he was here." https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/chicago-white-sox/how-jerry-krause-impacted-2005-white-sox-world-series-title https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-jerry-krause-baseball-scouting-last-dance-20200502-d3owq32ltjgrzl4e5ihwiogmam-story.html https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-scout-jerry-krause-dies-at-age-77-c220288534 The Wilder era significantly set back the White Sox’s international program, between the years he spent supervising their Latin American scouting and the time it has continued to take them to rebuild. After firing Wilder in 2008, the White Sox did little to overhaul their pre-existing systems in Latin America for two years until they hired Jerry Krause—the former Chicago Bulls general manager—to lead their international scouting department last April. As a result, the White Sox have spent more effort overhauling pre-existing systems and adding personnel to their Latin American scouting staff than signing top players. Aside from the Cuban market, the White Sox have sat on the sidelines for top international talent the last few years, as they spent just an estimated $345,000 overseas last year. Between the draft and the international market, no team in baseball spent less than the White Sox on amateur talent in 2010.

Or hip flexor…

Average lifespan for an American male roughly 77-78…TLR is right there. Along with Williams, McKeon and Connie Mack. NFL and NBA coaching much more demanding…almost nobody can survive in terms of energy and commitment required even in their early 60’s these days.

https://www.southsidesox.com/minors/2013/2/11/3975216/the-tawdry-tangled-history-of-the-white-sox-latin-american-operations In some ways, it’s really quite simple. We never really had competitive advantage in the DR, Puerto Rico or Venezuela. Same with the Pacific Rim where the Mariners, Red Sox, Angels, Dodgers, etc., tend to dominate. Of course the why behind it is another story. That basically left Panama (C-Lee), Colombia (Quintana), Brazil (Jerry Krause, Andre Rienzo, Silverio, Anderson Gomes) and, as things, evolved, Cuba. Given the limited budget and distaste for competing over 14 and 15 year olds, not sure what they actually could have done differently. I mean, it seems we have/had a Vladimir Guerrero relation (wrong one), Reyes (wrong one, Franklin instead of Franmil), Carlos Martinez’s son, Tatis brothers (Elijah might never get to A ball)…but 50% of the organizational philosophy has been targeting the former MLB bloodlines and selling that to JR as the best possible return on investment.

“The previous year the Dominican Republic supplied the same number, 86, while Venezuela had 58. At one point, 23 Major League Baseball teams had training facilities in Venezuela; today the number is down to just four—the Philadelphia Phillies, the Detroit Tigers, the Seattle Mariners and the Tampa Bay Rays.” It should be noted that the White Sox didn’t ever have an academy down there despite the team history with Ozzie, Freddy Garcia, Magglio, Aparicio, Carrasquel, etc. The Astros, fwiw, historically had one of the best operations down there in the 1990’s and early 2000’s. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1070082 Harvesting Baseball Talent Easier in Dominican Republic Than Venezuela

https://ouresquina.com/2021/marco-paddy-stocked-deep-white-sox-roster/ asinwreck Reply to Richard 1 year ago “I’m not Jim, but the Sox are unique, for better or worse. Reinsdorf’s allergies to handing big money to teenagers means the team’s big splashes are for older talent. That means focusing on Cubans. I don’t know if the Sox beat out the Cardinals for Robert if Abreu and Moncada aren’t already on the team. Paddy establishing an advantage in signing Cuban players is the single biggest accomplishment of Sox scouting and development this century. As Jim’s wonderful resource in this post reveals, Paddy has occasionally been able to sign a teenager from the Dominican Republic to a high-six or (Guerrero, Adolfo) low-seven-figure bonus. It’s a guess, but I suspect forwarding the “good bloodlines” argument (his uncle’s a Hall of Famer! His dad’s a longtime infielder!) allows Jerry to make some exceptions. Still, the international scouts are constrained by the same policies that recently lead to drafting every University of Louisville player who is ambulatory (and further constrained by the baffling decision to trade slot money). One of my dashed hopes after 2005 was that the Sox would establish the kind of Venezuelan talent pipeline that the Astros had in the 1990s. Ozzie was the first Venezuelan-born manager to win a World Series, and it doesn’t take much imagination to see a way that the team could have established a sales pitch on that (and competitive bonus offers) that might have us talking about the team’s ability to sign and develop players in the 21st century that builds on the successes of the 20th century. Instead, we had the David Wilder scandal destroy the international scouting program for years.” https://soxmachine.com/futuresox/a-record-of-white-sox-international-signings-during-the-marco-paddy-era/

