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Hopefully more Chris Pratt than Seth Rogen physique-wise...

When's the last time we heard of the White Sox front office playing 3-D chess, lol?

Tatis 6 3 5 8 478/1.673 ops 3 homers game still going on vs. ALBQ https://www.milb.com/news/fernando-tatis-jr-hits-long-home-runs-el-paso-chihuahuas

We desperately needed a long or swing man in the pen and someone capable of insuring the rotation... Martin is the ONLY realistic option right now.

Feel for Scholtens...going back down with a bad taste in his mouth after the way that game ended. Blame our 3B. Hopefully he uses it as positive motivation. Then again, he might never see the big leagues again.

Father pitched for Sox/Angels, right?

Lopez, Ryan, Gray, Ober, Mahle, Maeda Winder/Paddack returning from injury/TJ Kepler (returning this weekend) Celestino (60 day) Farmer (day to day) Gallo (going on rehab assignment) Kiriloff Polanco Royce Lewis (former #1 overall pick, career decimated by injuries) 3 Top 100 prospects, but Brooks Lee and Emmanuel Rodriguez are drawing absolute raves...overall ranking of system in same ballpark as the White Sox. Julien was right on the borderline of the Top 100 and has impressed so far in the early going...1st career homer tonight at Yankee Stadium.

Twins 9 Yankees 0

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/twins-vs-yankees/2023/04/13/718590/live/box Twins still have four players they didn't plan on starting in the lineup against NYY but at least Correa/Buxton back. Solano is going to be yet another Piranha...

Luis Robert is the only player we were outbid for and still won against StL due to the Cuban Connection. Konerko, lol?

https://www.mlb.com/news/adley-rutschman-blasts-walk-off-home-run-to-beat-athletics Ofc Baltimore is coming into Chicago on top of the world...but there's no momentum in baseball. Supposedly.

https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-discuss-shaking-off-slow-start Ofc we knew that Hendriks and Crochet would be cast in the role of midseason saviors... but will it be another case of too little, too late? Effort is better... but execution and fundamentals other the really nice relay play and Robert being back closer to 100% are still lacking. Andrus has lost another step seemingly. Alberto Burger Vaughn Sheets are each flawed defenders and the one plus athlete off the bench Romy can't hit.

Giolito, Moncada and Lopez already had big league time. The biggest issue is and will be Kopech vs. Devers and getting nothing from the back end of that trade. Cease and Jimenez was a haul. Dylan took 2-3 years to find himself though. Dunning peaked early and led to the Lynn deal. When all is said and done, Moncada and Kopech have disappointed the most... Michael at least 50% due to injuries that should have been. expected throwing 97-101 at that time with nearly max effort.

And ironically the #1 reason Machado provided for signing with SD was the presence of former Sox prospect Tatis Jr. With Moncada at third and Anderson at SS, Harper was always the best choice, especially from a marketing standpoint since Manny was pretty much a villain back then before earning a lot of respect back with his level of play and especially maturity/leadership.

That would PROBABLY require jettisoning Hendriks off the payroll. Probably. Hader is no longer automatic and his stuff is down 1-2 notches from overuse. His control is also very erratic. Normally 94-97 now.

Those numbers included 2008/10/12 too...strip away those three seasons and you are much closer to Bottom 5.

https://www.teamrankings.com/mlb/stat/stolen-bases-per-game CLE and Baltimore lead the majors in. stolen bases...Grandal and Zava will be constantly put to the test. Point 2, they need to start winning consistently at home. Period. Even if the majority of fans are still indifferent, apathetic, disengaged.

You can add the Royals and Rockies...Reds...Diamondbacks... Marlins. A's do know precisely what they are doing, which is burning that franchise down to the floorboards. Had hope for Pitt but Cruz out and Reynolds likely traded.

T.Thompson, .316, 4 hr’s, 11 rbi’s

Even if they do move Giolito, Clevinger and Lynn, the returns wouldn't be huge unless they suddenly dominate over the next two months...but then Hahn would look like an idiot White Flagging it yet again when they would likely be at least competitive with 2/3 pending FA starters throwing well along with Cease/Kopech. Grandal will get even less and then you have Seby/Perez playing everyday. At least it would be cost efficient. That leaves Hendriks, Lopez (need to trade if you can't extend), Graveman Bummer and maybe Kelly but only a dominant/cheap Reynaldo gets you much back there other than salary dumps. (Ofc TA7, Kopech, Jimenez and Cease each have to be addressed as well... extend or try to trade at max value.) Just assuming they don't get what they want for Moncada... it would be super embarrassing to trade him and Montgomery or Ramos are the only ones capable of replacing him long-term. Stuck with for 2024. Benintendi likewise would be super embarrassing to trade after his deal and you're also going to give up talent or a cash subsidy the way things are headed. Depressing. A dumpster or tire fire.

https://benhowell71.com/lee-jung-hoo/ http://junghoolee51.com/Scoutingreport Note: Cubs just signed Ian Happ to a contract extension...

MLB Trade Rumors Version 4. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, SP, Orix Buffaloes: Back in February, Joel Sherman of the New York Post wrote that there is “strong belief among MLB teams” that Yamamoto will be posted by the Buffaloes after the season. As MLBTR’s Steve Adams wrote, “Yamamoto is already a four-time NPB All-Star and has taken home both the Pacific League MVP Award and the Sawamura Award (Japan’s equivalent to MLB’s Cy Young Award) in each of the past two seasons. Have Jordan Montgomery and Josh Hader in their Top Ten. Extensive write up on Giolito at #6. Other players considered for this list, or who have a chance to play their way onto it, include Max Scherzer, Luis Severino, Tyler Mahle, Sean Manaea, Harrison Bader, Michael Conforto, Amed Rosario, and Jung Hoo Lee. Of course, one of the best parts of baseball is surprising performances, and we’ll revisit the 2023-24 MLB Free Agent Power Rankings every month. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/04/2023-24-mlb-free-agent-power-rankings.html

https://sports.yahoo.com/shohei-ohtani-and-who-else-ranking-10-more-2023-24-mlb-free-agents-in-crucial-contract-years-214330850.HTML Ohtani to Sox is a no go since they didn't make his initial preference list and he will likely receive $475-525 million anyway... basically 6-7x the White Sox biggest FA contract in Benintendi. Amed Rosario is currently the #4 option in the class. Yikes! Harrison Bader #5??? Chapman isn't realistic with Moncada on the books. Everyone will seemingly bid on Nola and/or Urias. Forget those two. Teoscar Hernandez is basically Eloy Jimenez but healthier. Then you have Sonny Gray, Blake Snell, Jack Flaherty and Giolito... wouldn't go after any of them with a ten foot pole, but Sox will probably play up Flaherty/Katz high school connection since no other names obviously jump out. Gray I guess would "take/subtract" from Minny but it would take a lot more than him to really move the meter.

Just watched the highlights…Sheets falling down because he took the incorrect route to the Jeffers ball and couldn’t adjust athletically is like rubbing salt into the wound. You almost have to see it to believe it, it was that level of defensive incompetence.

Twins actually lost more starter level time to injury...