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Jake Burger with the solo homer to break up the deGrom/Hunter Brown scoreless battle, 1-0 Rangers .214 .637 4 homers/15 RBI's

Man, Fletcher and Meidroth could be twins, lol...so distinctive on the field.

19. Orioles: Brendan Summerhill, OF, Arizona (No. 22) Summerhill broke out of the gate looking like one of the best college performers in the country, then broke his hand, forcing him out for a month. He’s gone 8-for-19 in seven games since his return with eight walks, seven RBIs and no strikeouts. The injury situation is a BIT reminiscent of Montgomery last year...same university as Brian Anderson and Ian Kinsler. Could be an excellent "buy low/er" candidate if they like the hit tool more than LaViolette. That's just a crazy number for Jace to be well under .300 for NCAA Power 5 level play. JJ Wetherholt also had a ton of injury concerns going into the draft last year and fell from the very top of the draft.

Those net worth websites put him at around $5 million, and that's probably low by at least $2.5-5.0 million. Housing values alone in Winnetka or Wilmette or wherever he lives.

I just don't get why we need more utility guys like Baldwin Gray Lipcius Maton Workman, and now this guy. It's almost working backwards in roster contruction, concentrating on the last 2-3 spots on the roster and backend of the bullpen. You might get SOME marginal improvement.

Which hitting prospects other than Braden Montgomery are they referring to...? They desperately need another outfielder, just not sure it's LaViolette. OFC, if the organization has already decided Taylor's the closer, then MAYBE it makes sense. MAYBE. Because you always have the spectre of a pitching injury or non-performance to deal with. Three promising pitchers can suddenly becomes just 1 in a heartbeat...

Pretty sure when the White Sox faced him he was on an 1 for 32 or something like that run of at-bats.

Miguel Cleto II

Nobody's going to give him an interview based on THAT interview. He still, to this day, hasn't proven to be good at identifying talent on the amateur or FA side, with very very few exceptions. He's better off with a consulting/McKinsey/law firm type of position...that's 100% not public facing. And his hand-picked henchman Haber might have been even worse, somehow.

The White Sox were 10th in FA spending from 2020-2024. Over $320 million. They just didn't spend (or allocate) it very well...and the young hotshot prospects got injured or under performed. Also, Tim Anderson All-Star/league leading hitter, collapsed after the Ramirez knockout, on top of the knee injury from our own Hahn-picked lousy ex-Royals utility 3B. In many ways, he was the heart and soul of those teams, at least how they were perceived from the outside and in terms of marketing.

10. White Sox: Jace LaViolette, OF, Texas A&M (No. 7) He’s athletic, the power is legit (67 career homers in college and counting), but he’s hitting .274 at this point (.258 in SEC play) with concerns about his hit tool making it a little harder to pinpoint where he might go. He does still have the exciting tools that made him a potential No. 1 pick coming into the season. latest MLB.com/Pipeline mock This sounds all too familiar...

He's not going to be back before July. Please understand that doesn't give teams much incentive to trade for him. Routine throw over gets away lol. This game has been bad ever since Vargas call reversed.

Flyball pitchers don't mix well with this weather.

If they can't get anything for him at the trade deadline...hard to call it a victory.

Injured pitchers not all that helpful when they simply expose your lack of quality starting depth. No team in baseball these days can expect to use just one rotation for the entire season.

You have to establish the FB first for the far better change up to actually be effective. Foul ball. Barely.

Threw it right into Benson's hot zone.

So much for all the positive vibes lol. Just keep it to two runs.

Batters - CWS AB R H RBI BB K AVG OPS Vargas, M3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 .219 .651 Rojas, J2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .453 Robert Jr.CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 .617 VaughnDH 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 .564 ThaissC 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 .726 Sosa, L1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272 .672 PalaciosRF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .587 BaldwinLF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 .608 AmayaSS 0 0 0 0 0 0 .102 .244

https://thedishwasher.blog/2025/05/03/is-mike-elias-the-worst-at-free-agency/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjsnN-kyaWNAxVYDEQIHXuTHoQQFnoECAIQAg&usg=AOvVaw0uw6cwla3LKx1Kj3rKloZ_ Thought this was interesting....very very deep into his article. White Sox 10th in FA spending ($320ish million) from 2020-2024 but only 21st in results (fWAR per $$$). Seems the pretty limited spending ($15ish million) and fWAR results for early in this 2025 season are pretty closely aligned...within three spots in the standings. Pretty sure this methodology doesn't count Amaya against the Sox either. Ofc, last year was obviously a pretty big debacle in this particular metric.

Jon Adkins had just loads of potential despite his sky high ERA...lol.

Shockingly, Roll Tide has already turned on his manager and GM over at Birds Hangout. No …we have tons of issues. I refuse to believe that a managerial change will fix this mess. And I don’t think Hyde is the main reason. I’m okay firing Hyde as long as Big Mike goes with him. "The biggest long-term concern to me is that too many young hitters have regressed, especially Kjerstad, Rutschman and Westburg. Even if Hyde keeps his job, they need to fire the hitting coaches. " So now they want Asche gone after Fuller last year. Hahaha. https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/orioles-elias-offseason-mlb-al-east-25SSMYYP3VC4PDOFFHRU25OZKI/ Given Elias’ astute, deliberate construction of a farm system that was the top-ranked in baseball for years, he earned a bit of credibility even among the impatient folks. But, with the underwhelming performances of the starting rotation, the former top prospects and the entire lineup when a left-handed pitcher is on the mound, it’s clear the popular opinion of Baltimore’s tepid offseason was the right one. While acknowledging that the Orioles’ many injuries put this ugly performance in the realm of “extreme outcomes” as Elias put it, it would have also been extreme if this conservative approach put Baltimore back in the World Series. The ceiling for this roster (especially its pitching) always felt low, and clearly the floor has fallen, too. It’s good to see Elias, at least in a small way, owning that he’s made mistakes. But that’s only the first step.

Sosa?

On pace for 2.4 bWAR though... Benintendi -0.1 bWAR / -0.7 fWAR for his entire Sox career.

You've looked at the AL Central standings recently? Cincy has now lost 9/11. Let's wait until we beat some really good teams before announcing contention windows are opening. https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds Six teams at less than 1% White Sox Rockies 0.0% still Marlins 0.1%