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Pham was actually good last year though. The reason he hasn’t signed yet is because of his age (and risk of a fall-off) and him probably overvaluing himself. But regardless of all that, we have nothing to lose by signing him and he might immediately be the best hitter in the lineup.

There is zero downside from this move. He’s almost certainly going to be dirt cheap and better than the other RH OF options. There is value in not being historically bad as long as they don’t sacrifice the development of their young players (and there isn’t a young RH OF in AAA worth a damn).

Yeah, I’m honestly not sure. My guess is Grossman, but Pham is better than both of them.

It’s a two game sample and I believe he was sick during his first start. The peripherals are good and he looked ready during the spring. I’m supportive of the move.

No brainer signing. Glad Getz is not content with Pillar & Grossman.

Sounds like a couple weeks out

Thanks for posting this. He’s going to figure out his s%*# almost immediately now.

Sorry, my wife is Italian and has a “De” at the front of her last name so I will accidentally add to random names from time to time

I think DeLeone gets DFA’d to make room on the 40.

Great news! And kudos to Getz as I believe this gives us another year of team control with him.

lol! Good tavern style pizza is something I couldn’t give up. I applaud your conviction though man. You are a lot strong than I am.

I lived in Nashville for three years and we had the choice of Pizza Hut or Jet’s as our go to. We chose Pizza Hut for what it’s worth. And for reference, we eat tavern style pizza once a week and deep dish probably once every two months or so.

Take away what we gave up…you really think there are 10 pitching prospects better than him?

There has to be some catcher out there (and likely within the org) who can handle a pitching staff without being terrible at all other aspects of the game.

The trade isn’t going to be a big win or loss either way…I just find it amusing that Chris Getz would refer to the return as foundational.

I continue to watch and cheer them on, but part of me does want us to lose 120+ games and force Jerry to realize he has destroyed this franchise with his incompetence as owner.

And yet Getz somehow referred to it as “foundational”

Keller is a little bit of a wild card. I’ve been assuming that Nastrini would get called up in the next couple of weeks with Flexen getting moved to the bullpen or DFAed. Keller definitely could mess up that theory though. Regardless, I do think Nastrini is the first man up amongst the actual prospects though. I could still see him ultimately making 20+ starts for us this year. But assuming that Keller isn’t given a rotation spot, I think we’re looking at a rotation of Crochet, Fedde, Clevinger, Nastrini, & Soroka through at least May. If Soroka doesn’t flash something during this period and one of the kids force the issue, I could see a swap take place then. Otherwise short of injury, I think it will take trades or Crochet being shut down to open up some rotation spots. I do think there will eventually be at least two more open spots and I’d place my money on Eder & Thorpe getting them. Obviously it’s all dependent on actual results, but Eder would be a guy I’d prioritize given his age and 40 man roster status. Of the other two, I think Thorpe will force a call-up. I think both him and Eder end up getting around 10 starts with us this season. Based on the above, I think you’re looking at Clevinger, Nastrini, Eder, & Thorpe as your core rotation post deadline. If Crochet is shut down by then, I’d expect Davis Martin to take his spot if healthy. Otherwise, Cannon would probably be the favorite. I do think at minimum Cannon makes a couple spot starts and possibly more if injury arises and/or the other prospects underperform. Should be a much more fun second half…just need to survive White Sox baseball until then.

This team would be a disaster with or without Pedro, but these guys are going to get real sick of hearing Pedro saying “flush the losses” when they rack up 60 of them. He’s obviously a terrible manager, but there is a little bit of strategy here in terms of when you fire him. Let him rot through the first two months, fire him around Memorial Day and hope you get a few weeks of momentum out of an interim guy. Then come July / August, you should start seeing some prospects come up and hopefully that adds some energy to the clubhouse.

We’re not even 10% through the season…just wait until we reach the dog days of summer and the team has fully quit. Getz will 100% fire Pedro at some point this season, but my guess is wait until Memorial Day at the earliest.

Bockenstedt with 8 K’s, 0 BB’s, 2 H’s, & 0 ER’s through 4 innings. He was a 5th year senior who we signed as an undrafted free agent, so he’s very much on the older side for A ball and solid results shouldn’t be all that surprising. That being said, he was a guy the Sox targeted immediately after making their last pick, so maybe there is something there? Haven’t seen him pitch yet so no idea what kind of stuff he has, but may put Kanny on if he goes back out for the 5th.

Out of curiosity, where would you place Eder? I think you can make a legit argument he has the second highest ceiling after Schultz if the stuff is fully back (which seems mostly to be the case), but he’s also on the older side and still needs to prove he can work through his control / command issues. I put him a tier below Nastrini & Iriarte for now given those reasons, but can totally see the reasoning to have him ranked higher.

Yup, both of them are super interesting. And beyond them, there is probably another half dozen or so legit SP prospects in full season ball. I spent quite a bit of time debating whether to put Keener or Bush at 10. Burke would be in the mix if I knew his shoulder was completely healthy. I know Adams has his fans (haven’t actually seen him pitch). Gordon has pitched really well against less advanced competition. And Batista is a kid who really intrigues me.

What’s your question on Eder?

I’m sticking with football from now on