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I’m no pitching expert, but it almost seemed like he was having issues with his release point. On the plus side, he seems to be inducing a ton of weak contact, including a lot of grounders.

I have a feeling Moncada has a big night.

And was coming off a four hit game. If Omar sat him two games after that for non-injury reasons then god help us all.

I’m actually hoping Robert is banged up or something, because giving Remillard any amount of playing time over him in the outfield is pretty ridiculous. So far so good for Battenfield. Anyone know what kind of stuff he has?

I’m all for objective & harsh criticism when warranted, but there is way too much whining & panic over pretty much everything. And unfortunately it comes from the same few posters repeating themselves ad nauseam.

You really need to give all of this more time before you jump to any conclusions. The league hasn’t adjusted to Torres & Andujar yet, whereas they have for Moncada. Two years from now Moncada could be the stud and the other two could be just good players. I get you and many others have a need for instant gratification, but Moncada is going to require some time for him to work through his issues. If you can’t endure that growing process, do us all a favor and take some time off from White Sox baseball.

What a terrible post, but par for the course I guess.

Man this board has really taken a dive in quality since we entered the rebuild.

I’d be a little worried I were Todd Steverson right now. Moncada is a cornerstone to the rebuild and if this coaching staff can’t tap into his talent (which we’ve seen plenty of) I would fully expect changes and the hitting coach may be the easiest sacrificial lamb.

Lambert is criminally underrated around here. With the velocity increase and changes to his repertoire (thanks James Fegan) the kid is a brand new pitcher.

AA rotation right now is Hansen, Cease, Flores, Lambert, & Tomshaw with Clarkin, Puckett, & Dunning on the DL.

Getz said they want to see Guerrero out of the bullpen for a while although he might get a spot start here or there.

Oh I 100% agree, it’s a very unique strategy whatever they are doing.

Why would they just offer them slot + remaining pool money for no reason? I think the only options are they offered more once they were a few picks away to scare off the teams in front of them or the players themselves simply demanded x money up front or they’d be going back to colleges. I lean towards the former not the latter.

I was going to tell you Shields is worth less than this, but I'd be ecstatic to get a player like this for Big Game James.

The need for people to write off prospects as quickly as possible is quite amazing. Before Moncada went down with his injury, the kid was incredibly productive (.868 OPS / wRC+ 140) and was top two in exit velocity. While there was BABIP luck fueling those numbers, the power was beyond legit. He was also one of the highest rated defenders at 2B and I believe the highest rated base-runner in all of baseball. To say he was flashing superstar potential would be a massive understatement. What has happened since then I’m not sure and clearly his overall game is suffering from him pressing on the offensive side, but I will never doubt a kid with this much ability. Maybe he never reaches his ceiling, but I’m going to give a lot more time to figure his shit out because we’ve already seen what it looks like when everything is clicking.

From what patc has said, I’m not sure the Achilles injuries will affect his offensive game much and that’s what makes him an interesting prospect. I still think he can be plenty valuable if the injuries prevent him from being at least serviceable at 3B.

So I was able to dive a little deeper into your claim that Jose Abreu has lost bat speed as he's aged & is now unable to catch up to fastballs. Below are some numbers (four seamer data only) I've pulled from Statcast and my underlying findings: 2018 represents Jose's highest average exit velocity on four seamers (since Statcast started) 2018 represents Jose's highest line drive % of balls in play on four seamers (since Statcast started) Jose is swinging more on four seamers this year, both inside & outside the zone Jose's batted balls in play are down a bit this year, entirely due to pitches outside the zone Jose's swinging K percentage is up a bit this year, far more significantly outside the zone Jose's HR numbers are relatively flat, but with some small improvement within the zone Jose's XBH numbers are up moderately, entirely due to improvement within the zone Jose's batter balls in play are up significantly against high velocity pitches, both within & outside the zone Jose's swinging K % is down significantly against high velocity pitches, both within & outside the zone Jose appears to be struggling with low velocity pitches within the zone & medium velocity pitches outside the zone I see no evidence to suggest a substantial drop-off in bat speed or that his ability to catch-up to fastballs has been impacted

Thank you. Sheets could be a total flop, but he did hit 21 HRs for Wake Forrest his junior year. There is reason to hope the game power eventually materializes with a wooden bat.

Getz has already stated this.

Why Stevenson?

I fully expect more power than that.

I don’t think the people pining for Omar to be our next manager don’t realize how big into small ball he is. He has his guys hunting & running wild.

I really like Hansen, but I could see it happening. Kopech is going nowhere, the org seems super high on Cease now, and Dunning probably has the highest floor in the ceiling if healthy. I could see Hansen being the odd man out if they can add a cost controlled star.

Why wouldn’t he be fully healthy and why would you want to trade him?