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A .500 BABIP suggests big time batted ball luck rather than big time raking. Meanwhile Baldwin has a .354 ISO which is 2.5x higher than Amaya’s. That’s big time raking, even for someone at Charlotte.

No need to keep beating on Rick Hahn with that last line when he’s already dead

What the f*** is a Vinny Capra?

He will be back up soon and will never return to Charlotte.

Baldwin needs to be up ASAP. The good news is that Getz is showing he is willing to cut bait on recent veteran additions. They will probably give Rojas a bit more runway, but that shouldn’t prevent us from calling up Baldwin.

A 20 year old one who is on a 30 HR per 600 PA pace. Seems like he should be getting a lot more attention whereas Baseball America didn’t really move up at all in their new rankings.

Why is Perez not getting more hype? His power numbers are ridiculous.

That is really bad….lol

KW was successful before the sport started modernizing because he was a really good talent evaluator. Once other teams started leveraging, analytics, biomechanics, pitching labs, other technology, etc the org imploded. And honestly, a lot of that falls on him. He was certainly leagues better than Rick Hahn as GM though. Still way too early to judge Getz with any certainty.

Their s%*# signal couldn’t reach my home while pretty much every other over the air channel could. Sounds like a White Sox problem to me.

What examples are you referring to?

I haven’t been able to listen, but what did he say is the plan?

Forgot about McCann…the rare Hahn hit. SoxMachine had a great article that walked through all his free agent signings over the years and it was insane how bad he was as GM. Dude talked a good game but couldn’t evaluate talent or build an actual org and then lost the power struggle to La Russa which was the final nail in the coffin for him.

Because I watched Hahn dumpster dive for a decade plus and fail to get any kind of meaningful production on the positional side. The reality here is our scouting department has gone through significant changes and we have also embedded analytics into our core operations finally. As Sox fans who have every right to doubt Chris Getz because of his lack of a resume, we must look for wins on the margins to assess whether we think what he’s doing is working or not because this s%*# isn’t getting fixed over night. By no means does this one move mean anything in isolation, but if we eventually see enough of them there may be some reason for optimism. I wouldn’t consider that “crowing”, but rather intelligent White Sox fans looking for some signs of progress after witnessing the past regime (including Getz in some capacity) run this org into the ground.

I literally said I didn’t agree with the OP’s aggressiveness, but the quality of this board is beyond fucking garbage right now. Competent discussion can not be had because people are so pissed off and just s%*# on everything regardless of merit. My post wasn’t about being right, but rather calling a spade a spade. If you enjoy what this place has become, then more power to you. I know for me, when the Sox reach the point of providing zero joy whatsoever I take a break from the team and this site. I basically stopped posting for a month because the team was so insufferable. Wish others would do the same. This place should never be a safe space free of criticism do the team, but it also shouldn’t be a total whine fest to the point where baseball discussion can’t be had.

We probably don’t get much for either of them, but they also combined make like $2M above the league minimum and are performing extremely well. There is some value in not being the worst team in baseball history two years in a row as long as you aren’t blocking legitimate prospects. And as we have debated before, it’s not like Canario is some slam dunk prospect. His contact issues are very well known and I think it’s very much defensible to not waste resource and playing time on him if you don’t have an obvious path to fix him. It’s totally fine if you feel he was worth a shot, but I won’t blame Getz passing, especially when you look at the production we are getting from Tauchman/Slater and how bad Canario has struggled so far this year.

The W-L record isn’t something to get excited about. But if we’re being fair to the OP, there were multiple posters here saying the team would be worse than last year despite plenty of data points that objectively proved how hard that would be. Along those lines, many of those same posters called the addition of Tauchman & Slater dumb since they were “garbage” vets who were blocking big time prospects like Dominic Fletcher, Oscar Colas, Zack DeLoach, and board favorite Alexander Canario (owner of a 64 wRC+ with the Pirates). Now, should vilehoopster be this aggressive regarding these two points? Hell no, these are not hills worth dying on and demanding apologies over given how bad the team / org remains at the moment. However, it is nice to occasionally hold the overly negative posters accountable because they often bring down the quality of the board by relentlessly whining about everything and refusing to have objective conversations.

Who is this Jack Reinsdorf cat? Watching the game with the sound off and not able to hear what this interview is about.

What a blast by Vargas!

Can someone explain who the f*** Palacious is? I know he’s been on the roster for a bit of time now, but I have no fucking clue where he came from and why he is here. Trying to get back into the swing of things after an extended White Sox breather and feel like I’m missing something with this dude.

Also, for the record, people should be moderately excited that Tauchman and Slater have mostly worked out. Yes, they have dealt with injuries which is not overly surprising given their age, but for dirt cheap veterans they have been super productive when available. Right now, they are combined on a 2.75 win pace through 40% of the season and having missed 50% of playing time. They are effectively producing at a 5.5 clip in a theoretical 600 PA season. For less than $4M, that’s incredible value. I’m not Chris Getz truther, but those are big wins for dumpster diving and something Hahn never found success in during his entire tenure. Hell, Thais should be viewed as win as well a cheap veteran who was able to serve as a productive placeholder until the actual prospects were ready. It’s clear to me that the pro scouting changes and investments in analytics are paying off to some extent.

Yup, they aren’t really blocking anyone other than maybe Baldwin, but he needed a bit more time in AAA anyways. For those stanning for Fletcher, he’s almost 28 years old and is the definition of a tweener. And he will likely get a shot after the trade deadline anyways.

Yup, Baldwin should be the next man up and whenever that happens they need to give him an extended run of everyday playing time. I still believe he can be a legit regular even if ends rotating around a lot.

What kids are they blocking?

You think public filings are manipulated?