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SoxTalk=98% male Sox crowds=60/40 split, roughly...but with all our noted strikingly handsome players, perhaps closer to 50/50

He’s the most logical replacement for Moncada/jimenez in the batting order (assuming Mercedes falls back to earth and Vaughn doesn’t suddenly go off like Pete Alonso)...but let’s not forget this is still the halfway point of his rookie campaign for statistical purposes. Three strong performance swings, up/down/up. That does somewhat limit his stolen base numbers compared to the 2 spot.

How about let’s be more like the Brewers, Indians, Rays, Twins, A’s and Astros/Cards in our scouting???....since those are all (outside of the last two, and historically the Astros were never a Top 6-8 payroll team, either) pretty much the definition of small and mid market teams, most in our own backyard, so to speak.

Marco Paddy. Minus Nestor Molina, and pretty sure he wasn’t a part of the Viciedo pursuit...

Fine, but it’s like saying Cody Bellinger or Dinelson Lamet are disappointments, too.

Tatis has barely played ten games, is still contributing on the basepaths...and there’s no way to know what impact the shoulder and a massive new contract are having. He’s already faced Buehler twice, Kershaw, Woodruff, Burnes, etc. If he still has less than a 2 fWAR on July 31st, then by all means, list him as a disappointment. Actually, Pham has been way worse.

The next Tim Anderson? Looks like the profile hasn't been updated in quite awhile... https://www.instagram.com/tatisdanielfernando/?hl=en

That's Beastie Boys. They shot some of those videos in Echo Canyon area not so far from Dodger Stadium. Sabotage, maybe...sound track of high school, along with New Order, Depeche Mode and The Cult.

How many times has he actually come close to playing 150+? Extrapolating numbers over 162 is not so useful for Yoan when you carefully examine all the times he has been pulled from games early or missed stretches at a time. Not to mention Covid.

Is that like 'illin' but a different generation?

Super young...?

You can't have one of your so-called franchise players hitting 8th or 9th...he's going to have to fight his way through it. If it's obviously to civilians at SoxTalk, surely it's got an !!!!! after the comment about not giving him any fastballs in the hitting zone, even ahead in the count 2-0 or 3-1.

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-pipeline-top-150-draft-prospects?t=mlb-draft-coverage Not sure if this is distinct from the last list published earlier. Rocker pushed to the side by Leiter. New Top 150 by MLB Pipeline.

But Glass/Dayton Moore are largely responsible for two consecutive World Series teams...at least they have that, especially for the bottom 10 teams in baseball to stand as an example that it CAN be done. When they did win, they were willing to increase the payroll significantly, and even gave Gordon and Sal Perez last contracts out of a sense of loyalty appreciation. That said, Sal Perez is playing extremely well THIS year, he's definitely not washed up (yet).

One thing's for sure...Luis Robert, at least, is making a better adjustment (to off-speed stuff) in his "rookie year" (continued) than Yoan in 3-4 seasons. Remember, he spent 2+ seasons just fighting the RH/LH switch-batting issue, then finally seemed to get comfortable on the field when moved from second base to 3rd.

They're never going to get the proper value back in return. This is like the Twins trading Buxton or Berrios 2-3 years ago when it became apparent they weren't going sign long-term extensions...before they became All-Star/Cy Young caliber. The problem is that Moncada's already locked in with a long-term extension, which provides clarity, but not a tremendous amount of surplus value if Yoan is 2017-2018/2020-21 version. There's ONE great season, four average to below average seasons and then the Covid "repercussions/aftereffects" which is seeming more and more like a giant excuse when Freddie Freeman and Eduardo Rodriguez were in life threatening situations and turned out just fine. You've got the focus/work ethic issue, the lingering/nagging leg issues (not getting nearly the stolen bases his ability warrants), taking him away from the comfort zone of a team filled with his fellow countrymen (maybe he's gotten too comfortable). Heck, some will start wondering if he got his money (twice now) and is more interested in a music/celebrity career than making improvements playing the game of baseball. Or eating Twinkies, lol. Without Moncada as an All-Star, we're fighting tooth and nail for the Central or a wild card spot, at best. Then you start talking about dealing Giolito as well...and Hahn's "retooling on the fly" nonsense.

Silver Slugger...

I guess their manhood is being challenged directly by his success...the opposite of the Napoleon Complex. I mean, it's not like his parents gave him a couple of million to invest in Bitcoin, Dogecoin and Tesla. At his height/size, he became the best high school hitter in the country against all odds...and continued that success at Oregon State.

Last I checked, he doesn't have anything resembling a $50+ million commitment. Royals weaponizing Jarrod Dyson in the late innings again, recalls the glory days with him and Gore swiping 2nd and getting bunted over and sacrificed/FC'ed in. KC is a lot better than I thought they would be, largely on the strength of Merrifield, Perez and Santana. Soler really hasn't even gotten heated up yet.

And Donaldson was something like 4/5 or 4/6 at that point in the game...after just recently coming off the DL for a leg injury. The reason they subbed a runner is Josh has been out for the first 2-3 weeks battling that issue from the first couple of days of the season. They didn't want to put him a position to re-injure himself really pushing to score on a single...tag up, etc. Lose the battle, win the war, etc. You have to keep Buxton/Cruz/Donaldson healthy if the Twins are going anywhere this season. Obviously, it came back to bite them on defense, removing a Gold Glover and playing a utility player at a position he's not 100% comfortable at.

Oak Park Ray sounds like a caller into the Cubs' post-game show on The Score...

Padres haven't been able to buy a hit with RISP starting with their series at Pitt last week. Had bases loaded, down 4-2, no outs in the bottom of the 8th and didn't score a run. 2-7 stretch, and now @ LAD to face the heart of the Dodgers' pitching rotation, with May/Urias the undecided option for the fourth game. Burnes, Woodruff and Houser are going to do that to a lot of teams...especially first two guys. Avi Garcia entered red hot and went something like 0 for the series with 8 strikeouts and the Golden Sombrero. Omar Narvaez is a very strong candidate for NL Player of the Week. On an absolute tear. Brewers hit something like 8 or 9 homers in the series. Something like the third game already this year the bullpen had to cover 7+ innings because of an early starter exit...maybe even four times, would have to look at the box scores again.

Fathom's favorite player Arraez was the goat, well, along with Colome...insane offensive numbers from this boxscore. Still think Buxton is the player we should be targeting in FA, if we're not going to spend it on pitching/Gio/Lynn. Can you imagine an outfield of both Robert and Buxton? The White Sox could move the fences back and create even more of a competitive advantage with their outfield defense, ala the Royals from 2013-2016.

But you can also make the argument that he will hitting a lot more doubles and a few triples in the warmer months...and running better. He's used to playing the majority of his games in California/Pac-12 weather, let's not forget.