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Yep. And our minor league pitching "studs" mostly being underperformers. Also, almost shockingly, Oakland now with second best record in baseball behind SFG.

Well, who knows after Mercedes' April. Especially if he can transition to 2B without getting hurt again at Charlotte. He's not dominating offensively, but he's doing far better than expected after such a lengthy layoff.

Depends on how good Robert is in 2022-23. Still not seeing how we can compensate for leadership loss of Abreu, Gio and especially Anderson after 2024. Those are our Aaron Rowands and Carl Everett's.

We merely want to know if Cespedes and/Vera are going to miss the entire season due to a paperwork backlog tied to Covid and previous admistration policy reversals on Cuba. Never would have thought Burger would be the biggest story of first half, though.

Not "like" worthy. Even with the exclamation point for added emphasis. 3/10 for effort.

I would quote back the Beckham/Getz drawing in the dirt fiasco but that would get me cancelled.

Amazing game from Rodon, the rest of the team, other than Abreu’s single to the opposite field, not so much.

Of course, the Orioles lose four in a row to CLE then are beating up on Toronto... Well, actually surprised they went RHP to Bradley when they could have brought up Naylor...worked out, never like to load the bases intentionally in those situations, seems you always get WP, PB or HBP.

Story on the company that makes personalized bats for TA7, Tatis, 20% of MLB... https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31045959/where-did-fernando-tatis-jr-get-awesome-bat-company-mlb-next-big-thing

Also, this game will Exhibit A for Boras Corp. arguing for Rodon’s 2022+ contract, even more so than the no hitter.

And Jose Ramirez was lifted from the game for PR. Still have Hernandez, maybe both Rosarios and the hot Bobby Bradley to deal with...

Somehow a single to Reynolds in CF allowed all three runs to score instead of just two. Pirates go to bottom of the 8th clinging to a one run lead at home. Wonder what the quickest blown ten run lead in MLB history is? Must be tonight, if Indians rally in 9th.

11-10 Indians trailing, chance to tie or go ahead...Rivera with huge hit again, and they get Roberto Perez back soon.

Squeezed again on second pitch.

How was that second pitch NOT a strike?

Indians just scored 6, only down 11-7 against Pittsburgh...the pesky Cesar Hernandez strikes with two out grand slam.

22nd homer in about 60 less plate appearances and 14 fewer games than Vladdy Guerrero, Jr. https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2021&month=0&season1=2021&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2021-01-01&enddate=2021-12-31&sort=5,d Semien, Tatis, Jr., Moncada all in the top 11 for MLB...all with White Sox ties

One thing that annoys me is this idea we wouldn't or couldn't have signed Robert had we somehow retained Tatis, Jr. That really doesn't make sense...this idea what how badly that trade went, and there was "only" evidence of the player Tatis was eventually going to be the first two months of the 2017 season (Robert signed at the end of May that year)...that it somehow pushed the White Sox to double down with Luis Robert, even though the Cardinals actually offered more money. Law didn't declare Tatis the #1 prospect in baseball until after the minor league All-Star breaks, 2018. https://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/missions/article/ESPN-s-Law-Missions-Tatis-No-1-prospect-in-13089606.php More than anything, because of the subsidy for the Shields contract (which we should have received ANYWAY, see Thome deal for Rowand), we gave up talent instead of absorbing a bigger financial hit...taking the cheap way out. Fine, give up EJ, he was already tarnished but had some prospect glitter remaining.

Right, not unlike ideas of moving Moncada to 2nd and playing Burger at 3rd...btw, Burgatron just hit his 8th homer for Charlotte. (And Wright has been doing quite well for them too, 2.38 ERA is like 1.38 in any other park.)

On August 6, 2019, Beckham received an 80-game suspension without pay after testing positive for Stanozolol, a performance-enhancing substance, in violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. [26] This effectively ended Beckham's season, finishing with a .237/.293/.461 (100 wRC+) slash line with 15 home runs and 47 RBIs.[27] On December 2, 2019, Beckham was non-tendered by Seattle and became a free agent.[28] Chicago White Sox After going unsigned for the 2020 season, on October 29, 2020, Beckham signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox organization.[29] Tim Beckham -- who still has 32 games to serve on the 80-game suspension he received last August -- continues to talk with a number of clubs and is hopeful to find work at some point this spring. That was the situation coming into last season, which he sat out completely and/or wasn't signed over the entire 2020 season.

What are the odds Grandal gets back to .200 before the end of the season? 40%? So many catchers around the league getting consistent playing time with averages below the Mendoza Line.

He hasn’t exactly proven he can play the position yet, has he? Now he’s Max Muncy? You’d have to think the simplest, most logical move here is Escobar, maybe Schoop. Playing Burger there in the minors is simply posturing, acting like we have a plan and are not dealing with other trams out of a sense of desperation. And with how many White Sox have gotten hurt already...all teams in general, do you really think something won’t happen? Now moving Moncada would be sillier, but count me skeptical.

He can join Viciedo.

Looks like deGrom THIS game is the shoulder...

Second Base Teams most in need: White Sox, Cubs, Giants The White Sox wouldn’t have been here a week ago, but with Nick Madrigal out for the remainder of the season, they now have yet another lineup hole to worry about. (Though they did receive good news on Eloy Jiménez’s return to health recently.) You probably don’t really want Leury García and Danny Mendick playing every day. This is why the White Sox have the No. 27 rest-of-season second base projection. The Cubs may prefer to just let Nico Hoerner return from injury or see what they have in Sergio Alcántara, and they have a bigger problem that we’ll get to. San Francisco probably isn’t in a rush to replace Donovan Solano, despite an underwhelming and injury-plagued season. So if we’re looking at the White Sox, where are they, then, looking? Possible trade targets: Adam Frazier. This is the obvious move. Beyond obvious, really. Frazier is a 29-year-old Pirate having a good year (139 OPS+), and even if he’s not really that good going forward, he’s a solid Madrigal replacement in that he makes a lot of contact and plays solid defense. (He can even play a little outfield, too, which Chicago probably needs.) Frazier aside, Schoop still plays some second, or veteran multi-positional guys like Asdrúbal Cabrera or Eduardo Escobar or Josh Harrison or Brock Holt could be had. https://www.mlb.com/news/biggest-trade-needs-for-contenders Biggest trade needs for contenders...pretty crazy that Kyle Gibson and Kikuchi might end up being the two best starters on the market, with all the others injured or not being traded. Also, mentioned Orioles' outfielder Santander for RF, but not tied in to the White Sox specifically. Possible trade targets: Actually, quite a few. Someone trade for Gallo. Mitch Haniger, when healthy, could probably be had. What about Gregory Polanco? Maybe Anthony Santander? (LF) Possible trade targets: Fewer than you think. The mostly likely Big Name is free-agent-to-be Starling Marte, who missed a month with a rib fracture but has a long track record and has crushed the ball (.333/.432/.538) when healthy. He’s capable of playing center or left. Could you get Ketel Marte out of Arizona? Maybe, but it won’t be easy; he’s 27 years old and, if team options are picked up, can’t be a free agent until 2025. Otherwise, in left field, you could probably get David Peralta, Adam Duvall or Kyle Schwarber. Joey Gallo has played mostly right recently, but he does have experience in both left and center, and wouldn't he be a fun add to a Yankee lineup with Aaron Judge and Stanton?