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McInven again?

Thanks Martin vs. Bubic and his 1.98 era many wanted him this past off season... then onto the Marlins...I bet most Sox fans couldn't name more than 2-3 remaining members of that team get to play them right after the Dodgers swing through

Things couldn't be much worse...so there's that.

“Bobby Dalbec was designated for assignment, making room on the active roster for Rojas and on the 40-man for Freeman. His underlying numbers in Triple-A were encouraging, and there's seemingly more potential in his elite raw power than what Joshua Palacios' tools offer, but it's hard to know what to make of someone whose usage was akin to a 26th man.“ Fegan Palacios Amaya and Vaughn all make zero sense for this team where it currently stands. Just roll the dice and let players who really want to be there with the Sox play. There’s obviously not nearly the talent of the 1990, 2000, 2012 and 2019 young/ish Sox teams right now, but drive desire and enthusiasm are just as big a determinants as physical ability. But especially with someone like Vaughn with zero secondary carrying tools to justify a roster spot when he’s not hitting.

S.Smith vs. Ragans Burke vs. Lugo Cannon vs. Wacha On paper, just one out of three sounds about right...although a KC sweep wouldn't be much of a shocker there at home.

29. White Sox (previously: 29) Your mileage may vary, but for my money, the White Sox’s City Connect jerseys, which are a collaboration with the Chicago Bulls, might be my absolute favorite City Connect jerseys in all of baseball. This '90s kid is hearing The Alan Parsons Project every time the White Sox run on the field in those. mlb.com

The Rangers sent down key offseason acquisition Jake Burger to Triple-A Round Rock. “It's just getting back to the best version of himself,” president of baseball operations Chris Young said. “We believe in Jake immensely. It doesn't change anything.”

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/mlb/article/garrett-crochet-takes-line-drive-off-nose-but-continues-to-pitch-allows-1-run-in-red-soxs-5-4-loss-to-twins-204408401.html

Mike Vasil split 2023 between the Double-A Binghamton Rumble Ponies and Triple-A Syracuse Mets. In 26 starts split between the two affiliates, he compiled a 5-6 record and 4.65 ERA with 138 strikeouts across 124 innings pitched.[8] Vasil spent the 2024 campaign with Syracuse, making 29 appearances (27 starts) and struggling to an 8-10 record and 6.04 ERA with 109 strikeouts over 134 innings of work.[9] Might as well let him take some starts over B.Wilson.

This would all make sense as Getz was pretty much the opposite of a blue blood prospect....he should at least from a Psych 101 standpoint be identifying more with the underdog players, the David Ecksteins and Rule 5's of the world, not a #3 overall pick aka "bonus baby." Or is it the Hahn/Getz/MICH "ivory tower" arrogance coming into play again? That he simply knows better than the common fans, Sox Twitter and the stats geek/analytics crowd?

Right now it's just a #75-100 outfield prospect... Maybe another month or two it's Zhyir Hope or Josue de Paula.

Colson either fails with his current profile or he's a really good player and breaks through somehow. There's no in between result. He's not a good enough fielder to sustain ops numbers in the 500s and 600s...especially at 3B or 1B/DH. Right now, the only hitters who really look like impact players are Braden Teel and maybe Bonemer. They need twice that with the current system failure rate.

It's the intrinsic nature of sports. Everyone knows that if Colson doesn't make it, that's more money that JR refuses to spend in free agency that will keep pushing the rebuild back to an indefinite point in the future. Second hobby this time of year is watching the NBA and soon the WNBA...or the Masters. Actually am on a high speed train travelling at 247 km/hr on home from five day family vacation to Hangzhou. Travel is (practically) everyone's hobby. Fourth, movies and tv, any requests for Thunderbolts or Black Mirror reviews? Fifth hobby investing.

Didn't they already acquire Taylor to do this?

Reframing Colson Montgomery's development is a perfect example of moving the goalposts. First almost no #22 draftee puts up 20bWAR/20fWAR. Then "it would be a major developmental victory if he's just average." Well, average is pretty much what Baldwin Sosa Vargas and Meidroth project as, currently...if we are being generous. At least the White Sox definition of average. Anything above a 2 fWAR is one of the best position players on the team...and 3-5 fWAR an All Star. So why don't you actually put a number to what Sox fans should realistically expect going forward? Or at least a range of +/- 1.0 fWAR.

Meanwhile Fuller off to "fix" Colson. At least he got a nice trip to AZ out of it.

Sure WestEddy...your "interpretation" was wrong there, jumping on me for guessing correctly. But no likes for you.

Javy Baez in the outfield with these numbers a bit shocking... .309 / 829

Not off Seranthony Dominguez...

2 out of 3 Better weather moving forward works in Getz's and Robert's favor. And you can conversely count on injuries and non performance from contenders...a bunch of teams all stacked together and almost zero premium pitching available. Alcantara worth less than Robert right now...and Luis Castillo has a pretty big contract if Seattle wants to move him for hitting.

Royals suddenly a home run hitting machine against Baltimore the last two games.

Much more effective than Clevinger or Leasure.

20 fWAR/bWAR as your standard is NOT an average major leaguer BY any stretch. You can't have it both ways. Montgomery being a 1-1.5 fWaR player instead of a 3-5 fWAR player doesn't move the needle at all for an organization bereft of high ceiling position prospects and unwilling to pay for them in FA for over a decade (27-30 year old stars rather than 31-34 year old Tier B/C guys). Nobody will consider that a success by reframing him as a lower first round pick.

Much more competitive this year...there's no doubt about that. Last year felt like every other game was a blowout.

195/667 Almost back to Mendoza Line