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"Jeff] Barry hit .290 in Triple-A and had a .163 average in 49 major-league at-bats in '95 and '98. The Sox originally thought they were getting Class-A right-hander Jonathan Berry , but a "miscommunication" problem between the two teams led to Williams accepting Barry instead. Williams said the Sox would "honor" the trade despite the mixup on an apparent last-minute throw-in." Soxmachine.com Except none of these players mattered in the least. But it made for a great sound bite...like Olivo/Bradford in Moneyball. But then Olivo/Morse/Reed led to F.Garcia and Loiaza/Contreras pushed the Sox over the top eventually...as winning at the big league level was the JR priority, so the farm system was utilized by Williams to acquire more reliable veterans the managers could trust.

“Perez is also more advanced -- he started the year at Low-A, whereas Albertus was recently promoted -- and provokes more confidence in his ability to stay up the middle, albeit as a "bat-first second baseman." He's been performing, hitting .264/.380/.420 with 10 home runs in 75 games at Rancho Cucamonga and was selected for the Futures Game this year. One scout lauded his "pull-side pop/loft" while another called him an "arrow-up guy." Still, the current contact and batted-ball numbers drive questions about how the offensive profile will hold up when high-level velocity is introduced, and the projection was more "contact-driven solid regular" than "star "to begin with.” https://soxmachine.com/2024/07/white-sox-scouting-reports-miguel-vargas-jeral-perez-alexander-albertus 2B (106) ... SS (55) ... 3B (34) Perez will end up at either second or third…definitely not SS.

Defensive concerns at third…although scouting reports there are mixed.

Dodgers have already used 30 different pitchers and 13 different starters this season. “They are currently operating with only four healthy starting pitchers. Their equally banged-up bullpen is leading the majors in innings, and was coming off five frames of work in an extra-inning win the night before. And by the time Hernández took the mound in the sixth, the game had long been lost, the Padres (38-28) teeing off on Sauer with three runs two-out runs in the third inning, single scores in the fourth and fifth, and a four-spot in the sixth. “I know that my job is just eat as many as I can,” said Sauer, who entered the game as a bulk man in the second inning after opener Lou Trivino tossed a scoreless first. “Obviously, today, didn't have as good of stuff, but I felt like I was just out there pitching my ass off, trying to compete and trying to eat as many innings as I could for the bullpen." “And knowing Wednesday’s starter will be left-hander Justin Wrobleski, who has a 7.20 ERA in three big-league outings this year and has spent much of the campaign in AAA, Roberts decided not to waste any of his other available relievers on the latter innings either, inserting Hernández as pitcher the moment the Padres pushed their lead past eight runs with two out in the bottom of the frame (MLB rules prevent losing teams from using position players on the mound until they face an eight-run deficit.” https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/padres-rout-dodgers-real-laugher-045113563.html

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https://twinstrivia.com/2025/04/05/mlb-teams-revenue-versus-payroll/ White Sox in 29th for revenue as well as for payroll versus revenue (29th again) over the Marlins

Dylan Cease with 7 shutout innings against the Dodgers tonight...exorcising some demons. ERA down to 4.28 on the season. He and Michael King continue to be in trade and extension discussions. 4.5 fWAR 2021 4.4 fWAR 2022 3.6 fWAR 2023 4.8 fWAR 2024 trending around 1.8-2.0 fWAR after tonight's game, 11 strikeouts

30-132 pace Blew a 5-3 ninth inning lead at home to the Gigantes.

5 out of their last 7 against winning teams....56-106 pace on the year.

Bullpen, sure. Well, theoretically...after Grant Taylor just on stuff alone, there's no comparison. fWAR bears that out, although it's notoriously not the greatest measure for non-closers in determining value.

1-2-3 9th for Eisert's second save.

Teel picking up his pitcher...

Venable seems determined to give EVERYONE in that bullpen save opportunities...

Michael Taylor not exactly distinguishing himself on the basepaths over the last month. Odds that possible 5th run doesn't come back to bite them in the 9th?

Much better at-bats from this team in the last couple of weeks...maybe not always showing results, but battling at least. A mind-boggling 8 walks for the Sox tonight. They would go weeks at a time without doing that last year.

Insurance for Vargas/Ramos at 3rd base...primarily.

White Sox would be on a 56-106 pace if they hang on to win tonight.

Elko .681 OPS still better than Vaughn. And the team just seems to play better overall with him in there....call it the Univ.Mississippi CWS "luck factor"

Rojas' MLB days have to be numbered... Making Royce Clayton and Mark Johnson look like sluggers at the bottom of the line-up.

White Sox 4/28=.143 4 runs Astros 9/28=.321 2 runs

One more out to go...always the hardest.

Great job, Wilson...can never be easy with this team. Poor Shane Smith always ends up losing his leads/victories in the end. Almost as snake-bitten as Skenes.

White Sox version of washed-up Carlton, lol? The White Sox have to lead baseball (under JR) in HoF players in their last year or two of their big league careers.

Tatis, Jr., another 23 fWAR and climbing.