caulfield12

Who is the #3 milb Sox pitching prospect right now? McDougal or Oppor? And who comes next after those two…? Probably no consensus, 3-5 names will arise.

https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/is-the-end-coming-for-tua-tagovailoa-with-the-dolphins-it-depends-on-more-than-a-salary-cap-hit-194045000.html Fernando Mendoza...Indiana/Cal Arch Manning...likely 2027 LaNorris Sellers...S.Carolina Garrett Nussmaier...LSU John Mateer...OU/WSU Dante Moore...Oregon Carson Beck...Miami ASU QB Sam Leavitt...already lost big game to MissState but that had a totally fluky ending Drew Allar...PSU Cade Klubnik...Clemson Only two guys that might be THAT guy at the next level IMO are Sellers and Mateer...for now Mateer closer to end of second round but rising fast Michigan kid has a big-time arm but not much of an instinctive runner

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/nfl-quarterbacks-disrespectful-behavior-during-135220487.html&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiO2LXwmc6PAxX4KEQIHZQTDk8Q0PADegQIAhAD&usg=AOvVaw2OBsHJWChInRBTorP0rd87

"but there are many prospectively 'better' SPs in the organization that could start next year" MANY have better arms than Shane Smith? Other than the two lefties, Taylor (who hasn't exactly dominated in relief), McDougal and Oppor, who could we possibly be talking about as OD 2026 starter???

The only two are Schultz and Smith...unless they put Taylor back in the rotation. Unless they dominate the AFL...even then the Sox won't be willing to give up that extra year of control anyway. Which leaves either McDougal or Oppor. I'll gladly take those odds...barring a shock FA signing of over $10 million guaranteed.

Might as well argue Shane Murphy. Adams had rather pedestrian stuff even before the TJS. And he's unlikely to pitch until May/June anyway.

2.67 era across six starts in August. Got the win against Tigers last time out…one of the two best AL teams which you overlooked in describing it as “pretty bad.” Wins are kind of a good thing when you’re scratching and clawing to avoid the Rockies’ streak of three consecutive 100 loss seasons. Crochet was a first rounder, the only question was his durability as a starter off all those injuries.

Bump…will go into 2026 season as Opening Day starter

https://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance Still up 145 fans per game over 2024…9 home games left to go

Unnecessary sarcasm. Reported. It's 253 am here and I'm a bit blurry-eyed posting on phone. I expect you to follow up in the same way the next time another poster does this, but Cali said that people enjoy bullying Greg and I for some strange reason. Kind of like moderators complaining that WestEddy and I won't ignore each other while they endlessly debate with him lol.

If he admits that Austin Slater wasn't actually a "home run" acquisition but instead classic WE hyperbole...sure. Btw, he's the one researching past posts to try to burn me today for some reason.

Delete Mead please. Not helping that 27th def. rating at fgraphs.

Gonzalez next instead of Bryse Wilson? Prioritizing a win here, what?

And JR's kids added another 10-15% instead of that all going to the Ishbias.

Getz isn't GM apparently, either. Because Clevinger being on the roster again is something no fully rational GM would do. It's either JR TLR or the minority shareholders running the team...or JR is that afraid of tampering charges dating back to the Covid season with Clevinger and Z.Plesac partying in Chicago. But go ahead, try to spin something about his veteran leadership and how he deserves this shot again after keeping his nose clean at Charlotte all season long. Apparently they cared more about how Benetti ate a hot dog than the impact on female Sox fans of bringing in Clevinger around all their rookies...heck, the majority of Sox fans outside a few crackpots are disgusted by this move.

It's the two sons of a long time minority owner (who died at a pretty old age fairly recently.) Better to think of them as spoiled heirs.

No sports section (even in Chicago) is going to care as much about 50 Sox victories as the Rockies passing the infamous 41-121 mark.

Even that idiot/scumbag Preller didn't want him back after trading a boat load of talent to get him. Preller definitely learned his lesson, though. Once bitten, twice shy.

"Moncada, Jiménez and Vaughn have the talent for strong years." Gee...really controversial. Note it was an attempt to be positive without actually putting numbers to it, although Vaughn would put up 18-20 homers and 70-75 rbi's without fail. Those are good numbers for the worst team in baseball history, lol. Just not enough for Keith Osik. Nobody questioned the talent level of those three or the first two guys wouldn't have gotten extensions so quickly. Vaughn's case is well-documented...almost as well documented as Luke Keaschall being rejected as a trade target due to not wanting to help the Twins win the division (apparently okay to help the Royals, though.)

You realize what Luis Robert did in 2023, right? Did you miss his performance that season? Because my comments were prior to 2024. Nobody at SoxTalk was predicting a complete collapse at that point. Moncada had over an 800 ops for the Angels within the last week and Vaughn led the Brewers to the NL Central title...other than Jimenez falling off completely last year, but you were the one shining that it wasn't fair to judge Chris Getz when all those guys got hurt, right????? You didn't use the injury excuse about 1000 times last year?

Stupid to look at the track record of Jimenez Moncada and Robert and what exactly SHOULD they have predicted if they weren't so "grumpy" lol?

Because you expected them to be healthy despite all evidence to the contrary...

offense/pitching fWAR by team Det 20.3 + 13.8=34.1 +4 def Min 12.5 + 13.7=26.2 -12.5 def KCR 11.5 + 15.6=27.1 +10.7 def CLE 8.9 + 11.4=20.3 +20.7 def Sox 5 + 10=15 -28.1 def (3 worse) Plus, they're (likely) going to be subtracting Luis Robert and Taylor on the defensive side.

Civale is obviously not starting tmrw. Bryse Wilson again? They supposedly worry about the PR fallout from letting Robert go for nothing in return, but not about the ramifications of Clevinger being back yet again? Did the A’s owner take over instead of Ishbia…?

Fgraphs has him at 1.4, probably 1.5 tmrw morning. https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&type=8&season=2025&month=0&season1=2025&ind=0&qual=1&team=0%2Cts White Sox at 5.0 as a team. 29th. Rockies last at -2.7. Average for playoff teams around 23-24 offensive fWAR.