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runner caused dp? more fundamentals issues with Baldwin can't slide past the bag like that and leave it up to ump at Wriigley

Jarren Duran-esque.

1 Max Fried P 1.11 2 Kodai Senga P 1.22 3 Hunter Brown P 1.43 4 Tyler Mahle P 1.47 5 Kris Bubic P 1.66 6 Nathan Eovaldi P 1.78 7 Garrett Crochet P 1.93 8 Jesús Luzardo P 2.00 Smith 9th in mlb era...will become qualified for IP this start. Poor PCA lol...

98 mph Goose Gossage-esque Vargas up to 681 ops Smith 2.03

Eloy Jimenez?

"The White Sox are rebuilding and don’t have a strong relief group. Collectively, their bullpen has a 4.42 ERA, putting them in the bottom third of major league teams. Given that they are 14-30 and at the bottom of the American League standings, they presumably plan to install Castro into the bullpen and see if he can pitch his way into being a midseason trade candidate. Assuming they plan to call him up before his opt-out, they will need to open a 40-man spot for him." mlbtraderumors.com

https://www.mlb.com/mets/video/rick-hahn-discusses-his-tenure-with-the-white-sox?msockid=03c2413601076bcf19e3529f00f66aa7 According to Hahn, the organization's habits following the 2005 World Series carried on for over a decade. In 2016, the Sox were still using the same model that they had been using to win in all in '05. All it had gotten them was mediocre baseball teams that stayed out of last place, but made the playoffs just one time (2008) in the decade immediately following the championship. Hence why Hahn said the Sox were "mired in mediocrity," a tragically accurate and poetic way to summarize the problems at hand. "That really was the motivation," Hahn said on MLB Network. "When I first got there in '01 and joined Kenny [Williams] in his first year as GM, winning a World Series as quickly as possible and breaking an 88-year drought was of the utmost importance." Hahn told Brian Kenny that he believed the White Sox had an even better team on paper in 2006 than in 2005. The run from 2005-2008 was a fleeting window of contention for Chicago. It fueled the front office to try and chase the magic of 2005 over and over again. "We had a little but of a run where we tried to keep feeding the beast. We may have tried too long to keep feeding the beast, doing short-term gap fits....ultimately, that's not satisfying," said Hahn. "When we were stuck there in the middle and not winning consistently enough, we had conversations with Jerry [Reinsdorf] that were very honest that were like 'we need to take a step back.'" "We certainly felt in '22 like we were going to be able to sustain this thing," Hahn said to MLB Network. "We had some bad luck in injuries, but everyone does. The '21 team, we had a lot of injuries and we wound up being able to plug those holes from internal options. We had nine guys taken in the 1st round between 2013-2021 contribute to that '21 team. It was a tremendous organizational win. So we go into '22 feeling good about ourselves." In the blink of an eye, the White Sox finished 81-81 in 2022 and had turned into a 100-loss team by 2023. "Perhaps we overestimated a little bit in terms of our players growth," Hahn admitted. "We obviously made some bets on some young players thinking they were going to grow into the level we projected them to be...that boxed us a little bit from a payroll standpoint. The injuries hurt and our culture wandered a little bit. The vibe changed in that clubhouse and we sort of lost a little bit of that competitiveness."

Undoubtedly...but he still needs to go through AA first/successfully. Then you can at least make your arguments about skipping over CHLT entirely, but give me 3-4 months of 900+ OPS play at Birmingham and I'll probably agree with you.

Yes, the Rangers are one of them, but they're on solid ground overall because of the benefits of a World Series win lasting somewhere between 3-5 seasons (plus the new/er stadium on top of that).

They've pretty dramatically lowered ticket prices (compared to the rest of MLB) over the last decade or so....the only thing they're making a killing on is parking and concessions. The CSHN thing might might might be making in the $8-10 million range (if they're lucky), and that's down from $70 million previously. Without the Comcast deal, they're missing out on another $3-5 million at the very least, but probably closer to $10-15 million. It's just incredibly difficult to properly value their broadcasting rights because of the quality of product (immediate and near-term) versus the long-term potential value of 25-40% of the Chicagoland market, which is surely one of the reasons that Ishbia chose the Sox over the Twins. That and 9% debt with the White Sox, versus 25%+ debt load to NAV and $425-450 million assumed with the Twins.

