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Of course, the White Sox also have the example of Brett Myers here.

Next to zero...the sad part of all this is they could have picked up Taylor or the equivalent of him WHEN THEY ACTUALLY DID TRADE ROBERT for basically major league minimum. (The Padres waited until the end of spring training and got Jose Iglesias in this exact same way.) Now we're committed to Tauchman, Slater and Taylor. Not that anyone's really being blocked...other than Fletcher/Colas/DeLoach/Veras (if you really want to make the argument he's close to ready, or even DJ Gladney.)

Well that's pretty much the end of Eisert making the team...but the Charlotte/Chicago shuttle will be quite lively this summer.

Hank Aaron and Meidroth in the same sentence? He's much closer to 5'9" even 5'8"... like a mirror of Fletcher. At any rate, anyone contributing to this Sox offense in April is going to be pulling off a minor miracle.

Meidroth gunned down on the basepaths trying to go second to third on a FC... Still not seeing what he does besides walks and a few singles.

S.Wilson over Gilbert Is Varland really such a sure thing? And Josh Rojas is definitely starting on the DL? They're eventually going to have to choose between Meidroth and Baldwin.

Smith pulled after the high duress inning and PC around 60. Clevinger in...

Got the job done...pitched out of trouble.

Many speculating Darian DeVries and Indiana had agreed to things months ago, and that Tucker intentionally shut things down so he could play at Indiana...

This is going to be typical Dodgers. No Betts Freeman Sasaki walks five and is pulled after three IP but bullpen and offense covers it all up. Amazing that Steele has done as well as he has pitching in the Drew Thorpe speed zone.

Roki Sasaki at 98-101 in the first inning First K is against Seiya Suzuki 99.3 high fb swung through 1-2-3 retired in order

https://www.mlb.com/news/roki-sasaki-beacon-of-hope-for-japan-after-2011-earthquake-tsunami https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/how-star-pitcher-hideo-nomo-an-agent-and-a-lawyer-changed-the-landscape-of-mlb-forever-195302850.html "The Dodgers — who, in addition to Ohtani, employ Japanese pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki — have quickly become the island nation’s most popular team. All across Tokyo, interlocking L.A. hats dot the bustling metropolis like deep blue flecks of paint on an asphalt canvas. A whopping 10,000 tickets — sales were capped at that number — were sold for the Dodgers’ Tokyo Dome practice on Friday. Games 1 and 2 of the 2024 World Series between the Dodgers and New York Yankees had higher viewership numbers in Japan (15.2 million average) than in the United States (14.5 million)."

https://www.mlb.com/news/roki-sasaki-beacon-of-hope-for-japan-after-2011-earthquake-tsunami

It limits his value to the Orioles, because they already have Henderson Westburg and Holliday. Basallo's in the same basic position stacked up behind Rutschman...limiting both those guys to 1B/DH roles. Mayo on the White Sox would be given third base to play his way off of, probably RF (because of his 60+ arm) and then LF/1B/DH.

Not even Kristian Campbell...who zoomed from relatively unknown fourth rounder out of GA Tech to consensus Top Ten in the sport prospect was close to capable of going to the majors last year with Boston. And Montgomery also had a major injury last year to his ankle and missed the end of Ncaas and short season wooden bat experience. One of the three guys they refused to part with for Garrett Crochet.

Does 10:38 for two miles 38 years ago count? Switch to 5k in cross country killed me, 16:40 the best for 3.1 miles. Now I just prefer to walk. No weird hip-twisting speed walking though...just a brisk pace. Playing soccer in spring seasons probably helped...but running was never freeing or liberating or "transcendant/al" or whatever. Just burned the heck out of your lungs and limbs lol.

Well no Chase Meidroth so far at least.

Bip? Dave?

Tray you're asking him to jump to the big leagues with zero MiLB experience as of today. He's not Ventura Thomas or Alex Fernandez. On the Dodgers he wouldn't be up for 2 or even 2 1/2 seasons. Maybe even three.

Baldwin?

He has the fifth best stuff in the organization, but lack of command/control/stamina has destroyed thousands of stuff guys in baseball history or at least turned them into relievers.

When that much veteran talent is off the roster from a year ago and Clevinger is your closer…color me skeptical.

No I genuinely thought the ONLY you could possibly argue this rotation was equal or better was by including them in the second half of the season…at least Schultz and maybe Taylor if he continues evolving. And this coming from a “huge massive immense” Shane Smith fan. There’s just no way they are better after subtracting Crochet and Fedde. That’s way too much high quality production to replace…without dipping into the Big 3 for corresponding talent. A number of posters here have argued they see Schultz up in 2025. I happen to personally disagree due to it still being a JR-led operation as far as we all know. Your listing of all the AAA and AA starters plus Eder isn’t going to mean any of them will be of quality. Skepticism on Iriarte abounds. Nastrini has a tick or two higher velo. We shall see soon enough.

https://sportfiesta.com.ng/white-sox-farm-system-gets-major-boost-mlb-pipeline-crowns-chicago-white-sox-baseball-most-improved/

Cannon and Martin Perez are definitely going to regress…Perez due to a weaker defense behind him and switching out Petco at night for GRF in the summer.