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Olerud broke into MLB with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1989, without ever playing in the minors. Prior to the 1990 season, he was named the #3 prospect in MLB by Baseball America. Yep, add him to a SHORT SHORT list. #3 prospect, vs. Braden Montgomery in the 40's through 60's, with one rating service not even having him in the Top 100 since he didn't play last year in short-season ball due to injury. Incaviglia and Abbott were both Top 10 rated/legendary college players/pitchers.

Steve Dunning (1970), Mike Morgan (A's pitcher), Pete Incaviglia (Univ Texas), Dave Winfield, Dave Roberts (Padres), Brian Milner (Blue Jays), Jim Abbott (Michigan), Xavier Nady (Padres), those are the notables players to go directly from draft/NCAA or high school baseball directly to the major leagues without ANY MiLB seasoning. Basically, 23 players have done it since 1965...with Winfield clearly the most successful, a HoFer out of Minnesota.

And while Ishbia would probably financially back contract extensions and free agent signings for the right players, now isn’t the time to suddenly start spending. Injecting millions of dollars into the Sox roster as it enters its rebuild period would be misusing money. Even moving to a new ballpark at the end of Rate Field’s lease in 2029 is putting the cart before the horse. The Sox need to focus on the mechanics and fundamentals of baseball before they can envision all the bells and whistles. While Ishbia seems like the perfect fit for the Sox, Chicago can’t get ahead of themselves. Ishbia has the tools needed to get the Sox in the limelight in a positive way, but the Sox need to work on themselves first. https://southsideshowdown.com/prospective-new-chicago-white-sox-owner-emergence-fits-organization-rebuild-timeline

Jon Greenberg Joins Josh and Chris to Talk about Justin Ishbia's Interest in the White Sox

Melody Hobson might be more of a passive investor, just looking for ROI/RoR. We MIGHT find out something more on Friday. There's no way in hell I would want either Reinsdorf or Getz around my $1.8 billion dollar investment. They gone.

Benintendi doesn't matter. Sunk cost. It actually opens up more playing time. The only problem is it's going to make it even harder to trade him in June/July....he's got to hit like he did the second half of the season from May on, and he's got to play at least "solid" defense and not be such a liability... Montgomery back issues are much more concerning.

We thought Vaughn was rushed...the guy hasn't even played MiLB baseball in short season format. And he's coming off a relatively major injury as well to his ankle/foot. He's at the earliest a late 2027/early 2027 (May) arrival.

Cal Mitchell, another LF option, had a really great play the following day but struggled with another...supposedly due to the sun, according to the broadcasters.

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/mlb-26-and-under-power-rankings-nos-10-6-paul-skenes-jackson-chourio-helping-their-teams-rise-up-the-list-205829388.html 10. Nats 9. Cleveland 8. Pitt 7. Atlanta 6. Milwaukee Baltimore Seattle Cincy Dodgers Red Sox are the Top 5 https://www.mlb.com/news/marcelo-mayer-roman-anthony-kristian-campbell-impress-in-camp?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage Elias still the center of controversy lol. And the Mariners not supporting their pitching core.

Between Moncada Jimenez Robert in 2024...and Benintendi already this year, lots of wasted millions.

Oscar Cola, lol...is this the one where the ball went off his head in LF or an altogether different play where he had a throwing to "nowhere" error?

I think I would prefer him to Amaya not that it would ever happen.

Those are all small markets though. Think Ishbia's going to believe he can fit at least 40-42,000 in Chicago...37-38000 on lowest side.

But how did Bergolla look? And Bazzana?

Well, McKenzie still sucks…Sosa big day…and scrounged out four runs with just five hits on the day. Winning ugly. Summary for Greg.

DeLoach Julks Colas Fletcher their best LF options at the moment. Probably move Slater Tauchman Taylor over though. Or Gallo. We talked about Baldwin Vargas Ramos playing LF as well. Vaughn back to lf, Elko to 1B lol.

Hamate

Schiffren "jinxed" him into matching his commentary about Tim having a great spring.

And Baldwin promptly picked off.

At least Baldwin in the game...and Robert actually walked.

It's the White Sox. Nothing is a nothingburger.

Watching the tv feed without audio is going to only entice the most hardcore Sox fans with this lineup...

I at least made it to early 30s. Not sure if not stretching enough/yoga or not drinking enough fluids could be contributing factors. There’s not being able to stand up after sitting too long issues vs. debilitating pain that FEELS like it must be a herniated disk requiring surgery. Usually 2-3 days, 3-5 at worst to stabilize. I remember the first really serious back pains came from too much racquetball and also repeated violent swinging motions in baseball, golf, tennis, softball over a lifetime…just accumulation of wear and tear and then not stretching well enough or at all. Ofc…there were rumors of Montgomery back issues all last year. His massive//growing size and defensive position on the field (SS) were two of the numerous reasons that Keith Law dinged him.

Great…more Amaya to look forward to. Hopefully they just go with Baldwin instead. (Likely out for at least 2-3 days for Colson.)

Taylor, MLF R 0 0 0 .000 .000 Robert Jr.CF R 0 0 0 .333 .929 BenintendiDH L 0 0 0 .000 .000 SlaterRF R 0 0 0 .000 .000 Rojas, J2B L 0 0 0 .250 .900 Drury1B R 0 0 0 .125 .375 Montgomery, CSS L 1 2 0 .143 .714 Sosa, L3B R 0 1 0 .500 1.250 NarváezC L 0 0 0 .000 .500 Lineups subject to change How did DVS get Palette’s name wrong? On paper, this one looks like another sure loss…although there’s slight hope without Jose Ramirez and Naylor traded lol.