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Because we’re the White Sox, lol. If you don’t end up in prison like Loiaza, you break your hamate bone on the way to the AL MVP. Or because of Lopez 2019. Obviously the Cubs and Red Sox are much better offensively than our usual opponents (other than the Twins)...so he’s probably not quite an ace (on a predictable, year to year basis) partially due to the fact he gets to face Cleveland, KC and Detroit about half the time.

The last three years (2016-18), Alonso 635 vs. lhp and 788 ops vs. rhp.

Well, if this was last year, Marshall would have surrendered 2-3 of Giolito’s inherited runners.

Contract extension for Renteria before this all goes poof!

Apparently Renteria thinks he has the 2005 Sox bullpen...

And playing for a one run lead with our bullpen on the road in Boston against this lineup....?

Great job to take the bat out of Moncada’s hands. Sigh. 3 for his last 29. Renteria is a chess master. Let’s hope at the worst this new version of Giolito is 2008 Gavin Floyd.

I was there...think it was the Twins. Some final score like 14-8.

Philly is up over 8000 per game and thats through June average vs. entire 2018. White Sox 300 behind 2018 full year pace but half the summer remaining. Padres should end up around 2500-3000 plus per game but were already near 27000 with a terrible team last year.

Since their number was at the bottom or 25-26 or whatever....the percentage growth is much different from the +5000-7500 game those two teams are drawing. Just so its straight praising and defending Sox fans for supporting their team again is back en vogue？

After 2012 he hit about 10-15 fastballs over belt high that were 95+ right on the button.

Philadelphia and SD have had the two biggest attendance bumps this year...amazing how that works.

What are the current Las Vegas odds for any of those last six putting up more than 2-3 fWAR in their entire careers？ Numerous healthy hitters are just as disconcerting, especially Collins' swing that makes even Viciedo and Beckham look quick.

My thoughts on Tatis, Robert and Madrigal are quite easy to find. And sure...the way Puig has hit the last two months he would be a masdive upgrade ovet Cordell and Tilson. Pretty much identical fWAR with Jimenez.

The other problem is we skipped over the trend of multi-dimensional players that could play up the middle on the infield...CF....obviously the corners and 3B/1B as well. Vaughn is pretty much the same issue...where he has to hit a ton to justify the move, like Eloy. On a more positive note, they currently have four dynamic players that fit that bill if you include Robert and Madrigal. Comparing his more immediate impact to that of CJ Abrams 3-5 years down the line will be fascinating to follow.

But there was also a huge question about the t-bar batting style and if it would translate well at the next level...especially keeping in mind the pitching in that conference wasn’t exactly SEC-caliber.

The biggest question offensively is whether they can eventually play smart and sound/fundamental baseball...obviously, Vizquel and Madrigal/Vaughn were picked to do exactly that. The main issue, though, is whether Cooper still has it and if they can actually manage not to botch another set of free agent pitching moves.

Borchard’s failure to be a generational talent (as projected) led to a decade of trying to fix that mistake through veteran acquisitions that have almost all fizzled. At the time he signed, it was the biggest bonus in history for an amateur player. We even managed to do it yet again (chasing fool’s gold) this offseason with Alonso, even though 85% of the board called it a dumb (or even idiotic) move from the time it was made, the only caveat being it hasn’t yet been exploited by the Indians in the way originally imagined. I think most of us would love to have a job where I only had to be right 15-20% of the time when the industry standard is probably closer to the 35-40% mark.

Parque was absolute toast after the injuries (Mike Cameron game was a highlight), Wright after injuries, James Baldwin really fell off too....Rauch lasted just a handful of starts and really just never got along with KW and was quickly sent packing. Glover really wasn’t THAT bad, actually. But 2003 versions of Wright, Josh Stewart, Porzio and Cotts would have fit in 100% this year. They key difference is the latter three only had TWELVE starts combined, and Cotts at least had the talent to be a key relief contributor in 2005. Can we say the same for any of this year’s starters?...maybe Covey is the only one who could potentially be on a White Sox playoff team in the future.

Therein lies the problem. For every Hunter Renfroe, Baustista or Nelson Cruz, there are our four minor league outfielders...who...if you somehow assembled them together, MIGHT actually be the equivalent of a 2.5-3.0 fWAR player on the corner (this doesn’t even count Call and Fisher disappointing.) With Eloy anchoring the other side...you have almost no choice but to get someone with some athletic tools, especially the ability to throw and cover ground...because Robert’s eventually going to get hurt again trying to do too much if he has to cover both gaps. Ozuna keep this up, his total contract dollars will be closer to $100 than $50 million. Or we put Choo in the way back machine via the assistance of Sherman & Peabody.

It seems every single veteran hitter who could switch hit or hit left-handed who they have brought on board has been a huge disappointment. In the 2000’s, Joe Borchard was going to solve the problem. Then the Dunn signing in 2011, the closest to a superstar in terms of name recognition for ages. A Nick Swisher here, a LaRoche or Cabrera there from the second tier...simply feels like that inviting RH porch has been waiting for someone to put up a 40+ homer season for ages and it has just never come to fruition. In fact, just having a hot spring training stretch and a sweet looking swing (a universal aspect of the allure...) could make you envision Ryan Sweeney as a poor man’s Mark Grace or John Olerud, the desperation was so thick. It’s almost one of those areas now such as 3B for a generation, catcher and CF that the White Sox completely have whiffed on, at least in terms of internal development.

https://sports.yahoo.com/adam-eaton-makes-bewildering-comments-about-minorleague-exploitation-212424581.html Might even have a political future giving motivational speeches to factory workers/coal miners.

If we had our 2003 fifth starters or Kenny Rogers we'd be leading the wild card race...at the very least occupying the second spot.

Yeah, Santana was only effective with the Twins at 92-94....if he was still serviceable, they would have made an attempt to hold onto him.

Guess they need to recycle some puff pieces on McCann, Colome, Robert and Madrigal.