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Even the "other other" Chicago team, the Sky, were smart enough to create some drama with Angel Reese and Hailey Van Lith paired together.

Elko 367/977 campaigning for a spot, but it's likely to go to Brandon Drury first.

He now leads MLB in monster fly foul balls per PA....new statistic to make Sox look better.

Imagine if it was the Flying Molina Brothers or Konerko running...

World class speed...

Vaughn guaranteeing himself another week or two...now up to .138. Maybe they'll play Drury at first, but most likely DH. Which will make it harder for Sosa to get playing time, but not sure why I even care about that at this point.

Might as well dump him too this week...but Elko will just be another version of Palka, ultimately.

More stellar defense...

Realistically, what else could be expected coming off 121 losses? If they're not getting any votes 2-3 years from now...that's a real warning sign or red flag to be acknowledged.

He's the youngest legit catching prospect higher than A ball...so if we're worried about age 22 preparedness? At least Quero has the bloodline with his cousin in the Brewers' org.

Omar Narvaez in his prime offensively is one of the best comps...kind of ironic he's now back with the Sox at the very end of his career, with Quero perhaps taking over his spot, essentially.

Salas could be up with the Padres at 19-20...you're ready or you're not according to development people. Plus all the Latin kids playing constantly since 13-14 years old. Different comp to US timeframes.

164/506 9/55 Will sound a lot better when he gets up to 10+ hits. Facing a solid pitching prospect who throws very hard. Once again...Montgomery can handle heat low in the zone. Except now Teel is scuffling.

More surprised by some of the teams like the Cubs included on this list...they have also had a very highly ranked farm system in recent years. Maybe players targeting Ricketts for not opening up the purse strings.

Montgomery up to 8/54=.148 2 hr Teel playing, Quero sitting. Drury moved up in the lineup to get more at bats. Knights have now lost six consecutive.

Balta? SSHM? I think I saw the latter somewhere online, maybe it was a SoxMachine thread with his various facts and figures a la Jay Cuda...who also seems a bit sick of the Sox recently. You guys are waiting for him to refuse Charlotte his reassignment first?

Where has ANYONE mentioned three top thirty guys? Maybe if it was from the Sox system 3-4 years ago when they were ranked 29th.

2019 to be exact...

Look at the Royals' minor leagues before the 2014-15 years. The core of those WS teams moved up together one level at a time as a group and learned how to win together each step along the way...learned to trust each other, rely on each other...know what to expect in any given situation on the field. Pretty sure those future Royals won the Carolina League at Wilmington, then moved on together for the most part to Wichita and Omaha and won titles there as well. White Sox minor league teams just throw these kids together without any plan or strategy or sense of cohesiveness...and then we keep mixing and matching at the big league level but the majority of the teams have been imported via trade, intl free agency and regular free agency and not our minors. IMO, at least since Ozzie Guillen, there's never been an identifiable "what it means to be a White Sock" vision like the Cardinals have always imprinted on players since their first day in the organization.

Kyle Tucker free agency speculation “If he wants to stay in Chicago, he can always sign there in the winter,” an NL exec said. “Prior to that, I imagine it would take a massive overpay to get him to forgo an opportunity on the open market. Since he’s a couple years older than Vlad and doesn’t have the same tie-in with the Cubs that Vlad has with the Jays -- or with the country, for that matter -- I would be surprised if they would be willing to go far enough during the season to make him bite early.” While some reports have indicated that Tucker and the Cubs have engaged in some talks during the season, the majority of executives around the league believe he’s ultimately headed for free agency. Two execs believe the Cubs can get something done if they're willing to pay him, though it’s obviously going to take a massive contract to close the deal. https://www.mlb.com/news/kyle-tucker-cubs-extension-mlb-executives-weigh-in “If the Cubs don’t extend him, that may go down as an all-time terrible trade,” an NL executive said.

Insurance payments...

.556 OPS in 1994 at BIRM, .202 average. 31 years old. Would have been the perfect year to play Michael Jordan in Chicago, if you had a time machine. Can't copy and paste and get the formatting to hold.

I suppose as long as he's running 100% with no restrictions...and able to competently play CF, at least in A ball, there's no reason not to push/challenge him a bit. Ideally, they would keep all those guys together like McLain and Wolkow, but it might not be possible.

Well, one positive, it's much "easier" to divorce a favorite sports team than a wife. Otoh, it's simultaneously more difficult for those who have lifelong ties to the team/fandom through family tradition/s.

Would be interesting to know if Pogofskys (son/s, father was original owner) still have their shares...or sold out to JR/Ishbia? Said in one of the articles yesterday only 8 other shareholders amounted to roughly 15%. $18,000,000 per shareholder, so if equal, would be $33,750,000 million in theory divided across 8 (at a $1.8 billion valuation) (He/Pogofsky was the one partying with Clevinger and Zach Plesac when they were on the Indians/Guardians during Covid lockdowns in Chicago. Leading to potential charges of tampering that concerned JR...leading to the White Sox somehow in this conspiracy theory wanting to keep Clevinger "in-house" to avoid a case with MLB.)