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He's more inconsistent offensively than Acuna, but at least much healthier in general. When he's on a tear, just an incredible player, even better defensively and disruptive on the basepaths, more so than almost anyone but Elly de la Cruz of CINCY.

757 career MiLB numbers....that translates to about 675 at the major league level. Still just .597 OPS in 342 MLB at-bats, 11 homers. Semien career 765 OPS at the major league level. Much better defense after Ron Washington got a hold of him in OAK. 841 ops in nearly 1500 minor league at-bats. USING the same "discount" rate between the two, would be a 671 major leaguer...with below average defense, that's something like a 1-1.5 fWAR player. Lucky to be much better than replacement level. OFC, Semien was an All-Star and occasional MVP candidate...Sosa will be quite fortunate to get to 1000 MLB at-bats.

They will never eat $35 million…

https://www.mlb.com/padres/news/starting-pitchers-that-could-be-dealt-at-the-mlb-trade-deadline?partnerId=it-20240704-10366805-mlb-1-A&utm_id=it-20240704-10366805-mlb-1-A Crochet and Fedde top two on trade market, 11 other possibilities, including Bauer. Flaherty number 3.

Sosa can never play big league SS. 3B and 2B are questionable enough. He will kill the confidence of the pitching staff.

The exact same it was for Korey Lee last year. Just abysmal. Colas as well. Finally, Ramos doesn't look close to ready, either.

He's only hitting .200 OPS points higher than the $75 million man. Like with Vaughn, the real "settling in average" is NOT going to be much higher than a 625-675 hitter, and that's not good enough with below average fielding and baserunning speed as well. Too many K's. Maybe 12-15 homer power, which one again isn't enough for third with all the lack of power up the middle.

Thank god they traded Caminero to the Rays...they might have dominated for five more years. Now they have to draft another up the middle guy because none of theirs are hitting well enough. Unless they go with one of those two collegiate pitchers.

Gonna use him like Dyson/Gore in KC...

At this point, they would probably be equivalent values...because of Robert's age, how DOWN hitting is around MLB, his past competition for Gold Gloves (pure CFer when healthy). The fact of the matter is that Crochet just doesn't have a long enough track record of success as a starter AND a clean bill of health back through University of TN through today. Luis Robert, if HEALTHY, IS a legit 5 fWAR player, maybe even 6ish. They hardly grow on trees. Look at the money being thrown around for guys like Ohtani, Matsumoto and next will be ROKI SASAKI...although he will be coming at an earlier age so his very first MLB contract will be similar to Ohtani's.

Maybe his struggles will force them back onto the trade market for ANOTHER White Sox pitcher, lol.

That series they got swept at the end of 2022 by the Guardians was REALLY the end, although most Sox fans were at least SOMEWHAT optimistic going into 2023 because of the possibility of better player health and the replacement of TLR...but we were almost universally correct about being skeptical on that one. It's usually a bad sign when a guy's own organization doesn't have enough faith in him. Kind of the same thing with Sandy Alomar, Jr., in Cleveland. Some just don't have the drive and determination to deal with the modern day player in a more proactive way, or simply to put in the long hours and deal with incessant travel for 7 1/2 months of the year, and an extra 3 weeks for the post-season. Call it the Gabe Kapler-ization, Joe Maddon or Terry Francona after he left BOS approach. The opposite of "old school" which Grifol pretty much defines. Even Grifol's best friend Eduardo Perez is much more forward thinking from a media-oriented perspective. In the end, Anderson let fame and women go to his head and started to believe he was one of the greats of the game, a modern-day Jackie Robinson and basically his "s%*# didn't stink." He didn't put in the time and effort to keep improving on defense. He hit so well over a 3 year stretch that he thought it was just like riding a bike and he didn't have to put the work in there, either. When you believe you're indispensable to the franchise, you tend to start getting a feeling of entitlement and nobody was every able to really get in his face like an Abreu, Cueto or Pham type of leader and get through to him about the consequences of living a wild life on the road, going out all the time, not living the "clean" dedicated/committed Ohtani way...the guy who's always out there thinking of ways to improve and hone his craft every single day on earth until he retires.

The same way that Crochet is beating expectations. Motivation to play on a winning team, for one...and for a manager he actually likes and respects. Boras Corp is certainly in his ear talk about how much more marketable he would be in a "real" large market giving his 100% and playing with charm/flair/charisma like when he first came stateside his first couple of MiLB seasons and was pretty close to "must see tv" and "Mike Trout Lite."

Is Feddue (see misspelling in an above tweet which testifies to his largely undiscovered status amongst all but the most diehard fans outside of Chicago and WASH) not Fondue about the best value play in the game today, other than Jurickson Profar's 2024 contract coming out of that wasteland in COL? SELL NOW. DICTATE THE MARKET AT HIS HIGH. All teams acquiring with best offer/s out of the gate get an extra 4-5 July 2024 starts to add even more additional value and separation in tight WC races...especially in the NL.

A lot more impressed with this Wilson BB that has references to Des Moines Dowling HS, the University of Iowa and finally Indiana Fever in red...a lot moreso than A'ja Wilson's NIKE basketball shoe logo.

More concerned about his "reasonably valued" upcoming contract years being off the books than the talent return. Idiots.

Well, the Dodgers could always use yet another stud in Robert, lol. Almost getting to be unfair to the rest of the NL.

Still in the game. Now tied. 4-4. 45 pitches, 2 K's, 1 BB to go with 4 H/2 HR

Where the follow-up "Hahn considering a return to baseball/sports management" puff piece?

KwanLF L 7 24 4 .362 .946 SchneemannCF L 3 12 1 .262 .864 Ramírez, Jo3B S 23 76 15 .276 .879 Naylor, J1B L 20 61 3 .242 .818 FryDH R 8 32 4 .303 .925 Gimenez2B L 5 38 14 .249 .651 NoelRF R 2 3 0 .231 1.055 Naylor, BC L 4 18 1 .207 .608 RocchioSS S 2 15 7 .211 .605 Lineups subject to change

Batters CWS B HR RBI SB AVG OPS PhamRF R 4 16 4 .263 .717 BenintendiLF L 6 22 2 .192 .537 Robert Jr.CF R 10 18 4 .215 .798 SheetsDH L 7 28 1 .235 .727 Vaughn1B R 11 40 1 .244 .701 Sosa, L3B R 3 12 2 .231 .621 Lopez, NSS L 0 9 3 .246 .577 Mendick2B R 2 6 5 .195 .539 Maldonado, MC R 1 5 0 .083 .259

The Sox aren't going to bench him for two games when the most important thing right now is proving his health and increasing his numbers/trade value.

Brooks Lee getting called up by Twins (mlb.com) #13 prospect in baseball. Geez, that Royce Lewis guy sure would fit in with the White Sox. Good god how productive HE Buxton and Correa are, WHEN ACTUALLY HEALTHY.

Quantity deals scare me with almost any team, but the Ortiz success with MIL gives reason for hope that the second tier of those guys in BALT can come through. Basallo is the most interesting case, as he and either Mayo or Holliday are going to become superfluous...or at least not playing at their highest/premium value position. Obviously depends on where the Sox stand with Lee/Quero and with Montgomery/Ramos/Baldwin being solutions at 3B. Of course, O's fans argued until they were blue in the fact about Mayo being able to play RF due to arm strength (a bit like a Hunter Renfroe type). Then you've got to fit Cowser, Kjerstad, Beavers, etc., into that outfield puzzle.

Or Sale getting back to where he is now with ATL after seemingly five straight years of struggling/injuries.