https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/196857/ Moncada’s 2016 season at Portland/AA, age 21, 11 homers in 177 at-bats, 277/379/531, .910 OPS, lots of strikeouts

Speaking of Sosa, The Panther was Sammy's original nickname in the late 80's before it got passed down to Luis Robert. Last Venezuelan infielder for the Sox was Yolmer/Carlos Sanchez. Eduardo Escobar as well.

If you call the Guardians and Twins a breather...at 1-7 combined against.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/oneil-cruz-is-the-first-6-foot-7-shortstop-youve-ever-seen-he-might-not-be-the-last-213409398.html Mike Morse shout outs, Seager/Correa/Tatis/Ripken/ARod and Reds' similar prospect Elly de la Cruz.

https://theathletic.com/3375167/2022/06/21/white-sox-injuries/ Menechino on why Robert became a singles hitter… “The 10 days off really killed him,” Menechino told The Athletic. “He kind of lost his contact points. He kind of lost his confidence in stuff. Having 10 days off and coming back, now he’s starting to get back in the swing of things. It’ll come, it’ll come. Keep getting your hits and your confidence comes up and all of a sudden you’re not swinging as hard, you’re not trying to do too much. Home runs are thrown, right?”

He’s trying to say it’s Hahn’s fault and not TLR. 50% accurate. Both are equally culpable. Or you can split it 33.33% with strength & conditioning/training staff if you prefer.

Giolito would now be ranked 69th out of 71 qualified starters in ERA if he had enough IP. He currently needs 3 2/3rd’s more IP. Only three qualified in the majors with ERA’s over 5. Jose Berrios at 5.11, G.Marquez 6.16 and P.Corbin 6.60. xFIP at 3.73 actually .02 lower than last year’s 3.75. 5.2 fWAR to 4.5 (prorated) to 4.0 to 0.0 over the span of of three seasons. https://www.fangraphs.com/players/lucas-giolito/15474/stats?position=P

Mendick has to first be shouting at Burger that he has the angle on it and to peel off…

2/5 in his debut with the Sacramento River Cats Played 1B.

Cranking in Double-A June 7, 2022 Sosa has a .342/.392/.566 line with 11 homers, 39 RBI and a 14:32 BB:K through 49 games for Double-A Birmingham. ANALYSIS He came into the season known as a free swinger with modest pop, but Sosa's muscled up, hitting as many homers already this year as he did in 115 games last season. He's also brought his walk rate up a bit (6.2 percent) while striking out at his lowest rate (14.1 percent) since rookie ball, so all signs are pointing up for Sosa in his second Double-A go-'round. Sosa had been pigeonholed as a future utility guy, but if he keeps hitting this consistently (his longest hitless streak this season is two games), the White Sox will likely give him a chance to strut his stuff by next season -- and maybe sooner. With Tim Anderson in the fold and Sosa not known for his defense at shortstop, the 22-year-old will probably play second base when he gets to the big leagues. https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/player.php?id=15052 10 for his last 35 (.286) with a double and two homers during his current 8 game hitting streak In this writeup he was never in the Top 200 MiLB prospects (ranged 225-400 in 2018), then debuted at #76 in late May this year…

Unfortunately nobody will get to really appreciate it if they miss the playoffs yet again…

https://soxmachine.com/futuresox/lenyn-sosa-reportedly-skipping-charlotte-to-join-white-sox/

Far from the craziest highlight of that one…instant classic.