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Any updates on McDaniel/Shane Smith?

I think so...some services apply the rookie status of 50 IP and 130 at bats/pa's, etc. Schultz will be removed soon, for example. Then it will be back down to four on that list, but draft day automatically puts whoever we take anywhere from 10-25. Some would even argue Cholowsky will be in the 6-9 range right off the bat.

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/kentucky-derby-winning-jockeys-mlb-100554162.html Now there's the Edwin Diaz cockfighting scandal in Puerto Rico...

Lots of good stuff here. Would love to hear the internal conversations in the Boston war room on Meidroth Teel Braden K.Campbell M.Mayer and Anthony, who essentially was the "budding star/folk hero" Andrew Benintendi of that Chris Sale deal...he was NEVER going to be included, maybe not even one for one, for Crochet. Brings back memories of Courtney Hawkins and Jared Mitchell, and that other kid who was the Sox first selection but not a first founder back in the day. Keenyn Walker.

Gonzalez made sense in that he was from a winning program at Ole Miss and they were (eventually) trying to turn around a losing culture, but the high upside tools were just never there in the beginning to justify it. And likely still aren't... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Major_League_Baseball_draft Cags Wetherholt and Griffin are going to be beaten to death, but JJ also had his limitations as a future 2B as well as the injury concerns at WVU. Cags hasn't realized his power potential yet...at least not in "in game" situations. Bad luck on the front side missing on #2 Chase Burns and #4 Kurtz as well. (Maybe Nick Kurtz wasn't even a possibility after Vaughn? Also not yet convinced Bazzana or Condon will have meaningful big league careers either, but we shall see.) At any rate, a good number of teams also missed on Griffin. So the Sox now essentially have Mune instead of Kurtz and Colson/Roch or Emerson and Carlson instead of Griffin. And then Braden was #12 there in that draft as well. That's an acceptable trade off if if if: 1) They can extend those 2-3 guys AND 2) Spend $$$$ in FA or trade prospects to shore up the starting rotation with a legit frontline starter to go along with Davis Martin. Then there's the lockout and a real dearth of FA pitchers who even qualify for Point 2, maybe Peralta King Imanaga, but none of those three are even close to guarantees, either.

That's not the point at all. Nobody apologized exactly for the last three seasons, except JR with a gun to his head after 121 losses. Everyone who knew Martin Colson Mune C.Montgomery Vargas Schultz Grichuk Tristan Peters Burke etc. would be where they are at now should 1) be rich already from making these bets in Vegas/Atlantic City or 2) employed in a big league front office. If Hahn/Haber came out today and tried to take credit for 70-75% of the success of the 2026 Sox being related to "their" players, wouldn't they still be considered the laughing stocks of baseball? Or would there be a reconsideration, especially in light of Cease's/Rodon's/Crochet's success elsewhere, not to mention Tatis until this season's disappearance? (And isn't that result still far better than Paul DePodesta with the Browns, for example?) At any rate, I've watched more Sox games on a per hour basis in 2026 than 2024 and the first half of 2025 this year already...if other White Sox fans are tuning in again or going to games for the first time since 2021, that's a huge success in and of itself. Just like all the conversations surrounding the 1-1 and 2-41 picks and huge draft pool. Meanwhile, I'll be watching to see if the REAL Ron883 comes out over these next three days...

Who predicted over 80 wins? I don't think anyone was THAT high.... Would have to be smarter than 29 gm's paid $750k-7.5 million to be exactly right on forecasting Mune Colson Vargas and Martin.

Yahoo NewsFormer MLB player Scott Erickson says he sped up after se...Former MLB player and Grossman's boyfriend Scott Erickson testimony continued through a second day. Here's what he said.Former Sox SS Royce Clayton peripherally involved as Erickson had been out drinking with him prior to the incident.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/14/opinion/san-francisco-cant-let-baseball-be-baseball/ Giants' fans up in arms over a Kushner (Josh, Jared's bro) buying a minority share in the team, but he's actually a Democrat married to Taylor Swift's supermodel friend Karlie Kloss

Martin, Montgomery, Mune, Burke and Vargas make up the bulk of their fWAR. Then there’s the potential of Schultz and Taylor. Almost all of those decisions/evaluations came under Hahn except one. I guess if you want to project Teel and Braden into stardom before it has actually happened? Meidroth probably is a 2-3 fWAR guy, like Antonacci. Two “mini” wins there The Cease trade (especially in retrospect, he’s once again a Top 5 pitcher), Booser/Fajardo, Santos to Seattle, taking Hagen Smith over a BUNCH of positional prospects that have made significant impacts across MLB, not good. The Bummer for Lopez/Soroka move only looks better now, but for AZ. And Acuna? In addition, Mune is at least 50% Boyer, as every team shied away from him until he fell right in their laps, just like Abreu in 2014. If you want to give out awards, it’s probably Milwaukee for stealing Kyle Harrison from the Red Sox, or Chaim Bloom in St. Louis for really turning that team around in baseball’s toughest division. Or give them to Bannister and Venable… Lest we forget, the Sox are members of the very worst division in baseball. And that’s really quite fortunate for Getz, JR and Ishbia (at least for now) and especially Sox fans desperate for a pennant race after three years wandering in the desert.

Só is Yesavage, for now.

Well, there’s your/another argument for Roch over Emerson…

That was the point with picks like Collins Burger Vaughn Madrigal…supposedly safer, higher floors.

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/matt-quatraro-looking-move-forward-205715799.html This goes back and the Royals had been playing well entering Chicago...something just seems off with that team and/or manager. They shouldn't be looking up at the Twins in the standings. Just didn't have that fight in them...desire to avoid the sweep, persistence perseverance resilience, whatever you want to call it.

Basically felt like Garcia Salvy Witt vs. an entire Sox 26 man roster.

Twins' fans seem to prefer Flora to Lackey. Guess they're already expecting to see Ryan and/or Ober dealt away.

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/brewers-red-sox-kyle-harrison-203737325.html&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwih2uKunLqUAxX0J0QIHUzTAVsQFnoECAQQAg&usg=AOvVaw3_dippdhJlicJ1Ny9JS4cq Needs to be a trade similar to this...

He’s just never going to be that exciting dynamic highlight reel athlete…that’s always going to be the main point of critics.

Over 700 ops yet?

“In 12 to 24 months we have no idea how any of the current players or prospects will be performing.Some sink some swim and others who were invisible suddenly appear. What appears to be a glut of talent can thin out very quickly due to injuries and non performance.” White Sox thought pitching depth was a strength on the off-season. Now it’s suddenly not. Cannon and Sandlin, lol? Meanwhile, after the draft, they’ll suddenly be loaded with positional prospects. Complete 180. Cholowsky Carlson Braden Bonemer Antonacci Meidroth all fighting for starting positions. Maybe they also take Gasparino or Thome if it’s not pitching. Quero and Acuna soon to be cast aside.

Athletics at 22-21 also in first place. Jordan Walker drove in late runs and Riley O’Brien is second as a closer only to M.Miller. Cubs up 1-0 late over ATL in a battle of first place teams. Braves best record at 30-13. Make that 2-0.

He had an anomalous great offensive season for his age last year.

They’re getting along better. Steve rarely on the road and Schriffen probably picks up the tabs. Foodies. Calling him by his first name is progress. Noticed he still loses track of outs sometimes…but só do the players.

Meidroth and Antonacci pushing each other…internal competition/depth is a good thing.