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Can just imagine Hahn thinking Cease Kopech Clevinger Toussaint Scholtens/Martin...we're right there in the Central for 2024.

Toussaint has that Giolito 95% percentile extension to home plate and also holding hitters to .104 on his curveball. Crazy the same age as Burger. Feels like he has been around forever.

Tell them good luck going 32-17 the rest of the way....Stanton's washed and Volpe is no Jeter.

Did Grifol forget Andrus isn't in CLE anymore? Should just drop Anderson appeal. Just put Benintendi back in the 1 hole. He now has the 7th lowest slugging percentage in baseball.

Stanton one of many that started off their career on a HoF track. Injuries.

Sounds like a CNN anchor...

DNP Coach's Decision...

https://www.fangraphs.com/teams/white-sox We have four players with above an 8.6% walk percentage....the MLB average. "Jackson Frazier" non existent/goodbye Sheets goodbye Grandal goodbye Benintendi right at 8.6% So starting off 2024 with not one single player on the team that does even better than average at taking walks.

Or Sheets finally goes on a hot streak at the end...same with Seby. At least Perez theoretically deserves more playing time to prove he's not the one... But you get the feeling we'll hear how Romy Sosa Remillard Ramos Popeye...one of them has to get the job done, right? Eventually? And then we'll still be talking about the 2B problem another season. Or RF with Colas.

De La Cruz leading the majors in strikeout percentage (37%) for roughly the last 40 games...toughest part of the season for a rookie.

Because Hahn has to prove/validate the value of one of his draft picks…

Not exactly a wholehearted endorsement. Has been distancing himself from Hahn (somewhat) recently… “I would say I absolutely get that. That’s the nature of pro sports,” Hahn said. “The fact of the matter is, I probably wasn’t as smart as everyone thought I was when I was winning Executive of the Year a couple years ago, and the odds are I’m probably not as stupid as people think I am now. https://www.mlb.com/news/rick-hahn-on-white-sox-priorities-for-2023-season

https://www.mlb.com/news/players-with-top-power-speed-combos-in-2023-season Probably would be listed even higher if he was busting it on the basepaths like last night. Suwinski a player that a number of teams previously gave up on... Finally, Elly de la Cruz and possibly O'Neil Cruz will be on this list next year.

Hence, why they eat Maharajah Macs in Indian McDonald's...

And can we please get rid of Sheets once and for all now...?

Yankee Killer/Slayer...?

Vaughn is 59th in MLB total bases. https://www.teamrankings.com/mlb/player-stat/total-bases In that sense, if every team had two players make the list...he's one of the best two on the team, along with #6 Luis Robert. https://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/player/_/view/batting/table/batting/sort/RBIs/dir/desc He's also 45th in RBI's.

Dog days of August…

Yankees pitcher Keynan Middleton claims White Sox clubhouse had 'no rules' Yasmani Grandal, meanwhile, denies report that he slapped Tim Anderson ESPN reportedly corroborated Middleton's comments in regard to missed meetings and sleeping players. The White Sox responded to Middeleton's (spelling) claims Monday night. Still on the front page of yahoo.com https://www.yahoo.com/sports/yankees-pitcher-keynan-middleton-claims-white-sox-clubhouse-had-no-rules-152020132.html

Grifol cares more about wins and losses than anyone else with his job on the line...Hahn made such a big deal in the press conference about winning "that" night's game, etc. In his eyes (Hahn's), they're still in their window and competing...just battling to get back from that "wretched" (used that phrase from Pride and Prejudice twice) start.

It's going to end up like that time Alcides Escobar threw a fit when he wasn't promoted from Charlotte...

Still adjusting to artificial surface...

Rafael Montero I think...was the reliever.

Charlotte schedule?

Don't forget Abreu saying it no longer felt like a family in the clubhouse...Pollock even taking less money to get out of there.