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How many errors have been made trying to turn a double play too quickly by Moncada...leading to a big inning? 16th error. You’ve got to make those plays. Seems like at least 6-7 similar situations exactly like what just happened since he came back from the DL.

Sure, when Giolito and Covey have more lives than Engel, it’s going to cause frustration for every pitcher in AAA and AA as well. Obviously, they can only send Lucas down and bring him back up just one more time before they risk a claim, so Hahn would look dumb if he gives up on the most important (well, at least most recognizable to fans) piece in that huge trade for Eaton.

Well, it being Salvador Perez is the dumbest part...Moncada doesn’t even run that much, only his 3rd CS. Royals’ announcers getting on Covey for “pitching scared” with runners on base.

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Is that supposed to be a compliment to him?

Nope, have to stand by my pick since the beginning of May...no turning back now.

First time Madrigal has fallen below an 800 ops with Kanny...

That’s one of the possible outcomes, I suppose...to back up YOUR argument. Even our two best acquisitions the last decade plus, Quentin and Eaton, were far from linear upwards in improvement...and then you have Beckham/Viciedo. Three went downhill from their first seasons with the team, and we seemingly got so much from Eaton (hard to say what, at this exact moment) because he actually stayed on the field for one whole season, and got positive defensive numbers due to the positional change to a RFer piling up all those assists.

One part of this is guys like Soto, Benintendi, Albies, Acuna, etc., more than holding their own. Another is the Sox internal record of despair on the position player front, and the fact that none of the young hitters (Davidson, Palka, Yolmer) we have given at-bats to has become the next Justin Turner, C.Taylor, Martin Gonzalez, JD Martinez, etc. That’s not even counting Abreu and Avi. We do have Moncada and Anderson, and Narvaez (who everyone hates defensively)? Everyone else has been pretty much wasted playing time. Our young pitching isn’t looking so hot, either. Then you have Dunning, Hansen and Robert with major question marks currently attached to their names...who we absolutely need to come through, since Madrigal is the only guy there I am close to 100% confident in. With starting pitchers going 4-5 innings more frequently, there’s less focus on that area than having a young lineup like the Cubs, Astros or Yankees that can stay healthy. Too much risk and variability. And we still need to build a bullpen from scratch. Look at Houston, with Cole, Verlander and Morton coming through trades or FA, just like Lester, Arrieta, Q, Darvish, Hamels. Both teams used a combination of great scouting and deep farm systems to buy what they needed from the market. Right now, we’ve got a 4/5 in Lopez and our best young pitcher likely will be gone before he’s needed in 2020. Another issue is the fact that he would have the worst numbers of ANY regular on the Cubs. Perhaps Javier Baez would be a better comp, then? Jimenez, Gonzalez, Crosby and Marte are the comps the Sox can’t live with, and obviously Stewart. How can they hit on EVERY position prospect and even get an All-Star and top catcher in the game out of a player any team could have Rule 5’d a half decade ago? (Yes, I realize we got Quintana close to the same way, but that was ages ago.) Yoan Moncada Mahalanobis Comps Rank Name KATOH+ Proj. WAR Actual WAR 1 Ian Stewart 8.5 3.1 2 Andrew McCutchen 14.3 34.5 3 Melvin Upton 12.6 22.4 4 D’Angelo Jimenez 13.2 7.4 5 Alex Gonzalez 14.0 6.2 6 Bobby Crosby 11.5  8.1 7 Andy Marte 13.8 0.3 8 Grady Sizemore 8.3 29.4 9 Jim Thome 12.0 27.8 10 Sean Burroughs 15.0 5.4

August probably...

Fine, they’re guaranteed to average 3-4 fWAR the next five years. How low are we setting our standards these days? Nobody in the world, when that trade was made, expected Moncada to be anything less than an 850+ ops, 4+ fWAR player. We can rationalize all we want why he has disappointed or what happened to his fielding the last two months, but this almost forces Jimenez to be a superstar...or for the White Sox to spend hundreds of millions in free agency, unless Kopech and Cease can both be counted on to line up as #1 and #2 for the next decade.

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https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/inside-pitch-what-to-make-of-the-tommy-pham-trade/youtube_a963835e-c420-5a67-8f94-bc89dc35fda6.html

2.3 fWAR now for 2017-2018 http://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/batting/_/sort/strikeouts/order/true Tied for first in MLB strikeouts with Gallo. Chris Davis and Chris Taylor the only other two from the Top 10 with under 21 homers. Those luminaries would be Stanton, Judge, Goldschmidt, Upton, Harper and Khris Davis. Tim Anderson barely ahead of Alex Gordon in RC27...and abysmal BB/K ratio. Not good. fWAR of 3.7 in nearly 1450 at-bats (2.5 seasons). Yolmer knocking on the door of irrelevancy.

Sure, if they win a World Series like the Cubs did with Bryant.

Pathetic, Renteria...you gone.

Cost them a run...might as well let KC pick up some games on us for the #2 draft pick. Don’t care what the team does until Jimenez and Kopech are recalled (whenever that is). Shields leads the AL in losses (38) since May of 2016, haha. Still don’t have any idea why the Royals held onto Duffy...unless they are going to trade him during the waiver period next month.

Moncada only 3 behind Gallo for MLB strikeout lead despite missing about ten games this year.Scratch that, two back. Sanchez 2 for his last 29.

Wasn’t he picked close to Austin Beck? Third return of LUIS Robert this year...this time with AZL at 9 p.m. Crosses fingers. Better hold off on that nickname for now. At least he has another month of at-bats, post season for Kanny and W-S, possibly the AFL or winter ball.

Except for trading Kintzler...

Wow, Jordan Adell went from high school to AA pretty quickly...

More completely twisted logic to push back on the Russia/Mueller story...so logically, China should instead target “Clinton states” to exert the LEAST political leverage in terms of tariffs/trade policy? By that argument, we should convert to the Chinese political model so our leaders couldn’t be held hostage by “bad actors” trying to influence policy due to “factions” since there aren’t opposing parties to be targeted? Ludicrous. China is retaliating against President Donald Trump's efforts to promote fair trade by slapping tariffs on U.S.-made goods in a targeted attempt to sway elections in the 2018 midterms and beyond, economist Stephen Moore said Friday night. "China is now engaging in their own tariffs that are directed at trying to disrupt our elections," Moore, a Trump 2016 campaign economics adviser, told CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront." "Where is the investigation on that?" Read Newsmax: Economist Says China 'Trying to Disrupt Our Elections' With Tariffs | Newsmax.com

Let's also not forget Carlos Correa and Osuna have already had a run-in as well...

Sure, but the argument used is always that the US is too big or too diverse. Well, China has a population five times that of the US. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/18/upshot/best-health-care-system-country-bracket.html Why can’t we just take the best elements of U.K., France, Switzerland and Germany?

What is her position on the Great $12 billion Tariff Bribe/Bailout to soybean and pork producers?