Chicago White Sox

Tim is quickly becoming one of my all-time favorites. I can’t remember another guy who played with this much swag. He’s kind of playing the A.J. role but doing so in more of a fun manner. And the kid has got some serious balls to take all this criticism and still stand up for what he believes in. I really hope he doesn’t back down because lame ass cowards like Perez catch feelings & then threaten his teammates.

No Engel makes me very happy.

It really bothers me that you can only play with so much emotion. This is a fucking game, people should be excited when good things happen and not be afraid to show it.

Because he plays the game with a little bit of passion and for some reason a lot people get butt hurt by this.

Basabe with his fourth HR of the year in the 1st inning. I could care less that he’s repeating, he’s young for the league and is absolutely killing it. His OPS was over 1.000 before that HR. Kid is well on his to making some top 100 lists.

You were ripping him earlier this very season...

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?cid=&lid=&org=145&sc=&sid=milb&t=affiliate&ymd=20180428

You’re really suggesting we trade a star as our contention window opens so we can better balance the lineup?

Let’s sweep these little b****es.

Benetti so busy chatting he’s barely calling plays.

That’s what happens when you play infielders in the outfield.

That was fucking intentional. Better hit one of their guys now.

Couples interesting takes: Collins being listed as a 1B and being valued so highly is very surprising They’re obviously much higher on Burdi than other publications Cease, Rutherford, Basabe, & Sheets all seem a grade low for me (and I mean coming into the season, not with the benefit of hindsight) Surprised that Puckett is the highest rated guy of the second tier pitching prospects, well ahead of Stephens who I would have picked as the favorite None of our high end relief (Hamilton, Burr, Vieira, etc) prospects making it seems pretty ridiculous IMO Slightly surprised Curbelo fell off the list, but can understand why

https://www.fangraphs.com/scoutboard.aspx?draft=&type=&pos=&team=chw While they haven’t officially released the list, they do have rankings for the Sox on their THE BOARD feature. For now I’ll assume these are legit, but we’ll now for sure shortly as Longenhagen is currently on the AL Central for his write-ups. Below is the list with FV grades: 1. Jimenez, RF (65) 2. Kopech, RHP (60) 3. Robert, CF (60) 4. Hansen, RHP (50) 5. Burdi, RHP (50) 6. Collins, 1B (50) 7. Dunning, RHP (50) 8. Cease, RHP (45) 9. Adolfo, RF (45) 10. Burger, 3B (45) 11. Rutherford, LF (45) 12. Cordell, OF (40) 13. Fulmer, RHP (40) 14. Sheets, 1B (40) 15. Puckett, RHP (40) 16. Gonzalez, OF (40) 17. Zavala, C (40) 18. Basabe, CF (40) 19. Clarkin, LHP (40) 20. Adams, RHP (40) 21. Bummer, LHP (40) 22. Stephens, RHP (40) 23. Mendick, SS (40)

Not to be the PC police here, but basically saying he is mentally retarded when it comes to baseball intelligence is a pretty terrible take. He definitely is prone to errors bat that is entirely related to a lack of focus and/or poor fundamentals. That can and should be coached up in time if our staff is worth a damn. He may never reach his defensive potential, but thinking he will play himself off the team because of the glove is laughable IMO.

Hopefully Fulmer can keep the positive momentum going.

I don’t get the Viciedo comp at all. They are almost completely opposite hitters.

1) His .356 OBP is already fine and will increase a little bit as his BABIP improves. The offensive profile (low BA, high OBP, high ISO) works in today’s game and I generally believe his K rate will improve slightly over time. 2) The only realistic options for him are DH & 1B. Right now, I’d keep him where he’s at given how well he’s hitting. No need to disrupt a good thing. 3) You’re still too way worried about lineup balance. It’s the second year of our rebuild. If we need a left-handed power bat at some point, we’ll do it when the time is right. For now let Davidson play and hopefully increase his value.

Luis Gonzalez needs to get the K rate under control a bit, but he’ll be pushing towards a promotion to W-S soon enough. I really hope he doesn’t get stuck in low A all year because of the crowded OF mix at W-S.

Jimmy Lambert having a fantastic season. If the rumors of a velocity increase are true, we just may have something here

What makes you think Anderson’s defense is having any impact on his hitting? You really should have posted these ideas/theories in the hot take thread, because the Sox aren’t moving Anderson off SS until they have to or a better option comes along.

Yeah I will bet against you. There is literally zero chance Anderson is the starting CF come next season.

Is that six HR’s against and four against Duffy?

Especially since he has five years of control, which is shocking to me.

? Greg hates Davidson now that us “statniks” are finally intrigued.