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As both are career below-average 2B? I can understand misdiagnosing pitching, catching and outfield play… But we doubled down on Moncada when he was leaving at the end of season regardless, wasting $29 million and simultaneously traded away Burger… Ramos has regressed… Montgomery has regressed… Gonzalez and Baldwin were both pushed up too quickly after experiencing a little bit of success. Lopez and Shewmake were just not good moves. Have one of the worst defensive 1B in modern baseball in Vaughn. Sosa despite claims he starts off slow and then adjusts looks mired in the 500s ops-wise yet again. VargUs? Well, he might be the worst player in baseball. And Tim Anderson wasn’t traded last year when that should have been the choice over dumping Burger, pretty much regardless of the projected return. And we illogically insist on keeping Sheets around yet again for one of his invariable hot swings…name only mentioned as he should be 1B/DH only. DeJong was the only one we got right…but then we traded him to a divisional rival to help them to the WC. They better be right NOT acquiring Keaschall AND drafting Bonemer, because they have a truly shitty record on middle infield prospects, where they SHOULD have the MOST expertise but seemingly have the least. Anyone on SoxTalk could get 1/10 prospect moves right. ChatBots should be smoking the Sox at this point. 4. Luke Keaschall 2B/OF, Wichita Wind Surge, AA Twins Top 30

Fedde was his main claim of success. But even that and Crochet got FUBAR, ultimately.

Let’s not forget taking Wilson back as well…

Vargas is worse than Maldonado now right?

Lesser of two evils...

Would advantage the Central again to count all those games as forfeits.

This is fun. Not.

Matt Ginter-esque. Felix Diaz and Jon Adkins would have key roles in this bullpen.

AL Central might finish with four teams over .500, largely thanks to the worst team in baseball history.

Relegated to #10 draft pick really stings the most...

31-99

Would be nice if Fedde could at least knock out the Cubs but he's knocking out his own team more.

The pitching challenged Angels were unlikely to give up a future ace. Other than the Big 2 and Crochet...a plethora of 4/5 starters. Maybe Taylor or Keener/Keeler can break through?

Same with Eder...

Skulbal's going to get 15 k's if they let him.

"No one factor turned the White Sox from juggernaut to punch line. The fall-off was brought on by a combination of institutional rigidity, a barren farm system that failed to restock the big-league roster and a wave of underperformance, natural aging and injuries that chipped away at multiple core pieces. This was not a case of — as so often happens with closing windows — paying or extending the wrong players. The only key contributors on the '21 White Sox who are still above-average every-day big leaguers are Dylan Cease, Carlos Rodón and Luis Robert Jr. Everybody else either: Experienced a dramatic, age-based decline in performance (Lance Lynn, Yasmani Grandal, José Abreu) Didn’t maintain their level of play (Tim Anderson, Lucas Giolito) Endured career-altering injuries that limited their ability or availability (Yoán Moncada, Eloy Jiménez, Robert, even though he still bangs)" yahoo.com/sports Left unmentioned is the Liam Hendriks cancer diagnosis and follow-up injury likely caused by rushing him for one feel good season the year.

Sosa should never hit 3rd. Like ever.

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Danks' extension is the reason JR won't give out another 4/5 year deal.

Witt Jr. will be.

Except the only one who would have helped us now is Crochet....which would be and still remains too risky for JR to countenance.

Especially if Thorpe goes under the knife...but then some will speculate an accompanying 2-3 mph velocity uptick as well.

"Chicago has a strong argument for having the two best left-handed pitching prospects in the minor leagues in Noah Schultz and Hagen Smith, two 21-year-olds with hellacious stuff from unusual arm slots who have dominated batters in recent years: Schultz in the minors since being Chicago’s first-round draft pick in 2022 out of an Illinois high school and Smith in the SEC at the University of Arkansas before he was selected fifth by the White Sox in this year’s draft. Should Chicago keep Crochet, it’s difficult to imagine a nastier trio of southpaws in the same rotation, but even if Crochet is dealt before these two debut, Smith and Schultz look like ideal arms to build around. Beyond them, there’s a quartet of talented arms acquired in recent trades — Ky Bush, Jake Eder, Jairo Iriarte and Nick Nastrini — who should contribute to the 2025 pitching staff, while Seth Keener and Grant Taylor are recent draft picks off to strong starts to their pro careers but a little bit further away." from the Jake Mintz article i just posted...which also discussed Cannon and Thorpe "On a positive note, the most intriguing ultra-young bat to know is George Wolkow, a gigantic, 18-year-old outfielder with seismic raw power, though he has serious strikeout issues that will need to be corrected for his production to hold up at higher levels. All of which is to say: While there are a ton of exciting arms making meaningful strides toward contributing in Chicago in the near future, at the end of the day, you need to score more runs than the other team. As things stand, it’s not readily apparent how soon the White Sox can field a formidable lineup capable of supporting what projects to be a sneaky solid pitching staff in the not-too-distant future. Among the many tall tasks that await Getz and his new mystery manager, building a competent offense will be one of the toughest."

https://sports.yahoo.com/as-100-losses-and-counting-approach-in-august-heres-how-the-chicago-white-sox-fell-this-far-and-where-they-go-from-here-220842248.html Perhaps the most comprehensive how did Sox get here and where are they going from here article yet...

Extra year of control over an at best 4th/5th outfielder. Brilliant.