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Showing White Sox games once a week or so...let's say every Sunday afternoon, isn't really going to accomplish all that much. Those 25 games works out to 1 for every 6.48 games played per week, essentially. Weren't the White Sox even on WGN more often than that when nearly every Cubs' game was broadcast...certainly all the home/day ganes.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance All five AL Central teams, along with Cincy and Pitt, bunched together at the bottom of attendance. Warning signs for Seattle Baltimore and the Milwaukee Brewers as well...Milwaukee's slow start inevitably leaves only the Cubs/Cardinals drawing well. Five playoff teams.

I would venture that Sportsvision made even more than this endeavor...inflation-adjusted to the early 1980s. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/19/white-sox-chsn-comcast/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjw1Nit2OuMAxUXK0QIHf23KksQFnoECAIQAw&usg=AOvVaw0kA9mxVpbdwCHVRofUYJDg "CHSN may need to think outside the Comcast cable box with Bulls and Blackhawks done and White Sox struggling..." Blackhawks btw have shed more viewers than ANY team in the NHL this season. Shocking! WGN would potentially carry 10-15 Bulls and Blackhawks games and around 25 White Sox games. As a CW affiliate, WGN would have to work to schedule games around the network’s ACC and NASCAR coverage. Local sports have been integral to WGN’s history, carrying Cubs, White Sox, Bulls, and Blackhawks games at various points between 1948 and 2019. Several MLB, NHL, and MLB teams have announced arrangements to simulcast select games on over-the-air stations, increasing the reach to include antenna-only homes. This arrangement is somewhat different as CHSN is already broadcast over-the-air in Chicago (channel 62.2), essentially meaning the simulcast games would be available from two different broadcast stations in Chicago. https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2025/04/wbd-tnt-spin-off-netflix-sports-nhl-rsn-playoffs-chsn-wgn-simulcast/

In the end...for LAD, Diego Cartaya went from their top prospect entering 2023 to almost worthless in eighteen months, and yet another top catching prospect, Keibert Ruiz, was traded to the Washington Nationals as part of the Max Scherzer-Trea Turner blockbuster on July 30, 2021. The deal guaranteed $50 million over eight years for the Venezuelan catcher. In return, the Nationals received a big haul, including pitcher Josiah Gray. So moral of the story is don't hold onto catching prospects TOO long... and that the Orioles might want to heed this with their own blocked catcher, Samuel Basallo.

What would you like to know? Ask a question. The Dodgers are the team that best exemplifies the philosophy behind the article. The Dodgers have employed this practice and have lost former Top 5-10 system catchers because of 40 man issues, as well as traded Liranzo with Sweeney for Flaherty...then also have Dalton Rushing, a Top 30-40 MiLB catcher backed up behind Smith and Barnes. The problem with Teel and Quero is they're going to have to play 1B/DH secondarily where their position and value will be downgraded...and it's likely neither would hit 850-925, enough to justify a spot at that position in the first place. In general...having 4-5 quality SS's like the Dodgers have in their MiLB system is ideal. The White Sox currently don't have ANY with plus tools other than maybe Bonemer...who might actually be a 3B or 2B or 1B/DH when all is said and done with filling out his frame. In theory, the White Sox should trade from their catching depth for a legit two way CF or SS, but that's easier said than done here. And the Dodgers actually have the most players at both positions but no need for either Teel or Quero. So maybe they have no choice but to take on a character concern player in CJ Abrams...who's not a great fit for the rebuilding timeline. The main problem there is Getz supposedly purged the Sox of all such players now.

Gilbert's a failed starter with well below average stuff even for a LHR. Might be held back to eat innings for starters who get in early trouble. Booser otoh has to sustain his positive numbers in high leverage for at least 2-3 months.

Hopefully both Quero and Teel work out....but we all know from past prospect history the odds are just one if we're fortunate really makes it, at least a 2.5-3 fWAR contributor.

https://www.mlb.com/news/why-catchers-are-so-important-to-mlb-executives Everyone might have assumed it was CF SS and starting pitching that would be most desired positions to build the foundation of a team around... The responses got us thinking: if the best catchers in the game are seemingly in such high demand, why do so few of the elite backstops test the free-agent market? “Catching is incredibly hard to find,” Marlins president of baseball operations Peter Bendix said.

Anything is possible. Iriarte or Clevinger or Nastrini would probably pitch that amount or less simply because they suck so bad. With Shane Smith, it will be more deliberate/intentional. Cannon and Martin are what they are, mostly forgettable 4th/5th starters who can/will eat as many innings as possible per start.

There's a difference. CONTENDING teams on a limited budget SHOULD be signing those veterans...there's basically no choice but to hope for some impact there, knowing that 2/3 just might not work out, will eventually fail, as many guys in their early to mid 30's often do. This is a classic case where the "spare parts" end up being worth more than the sum of the individual pieces if only they can find the right environment to thrive as "complementary" players and aren't called upon to do more than they're capable of. Then you have the White Sox....who should be playing 75-80% youth under ages 27-28 and approximately 20-25% veterans. Once again, those veterans shouldn't be comprising over one half the starting line-up. And let's be honest, Gurriel is 41 years now, he's on his VERY last legs. He's not even DeJong or Pham or Robbie Grossman, this is his last team in professional baseball, at least in MLB.

