Chicago White Sox

Was it actually two in a row? I’m watching on my phone and legit thought this shitty CHSN app froze replayed the first one!

I think he has options, but I’m not sure they want to roster a 4th catcher. I also think he could be slipper through waivers with ease.

@Baron - My apologies for ever defending Romo.

Romo needs to be sent packing after today.

Guys slump fathom…it’s a 162 game season. We aren’t replacing Colson and Peters if that’s what you’re suggesting. Catcher is the one must upgrade on the positional side.

Sandlin scoreless through 3 IP with 3 K, 1 BB, & 1 H

McLain was promoted to High A apparently. Hopefully he can knock the rust off and become a semi interesting prospect. He turns 24 in December so needs to flash something in the not too distant future.

Any word on Casey Saucke? Crazy he could miss two full seasons.

Very exciting!

Huge bummer that it could be on Friday or Saturday while partaking in a few drinks and instead will be during work hours on a Monday. Baseball needs a new commissioner for sure.

Am I telling people to lighten up? Not sure what a stupid, rash comment made during the heat of a gamethread has to do with your hypocrisy…

A guy who legit got triggered over the wrong time being used in a gamethread telling people to “lighten up” is some kind of hypocrisy.

I think Christian Oppor would beg to differ

Every time I see Romo’s name in the lineup I die a little

And I am willing to put him in this deal.

No doubt…but the same can be said for a toolsy LatAm teenager and those guys still have value. My point isn’t that Wolkow is super valuable, just that he doesn’t have zero value.

Guys that are traded aren’t eligible for QO’s.

He’s nothing more than a bunch of blatant agent & front office plants and it’s embarrassingly obvious. Like he literally hypes up Boras’ clients in the offseason to the point it looks like Scott’s staff has access to Jon’s twitter account.

Bonemer’s K rate has also dropped since getting promoted to AA all while maintaining a similar ISO & BB rate at a higher level. He had a rough stretch at High A where the K rate was starting balloon and after like a week of getting it under control he was promoted. It’s clear that something clicked because it’s no longer an issue. Anyone concerned about a 20 year old posting a 24% K rate in AA while maintaining a near .300 ISO and solid BB rate is off in their evaluation of the player. The numbers are plainly put insane and the only real question for Caleb is where he plays because he lacks the technical skills at several spots currently even he has more athleticism than some think.

Not disagreeing with you, but why is his K rate down so much vs. recent years?

Oh f*** yeah, just finished work for the day too!! Let’s get some early action going!!

Fully disagree on Wolkow. Teams have shifted towards prioritizing youth and ceiling in these types of deals. You say he’s been spinning in circles for a long time, yet he is a 20 year old in High A who has made some strides this year in terms of the K rate. He’s certainly a high variance player who likely amounts to nothing, but the ceiling if it were to click is insane. To think he has zero trade value is just simply wrong IMO.

If my scouts like Peralta, I’d do Wolkow+ but that second prospect would have to be less than Smith.

bWAR is a bad metric for evaluating pitchers IMO

People aren’t familiar with Drew Thorpe. This is a guy who was a key piece for Juan Soto and the main piece for Dylan Cease. His velocity with the Yankees sat 92 to 94 MPH when we was minor league pitcher of the year and lead the sport in K’s. It dropped with the Padres and stayed suppressed with us. Can he eventually get some of that back will impact his floor and ceiling? If he’s around 90 to 91, I think he profiles as a back of the rotation guy if the 70 grade command is there. Add a couple ticks and he could be a mid rotation guy. To me, that’s what we need to wait and see. I know the early reports say he’s around the former, but not sure I trust minor league guns and his arm may not be fully there strength wise yet.