Chicago White Sox

He was drafted as a pitcher so I’d imagine yes

FIFY

I’ll paste this here as someone beat me to the punch: Peralta is a strict platoon bat with a 121 wRC+ vs RHP this year and a 108 wRC+ since the start of the 2019 season. He’s probably not going to give us a lot of OBP, with him likely sitting in the .320 to .330 range. His ISO is up considerably this year, so there’s definitely some regression risk there (see Cesar Hernandez), but his secondary stats suggest he’s moved to a pull-heavier approach and is selling out some contact for additional power. Defense wise, he has exclusively been a LF since 2019 where he’s been a slightly above average fielder for the most part. He did have a strong 2019 season in which he posted 7 DRS on his way to a Gold Glove award. And he has played some RF in the past and DRS felt he was above average there. As a former pitcher, he should have the arm for it at least. At a bare minimum, I think he’d be an improvement over Sheets. I do have concerns adding a 34 year OF who would need to change leagues and positions (where have I seen this go wrong before ?) and his connection to Tony is also a bit terrifying. But if better options don’t present themselves and the price is reasonable then I’d be ok with his addition

Per Mark Gonzales of the Sun Times https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2022/7/29/23284820/david-peralta-white-sox-diamondbacks-tony-la-russa-luis-robert-david-robertson-mychal-givens Peralta is a strict platoon bat with a 121 wRC+ vs RHP this year and a 108 wRC+ since the start of the 2019 season. He’s probably not going to give us a lot of OBP, with him likely sitting in the .320 to .330 range. His ISO is up considerably this year, so there’s definitely some regression risk there (see Cesar Hernandez), but his secondary stats suggest he’s moved to a pull-heavier approach and is selling out some contact for additional power. Defense wise, he has exclusively been a LF since 2019 where he’s been a slightly above average fielder for the most part. He did have a strong 2019 season in which he posted 7 DRS on his way to a Gold Glove award. And he has played some RF in the past and DRS felt he was above average there. As a former pitcher, he should have the arm for it at least. At a bare minimum, I think he’d be an improvement over Sheets. I do have concerns adding a 34 year OF who would need to change leagues and positions (where have I seen this go wrong before ?) and his connection to Tony is also a bit terrifying. But if better options don’t present themselves and the price is reasonable then I’d be ok with his addition.

Do you want to summarize given it’s behind a paywall?

Absolute must win today. Gotta hope the offense can scrap together three runs somehow and give Cueto a shot to win.

I think when people say this they are suggesting we clean house with a new head of baseball operations. I can promise you that no one wants Jeremy Haber to be our new GM.

Did I? I honestly think I disliked the pick when it was made.

If the Sox we’re pursuing Castillo, just be prepared for a Quintana overpay

They already fired him. Unfortunately we finally decided nepotism was bad and took Steele Walker over Alex Thomas

Fire this coward for being afraid to fire Menechino for overseeing the most underachieving offense in White Sox history

Apparently it was Thompson, Dalquist, & Kelley, but passed last second

I hate being a whiny b****, but every time a trade like this happens with another club coming off a rebuild I think of how Hahn botched almost every draft during the rebuild and not gave us the ammo needed to add talent via trade.

Blow this shit up

Keep chasing garbage

How about we hit one of those things where the ball goes over the fence

Thank god

Stop chasing shit in a hitter’s count

Yup, needed to move back in Chicago to ensure my sons know the full pain of being a White Sox fan.

I’ve been a Katz fan and would probably lean towards keeping him, but seeing that Kopech has had the second biggest decrease in stuff vs last year and watching Giolito completely implode has me second guessing that some.

3rd time through the order and maybe they’ll finally wake up?

I literally just moved back to Chicago to see this.

Not that I can think of.