Chicago White Sox

Nothing this lifeless team needs more than Zombie LaRussa!

Which two are ranked top 5 and based on what criteria?

Definitely feels like Robert to the Mariners for Emerson, Montes, and a good 3rd piece needs to happen.

If Kenny Williams can win a World Series despite the shitty owner, then Chris Getz should be able to assemble a team that isn’t the worst in baseball history.

I don’t know how anyone can defend Getz after witnessing this atrocity. This is the most pathetic team in Major League Baseball history and it’s not even close.

Colas on the bench is frustrating

I’m sure most will hate, but I support these efforts.

He hit .244 but just keep making stats up. And yes, let’s ignore the .400 OBP that came with that BA because Adam was an incredibly productive three outcome hitter who didn’t appeal to your baseball sensibilities 15 years ago.

Colson? A 129 wRC+ as a 21 in AA is doing “not well”? Where do you come up with this stuff.

You realize how much we spent on Yolbert Sanchez correct?

Dude has nothing left to prove in AA. Might as well send him to Charlotte and see how he does in that offensive environment.

I think the point you and Nardi aren’t acknowledging is if we trade Robert then we literally have to fill an entire lineup from scratch. Yes, there are some prospects at AA and above who should be ready by next season but it’s very likely a chunk of them end up failing. And yes, we should certainly get some more positional prospects via trade, although the same hit rates apply. The reality is we will need to sign multiple impact to free agents to go from what will likely be a 50 win team to 80 win team in two years. The challenge there is threefold. 1) The market has to have players of need. 2) We have to hope Getz & Watson can identify the right players. 3) We have to hope Jerry and Getz can actually get them signed. While not theoretically impossible, it involves a ton of pieces and many of which are out of our control. And I’d be much more optimistic if Jerry were willing to sign legit stars like the Rangers did instead of the Andrew Benintendi types who can fall off a cliff on day one. Personally, I think 2027 is a more reasonable goal to reach .500 unless we hit on a huge number of prospects or Jerry goes hog wild in free agency for the first time in his life.

Quero has a 127 wRC+ in AA. Are you overreacting to a low BABIP? Why is Gonzalez a “bench IF at best”? Power hasn’t been great but has shown elite plate discipline and should be a very solid defensive player.

In my mind, there are some very basic changes that should done be ASAP. The first is releasing Maldonado and going with Korey Lee as the primary catcher like you suggested. The Chuckster can be the backup option for all I care as anything is an upgrade from Martin. Next, Vaughn should be optioned to AAA and Sheets should be given the 1B job. This version of Andrew simply doesn’t work and Gavin has been useful against RHP. Make Vaughn dominate AAA before getting another shot. Finally, give Colas and Sosa everyday opportunities the rest of the way. It’s now or never time for these two and let’s give them an extensive evaluation period so we can make proper 40 man roster decisions when the time comes. IMO, Colas deserves playing time over Fletcher in RF. He’s got the louder tools and has improved his plate discipline quite a bit this year in AAA. And Sosa should easily get opportunities at 3B and 2B over Lopez & Mendick. The Sox won’t suddenly be good by making these moves, but at least they would be more watchable.

Rosenthal with a status update article on Grifol. Suggests that Grifol might be around for a while longer, at least until the first wave of kids are ready for a call-up. I think that feels right unless they hit a 20 game losing streak and Jerry is finally motivated to take action out of embarrassment.

I’m not even trying to be mean, because I had one of these rah rah threads ahead of the 2023 season, but nearly every prediction here is wrong outside of the Fedde one. It’s really impressive just how bad this time has been.

ISO wasn’t great, but much better BB & K rates. And honestly, the biggest thing preventing him from being a productive major leaguer was his chase rate and it appears he had made progress there.

I can’t wait to hear Grifol’s post game presser

Fire Grifol immediately for the most worthless challenge in baseball history

lol…never mind!

And there is the jinx…lol

Chris Getz playing 4D chess by calling up Duke for this specific moment

His plate discipline numbers in AAA are much improved

Colas should be playing everyday so we can determine if he’s a usable piece before the offseason.

Good at-bat by Colas (so far).