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We will see. bWAR has him at negative defensive numbers (declining 3 consecutive years). fWAR has him at 20th out of 26, with T.Turner, Story, Rosario, Peraza, Galvis and Machado (LAST) behind him. His overall fWAR has him in the 11th-13th range, at 0.6, tied with Lindor and Eduardo Escobar. You can live with that, probably, but I still think he'd be a much more relaxed player offensively if he didn't have to worry about playing SS on an everyday basis. That said, he's kind of taken on the role of being the most vocal leader on the team, and that's a natural responsibility of a SS or catcher (historically), so that's something else to consider as well. I just think it's much easier to come up with a SS these days than a CFer...for what it's worth, this is not specifically a reaction to the fact we have no candidates for that position (internally) for the next 16 months.

Oh, I thought that was a direct quote from Steny Hoyer or Rahm...

Fine, enjoy the sarcasm attempt. But Tim Anderson will be the starting CFer for the White Sox coming into the 2019 season. Anyone want to take that bet against me?

For some reason, I can't type in the same field where I just copied and pasted his defensive numbers...by the way, those were before he made his 6th error tonight. Extrapolated out over a full season, that's going to be in the range of 35-45 errors. Last year he started out at a similar pace and ended up "lowering" it to 28 by the end of the season, but he's still going to be lucky to be a 2.0-2.5 WAR player at the rate he's currently going. Why not simply make him a 3-4.5 WAR centerfielder, let him concentrate more on his offensive game...and find another competent SS? That would allow the White Sox to basically have 2 CFer's in Luis Robert and Anderson to go along with the more limited fielding of Eloy Jimenez. You could also use the leftovers of Delmonico, Basabe, Adolfo and Rutherford to add to your pitching...one or two of those guys could potentially DH. You could also play Davidson at 3B, Sanchez to supersub, etc. Elvis Andrus (30) — can opt out of remaining four years and $58MM Asdrubal Cabrera (33) Eduardo Escobar (30) Freddy Galvis (29) Marwin Gonzalez (30) (don't realistically see him at this position, although technically he can play it) Adeiny Hechavarria (30) Jose Iglesias (29) Manny Machado (26) Jordy Mercer (32) Eduardo Nuñez (32) — $4MM player option with a $2MM buyout Eric Sogard (33) And how many errors, for those who simply said "NO," would be too many or unacceptable to you for his 3rd season in the big leagues? (Yes, we had this same argument nearly 20 years ago over Jose Valentin and Royce Clayton. KW tried to make him (Jose) an outfielder/3B and it was a huge mistake, IMO.)

FIELDING STATISTICS SEASON TEAM POS GP GS FULL TC PO A E DP FPCT RF ZR PB SB CS CS% CERA DWAR 2016 CHW SS 98 97 860 400 142 244 14 50 .965 4.04 6.122 -- -- -- -- -- 1.2 2017 CHW SS 145 145 1264 588 197 363 28 85 .952 3.99 6.150 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 2018 CHW SS 22 22 199 89 35 49 5 9 .944 3.81 .000 -- -- -- -- -- -0.1

We're another 30 errors away from that drumbeat REALLY picking up, but it's something we might have to consider.It has worked well when the Marlins/M's moved Dee Gordon to CF, for example. You'd have to play Leury at SS...and probably keep looking for a long-term solution. That would give you a defensive future outfield of Jimenez in LF, Anderson in CF and Luis Robert (they might flip-flop Robert and Anderson at some point, because of Anderson's arm strength for RF). Then you'd have a bunch of pieces like Delmonico, Basabe, Adolfo and Rutherford as either trade bait or DH candidates (along with Davidson, if he doesn't play 1B with Abreu moving to DH). Maybe you make Sanchez the super-sub, sign someone like Moustakas/Donaldson for at least 2-3 years for 3rd...still would have to find a SS long-term.

That's more like the Adam we know and love...

What do you know, Engel got a big hit...a blind squirrel will find an acorn every once in a while, right?

That was true when we had to rush Daniel Hudson up...and only gave him 3 starts, but no longer the case. Greg (not Balta), you've got to relax about the day to day stuff. Matt Davidson isn't an All-Star just because he rakes against the Royals. It's a long a-- season.

Rios was the one who always wanted to play as far back as possible...and had lots of balls drop in front when he was in CF, right? It seems that he was much better in RF, just like Eaton. Whereas Engel is not going to survive at any position in the big leagues, but he might get his Jamey Carroll pension qualification at least.

Luckily, escaped from that situation with only 2 runs, one earned. Need to make Abreu a full-time DH when we're actually competing for something.

