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It's going to REALLY suck if they manage to snatch Crochet's victory from him after how well he's pitched recently. Just because it was Jonathan Cannon of all pitchers turn to throw today...so let's just throw him into what will quickly be a high lever situation (self-induced).

But won't be so great watching him pitch for Dodgers, Braves, Yankees, etc. From the Sox perspective, I guess, they just need to keep him healthy to maximize the trade return as much as possible, especially with Robert's value off quite a bit now.

Not a great idea with those Campfire Milkshakes. Have to take out insurance for those things with how dear they are.

Seems about the dumbest possible time in history to throw Cannon into a game. We'll see how it works. But guessing probably not very well.

112 k's in basically 81 IP. Leading the major leagues in K's now. Cease and our old jersey-cutting friend Chris Sale 4/5 in that category. Almost friend Wheeler #6.

Confusing winning percentage with talent/potential. Quite often not a very clear correlation at all...well maybe Sox affilates in 2021-22-23.

No hitter off the board early as well as the potential shoutout tonight.

The point is, Gil, who has basically turned into Gerrit Cole in Cole’s absence, is doing Fernando-esque things … and increasingly getting Fernando-esque hype. Gil (pronounced “Heel,” by the way) was never all that heralded by the Yankees or the Twins, the team that traded a 19-year-old Gil to New York in March 2018, for outfielder Jake Cave. But Gil is now doing things almost no Yankee has ever done, including giving up just one hit in six scoreless innings three days after winning the AL Pitcher and Rookie of the Month Awards. We all wondered how the Yankees would handle losing their ace for the first half of the season. By the time Cole comes back, the Yankees will have two – one that they landed with a huge free-agent deal, and one that they apparently created out of thin air. mlb.com Jake Cave? REALLY??? Gil just beat the Twins this past week to add insult to injury. Amazing scouting work with both him and Cortes last season. Having that massive scouting budget really makes a difference on the margins for teams like the Dodgers, Yankees, etc. Man, between this one and Junior Caminero going from CLE to TB in a steal, the AL Central would have been even more difficult for the White Sox to ever contend, even though those pesky Guardians do get the #1 overall the Sox SHOULD be getting with how historically bad 2023-24 have gone.

Bassitt is too expensive now and on the downside. Would have to look at Frank Montas, too, but he's not exactly super cheap, either.

Jacob Gonzalez playing shortstop and second base in Double-A (mlb.com) Love how Gonzalez has gone from this past offseason to a "slugging" hitting prospect, lol...it's going to take more than a couple of weeks of hot hitting at BIRM to actually earn that moniker.

Following up: White Sox give notice of first staff reductions (soxmachine.com) Still can't find the numbers for the Sox "massive" cuts this past offseason...has anyone like perhaps Fegan or Greenberg reported them? This details the large cuts caused by the pandemic "losses," but hasn't been followed up with since they axed Williams and Hahn and Haber and went to a totally new front office, at least in terms of figureheads.

2016 White Sox Top Prospects (mlb.com) Other than Anderson, what a bust of a group...geez, that's one of the uglier Sox prospect lists.

What would the Sox record be with Rodon, Reynaldo, Dunning, Cease, Bassitt, Sale....be as the starting six? At least 10-15 games below .500 with this current offense, but not a catastrophic failure of a team.

How did Luis Robert miss all that yelling and shouting, thought h was more of a Jerry Manuel type.

Anti Greg775 sure thing house bets.

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/rafael-devers/17350/stats?position=3B JR never would never have authorized his extension, but obviously they would had three hauls coming back via trade rather than merely two.

Uh oh. Fighting words.

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/scouting-industry-endures-most-brutal-offseason-in-recent-memory/ Everything was (relatively) fine with the White Sox scouting budgets until all the cutbacks these last two offseasons…

One of the biggest trade wins in recent memory plays shortstop in San Diego. Almost from his first day in the Padres organization, Fernando Tatis Jr. had the makings of a star. He crushed every level of the minor leagues, then made the big leagues out of spring training in 2019 and finished third in National League Rookie of the Year balloting. At the time he was traded in 2016, Tatis had yet to play an official game for his signing franchise. The White Sox had inked him out of the Dominican Republic in a 2015 international signing class that also included Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Juan Soto. The process the Padres went through to acquire Tatis as the second piece—along with lefthander Erik Johnson—in the deal that sent James Shields to Chicago was extensive. Four of the team’s scouts with decades of combined experience saw Tatis on the back fields in Arizona before recommending that he be included in the trade. The Padres have one of the most robust professional scouting staffs in baseball, with 15 scouts tasked to cover the major and minor leagues. That’s tied with the Rays, Pirates and Marlins and ranks behind just the Yankees (19), D-backs (17) and Mets (16). These teams’ scouting staffs stand in contrast with current trends. More and more teams have opted to downsize their scouting departments across all levels. https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/state-of-scouting-more-mlb-teams-opt-to-downsize-scouting-departments-in-2021/ Sox reportedly had massive scouting cuts this offseason…especially older, more expensive/experienced veterans.

Leury activated. Heck, throw Pablo Ozuna while they're at it. Colas would clearly be the MOST fun to watch, but would probably blow out his UCL.

-152 Average margin of defeat=2.41 runs per game

We're 54.6% WORSE THAN THE FREAKIN' ROCKIES -151

RS/RA Differentials White Sox -150 Rockies -97 Miami -88 Oakland -67 LAA -51

OH, NO.... Is that his very first big league hit, DeLoach?

What the heck? DeLoach AND Ellis in the same outfield????? Has Grifol lost his freakin' mind?