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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.

Vaughn was signed at $5.85 million, avoiding arbitration in early JAN. Pretty sure it was somewhere in the vicinity of $7.5-8 million on the player side.

And that's why he's going to have the worst cumulative MLB record of any GM in the history of modern baseball when all is said done. Sunk cost fallacy here.

Should go for the first starting line-up and pitcher/first reliever in of ALL RULE 5 PICKS in MLB history... Get 'er done, Getzie.

How many "false positives" have there been with the AFL in Sox prospect history (not carrying over into the following season)....? QUITE a few.

That's the only way to cope at this point as a White Sox fan. SoxTalk currently leads all MLB message boards in sniping back and forth, after all. The highlights are Tray vs. 78 project and quite a few vs. WestEddy with Cali stepping in as a "moderating force of reasonableness." Or at least attempting to.

And this is "new" news?

Milwaukee front offices have always been excellent with pens...Hader, Devin Williams, etc.

First Gage Workman appearance. Is this Juan Uribe Jr. pitching, lol? That at least would be MUCH more entertaining...

https://insidethepen.com/bullpen-rankings-season-long.html Nationals are the only team behind the Sox here, trying to not blow a lead against Philly after scoring 4 late to take a 6-5 lead. At least they have Finnegan. Who just fell apart and blew another save, 6-6, lol, winning run on 3rd. WP's winning run in, leaving 4-4 Trea Turner at the dish and still wanting to hit again, ha.

https://ontapsportsnet.com/mlb/white-sox-tim-elko-call-up-andrew-vaughn-2025

They have maintained all along with Quero was more advanced, but also acknowledged they were much more familiar with him coming into Spring Training. Teel has all the raw tools, but needs further refinement, but he SHOULD be the better hitter, overall.

Well, at least we have the 4th youngest pitching staff and somehow the 7th youngest position player roster in the big leagues. Need that second number to be Top 3 by the end of the year, though. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2025.shtml Also down to a .980 fielding percentage, 26th in MLB. Sure, that's not THE best indicator. 23rd in team WHIP, but 14th in BAA, surprisingly.

There's little point to making it a game early when your offense tends to score most of their runs in the first couple of innings and you have the worst bullpen in baseball (maybe not statistically, but talent-wise, at least).

RS/RA Orioles -51, Rockies -72, White Sox -28 Blue Jays -27, Guardians -28, Angels -33, Marlins -33, Pirates -33,

Time to start selling City Connect jerseys and hats again...the unprecedented first-time ever collaboration between MLB and NBA LIKE EVER...in the same city, to boot. What Ishbia's brother can copy this same idea in Phoenix with the Suns/DBacks, although those color combinations just don't work well together, at all.