Chicago White Sox

I don’t know why we wouldn’t 10 more days and get the extra year. Like I want to see Antonacci as much as anyone, but this would read of desperation to burn a year of team control.

He’s not a ranked prospect and therefore not eligible for draft pick compensation.

I’m in Mexico so this is going to be me in about five minutes.

I’ve seen enough of this trash…goodbye

Was Shane always this thick?

When can we call up McDougal without losing a year of service time? He needs be up the second that’s feasible.

Waiting for Shane to say April Fools and stop sucking

All true, but I still struggle to understand why you take two Rule 5 guys who have zero roster flexibility and don’t at least hold onto the guy with options who can be sent up & down. Still could have taken a shot on Paez all while holding onto Pallette until someone better required his 40 man spot.

Well we are dumb and the exception to the rule

Montgomery at 3B doesn’t bother me. Benintendi in LF is what seems dumb here as it’s a rough defensive OF with him anywhere and Peters in CF. You could play the same guys in different and have a better overall defense IMO.

Five day sample sizes legit don’t matter and no one is making trades off of them

That will happen soon enough I believe.

We really need Teel & Baldwin back.

This makes the Peyton Pallette decision all the more perplexing.

It’s wild you are already writing Quero off as platoon player

Yeah, I’m much more concerned about the bat than him not looking great in CF defensively four games into his career there.

Wait until Teel & Baldwin are back. And the rotation isn’t good right now, but Smith, McDougel, Schultz, & Thorpe will all be pushing for spots soon enough.

You think Colson Montgomery is a top 10 defensive SS in the majors?

The Dodgers literally play guys all over the place. Look at where Mookie Betts has played since joining their organization. We are four games into the season and Venable was looking for a way to get another LH bat into the lineup. If this continues at this pace through May, let’s talk more then. Otherwise, people are overreacting to an incredibly meaningless sample.

Every smart organization does this but for some reason the Sox are stupid when they do it. And Colson will be playing 3B less when Teel & Baldwin are back and they more left-handers available. While Peters may not be much, it’s refreshing to have a manager who is aware of platoon splits.

Weird how they are doing these moves in such small waves.

Someone needs to trade for Lee.

If he does (which is possible), then he’s going to make the OD roster (and should), but I haven’t seen that reported anywhere so assuming he doesn’t have such a clause for the time being.

Here are my 20 bold predictions: Sox improve by 19 games yet again with and flirt with a playoff spot The positional group finishes the season well above league average in fWAR The pitching staff is still below league average but well above expectations Will Venable wins Manager of the Year in a landslide victory McDougal is up by May 1st and puts up a 2+ win season Hagen Smith is up by Jun 1st and puts up a 1.5+ win season Thorpe is back by Jul 1st and puts up 1+ wins across the 2H Kay, Fedde, & Martin all traded, DFA’d or moved to bullpen by Jul 1st Burke reclaims his 2024 form and leads the pitching staff in fWAR at 3.5 Berroa back by Jun 1st and immediately becomes a dominant bullpen piece Antonacci is up by May 1st and puts up a 2+ win season Teel leads the positional group with an fWAR of ~4 Murakami strikes out like crazy but hits 35 HRs and wins AL ROY Meidroth achieves his Steamer projections of 2.6 fWAR and a 108 wRC+ Acuna demonstrates elite CF defense and surprises with the bat (~90 wRC+) Baldwin secures an everyday role by producing a 115 wRC+ for the season Colson struggles immensely to start the year before a solid 2H rebound Periera goes from platoon bat to everyday OF after mid season Hayes injury Benintendi & Sosa are both traded or DFA’d before the end of the season Kelenic fails to make the OD roster, flounders in AAA, & retires from baseball TLDR - The Sox are going to surprise and have a very nice fucking season!

Yes, I will probably s%*# on the org if they put him on the OD roster unnecessarily, but I definitely hope he works out if/when he makes the team. Honestly, I think a good bold prediction would be that Kelenic is called up May 1st after killing it in Charlotte for a few weeks and his roster spot is opened up by DFA’ing Benintendi.