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Soroka starting for the Nationals.

https://www.mlb.com/news/colton-cowser-left-thumb-injury Cowser out 4-6 weeks...enter Kjerstad.

Why aren't the Sox at least #3-5? Robert is the only veteran player with any trade value...and he's actually still younger than the average rostered player. We need to be near the youngest by the end of this season IMO. Dealing/waiving Martin Perez will be one aspect of that.

https://www.betvirginia.com/mlb/youngest-rosters White Sox only the 9th youngest MLB roster. CLE and DET are younger...KC would be without Perez Wacha Lugo Renfroe, etc.

Batters MIN B HR RBI SB AVG OPS BuxtonCF R 0 1 0 .083 .166 CorreaSS R 0 0 0 .000 .083 JeffersDH R 0 0 0 .125 .250 France, T1B R 0 0 0 .091 .182 Miranda3B R 0 0 0 .200 .400 Gasper2B S 0 0 0 .333 .666 Castro, WLF S 1 3 0 .400 1.455 BaderRF R 1 2 0 .286 1.143 VázquezC R 0 0 0 .000 .000

Except we drafted a first rounder in Jacob Gonzalez who also has across the board tools limitations...and who also probably isn't a major league SS.

Just use Greg Jones for that...defensive replacement and PR. Least amount of plate appearances.

Brent Lillibridge nominated.

30. Chicago White Sox The White Sox have the worst lineup in the American League, and it’s only going to get worse when they trade their best hitter, center fielder Luis Robert Jr., between now and the trade deadline. Chicago is hoping that first baseman Andrew Vaughn is better than last year (.246 average, 19 homers) and that Andrew Benintendi can repeat or top his 20-homer season of a year ago. But the rest of the lineup is basically filled with role players who are serving as placeholders until the farm system can produce better major leaguers. theathletic.com

The club says Quero for now but that's because they are much more familiar with him.

We probably have the second oldest roster in the AL Central...after the Twins. How/why?

Just what MLB needs...Robert on the Mets Yankees or Dodgers.

It's not easy work, that's for sure. I've seen 185 pounders thrown 20-30 feet up into the air and almost blown away in the high gale force winds, barely holding on for life...and baked in the August humidity as you could see all the colors of the spectrum emanating from the tarp in waves, the sun beating down mercilessly just minutes after a late afternoon deluge, after the sky had almost turned pitch black with threatening rain clouds.

https://en.albat.com/thedugout/MLB-The-Heart-Wrenching-Story-of-Roki-Sasaki-After-the-2011-Tsunami-in-Japan-20250114-0014.html He'll be fine, hopefully. Losing your father and grandparents in a tsunami at such an early age forces one to grow up quickly.

Imagine having the pressure and expectations of a whole country on your shoulders... It killed Hideki Irabu eventually. Now the Dodgers are 5-0 but that doesn't all is well...reminiscent of Vargas looking shell shocked last summer after the trade.

They're leading Miami and Tampa Bay (capacity under 12,000) in attendance so far...

Colson Montgomery has 1 homer and 9 strikeouts so far...which is far better than Rafael Devers!

https://www.si.com/mlb/white-sox-rain-delay-grounds-crew-disastrous-tarp-job-jokes-fans

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/rays-open-season-with-walk-off-win-at-yankees-minor-league-stadium-fans-chant-sell-the-team-231429395.html

The biggest mistake was the Mookie Betts trade...they should have invested all their money into him and cast the one-dimensional Devers aside, if forced to choose between those two and Bogaerts, how has been a big disappointment so far in SD. They have the Top 15 in all of MiLB trio of Campbell-Anthony-Mayer and broke in a bunch of youngsters last year in Rafaela, Abreu and then Duran had a breakout season as well. It's all going to come down down to Trevor Story's health, starting pitching (health/effectiveness) and how long Alex Bregman can remain one of the best 3B in the majors.

Teel and Quero look/ed great. Elko is probably a AAAA hitter. Meidroth has started out well, in addition. Eventually Ramos will be there, too.

We might want to combine these threads together...there are now two in SoxTalk and noticed another one in Diamond Notes. https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/whats-the-deal-with-the-yankees-torpedo-bats-and-are-they-really-a-competitive-advantage-000747259.html

Even Craig James and Eric Dickerson would be disappointed...

Braden Montgomery is at least two years away...and is the closest to a "future star" with Colson's prospect status fading by the week. Of course, you're referring to Teel and Quero's looming presence in Charlotte as an "alignment," whatever that even means. It's basically all on the Big 3 starters, along with Burke and now Shane Smith...to transform the franchise into a .500ish/competitive team. We don't even have a starting pitching niche/depth advantage with all the UCL injuries that have occurred over the past 12 months.