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Burke near the very bottom -0.4 https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&type=8&season=2025&month=0&season1=2025&ind=0&pageitems=30&qual=20&pagenum=5 fwar Smith 48 Martin 93 Cannon 115 Perez was also doing well, for awhile Thaiss best Sox player is pretty funny

https://www.mlb.com/stats/pitching/era?sortState=asc Smith 11th in MLB era

More outs on the basepaths...

Basically three errors now, two unearned runs.

No energy for anti Vaughn we want Elko chants just yet?

Basically two errors already and a lot more extra pitches.

Well at least Vargas is over .200 now. Smith ERA 2.37

of course better if he swung and missed at low and away slider

Workman the goat of this game already... hbp offense is Sox best strategy to score with RISP

Great job, Workman.

Nah. Leave that to O's hypsters.

https://brewerfanatic.com/forums/topic/44615-rule-5-to-cws-shane-smith-discussion-thread/ I know this is in blue but yes. For the sanity of this forum, this is the most important game of the first half for us. I can't imagine the bellowing if he goes 6+ scoreless tonight https://brewerfanatic.com/forums/topic/44995-brewers-myers-vs-white-sox-smith-43025-640pm/

Greg Greg Greg highest career longevity, safety, salary potential and guaranteed contracts. Competition more from intl players than domestic like NFL. More opportunities due to more roster spots than NBA.

Because a 15 Homer SS at that size is probably a 725-750 ops hitter rather than 800+. Then that offensive value with an at best mixed and probably below average defensive results at the big league level isn't much to get excited about. Seager's a star because of the homers, above average defense despite his size AND the ability to run very well at that height as well. (Same with Tatis, de la Cruz and ONeil Cruz. EV EV EV.) Five tools...or st least 4 1/2. Colson doesn't really have any at the moment...just occasional power. Above average athleticism but not exactly astounding compared to peers and then back issues sapping at least something away from max production and confidence, which messes even more with your head as you try to compensate by guess hitting and overswinging.

22-140 pace...

When he rose so high in the scouting rankings, three years ago...it was all based on size frame projection...the expectation of scouts was almost always a 20-30 homer hitter and output in the teens was never mentioned. The major concern was outgrowing SS. Even articles this week are calling him a 30 homer guy still. That's kind of like Brian Anderson was Torii Hunter-like if he could just make enough hard contact.

If you want to play Workman at third (or SS)...that's the best place for Vargas. He really hasn't played much second because of Meidroth Sosa and Baldwin. And Vargas has fielded quite well on the corners, compared to up the middle, in general.

Except that's not a Corey Seager trait...more like Baldwin's uppermost home run expectation at the big league level, 12-15ish.

But then you have the White Sox taking all the credit when guys like Crochet or Fedde that had lots of outside assistance succeed...or succeed largely despite the organization, as was the case with Burger's development largely on his own and with the help of Sheets and even his own wife on the psychologcal/drive mental resiliency side of the game.

Another unaddressed question is why he struggles so much with fastballs up (and inside) in the zone but can murder the majority of low stuff? Just a notorious trait of most LHB'ers? Too selective, behind in counts the majority of at-bats. Lots of called strikes looking, maybe guessing too much? Obviously trying to impress scouts by showing off power instead of taking more balls to the opposite field.. thus pulling off a lot of pitches or swinging through anything on the outside or high zone of the plate. But Montgomery's approach has changed in the past two years, when he has become much more focused on launching balls in the air to his pull side, and his swing decisions regressed last season as his chase rate jumped to 30 percent from 17 percent in 2023. He still has 30-homer pop and draws his share of walks, but he's a career .253 hitter through his first four years as a pro.

Sounds close to a Campfire...

Jankowski already dealt to TB for cash considerations. 2/5 in three games since recall. Maton gone, too. That basically just leaves Amaya and Palacios...and Vaughn.

https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/milwaukee-brewers/what-has-made-jose-quintana-the-steal-of-the-offseason-for-milwaukee-brewers-r3305/

"Brewers 7, White Sox 2: Taking advantage of lowly White Sox's mistakes a recipe for success" CHICAGO – The Milwaukee Brewers, at the very least, are not the Chicago White Sox. That we can safely assume. The Brewers erased a 2-1 deficit by putting up six runs across three innings late to come away with a 7-2 win over the White Sox at Rate Field on April 29. And they did it by putting only three base hits out of the infield after the first inning. A four-run sixth inning made the difference for the Brewers, who took the lead through walks, infield singles and a hit by pitch. They then tacked on two more runs in the eighth without hitting a single ball out of the infield. "I mean, we took advantage of free bases," Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. "We got some infield hits, took advantage of free bases, ran a little bit. We executed when he had to on a cold night like tonight." https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2025/04/29/brewers-vs-cardinals-score-live-game-updates-highlights-lineups/83331765007/

Rockies on pace for 22-140 at 4-25. White Sox were 6-24 at end of April, 2024. YIKES.