Chicago White Sox

Why did that lazy fuck have to take seven games to get his season going!

Harper is going to look nice in black & white pinstripes.

You view the front office as being KW & Hahn, when there are a lot more people that go into it. I’m pretty sure I heard or read there have been significant pro scouting changes since the Shields trade was made. I know we’ve added quite a few amateur scouts, both domestically and in Latin America. I believe we’ve expanded our analytics group in recent years as well. That doesn’t even account for Getz, Hostetler, Haber, etc. To say the front office is virtually unchanged is quite misleading, unless all the people whose input the decision makers rely on don’t count. And by no means am I defending Hahn or KW, but we have no choice at this point in the rebuild but to hope these personnel changes result in better decision making. These are the guys we’re stuck with and b****ing about their past failures won’t change a thing. Let me ask you this, what moves since the Shields have you disliked?

I agree with you that we won’t get much of anything for him at his point, just too much risk given his last month and a half. But I also don’t believe this is the new Abreu. He was too damn good in April & May for this to be anything but a slump (perhaps partly injury related). It’s really bad timing though. I do agree the defense is a big issue and I wouldn’t be against shifting him to DH primarily.

You thought a kid who never played a single at-bat for an affiliate and signed for only $800k had a good chance of being a top 50 prospect? If so, please send your resume to KW and maybe he’ll give you Rick’s job.

Seems weird there are 7 NL guys in this, did no one want to participate from the AL?

Any idea how serious?

The other player has been battling an injury while winning the CWS. This may be the all-time record for least amount of time prior to hitting the panic button on a prospect.

I pretty much see it this way, although Fry I might move down to the middle group because ABTR. The one guy you are missing is Covey. While he probably won’t make it as a starter, he seems like he has a chance of being a solid reliever.

He must be coming into the game in the 9th. It would seem pretty shitty not to use him after he skipped a scheduled start.

Nice win heading into the break!!

Fangraphs may want to reconsider their 40 FV grade on Basabe.

That was absolutely crushed!

Or he’s a 23 year old still developing?

Basabe HR off Hunter Greene!!!

Oh shit, I didn’t think he actually swung there and assumed it was called a strike. At least he battled and didn’t looked overmatched against one of the premier pitching prospects in Keller.

Basabe K’s looking to open the Futures Game.

You forget about Basabe leading off the Futures Game with a HR.

You got to give him a chance to get through six. If he lets two base-runners on, then go ahead and pull him. But this is a great opportunity for Ricky to show some faith in his young starter.

Obviously I don’t want to get too excited here, but today is a great example of how development isn’t linear. These aren’t just good games, Yoan & Giolito actually look significantly better. I’m sure playing the Royals helps to some extent, but with young players it can all just suddenly click. Hopefully we’re seeing the beginning of consistent above average play from both of them.

Lol...very promising day for Yoan.

RIGHT HANDED BOMB FOR MONCADA!?!

I think you got to give him one more, but maybe pull him at the first sign of trouble.

lol...I guess it must just feel that way cause he’s started two games in a row.

Is Engel really OPSing below .600? I can’t believe this guy is still getting everyday at-bats.