Chicago White Sox

Come on Fulmer, stop nibbling and go after these guys when you get ahead in the count.

God I hate Schwarber so much.

Seems like one of those days where Fulmer will either throw a no-no or will get roughed up real bad and be taken out within three innings.

Sounds like the Reds are all over Singer at #5, so I doubt you get him underslot. India taking #10 pick money would give us roughly $2M to play with. In a deep draft with very few elite talents, that makes the most sense IMO. Having said that, I’m starting to get a bit worried there will be several teams in the 4 to 10 range looking to make underslot deals with India. That could hurt our negotiating leverage and I’m only taking India at #4 if we get significant savings.

100% agree when picking as high as we are.

More important for hitters than pitchers IMO since there is generally better off-speed stuff to deal with in AAA.

And the 2018 metrics are about equal for April & May. Just from watching him you see how much more selective he is this year. I wouldn’t rush to consider him the long-term answer at DH, but he’s suddenly a guy worth investing a bit more time in and finding out.

God I love the days when Kopech & Cease both pitch.

Man this is really tough. Bohm is super intriguing to me, but after that there are a ton of question marks. Really think cutting a huge underslot deal with India or Kelenic might make the most sense assuming Mize & Bohm are already off the board. If we have to go full slot, I’d probably go with Madrigal or Singer in that order.

Oh I have no problem with knowing where we stand. Honestly, it makes the losing a bit easier to digest knowing we’re looking at another top pick. I just can’t personally cheer for losses this early into the season.

I thought you were buddies with Reinsdorf?

Is Davidson even going to play today?

Why does any of this matter? He has nearly a 200 wRC+ despite playing half his games in a pitchers park. Dude isn’t be challenged right now and that’s what development is all about.

Nor is it enjoyable. I’m all for supporting the tank down the stretch, but it’s way too early to cheer for losses.

No way are they keeping Eloy in AA until the middle of the middle of June. I get it would be a nice story, but Jimenez’s developmental needs better come first.

There is zero chance that happens as both guys are close to ready right now. Kopech’s BB rate is the lowest it’s been since Low A. To say he’s struggling with his control is ignoring the type of pitcher Kopech actually is. The changeup is the one developmental need preventing him from a callup and Hahn has made some comments that it’s coming along nicely. If so, I am confident he’ll be up as soon as the Super 2 deadline passes. As for Eloy, there is really no point for him being in AA right now. He’s making a joke out of the league. AAA should provide more of a challenge since guys will likely have better off-speed pitches, but I fully expect him to dominate there as well. At some point facing major league pitching is what’s best for his development and I don’t think they can wait until next year for that. I really think he’s up after the All-Star break. And I’ll reiterate we’re burning control of potential key assets in Moncada, Lopez, & Giolito. Obviously we shouldn’t rush prospects or forfeit team control within reason, but we also shouldn’t be playing ridiculous service time games. At the very minimum we can’t down hold down a guy like Kopech until next April. He made a total of 11 & 22 A+ & AA starts respectively and now we’re proposing he makes 40+ starts in AAA? Just not going to happen. They could do it with Jimenez, but I think that would be doing a disservice to his development and our ability to be competing by 2020.

Kopech & Jimenez will both be up before August if healthy. Kopech should early June and Jimenez should be early July.

The obvious answers should be Bummer or Fry. Both guys have a chance to be long-term fixtures in the pen.

I’d consider that a huge loss. If one of Eloy or Robert doesn’t become a legit superstar that’s a legit failure. Honestly hoping both do and we can get one more solid starting OF out of the other three guys.

Wow wow wow, slow down there Lillian. The only guy who is most certaintly going to be a major leaguer is Jimenez and you want to move him to 1B? You give him LF until he proves it’s hurting his overall value or someone forces the issue. It will be a couple years before enough of these OFs even make it a consideration and that’s assuming all goes well. None of the guys after Eloy are sure things and have significant development ahead of them still.

What about Tim Anderson? Why not move him to catcher and then take a SS?

Lol...this shit is great. Let’s start at the beginning. You’re comparing career minor league numbers despite the fact that Guerrero has spent over half his innings in AA whereas Clarkin has spent just 10%. In what world do you think that is a logical comparison? Despite that, Guerrero has a career K/9 of 8.3 vs Clarkin’s 7.1. How are those K rates similar and how does park size explain the difference? Even if the other career stats you presented are somewhat similar, you again fail to acknowledge the huge difference in level of competition that makes Guerrero’s numbers far more impressive. I see no argument for how Guerrero hasn’t been the statically better pitcher and it’s not really close IMO. And no one is arguing the White Sox didn’t value Clarkin over Guerrero this offseason, in fact that that is the crux of the argument. So what is your point exactly? Am I to believe teams have never had misevaluations on players before? Didn’t you just cite the 2012 draft as a robust example of poor player evaluation by our front office? Not sure why you threw that nugget in there, but I guess it helps my argument. And I don’t think Guerrero is a stud prospect by any means. I simply think Clarkin is overhyped and still living off those pre draft Kershaw comps. Unfortunately the prospect that warranted those comparisons is long gone.

Wow, plenty of bullshit with this post. Guerrero was significantly better in 2017 vs. 2016, so I’m not sure what numbers you are looking at. The fact that he has much more experience than Clarkin is not somehow a negative no matter how you try to spin it. He’s only 8 months older than Ian & earned his promotion to AA because he was both healthy & productive. And the reason I think Guerrero is a tier above Clarkin is because he’s actually had a K rate above 7 per 9 inning since low A. What has Clarkin done in his career to warrant any optism? Poor health, average numbers, & ordinary stuff. Again, if he wasn’t a former 1st round pick he’d just be some guy no one gave a fuck about.

You’re a FA signing guy? Really? All you do is call every free agent a “stiff”, say everyone is overpaid, and then call all the owners stupid for signing all these overpaid stiffs. Outside of a few select Royals who you adore, you are the exact opposite of a FA signing guy.

Why do you care about attendance during the second year of a rebuild? No one should fee guilty for not spending their money to watch this quality of product. That’s one of the reasons the payroll is low as it is. Because the Sox don’t expect you to show up very often. And for someone who lives in Lawrence fucking Kansas, why the hell do you care about the cost of going to games? Talk about a waste of energy whining about this day after day when you maybe go to one or two games a year. Good grief man.