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This post along with WestEddys about Schriffen bragging over a solo home run that brings a score to 7-1 are both excellent points on why this guy is so annoying. You put off a lot of people when you are broadcasting to the fanbase like they are a bunch of idiots.

Just simmed another 10. Team in ( ) is who got #1. 2nd (Braves), 1st, 5th (Rays), 2nd (Twins), 3rd (Cardinals), 2nd (Rays), 2nd (Braves), 6th (Cardinals), 4th (Pirates), 1st So that's 2/20 for 1st place, just gotta hope RNG is on our side

Unfortunately, we have a stupid lottery to deal with. I just simmed it 10 times. 5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 4th, 4th, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 2nd

The Sox have already locked up the best odds for the #1 pick unless they miraculously win out to end this season. Were safe.

Teel and Colson literally both project those WAR numbers right now, I don't understand your comment. Its happening, right now. Unless you assume a major drop off from both of them they are proving it. Teel has 2.0 fWAR through 70 games, Montgomery 1.9 fWAR through 62, in their rookie debuts. The bWAR numbers are even better for Colson. I don't see anything wrong having the expectation they can be 4 war players based off what we have seen so far, although Colson seems to be the one who may fall short on that if he doesn't make some adjustments.

One can only hope

I thought that was the work of hot GM prospect Josh Barfield lol

DH is tricky especially if they continue to move forward with this Quero / Teel split thing that I think just sucks personally. I am going to assume Tauchman is back, because I can't believe they don't bring him back and also chose to not get any value for him to do him a personal favor.

Can't really disagree with any of that. Where are they going to make upgrades though? Benintendi isn't going anywhere. They almost certainly bring back Tauchman otherwise why the hell wasn't he moved at deadline time. Then you got guys like Vargas and Sosa they almost certainly don't move off from. There's not a whole lot of room to do anything unless they get creative with it, which I have no faith in.

Bad teams typically end up losing more games than they should.

The 2024 season was terrible on so many levels. The 121 losses made this year seem like some great success, but I wonder how many people would have their tune changed if the 2024 team only lost like 105 games and we follow it up with another 100+ loss season. The 2024 season created a major false sense of massive leaps forward with this organization.

Again, I agree with you overall about the optimal way to build a team. You should never let elite players leave, but the White Sox ARE cheap as s%*# so the reality is you watch them keep Crochet and let him walk away for a comp pick or you trade him for a high level package of prospects that could produce 3-4 contributors. The Sox aren't going to go out and sign a handful of 3-4 WAR players in free agency, hopefully this all changes once JR is out and well be talking about resigning the elite guys instead of shipping them out.

This years team is probably going to lose 100 again. Its going to take another 20 game improvement next season just to get to .500. When you look at the roster currently, its likely were returning the same team next season. That's a pretty lofty ask for them to improve ANOTHER 20 wins, and would take steps forward by almost every single young player which probably isn't realistic. On the offensive side, there really isn't a lot of room to add someone without pushing out a young player. The pitching though is a disaster, how much money gets spent on that in the offseason? If not, you are relying on improvement from the staff we already have and a bunch of guys coming off of TJS.

What you're saying isn't wrong in general but its definitely wrong in terms of the White Sox of today. The White Sox of today are never going to re-enforce the roster around that elite talent. If Teel and Montgomery become 3-4 WAR players with Meidroth a 2-3 WAR player and Gonzalez being a usable arm on the MLB team that is far more valuable to the Sox than a 6 WAR pitcher who is surrounded by underperformers, journeyman, or mid tier free agents. The Sox were never going to resign Crochet anyways, so you either get 4 chances to get good contributors to your team or you let him walk away and get 1 comp pick. So the jury is still out if it becomes a huge win, because it certainly could if all 4 of those guys pan out, but it will be a win regardless because there was never a chance the Sox were going to keep Crochet here and they pretty much got a max return for him.

If this is supposed to be referring to me, my comment had nothing to do with the person. You had a poster LOL someone who was murdered over an opinion. That's scummy.

His career year is literally present day Andrew Benintendi. A decent hitter who can’t play defense and is a 1war or less player. I don’t understand why everyone loves this guy.

Maybe not, but if it’s .200 with 35-40 homers and an .800 OPS it’s not like that spells doom for you.

The shine is starting to come off of Colson honestly, I don't know how successful he is going to be if he's a .200 hitter striking out 30%+ of the time. This is the critical time moving into next year to see him take a step forward and not back. Last 7 Days hitting .143 with a 52% K Rate Last 14 Days hitting .208 with a 43% K Rate Last 28 Days hitting .200 with a 32% K Rate

Manny Ramirez had 5 and Thome had 7. How does that even get through fact checkers lol

Man Teel is a stud

Meh, I still don't think he's magically great now but its always frustrating to see a high first round pick fail miserably for years and then as soon as he is given up on its like the light switched on.

Vaughn was worth -1.8 on the Sox, currently sitting at 1.2 with the Brewers. A staggering difference of 3 WAR between the two stops. 48 Games W/ Sox - .189 / .218 / .531 (SO% 22.3 - BB% 3.6) 52 Games W/ Brewers - .307 / .368 / .865 (SO% 14.6 - BB% 8.0)

There is 0% chance the Twins come anywhere close to besting the Sox 2024 season. Not only do they have a loaded farm system, they play in our crappy division and still have some good players on their roster.

He's your pick or do you mean that as you think that's who they would go after, because I would be surprised if you were advocating to sign Houser to a legit SP contract this offseason. He was good here, but has an ERA pushing 5 since he got traded and will be 33 heading into next season. I would HATE to see them sign him to a legit contract and can't possibly see that working out.

Yeah Cincinnati defense is awful but they may have the best offense in the league and are going to be extremely difficult to stop. San Francisco is definitely health dependent, but if healthy they are going to be pretty good.