That’s not necessarily true, or the A’s wouldn’t have had Ron Washington invest so much time with him. If Tim Anderson commits 35-40 errors this season, for example...would it also be reasonable to reach the same conclusion, as this is already his third big league season? Imo, if you possess the raw physical tools (Alexei Ramirez yet another example) and are making a combination of physical and mostly mental (concentration) errors...well, we’ve seen in the past how much influence Omar Vizquel had on him later on in his career, so I don’t see how anyone can be totally written off before they reach age 28 (even). Development is not linear, whether it’s offensively or defensively.

The Democratic counterpart to Mick Mulvaney...or so it seems. Both national parties are seeing loyalty erode, emblematic of the “insider politics” the article describes in the CO6 race.

Then why also use it to assess Moncada’s defensive improvement so far, compared to last year? It’s only applicable when we selectively want it to be? Dickerson is also not known to be a very good defender...it’s partially why he ended up being let go of by the Rays. Perhaps we shouldn’t look at any statistics until the 54 or 60 game mark, but what would be the fun in that? Besides, Ozzie Albies might no longer be a first ballot Hall of Famer at that time.

Very simple. Our 2000 #1 BA prospect class produced a LOT less than was originally projected...especially on the pitching side. That's the worst-case scenario. For those penciling in Lopez, Giolito, Kopech, Hansen and Cease to be front-line starters, there's a very high probability only 1 or 2 make it...and maybe one ends up useful in the bullpen. All projections of filling our starting rotation internally should be taken with a grain of salt, unless we can actually control the health of Rodon/Hansen/Giolito/Cease (two TJ surgeries in there already, plus Rodon's past two years) and ALSO plug in yet another high first round draft pick from this year into the equation. Even then, not a sure thing. That's why we should be operating under the assumption at least two members of the next White Sox playoff rotation will come from outside the organization, if not 3. If everything goes like it did for the Cubs or Astros, we get away with just having to add one FA...and then perhaps another big mid-season trade in one of the following years to "put the team over the top."

40 strikeouts in 100 PA for Moncada...right around that mark, had it down to 38.5% Obviously, can't complain about any more results the last week, haha.

Never throw a first pitch fastball to Alcides Escobar.

And I would have been wrong to pull him...everything worked out perfectly, THIS time.

Too late, opened ourselves up for the big inning. Lost a lot on his fastball from the first 2-3 innings, some there were in the 89+ range.

First batter reaches, I'm pulling Giolito to ensure he goes into his next start with a positive mindset.

Need to say adios to Keon Barnum soon...

Here's why Don Cooper deserves more credit than he has gotten (recent years) Let's go back to that 1999-2001 group. Buehrle and Garland were the only ones to really make it. Kip Wells and Josh Fogg succeeded with the Pirates, but not here. Then you have Guerrier, Rauch (huge failure for the #1 overall prospect) and Biddle that had decent relieving careers. But a LONG LONG list of failures. Ginter, Barcelo, Danny Wright (injuries/ineffectiveness), Jason Stumm, David West, Corwin Malone, Kris Honel, Lance Broadway, Aaron Poreda, etc. Not all from that #1 ranked BA Class of 2000 (Borchard/Crede/Rowand as well). There was another pitcher we acquired from the Rangers in 1998 or 1999 that was on most Top 10 lists as well, his name escapes me. That brings us to this present generation. Essentially, you only have McCarthy and Daniel Hudson...then Floyd, Danks, Sale and Q. Over all that entire time, nearly 20 years, Buehrle and Sale were the only ones that were Sox drafted/developed and succeeded with the Sox. So it's not far-fetched to suggest we'll need to acquire at least two pitchers (Contreras for Loaiza, Garcia for Reed/Olivo/Morse) and sign a veteran back-end guy (El Duque).

Well, this is an interesting line-up tonight. McEwing is managing, right? Can't be Cooper...and so, without Abreu/Delmonico, we officially have the weakest bench to start a game in the history of modern MLB.

Let's just hope the Indians finally implode due to pitching wear and tear and/or payroll concerns for a small market team. It has already happened twice in the last 20 years that they had to essentially do total rebuilds...actually, three times. They have Lindor, but Kipnis looks like garbage this year, they lost Santana and Encarnacion is trending downwards bigtime. The problem is that Ramirez and Brantley (when healthy) are pretty darned good players, and they have that dominant pen (for now). Plus they have some really interesting prospects (Mejia, catcher) in their farm system as well. This might be the last/best chance for them to win it all, though.

Rutherford 2/2, RBI, .361 Basabe at 338, Adolfo at 329, Sheets at 290 Call and Fisher (AA) not exactly distinguishing themselves from the crowd.