This is going on the 5th season now without Don Cooper. Herm Schneider became the head trainer emeritus in 2019. We can't even say that the "Hahn" regime pitchers were THAT lucky, because you had the likes of Sale (later with Boston), Rodon, Giolito (the last 2-3 years of his Sox career, second TJS last year w/ Boston), Kopech, Dunning, etc., all breaking down due to various injuries. Dylan Cease was pretty much the only one that emerged intact, knock on wood. Reynaldo Lopez made it to 2024-25. The real "hey-day" for Schneider and Cooper was actually 2000-2012...which marked the last "legitimately competitive" Sox team in 2012, which turned out to be kind of a "freakish" or anomalous occurrence under Ventura in his first year managing. Of course, you also had John Danks going down due to injury in this same timeframe, which is the primary reason JR still refuses to sign pitchers (internally or as FA's) to contracts beyond 3 years.

34% improvement...just incredible!!!

Greg, I think 98.9% of the board would probably agree with that sentiment...especially with the recent news that Martin Perez might end up missing all of the season (for surgery), when all is said and done. Also, Shane Smith only pitched 94 innings last year...so they're going to have to cap his innings increase somewhere in the 130-150 IP area, so he might end up getting "babied along" like Garrett Crochet down the stretch (no more than 3-4 innings per start the final two months.)

-1.6 extrapolated vs. -6.0 BIG - TIME IMPROVEMENT...congrats to the Getz Regime Now go trade one of the last remaining "legit" MLB hitters in Benintendi for pennies on the dollar.

That's simply his WIKI entry...and what they (the collective community, not me) chose to include about his background.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44785878/red-sox-walker-buehler-stays-hotel-prior-early-patriots-day-start

Just depends on if those acquiring (one would assume contending) teams believe his future lies in relief. Ofc his agent and McKenzie need to consider first if he can actually make it as a starter with diminished stuff.

Could always go with David Justice...one of the most mis understood players of that generation.

Gavin Lux top 50 mlb for ops...800+ coming into tonight's action.

White Sox current starting pitching options: Vasil or Bryse Wilson returning to starting...will take 2-3 weeks to stretch out, would be used an openers Iriarte or Nastrini or Owen White Clevinger (see above, about stretching him out at AAA) Justin Dunn (not currently on 40 man roster)

McKenzie opened the 2025 season in the bullpen. The Guards surely hoped that he could either find his footing as a reliever or pitch his way back into consideration for a starting role. Neither has happened. While McKenzie’s velocity is back up to an average of 93.7 mph on his heater, that’s likely due to him working in short-relief stints as opposed to being asked to face a lineup two to three times per outing. He’s pitched only 5 2/3 innings this season and been clobbered for seven runs. Command is still a glaring issue; he’s served up seven hits (including a homer), walked seven of his 30 opponents (23.3%) and already been charged with three wild pitches. McKenzie has only set down four batters on strikes. Any team to claim McKenzie or acquire him via trade will at this point be rolling the dice on a reclamation project. McKenzie hasn’t worked more than 1 2/3 innings in a single appearance this season, so he’s also not presently stretched out enough to join someone’s rotation even if they want to take a look at him as a starter. He could be built back up on the fly, but that’s a tough task when already asking a player to switch teams and go through all the inherent, associated changes (learning new coaches and catchers, making tweaks to delivery and pitch selection, etc.). The Guardians can trade McKenzie or place him on outright waivers at any point in the next five days. Waivers themselves are a 48-hour process, meaning his DFA will be resolved within a week’s time at most. He’s earning $1.95MM this season. An acquiring club would be on the hook for about $1.69MM as of this writing (or a bit less depending on when he’s claimed/traded). He’s controllable for two additional seasons beyond the current campaign. www.mlbtraderumors.com 50/50 the White Sox or Rockies take a look at him. Chase Dollander has been struggling out of the gate with COL and might need to be sent to the minors relatively soon. Can see the White Sox offering a player/s in trade, rather than agreeing to take on the entire $1.7 million contract.

Ishbia was raised in a Jewish family in Birmingham, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.[4] He graduated with a B.A. from Michigan State University and a J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law.[5] After school, he worked as an attorney.[5] He is a founding partner in the Chicago-based private equity firm, Shore Capital Partners.[5] He also has a 22% stake in United Wholesale Mortgage, HQ'ed in Pontiac, MICH. So basically two choices for him, DET metro area or Chicago, which one would you choose? Since Vanderbilt gives him ties to Nashville...you could certainly argue on behalf of an eventual Nashville move, but that would require the same amount of "self-financing" on the part of the brothers, as the State of Tennessee declared they were "tapped out" after all the public monies that went into the Titans' facility. That would probably require him to agree to cooperate with the Dave Stewart/TLR "cabal" as well, and I just don't see that happening...but who knows? One thing's for sure, that the NFL and SEC rules the roost in that part of the country.

There's always going to be an intrinsic bias against Midwest kids as well...because they don't get nearly as much national exposure compared to the guys on the Coasts, SEC/ACC/Big12, Florida, CAL, Texas, etc. Sure, there's a Jeter here and a Kelenic there, but it's still fairly rare.

Jeral Perez...4 homers at least

White Sox: RHP Shane Smith Smith was the top pick in the 2024 Rule 5 Draft and really a testament to the entire White Sox organization for researching and selecting the right player. Through his first three starts, the right-hander had allowed the fourth-lowest batting average against offspeed pitches at .094 (3-for-32) and while he had walked seven, did not give up more than two earned runs in any of those three starts. It’s very early but the 25-year-old looks to be a burgeoning part of this rotation and rebuild moving forward. -- Scott Merkin https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-newcomer-impressions-for-each-team-2025 Also, write-ups on Austin Hays and Gavin Sheets, among others...