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Borchard for Thornton or Damaso Marte when the Pirates were going to be unable to protect him as the third lefty on OD…Quentin for Carter, KW must have made 15-20 moves like that, arms like Jenks and Santos Santos, heck, at this point would even take a De Aza over the usual Palka’s and AJ Reeds and Nick Williams types. Heck, KW undoubtedly made more good moves 2004-2005 than Hahn has in his entire career as a GM. Also responsible for Alexei Ramirez, Abreu and 75% of Robert Jr. With Paddy. Sale, Q, TA7 was due to Sox scout Warren Hughes “What’s made it quite so extraordinary, however, is how the White Sox are doing what they’re doing — with a roster comprised of no less than fourteen players acquired through the draft, including hitting on seven No. 1 picks – shortstop Tim Anderson, catcher Zack Collins, outfielder/first baseman Andrew Vaughn, infielder Jake Burger, reliever Garret Crochet, lefty starter Carlos Rodon and (now on the injured) list) second baseman Nick Madrigal. Such success in the draft — accounting for nearly 50% of the team’s active roster — is almost unheard of in baseball, particularly for a team in first place. As White Sox GM Rick Hahn says, it’s all about scouting, scouting, scouting (as opposed to analytics). In this era of creeping analytics in baseball, there is no bigger champion of scouts in the game than White Sox board chairman Jerry Reinsdorf. The one common denominator in the White Sox draft strategy is that they’ve almost exclusively used their high picks on college players, but even those are never guarantees. “I give all the credit to our scouting and player development departments,” Hahn said by phone Friday. “Even though we did draft high a lot of years, and it’s true college players are more polished, you still have to really know the players you are drafting and that’s where the scouts come into play. There is no substitute for makeup and character and the ability to deal with adversity.” https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/ny-white-sox-draft-success-madden-20210710-7m242r5os5bnhjvnydeg2uilfm-story.html

If only they sought out El rockin at SoxTalk more, my ass would be covered in the social media sphere…

Franchise Overview Seasons in Minneapolis 1961-2023 63 14 2 Seasons Made Playoffs Championships If you go by 2001-2010 and the last five years…more often than not they kicked our butts other than 2008. 2020 comeback the final 2-3 weeks? We only have 2005, 2008 and 2021 over them since the 1987 and 1991 WS titles. Well, I guess we were better in 2012 but collapsed at the end. Okay, four times the Sox prevailed.

“It's really dangerous to take broad conclusions from one game or three games at any stretch of the year, whether it’s April -- when things tend to get magnified -- or even mid-June,” Hahn said. “Any three-game stretch -- frankly, any 13-game stretch -- is not necessarily indicative of the other 149 games. ….. “I don’t want to say we just beat ourselves, but it feels like every game we kind of feel like we beat ourselves,” White Sox starter Mike Clevinger said. “We could have a lot of wins right now. “So it’s finding our identity, which we’re in the process of, and trying to mold those pieces together. Seems like one day one thing is doing well, and something is off. Sometimes it takes a little time with new faces and a new clubhouse. It takes time.” White Sox have yet to prove themselves: 'We could have a lot of wins' April 15th, 2023. Scott Merkin mlb.com

Going back over twenty years now... Can they please "accidentally" not stitch a Diekman #42 jersey for today's Jackie Robinson games to prevent him from totally screwing up yet another game???

The obvious answer will be Andrus, Cueto, Rodon, McCann, maybe Clevinger this year...that's just not nearly the width and breadth of talent the Dodgers imported. from various sources.

Because the Dodgers have come up with 8-10 value free agents during that same time period when we had all the playing time in the world to give away... especially 2016-2019. But we instead gave up on Narvaez for what, ultimately? Could we just find ONE guy like the following? k*** Hernandez (now super utility, Red Sox) Trayce Thompson Justin Turner Max Muncy Chris Taylor David Peralta/Pollock (2021) Tyler Anderson and Andrew Heaney last year Miguel Rojas Jayson Heyward Rich Hill, etc. https://dodgersway.com/2022/11/13/dodgers-free-agency-hidden-gems-andrew-friedman/ Wanted Grossman, Matthew Boyd, Tyler Naquin... under the radar guys Then they can manage to field a consistent Top Ten farm system so they can trade for for anyone or gold their powder dry for Ohtani this past offseason.

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/orioles-vs-white-sox/2023/04/15/718570/preview Looks like pretty much the exact same lineup as yesterday... Grandal catching a day game after a night game. Jimenez future kids seemingly intact. Sosa back out there. Has to be Zavala tmrw @ catcher.

Comforto would have been fine since neither player nor team wanted a long term from financial commitment. Prove it, make good deal. A lot less risk attached than five long years of salary commitments.

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=fld&lg=all&qual=0&type=1&season=2022&month=0&season1=2022&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2022-01-01&enddate=2022-12-31&sort=11,d Last year the White Sox were 27th in team DRS. This year 24th so far. Slight improvement. But the Twins are now #5 and the Guardians are even worse than the Sox at 27th somehow. Massive shift in early going.

Not with Colas, Moncada, Grandal and Sheets. Certainly nice to have on the roster... that balance, but the single biggest issue continues to be lack of power. Matt Carpenter, for example, was relatively cheap LH option. Dahl would have been another.

Minus the plus OF arm in right that recorded all those assists and boosted his asking price into the stratosphere at the perfect time for a rebuild.

Someone like a Hunter Renfroe would have been a much more solid and far cheaper addition... would have provided a lot more contract flexibility as well.

https://sports.yahoo.com/tigers-bench-javier-baez-after-pair-of-embarrassing-baserunning-mistakes-032233920.html

Last year the Twins ran out of gas, their rotation imploded…too many injuries and a shaky pen. Much better rotation, speed and defense this year. Getting younger as well, shedding most of their vets for hungrier young players like Gordon, Miranda, Larnach, etc. And Duran will cover up a lot of mistakes when all is said and done at the back end.

I think you just mean “show me the money!” to steal a Jerry McGuire line.

And Houston is 5-8 almost now...

Robert and Cease are the only truly compelling players...

1/2 game lead over Royals and Tigers for last place, 5-9 vs. 4-9. Tigers just walked off Doval... Maton hit a three run bomb down to last out. Twins 2 up on Guardians, 5 on Sox.

It's like Iowa making B10 championship... in football. Although we did play MSU close one time.

Maybe they should just try switching positions...?

Well... just glancing at the schedule through the first 33 does the Sox no favors. Things really get tough and soon. Don't even think Cincy looks that easy right now.

And the Bulls excuse... JR still gets a percentage of those two play-in gates?

We did barely beat Cincy (17,610) and of course the Marlins...11,000 on a Friday night is ridiculous.

Might as well name Getz fill in for remainder of season before he replaces Hahn. Or maybe Thome to keep heat off front office.