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Ascending while Seager and T.Turner are falling off this year. Pretty much nobody beats Mason Wynn, though. Tovar having a terrible year. Swanson still a 3-4 fWAR defender on defense alone. McGonigle considered right up there with the best young offense/defense guys. KGriffin has been absorbing some negative grades so far...surprisingly. Cleveland kids doing surprisingly well...with Kwan and Ramirez scuffling.

Only 18 career milb games at 3B. Limited arm and range for SS at major league level. Less speed than Cholowsky...everyone thought he should ultimately end up at second base.

And at least have a giveaway for 15000-20000? They can't do the Dodgers' 40000 for every single promotion, but 10k seems ridiculously low in comparison.

"The two best defensive catchers of all- time are Ivan Rodriguez and Yadi Molina. After that, there are a bunch of guys who are exceptional! Gary Carter, Johnny Bench, Bob Boone even…but one name I don't hear much, who SHOULD be brought up as one of the best defensive catchers ever - Texas' Jim Sundberg."

South Side SoxThe absolute, accurate prediction of the 2026 White Sox r...As proven by real math!63-99...

Seems there won't be any movement any time soon with Mune. At least not until the All-Star Break. That really only leaves Colson, Vargas and Davis Martin. Hasn't been much interest in extensions for starting pitchers from JR (Crochet, for example, the most recent case), so that finally leaves one with Colson and Miguel to consider. 12th in mlb Colson 2.1 fWAR 20th Vargas 1.9 fWAR 35th Murakami 1.6 fWAR Davis Martin still Top 5 on the pitching side...one starts to wonder if Sean Newcomb would at least consider starting again? Seems more likely than GT. Or Hicks as well. He's already a sunk cost...not much to lose. https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pagenum=4&pageitems=30 K.Griffin Meidroth 0.7 Vladimir Guerrero Jr., #91/92/93, just ahead of Pete Alonso Couldn't have an odder trio contributing roughly equal value.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/18/sports/cubs-pete-crow-armstrong-has-heated-vulgar-exchange-with-female-fan/ The Crosstown Classic was heating up with the weather this weekend. Cubs stud outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong told a female fan “You suck my f–king d–k b****” in a shocking scene Sunday after she seemingly told him “you suck” in the fifth inning. Crow-Armstrong later defended his comments after the 9-8 road loss in 10 innings at Rate Field.

What is it for Cholowsky? 4-6 series isn't much to draw a conclusion, unless we have a way to compare quality of pitching the two have faced....

Pierzynski/Barrett? And anything involving Carlos Zambrano losing his mind... Carlos Lee walkoff still one of the best memories. Wasn't there a really bad Tony Graffanino mistake in there somewhere against the Cubs back in the day? m.www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D4oRtX9Hk1bM&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwizjtyNncOUAxVHLUQIHe6JGWIQFnoECA8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw2eLWylM6jgjkdP85XCespw

No excuse to curse at a female fan like that…but do we know exactly what was first said to provoke him?

Winning percentage is not the major focus, 80-85% of those guys will never make it for a single big league at bat or pitch, it’s developing the best and most major league prospects possible. Winning together as a unit and advancing together each stage of the minors is great, especially for struggling major league franchises, but it’s unrealistic for the majority of teams because every player is on a different pace and advancing from two hundred different starting points each season.

Want Clevinger nowhere near this team…no no and hell no! Honestly would take Trevor Bauer first. In the interview, the 35-year-old Bauer revealed that he has even offered to play for free or donate his entire salary, yet nothing convinced those teams to offer him a contract. In 2025, he volunteered to pitch for the injury-plagued New York Yankees. However, all his proposal did was offend MLB fans.Apr 28, 2026 https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/former-dodger-julio-urias-still-181401980.html#:~:text=Urias%2C%20who%20was%20twice%20suspended,the%20time%2C%E2%80%9D%20Boras%20said.

spotrac.com2027 Starting Pitcher Free AgentsTracking the status and signings of all 2027 Starting Pitcher free agents, including total value, average and guarantees.here’s the FA list, to start with Peralta, Alcantara, Robbie Ray, Joe Ryan (to Sox seems unlikely), Sonny Gray, M.Kelly/Burnes/Gallen if AZ falls back and needs to cut, it will be here or Ketel Marte…Luis Castillo would be a bad contract Seattle is looking to dump de Grom with a huge contract Is JR really going to authorize adding significant salary? They really should have taken Giolito back, lol. M.Gore, Eduardo Rodriguez, Civale, Eovaldi, Jack Leiter, Shane Baz (unlikely O’s give up that fast), Foster Griffin, Pallante, Kochanowitz, Lorenzen, R.Nelson, Sugano, Houser, Quintana, Zach Littell…it’s going to be taking a struggling or bad contract guy to eat innings as a professional and hope the offense can keep the team afloat in those starts.

Or Antonacci if he eventually moves back to 2B…where his bat has even more value.

Drafting for need or overdrafting is a mistake too...not just because of Hagen Smith or Carson Fulmer. Look where they picked Davis Martin, or where Cleveland gets the majority of their pitchers. Not from the first round. I'm okay with Cholowsky or Lackey due to the expedited timelines...which great organizations don't consider, either. The irony is Sale and Crochet were drafted to fill immediate pen needs on the big league team (just like Ring and Poreda), but transformed into arguably the two best picks of the last twenty five years...along with TA and Colson, Rodon probably fifth because two teams made mistakes (Houston later vindicated) in front of 1-3.

Too confusing with Nick Gonzalez. what pirates' pitcher are you expecting back?

Someone was commenting about his weight gain in the lower body, but his arms seem pretty cut to me. Other than Acuna, least likely offensive hero today. Have to be happy for him finally getting that huge breakthrough game.

Big WC series coming up next in Seattle...never an easy place for the Sox to play. Back then the Sox were competitive every series in the Crosstown. This current run almost came out of nowhere...after the first two weeks of April looked like more of the same except Mune. That double play ball Mune beat at first one of the biggest plays of the game...along with Vargas double, Peters Quero and Benintendi.

That inning is completely different if Vargas doesn't double bounce the throw.

176 and still not to up a 500 ops but just might have turned his season around. Tough decision but Romo not might now be the odd man out despite his overall real solid play.

Survived three big defensive miscues and still never gave up. Definitely the high point since Field of Dreams and the Leury bomb against the Astros five long years ago now.

Pete Vukovich vs. Windy City Limos M&M's jacket guy George? The Wand Guy vs. Vasil?

"One challenge looms for Gowens, and it’s a biggie — sidestepping the big fly. The righty gave up 13 homers on the season, one per nine innings, and that explains how a fella squeezing battings for just 7.2 hits per nine still had an ERA nibbling at 4.00." That won't work at GRF in the summer months.

No pitcher can throw well with a blister bothering them like that every pitch. The arm angle changes to alleviate pressure on thumb...but then he lost the sinker and ability to get on top of breaking ball. Maybe Nolan Ryan the lone exception pitching through blisters.

Those guys are not Brandon McCarthy or Javy Vasquez. All major question marks now. Not exactly the Dodgers' wealth of pitching riches. Few have.