To be fair, some of that goes back to the way he left Oklahoma for USC, but it's hard to argue (up until that point at least) with the QB track record of Lincoln Riley. He had Kyler Murray, Baker Mayfield AND Jalen Hurts. And nearly everyone thought that Riley was going to lead USC back into the national title hunt...and he did for most of Williams' first season in LA.

You know JR isn't going to sign any FA contracts as that 2026/27 off season approaches. Built-in/tailor made excuse. Next year, the excuse will be waiting on the arrival of Schultz/H.Smith/Taylor (closer)/Braden Montgomery...Getz: "those key additions are essentially the equivalent of four huge FA contracts, to be perfectly honest with you."

Montgomery has hits in 5 of his last 6 games upon returning from ACL. 6/23 hitting overall I guess the key point there is only 5 K's in this recent stretch, and only ONE 2 K game included. In his prior 13 games before going to AZ, he had TWO strikeouts in 9 of those 13 appearances. And one strikeout in the other four games. His VERY first 10 AAA games this season dating back to March, he recorded 21 strikeouts. So 21 k's in 37 official at-bats. That was the ugliest part of the year, so has been gradually improving ever since that point. Overall, just two doubles and 3 homers...which is obviously not a great offensive output for 124 at-bats (especially with half in CHLT). But at least there's steady and recent progress.

Jake Burger with the solo homer to break up the deGrom/Hunter Brown scoreless battle, 1-0 Rangers .214 .637 4 homers/15 RBI's

Man, Fletcher and Meidroth could be twins, lol...so distinctive on the field.

19. Orioles: Brendan Summerhill, OF, Arizona (No. 22) Summerhill broke out of the gate looking like one of the best college performers in the country, then broke his hand, forcing him out for a month. He’s gone 8-for-19 in seven games since his return with eight walks, seven RBIs and no strikeouts. The injury situation is a BIT reminiscent of Montgomery last year...same university as Brian Anderson and Ian Kinsler. Could be an excellent "buy low/er" candidate if they like the hit tool more than LaViolette. That's just a crazy number for Jace to be well under .300 for NCAA Power 5 level play. JJ Wetherholt also had a ton of injury concerns going into the draft last year and fell from the very top of the draft.

Those net worth websites put him at around $5 million, and that's probably low by at least $2.5-5.0 million. Housing values alone in Winnetka or Wilmette or wherever he lives.

I just don't get why we need more utility guys like Baldwin Gray Lipcius Maton Workman, and now this guy. It's almost working backwards in roster contruction, concentrating on the last 2-3 spots on the roster and backend of the bullpen. You might get SOME marginal improvement.

Which hitting prospects other than Braden Montgomery are they referring to...? They desperately need another outfielder, just not sure it's LaViolette. OFC, if the organization has already decided Taylor's the closer, then MAYBE it makes sense. MAYBE. Because you always have the spectre of a pitching injury or non-performance to deal with. Three promising pitchers can suddenly becomes just 1 in a heartbeat...

Pretty sure when the White Sox faced him he was on an 1 for 32 or something like that run of at-bats.

Miguel Cleto II

Nobody's going to give him an interview based on THAT interview. He still, to this day, hasn't proven to be good at identifying talent on the amateur or FA side, with very very few exceptions. He's better off with a consulting/McKinsey/law firm type of position...that's 100% not public facing. And his hand-picked henchman Haber might have been even worse, somehow.

The White Sox were 10th in FA spending from 2020-2024. Over $320 million. They just didn't spend (or allocate) it very well...and the young hotshot prospects got injured or under performed. Also, Tim Anderson All-Star/league leading hitter, collapsed after the Ramirez knockout, on top of the knee injury from our own Hahn-picked lousy ex-Royals utility 3B. In many ways, he was the heart and soul of those teams, at least how they were perceived from the outside and in terms of marketing.

10. White Sox: Jace LaViolette, OF, Texas A&M (No. 7) He’s athletic, the power is legit (67 career homers in college and counting), but he’s hitting .274 at this point (.258 in SEC play) with concerns about his hit tool making it a little harder to pinpoint where he might go. He does still have the exciting tools that made him a potential No. 1 pick coming into the season. latest MLB.com/Pipeline mock This sounds all too familiar...

He's not going to be back before July. Please understand that doesn't give teams much incentive to trade for him. Routine throw over gets away lol. This game has been bad ever since Vargas call reversed.