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Quick walk...Smith at 96. Vargas got a hit and also a WS ring lol. Baldwin to third. Meidroth had walked earlier.

Hagen Smith in.

Robert grounded out standing runners at second and third. 3-2 Brewers lead.

Deivi Garcia former Sox into game for Milwaukee in the other game.

Schultz was at 94-95 with fastball last inning.

Taichman makes it 3-2 with a single. Should be tied.

Amaya actually had a single.

Kevin Durant sitting near White Sox dugout in Maryville...

Gallo singles to make it 3-1 but Thaiss thrown out advancing to third... 2/14 143

Shockingly DL Hall having health problems again...Ashby as well as Woodruff battling back. Got Quintana at a bargain price compared to say Matthew Boyd for $30 million. Abner Uribe throws 97-101. Premium arm. Wild strikeout at 100 by Ramos...almost hit him in the heel.

Former White Sox coach Nick Capra's kid I presume?

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Zavala needs to OPS at least 775-825 to be back on the radar again, and play above average CF defense...and neither of those other two guys are likely to be much to write home about. One year from now we might have already moved on... Wilyer Abreu was a 3 fWAR outfielder last year for Boston...and nobody was all that excited about acquiring him. So many things would have to go perfectly for Baldwin or Ramos to approach that number.

White Sox (2-8) with split squad games against Brewers, home and away Perez vs. Tobias Myers (former Charlotte pitcher) 2 pm Bryse Wilson (former Brewer) vs. Peralta 2 pm Padres (3-8) vs. Rockies

It's going to have to be another of these "threatening the 2024 White Sox/1962 expansion Mets" seasons in terms of ineptitude to get him to finally capitulate...more signs at the ballpark/media and fan pressure, because "Sell the Team" doesn't quite work for signs and chants if he's already technically done that. More like, "relinquish control of the team!"...but that's not exactly an exciting/exhilarating chant now, is it?

What I mean is we should be looking for the type of players who at least theoretically COULD BE options down the line for when the team's decent again. Thinking here of guys in the past like an Alejandro de Aza or Daniel Palka (defense was too poor, too much hit and miss) or whatever were rewarded with available playing time (in the past) for these two upcoming seasons. If we admit to ourselves that none of the current options on the 40 man roster...and none of the veterans (other than MAYBE Benintendi) will still be around after July 2026... Veras, Tatum, Mitchell, etc., seemingly aren't legitimate options. Maybe maybe Baldwin if he's not yet found a home in the middle infield...? George Wolkow's probably another year behind Braden, thinking mid to late 2028 coming from his raw Midwest high school profile. Of course, he could just as easily end up at 1B. Andre Lipcius is one of the few hitters early this spring that's been impressive, but he's more of an infielder at this point. And he's already 26...so a bit of a long shot for the corners based on previous profile. positions 3B (224) ... 2B (156) ... 1B (127) ... LF (15) ... SS (9) ... dh (2) ... RF (1) Bonemer if someone holds SS consistently at the major league level before he's ready?

I guess I was going back to the 2001-02 when the Commissioner's office was (first) threatening the Twins with contraction. The process of getting the stadium built started from that point, culminating in 2010 and then all those consecutive losses to the Yankees in the post-season, haha. And the (sort of) end of lots of traumatic losses by the White Sox to the Twins up there.

The concern is being AT LEAST semi-competitive in late 2026 and then a .500ish team going into 2027. Braden Montgomery is the ONLY solution at this point that will address the future. But that's a long two years. All those names (other than Baldwin, maybe) are completely irrelevant. And next year (2026) they need to up their win total into the 60's or low 70's...they'll have another year where all they can do is draft in the 10-15 range anyway. This year, playing for the best possible draft position DOES make sense.

They could probably get Acuna or Baty or whoever for taking on the Marte contract...and we actually need another outfielder, in all likelihood, but that will never happen if JR's still calling the shots. He'll more than likely be happy to get some 80-120 range MiLB prospect back for Robert...just for the cost savings.

I might almost hate (the better word at this point is detest, I guess) Reinsdorf...but Russian nerve agents are probably not the answer. Or jokes about them.

The point of the matter is SOMEONE has to play if Taylor, Benintendi and Slater are out... Who's left? Robert might be traded any day, you have Tauchman Fletcher and Colas left to fill 2-3 spots. Pretty much nobody is left in the scouting world believing in either Fletcher or Colas. Baldwin to the OF? Behind that, Veras? Drury, I guess could play RF or LF in an emergency but that wouldn't be ideal. Gallo looks cooked. Mitchell hasn't impressed. Terrell Tatum, I guess. Surely we can do better than THAT, at least.

Well, even Julks and DeLoach are still around, that's a bit mystifying...obviously, more for AAA depth/filler, but you think could find SOMEONE/ANYONE better on the waiver wire. Worst case, it's simply a change of scenery trade. Mitchell's not doing anything so far, and Veras has looked pretty terrible...just no quality depth in the OF until you get to Braden Montgomery.

De la Cruz ripped a homer on a 98 MPH fastball. oops his fastball is not an elite weapon compared to the offspeed stuff where he gets most of his swings and misses... turns out it was a DOUBLE instead finally has started throwing splitters (2) to Hays, called out on strikes....splitter, change, slider, cutter all showing up at 84-87 mph range a walk, 3 strikeouts, HBP, 2 hits....a mixed bag but no EARNED RUNS yet WP on a change-up moves runners up to 2nd and 3rd N.Marte popped on a 97.5 MPH fastball to end the inning....99.3 his best fastball so far, 35 pitches (but only 18 strikes)

Old friend Bryan Shaw appearance for the Reds...throwing 92-94. Sasaki 99 99 98 86 CH 97 98 85 CH 86 SL 99 99 86 SL 87.3 Cutter Not sure if they can track his forkball or not...or if he just hasn't used it yet. Following at mlb.com and not video. Elly de la Cruz vs. Sasaki should be fun...and Austin Hays has been playing well so far for the Reds

#2 is not exactly a marketer's dream of a name...