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Oscar Gonzalez is back for the Guardians... Toussaint vs. X.Curry on the bump. Josh Naylor almost beating #1-2-7-8-9 in Sox batting order in RBIs by himself.

CLE Batters AVG HR RBI SB 1KwanLF .273 4 36 15 2Gimenez2B .244 9 39 17 3Ramírez, Jo3B .288 16 60 13 4Naylor, J1B .304 15 79 6 5BellDH .239 11 48 0 6BrennanCF .262 5 28 7 7Gonzalez, ORF .203 1 5 0 8Naylor, BC .227 4 12 1 9Arias, GSS .196 4 6 1 CWS Batters AVG HR RBI SB 1BenintendiLF .281 2 29 12 2Anderson, TiSS .241 0 18 10 3Robert Jr.CF .267 28 58 11 4Jiménez, EDH .285 13 46 0 5Burger3B .217 24 51 1 6Sheets1B .219 8 26 0 7ColásRF .215 1 9 4 8Remillard2B .305 1 13 3 9ZavalaC .158 6 15

Now two almost irrelevant Thompson's in the organization...at least some of those former Sox top prospects over the past couple of seasons are going to have wake up to the competition...with so many spots there for the taking on the big league roster.

But what would Barbie do/say (TM)?

Vaughn was supposedly the best player in the entire country...

Lee doesn't seem Korean. At least we're trying to get all the first rounders from Berkeley since Oregon State didn't work out so well.

At Sizzler/Golden Corral or Morton's?

Live look at the Guardians clubhouse as they target a four game sweep and first place?

At least Hahn is the early favorite for the AL Trade Deadline Executive of the Year award...JR Cost-Cutting Award, etc. We're probably already around the middle of the pack for team payrolls and still have a lot more to cut with Clevinger, Bummer and Grandal, to name just a few.

The Foodies are only into the big name trades or FA hunts?

Watch we finally end up with Maldonado as a veteran tutor quasi catching coach…

Still have Grandal, Clevinger (getting a start this weekend supposedly), Middleton (value way down), Bummer, obviously Cease. Andrus probably ends up elsewhere somehow. Hahn must be hoping to get paid double or triple overtime this week for actually working. Keeps opening up spots on the big league roster without anyone to fill them. Four and counting.

All the catchers…

Katz will be headed the opposite direction …

Did we sneak into the #16-19 MiLB ranking range just yet?

He still should get his playoff/WS shares at least.

Nice for the Irish I guess…

KW=Idris Elba Rick Hahn=Admiral Strauss of the AEC

What happened to your Cubs’ Forum that you were so eager to get off the ground this year?

Or Keuchel after Wheeler was off the table...it's almost like the money had to be spent or it would have been gone from the "war chest."

https://www.mlb.com/news/lucas-giolito-reflects-on-time-with-white-sox Respectfully, they have it backwards. Giolito going from the worst pitcher in baseball to one of the best, an All Star and no hitter...those were accomplishments that helped make 2020-21 possible. He was the first acquired prospect who started to live up to his billing as Moncada and then Kopech had their struggles. And he took the ball and went out there every day, whether he had his best stuff or was going through games like the Patriot's Day struggle in Boston. Gave his best effort, sweated through his uniform and hat and represented the team well both on and off the field like a true professional.

Or scouting/rating websites for college basketball and football... When you reflect back on all the hype surrounding Lenyn Sosa, Colas this year or Micker Adolfo in spring training when so many were fretting about losing him because he was Merkinized as a future stud (potentially!!!).

Well, that was easy.

Yay another 1B...but you at least have to move on from Sheets when you already have Vaughn and Burger. Or you simply trade Vaughn with a change of scenery move in the offseason. . "Here's a tale of a guy who seemed to have a bright future ahead of him, BA .277, with 29 HR, in 2021, bats L, plays 1st base, who just got DFA. A reason not to sign long term deals. White Sox could maybe sign him to a minor league deal, for league minimum, after he clears waivers. He has been doing better recently in AAA, who knows, maybe he gets his mojo back and catches fire." https://halohangout.com/posts/angels-dfa-former-all-star-in-surprising-move-jared-walsh

You don't have to worry as much about extensions if you have proper MiLB depth like the Guardians Brewers Rays etc.