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X-rays on Vaughn’s right hand came back negative. Doubtless TLR will be sitting him, though, if there even is a game.

$186, $192-193, $212, $181-82…whichever number you go with, they’re all embarrassingly poor allocations of resources. https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/chicago-white-sox/payroll/ http://www.stevetheump.com/Payrolls.htm https://boardroom.tv/mlb-team-payrolls-2022/ And the only thing keeping the Sox alive seemingly is spending $50 million more than the Twins and Tigers. That massive cushion means parity reigns.

.346 career OBP though. We would be quite fortunate to get 275-300 out of Garcia and Harrison at this rate.

I would argue the opposite. It’s going to completely disillusion that under 25 generation of White Sox fans who were too young for 2005 and are feeling like they were tricked by the team to wait so patiently from 2013 all the way to THIS mess??? Those kids will just become apathetic or disengaged until the next time there’s a legit contender…and they might be waiting a long time at that, and give up, or discover there are lots of other entertainment options. At least the Twins proved a one year recovery is possible. It means trading away at least Giolito and/or Moncada, extending Kopech or Vaughn (we definitely don’t have a Buxton equivalent other than Robert) and then hitting perfectly on a premium FA…and adding 2-3 to the starting rotation via trade or FA. It also means taking a step back for 2023 unless every move is executed perfectly, which has pretty much only happened one time in forty years of Reinsdorf ownership.

Then Kopech would be traded before Cease…2025 vs. 2026.

You wouldn’t get much of anything for Abreu if he’s still hitting poorly…you would have to eat salary. Pollock would only save you $3-4 million for next year at best…read the contract at spotrac.com. So let’s argue it’s closer to $15 million. It’s way too early to start projecting Colas for anything but mid to late 2023 unless he absolutely destroys Birmingham and then gets promoted to Charlotte for the last month. That would require Luis Robert like dominating performance. The only way to inject prospects is by trading Moncada, but especially Cease, Giolito or Kopech. Of course, that would make it harder to contend in the short term. Same with trading Lynn as well after he pitches well for June and July. Which pretty much leaves you banking on a desperation move to go after for the first time in team history not one but TWO premium free agents to save the rebuild, and that’s coming from one of the weakest FA classes in recent history…with arguably the worst judge of FA talent of any GM the past decade in Rick Hahn. Sounds like a foolproof plan! And if your two new FA guys come out of the gate like Semien and Correa this year, you’re in a world of hurt that relies on the rest of the division being mediocre moreso than the White Sox being anything more than a one and done playoff team like the Twins and Indians in recent years. Or leads to a complete rebuild and the devastation of the fanbase. They have to try getting rid of TLR first. It’s just that simple.

https://www.southsidesox.com/2022/4/29/23048250/white-sox-sleeping-in-the-bed-rick-and-jerry-made "Last season, if one of Lance Lynn or Lucas Giolito had missed time, we would have seen a frankly distressing number of starts from Mike Wright Jr., a struggling Jimmy Lambert or Jonathan Stiever, and a clearly-better-in-the-bullpen Reynaldo López. But the White Sox had the healthiest pitching staff in baseball over the first half of the season. Now the pendulum has swung the other way, and instead of any number of the reasonably-priced veteran starters who were available in the offseason, the result is more than a quarter of the team’s April games being started by Lambert (who may yet be good, but has been a mixed bag) and Vince Velásquez (who, on the doorstep of age 30, now has a not a replacement player basement, but ceiling). Mercedes, Lamb, Goodwin, and Billy Hamilton ultimately combined for 28 home runs, 22 doubles, 74 walks, and 90 runs batted in 707 plate appearances. None of that quartet was a part of the front office’s initial game plan for 2021. They were emergency replacements picked up from other teams’ scrap heaps who wound up combining into a legitimate, starting-caliber MLB hitter. Getting that kind of production yet again with waiver pickups and career minor leaguers isn’t and was never going to be an option in 2022." Two starting pitching injuries, a struggling Hendriks/Bummer and missing in action Kelly...and no unexpected breakthroughs like Rodon and Yermin to pick up the slack. Arguably that's now a .500ish club in a lousy division...the midpoint between floor and ceiling. Someone researched that 32 of the next 50 games are against "good teams." Not sure anymore if they can stay within 6-7 of the Twins over that stretch unless Minnesota is beset by their own series of injuries to Buxton, Correa and at least 1-2 starting pitchers.

Trayce Thompson has more RBIs tonight than the entire Sox team. Fun times.

Wow, the issues are clearly with other posters and not the team. Where are all the fair weather fans right now?

Advance scouting...what do you know? It exists.

Automatic strike zone can't come soon enough.

Mariners at least a year away with Angels emerging as real threat this year.

On a positive note, Twins down 4-0 early at Tampa. ..... Grandal not exactly hustling into second base...looks like a softball game.

White Sox infield defense there. Cue shot. Lots of masse.

Can we actually drive in a run with a runner at third and less than two outs?

Well, that's probably a 50/50 proposition against a bullpen starter with a 6.5 ERA and playing at home.

Anderson slashed an oppo double down the line...some life finally.

Or bueno. Mal. Terible. Horible.

Barely got him for the 3rd out...race to the bag. Maybe it's a good thing they didn't extend Giolito because he will undoubtedly be easier to trade.

Good throw would have had him at second. Angels just mashing the supposedly dead baseball.

Patriots' Day Massacre 2.

Might be high scoring on part of LAA. Ward has been on an unreal tear as of late, almost Trout-like.

That was quick.

Meanwhile, Trayce Thompson is starting tonight for a team at six games over .500. Matt Beaty on the other corner. One of the many targets on the Dodgers in the Kimbrel deal. (Of course, only hitting .091). Six at .210 or under.

Touche. You can look at exceptions to the rule but that doesn't make them winning bets from a probability standpoint.