Chicago White Sox

Their ISO’s are roughly the same (15 points different), whereas their SLG are 89 points different largely in part due to batting average was my point. I haven’t seen any scouting grades that suggest radically different power.

Rodon has put up 23 career fWAR whereas the Aiken & Kolek never made AA…not sure how that’s a serious question. Also, Rodon not doing much until his last year should at least be partly blamed on the Sox’s lacking PD program. As for Lackey, I’m not sure his power is better than Roch’s…his SLG is simply better due to his batting average. What’s his experience playing CF? Seems like if you’re taking Lackey at 1.01, it’s because you believe he can be a plus defensive Catcher. I’m skeptical he’s an automatic plus CF due to athleticism.

But what are his numbers against Big 10 starters on Friday nights!! In all seriousness, the microanalysis is insane and oftentimes there is zero benchmarking done to put these random stats into perspective. Like of course a dude is going to perform worse against the best pitchers in college baseball and do better against the weaker ones. I also think there is an element of prospect fatigue at play here too. Reminds a bit of the Carlos Rodon draft where two teams got cute convinced themselves to go with HS pitchers instead of Carlos and almost immediately regretted it.

Very few are willing to take on the risk of a ban be Sonny Gray? If so, that’s an incredibly gross trade for us and one Getz will not consider making.

And they have worked out well for us, so what’s the problem? Do you remember the Rick Hahn years when didn’t have any depth in AAA and a single injury at any position resulted in a negative WAR being fed at-bats?

This Teel injury is such a fucking bummer. The lineup is so much stronger with him at catcher and in the 5 hole. I love Chase, but he has zero business hitting 5th against RHP. I could live with him at 6th though and Benintendi at 7th until they are willing to be bold on Andrew.

I mean who would you replace him with.

For what?

He can’t play the field which is the problem. As such, you’re looking at DH who likely hits in the 100 to 110 wRC+ range, which isn’t all that valuable. Honestly, I doubt anyone would eat more than a few million in salary for him unfortunately.

f*** yes boys!

Yup, as soon as Hayes is ready Acuna needs to go. That at-bat last night in the 9th sealed the deal for me.

Not getting g Your argument had some merit earlier their year when he played there frequently, but he’s made three total starts at 3B since April 2nd prior to today. And clearly that’s because with Vargas out they like the defense better overall with Acuna at SS more than Antonacci at 3B. The bigger complaint should be Acuna being in the lineup at all, but I’ve already speculated on that.

Make his fucker psy

Montgomery playing a game at 3B with Vargas out is not the end of the world.

Lol…this an absolutely ridiculous take. That list includes a high-end free agent SP, a guy who is currently 4th in fWAR amongst SPs, the 15th overall prospect per BA’s current rankings, a guy on pace for a 3 win season, an All Star SP from last year who put up 2.2 fWAR as a rookie, a guy who is currently a top 70 prospect by BA, a guy who entered the year as top 100 prospect before injury, a guy who was a consensus top 100 prospect before TJS, a veteran from Japan who is still adapting to the majors and who has posted a 3.72 xERA in May, a current top 10 org prospect, and two former top 10 org prospects before TJS. That’s a fuckton of pitching depth and while there are no guarantees with the group, it’s really not all that hard seeing a championship caliber rotation forming when paired with a high end offense and a truly elite closer.

Kelenic does not have options and is almost certainly not clearing waivers. I also don’t see a need to carry four RH outfielders in Hayes, Grichuck, Pereira, & Hill. It’s simply bad roster design IMO and it forces one of them against RHP each game, which candidly I’m not convinced any of them can handle. I agree Benintendi is likely safe for the timing being, but him being the worst defensive LF in recent memory and therefore DH clog is another roster construction problem.

I fully disagree with you here. They are legit competing right now (whether it lasts is a TBD given health of pitching depth) and there are plenty of ways for the pitching staff to improve next year between our top two prospects, Sandlin, a rebound from S. Smith, the TJS guys coming back, and free agency. We have zero financial commitments beyond 2027…a veteran SP of impact is an obvious move next offseason and one I expect us to actually make. Let me ask you this, is the following not enough SP depth to potentially compete next year with a positional group that should be even better: Free agent Martin Schultz Burke S. Smith McDougel H. Smith A. Kay Sandlin D. Thorpe K. Bush M. Adams

The problem is you have both Hayes and Pereira likely coming back in the next couple of weeks. That means you got to cut two of your outfielders just to make room for them. The most likely options are probably Acuna, Grichuck, Hill, & Kelenic. Candidly, don’t think you can cut Kelenic just yet because the underlying metrics are good and the roster need a LH corner OF until Braden arrives. Even Hill is a tough cut given his status in the clubhouse and his role as a late inning defender & pinch runner (especially if Acuna is gone). To me, the best course of action to get Gonzalez on the roster is cutting bait on Benintendi and opening up the DH spot to rotate guys around. I don’t see them doing that this early in the season, but maybe around the All Star break you make the change if Jacob is still hitting and Andrew’s doesn’t come alive.

Fully agree. I can see the core logic, but a comp pick for a previous top 100 catching prospect who is still insanely young seems very light to me.

Fully agree with this. That being said, keep collecting cheap, controllable positional talent and you can always trade some for pitching needs. I also expect us at some point soon to go out and sign a veteran impact starter with our immense financial flexibility, which should negate some of the near term concerns. I do agree the pitching pipeline has begun to run a bit dry though and will need reinforcements.

At some point, the focus needs to shift from maximizing asset value to trying to winning games. Elite relievers are always the paradox of this discussion and I just can’t in good faith say trading what should be a top 2 reliever in baseball and hopefully an automatic three out guy in high leverage scenarios will be worth what’s coming back over the next couple years while trying to compete. Again, we’ll be looking for the heir apparent the second we deal Taylor and it will cost a pretty penny most likely to land said player.

There was one year we did punt like five picks I think (could be wrong) and I don’t love that. But even in say 2024 when we fully punted on two picks in rounds 6 to 10 and partially punted on two more, we came away with Bonemer, Larson, & Antonacci all as overslot picks. There is typically a method to the madness and I have an incredible amount of confidence in Shirley’s ability to both identify talent and optimize the full use of his bonus pool.

Theoretically yes, but agents will still use this to gain leverage to some extent.

Hopefully they’re using this as a final opportunity to see if they have anything in the kid before DFAing him for Hayes. At this point, it’s legit painful seeing his name in the lineup card. I was hopeful that Acuna could right the bat some, but he just continues to pound the ball into the ground and he’s not a good enough prospect to commit at-bats to when he’s struggling so much and the team is actually winning. Hopefully a DFA and a clearing of waivers will happen soon.

Do you mean mobile device on Wi-Fi or actual cellular service?