Chicago White Sox

I’ll keep saying it, but they really need to send him down. Whatever he’s doing right now is not working. His stuff has evaporated and the control is beyond garbage. See if working with McCatty in a low pressure environment does the trick. Feeding him to the wolves at the major league level isn’t doing him any good IMO.

And a hit by pitch I believe.

Cease a fucking stud. He’s going to shoot up the prospect rankings if he keeps this up.

Holy shit Curbelo got promoted! That is fucking awesome!

Easy to confuse Eloy & Rose...

I’m not seeing a Eloy homer, just Rose & Mendick.

We’re still rebuilding, why in the world would you block a young player from an opportunity? Are you ready to give up Giolito completely? Do you not want to give Stephens a shot? What does adding a veteran starter accomplish in a year we’re not trying to compete.

I said in another thread I’m all for it. It’s a very small risk all things considered.

Would be fun to see Zavala get a shot. Probably not the best thing for his develoment, but would give Collins a bit more time behind the plate in AA.

Singer at #4 will make me a sad panda.

100% agree, but the stuff looked legit last night. More reason for optimism with him rather than the Santiago's & Voldstad's of the world.

I think we see a set of moves when Robert comes back that includes Eloy moving up to AAA. Then we should see some more moves once the draft picks start signing.

Yeah, Narvaez is really bad. I'm actually hoping they give Smith more of the playing time going forward.

What happened? On a work call.

Exactly, next year is still primarily a developmental year. I’m all for signing a guy like Machado, but you definitely don’t sign free agents to block key prospects who need opportunities.

Or Spring Training...

Lol...what? Because one them (currently) looks like a bust? Talk about a hot fucking take.

Why? Rodon, Lopez, & Kopech are locks for next year. You pretty much have to give a Giolito a shot next year unless you want to DFA him. And I think it would be crazy to sign a starter and block Jordan Stephens. After those five, you’ll have Hansen & Dunning waiting in the wings at AAA plus wild cards in Fulmer and maybe even Covey. Signing a starter next year makes no sense.

But no one is saying money doesn't talk. I've said it multiple times in this thread. This is all about getting a tie-breaker if the money is the same.

I’m still hoping Bohm somehow falls. He’s my #2 after Mize, but it just seems like he won’t get past the Phillies.

Yup, we aren’t waiting on a bunch of High A prospects to kick things into gear. Here is my extremely early prediction of the 2020 Opening roster: 1B: Abreu (assumes extension) 2B: Moncada SS: Anderson / Madrigal 3B: Machado / Arenado LF: Jimenez CF: L. Garcia / Anderson RF: Robert (perhaps two week delay) DH: Davidson / Cheap Free Agent CA: Collins IF: Sanchez OF: Cordell / L. Garcia UT: Delmonico / Palka / Cordell BC: Zavala / Castillo #1: Kopech #2: Rodon #3: Lopez #4: Hansen #5: Dunning/Giolito CL: Kimbrel / Britton SU: Burdi SU: Hamilton MR: Fry MR: Vieira/Fulmer MR: Bummer LR: Stephens That right there is a playoff caliber roster assuming enough development out of our top prospects. Plus we’d still have a ton of high upside guys in the upper minors to fill in gaps throughout the season.

Sure, I’ll happily move Abreu if I can get Hoffman, Tapia, & McMahon. That seems like quite the overpay, but I ain’t moving Jose for pennies & nickles.

Why do players ever resign with their teams?

Machado may want to join the Sox after this shellacking. Who wouldn’t want to play with young studs like Adam “4 for 4” Engel and Dylan “8K” Covey? He might even take less money to avoid future embarrassments like this one.

Zavala is the lesser prospect and a bit older, so you could probably gamble a few weeks with him in the major league mix and not worry too much about any long-term consequences. I wouldn’t do anything that could possibly disrupt Collins’ development as he is potentially too important to the rebuild.