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In the short term, it might be more Romy Gonzalez. That's funny, too. Although Giolito was hardly an ace in his last 1 1/2 seasons with the Chi Sox. He got us back Quero at least...quite the steal when you consider how badly he bombed the last two months of 2023.

Give Elko 2-3 weeks and just bench Vaughn then. Maybe that will snap him out of it. Record doesn't even matter so much as progress towards 4-5 younger players establishing themselves as keepers going forward before Schultz/Smith/Taylor arrive. Elko getting that dreamed of shot heartens the hopes of everyone else at Birmingham and below in the Sox minors...the belief that promotions are merit/performance-based and not just this political BS of playing favorites with some players over others. And for God's sake Amaya and Palacios are AAAA players getting all kinds of opportunities. Maton in his late 20's. Enough.

"One speculative possibility would be to turn to Rafael Devers, who hasn’t played a single defensive inning all season. Devers has never played a professional inning at first base. He’s obviously familiar with the infield, but Cora made clear at the beginning of the season that the Sox viewed him as a full-time designated hitter for the time being. It seems they want Devers focused exclusively on maintaining an offensive rhythm as the DH rather than getting occasional defensive work after being pushed off third base by the Alex Bregman signing. That may need to change at some point. Keeping Devers as a full-time DH would essentially block any path to playing time for Masataka Yoshida whenever he’s able to return from a shoulder injury. Yoshida could theoretically play some left field, but that’d require pushing Jarren Duran to center and would only be an option until top outfield prospect Roman Anthony comes up from Triple-A. There’d be more flexibility if the Red Sox were comfortable using Devers at first base." mlbtraderumors.com Seems like Walker Buehler is also dealing with some type of shoulder injury...they need to get Giolito back to 100% or K.Crawford.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/05/triston-casas-suffers-significant-knee-injury.html Drury? Dalbec back to Boston? Need to start clearing out this roster and making room for the next generation of players..

Jeff Keppinger Hahn's first free agent. Nick Swisher Adam Dunn Javy Vasquez Adam LaRoche

Because it usually goes with "old".

That GS robbery might end up being the key moment in turning his season around when all is said and done.

Getz just sucks. And it's not like he is even connected to Vaughn's failure compared to Rick Hahn. Andrew hardly had time to be blamed on minor league development mistakes anyway. Sticking him in the outfield due to Abreu's presence was the first cardinal sin.

Meidroth and Quero are not going to be traditional counting stats stand out so...more players you grow to appreciate watching them day after day, month after month.

Greg doing a full 180 in less than a week. Venable MoY?

This is for WestEddy...proof someone is helping Elko WITH the Sox lol. "Hitting director Ryan Fuller said Elko was primarily tasked with curbing his chasing this offseason, but with the notion that narrowing his focus would benefit his in-zone contact rates as well. He was an avid adopter of the White Sox' new Trajekt machine in spring training, and has maintained a steady routine of slightly less fancy pitching machine work in Charlotte. "He's an intelligent kid and does his homework," said Knights manager Sergio Santos. "He's in there with [Charlotte hitting coach] Jim Rickon and what they kind of do is challenge themselves. They'll have the machine and Jim will mess with the dials and [Elko] will have to make that decision whether to swing or not, and it's definitely helped."

"Shredding against International League pitching in possibly the country's most hitter-friendly ballpark at an advanced age is very far from a 1-to-1 comparison to major league production. But even if this is simply the minor league heater of a lifetime, since Elko is still rocking a 28 percent strikeout rate that threatens to elevate upon promotion, it comes alongside meaningful swing decision improvement that has made the Ole Miss legend's well-known contact issues less disqualifying. "He's putting together all-around quality at-bats," Chris Getz said. "He's always hit the ball hard. He's actually increased how hard he's hitting it, and most importantly, how often he's doing it. He's certainly leading the organization in home runs, and I think he's at the top in minor-league baseball." Soxmachine.com https://soxmachine.com/2025/04/the-white-sox-are-riding-through-andrew-vaughns-cold-start-in-lieu-of-tim-elkos-hot-hand

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/astros-vs-white-sox/2025/05/03/778066/preview Benintendi Robert Taylor and Thaiss should all be in the lineup. Going with 28-32000 attendance unless the weather is really bad again...day game though. Looks like 47-50 degrees, partly sunny with 10 degree winds for this one.

Unless we luck out with a bidding war between 2-3 teams AND also are willing to trade him inside the AL Central this time around...probably for injured Luke Keaschall lol.

RS/RA...might need a closer after 2025 20 Tie. White Sox/A's -20 (9-23, but expected w/l 14-18/1-8 one run games) 22.Rangers -24 23.Cleveland -26 24.Toronto -30 25.Nats -36 26.Pirates -43 27.Baltimore -46 28.LAA -55 29.Marlins -56 30.Rockies -80 (6-26)

Liam Hendriks

Up until two weeks ago we didn't know he was even going to turn his season around...or end up as anything but another version of 2024 Moncada. Half of us wanted to hold on and roll the dive that he would be productive AND not injured...the other half wanted to dump him for the best possible deal out of ST.

.346 .469 .731 1.200 ops last seven games .845 ops last 15 games Tied for second with Elly de la Cruz 13 stolen bases

Hunter Brown is probably going to be a big dose of reality tmrw but we shall see.

But we have Greg Jones...who hits better than Amaya, slightly.

Taylor finally comes through tonight...

M&M's guy is back Windy City limos

Brilliant strategy lol

why are you hunting for Amaya?????

Uh oh Leasure getting another shot to hold a lead... Can never manage to have a clean inning seemingly.