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Paul? Or Wilson Alvarez?

He's not.

If Montgomery simply tore up short season it might be a different story...but they will be a bit conservative coming off that ankle injury and long layoff. Pretty rare for collegians to skip Low A and short season entirely.

Likely Sosa at second until Rojas returns...then it's either Sosa or Vargas at DH.

Very good chance they have to deal Cease King Suarez Arraez at the deadline if the Padres are .500ish or below. Will try to extend King first. Boras...good luck with that one.

Booser has a really lively arm. Wouldn't be shocked at all to see him pick up some closing opportunities. Leasure was usually around 95-96 but maybe he can find another tick or two without sacrificing command.

And that's WITH Luis Robert, Jr.

Well except the back end of that long term contract where he went all Pujols.

There were at least two.

For those expecting Montgomery to fly up to the big leagues...he would have to get promoted four separate times in all likelihood. Robert pretty sure jumped three in one year... Looking to build up their confidence. Winston Salem a huge jump for the high schoolers especially, like Wolkow.

Vagisil will save the day! At least when you're hyping one of the last players on the roster and lost 121 games last season. Plus relievers are better when they don't make any noise at all...you don't even notice them.

Andrew Miller turned into one of the best high leverage multi inning relievers in the sport the second half of his career. Lots of playoff appearances.

White is realistically the #3 starter on the depth chart right now...outside the active roster and not including the Big 3.

Unless they're going to take Maton and bump someone off the 40 man. This basically the only other possibility...but listing him as an outfielder makes that less likely since Baldwin basically is the same jack of all trades player.

Notes from Fegan? Our Chuck? DJ and Len, or Schiffren and Stone Twitter? Brooke Fletcher? Connor McKnight? Probably Merkin lol.

Too bad it's not Adell. Now THAT at least would be more interesting based on pure topline bat speed alone.

I think you mean Fletcher too?

Isn't the whole point of a message board to speculate...? I heard all spring long how Meidroth was going to make the team based on last year's MiLB numbers and I disagreed vehemently and consistently based on the eye test. I also argue for Smith on the starting rotation from his second start onwards. Not that it was a difficult call over B.Wilson. Finally Baldwin over Amaya. We will see who is right and wrong.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/03/jordan-montgomery-to-undergo-tommy-john-surgery.html

So where am I wrong?...we know Tauchman and Rojas are likely to start on the IL. We know the rotation and bullpen now. And that Clevinger has made the team. The only choices left are between Amaya Baldwin and Ramos. One of those three will be left out.

https://soxmachine.com/2025/03/white-sox-opening-day-roster-is-getting-closer-but-not-yet-clearer

Moderately excited about Meidroth. What a headline...

The Padres are definitely try to compete (for now) and rostered Maldonado over Campusano one year later. No doubt Getz assumed they would be at least around a 70 win team...not twenty or thirty games below that. And that was with Crochet Fedde and a bunch of mostly veteran relievers. Also, Clevinger obviously had a big fall off from 2023.

The assumption they had made was Meidroth making the team... "The odd man out, for now, appears to be Bryan Ramos. Unfortunately, while he did have a fairly strong Spring, much like Colson Montgomery, he didn’t have a strong enough 2024 season in Charlotte that would qualify as “forcing the issue.” His .755 OPS sounds good on the surface, but in context, that translates to a 98 wRC+ in a hitter’s environment. So, there’s still work to be done. Plus, Ramos spent part of 2024 injured, so working through some consistent, healthy at-bats in Charlotte wouldn’t be a bad idea while the White Sox do some further evaluation at the major league level. If the team decides to move on from Lenyn Sosa, Ramos could make the Opening Day roster – but would likely have to do so as a second baseman." He's also still presumably dealing with that elbow issue limiting his ability to play the field. So he would DH with Sosa at second, Vargas third with Amaya/Baldwin at SS/utility. Then Ramos goes down for Rojas...not sure it's worth burning an option there for 3-5 days...one week tops.

Definitely better on Cease Fedde Kopech Santos and Mena (McCarthy over Fletcher). Almost nothing to show for Bummer deal but wasted money/resources. No return on Soroka. Doing better on Crochet means one of Anthony CF Campbell 2B Mayer SS. Period. Three premium Top 12-15 MiLB position prospects.