Chicago White Sox

Since there have been no complaints yet, batting Legend & Big Energy 6th & 7th ahead of Vaughn & Burger is really fucking stupid.

Ballpark is fine, but cheap Hot N Readies is a solid perk when you’re getting gauged on beers.

I’m hoping it’s Bilous, Burke, & Kelley on the mound tonight, but wouldn’t be surprised if a couple org guys get the opening day nods for the two A ball clubs.

No one has predictions? @bmags @DirtySox @BamaDoc @SoxAce @fathom @Y2Jimmy0 One of you must feel bullish or bearish about someone?

Depends what you’re into, but I’d argue Windsor is better for a younger demographic as you could drink at the age of 18 there and they have other activities that younger / single men may be into. Personally, I prefer downtown Detroit, especially at this stage in my life.

I’ve gone twice with buddies and once with the wife for Sox games. Plus have been there two times for concerts. Every trip was awesome and pure debauchery. But you got to be in the right mindset and be prepared for some pretty sketchy areas. There are nice areas as well and the casinos are pretty cool if you’re into that thing. Hell, one time I ended up in some random Cuban bar / resultant / dance club and Alexei Ramirez and I think Contreras were there and dancing with some nice young woman after the game.

Yes, downtown Detroit is surprisingly a good place for a quick road trip if you enjoy ghost towns and casinos.

Since Opening Day is here for three of four affiliates, let’s throw out some predictions: Oscar Colas hits 25+ HRs across three levels and ends the year as top 50 prospect Bryan Ramos posts a ~120 wRC+ for the Dash and starts cracking top 100 lists Chase Krogman cuts his K rate down to ~25% and reestablishes his prospect status Misael Gonzalez hits 17+ HRs and cements himself as a top 10 organizational prospect Sean Burke will have a monster year and surpass Vera as our top pitching prospect Matthew Thompson drops his BB rate to roughly 3/9 and finishes with a sub 4.00 FIP Brooks Gosswein has a sub 3.00 FIP in Low A and is promoted to W-S by June 1st

Shouldn’t he become a minor league free agent soon if off a 40 man roster?

Today is D-day for Adolfo. Hopefully we can find a buyer and get something tiny back in return.

I don’t think Crick is going anywhere. More likely Burr or Ruiz (despite no options).

If the offense is relatively healthy, then yes it should be better than last year: Robert & Eloy both available for full seasons and getting better Grandal even more productive with his knee issues resolved Pollack providing superior production in RF for ~120 games over Eaton and filler Vaughn taking a big 2nd year jump (he won’t platooned though) Moncada’s power numbers improving as he continues to recover from long COVID Deeper bench (Leury, Sheets, Engel) and AAA depth (Burger, Romy, Haseley). The problem is for as much optimism as there is on the positional side of things, there should be an equal amount of pessimism on the pitching side of things.

To be fair, none of the big prospect publications (including FutureSox) have Perez as a top 30 prospect in the consensus weakest system. I haven’t seen him play or at least wasn’t paying attention when he did, but his defense must not be very good.

They were going to add one of those AAA arms to potentially eat innings, a little surprised it’s Banks though.

Lambert was in camp and should be the key starter down in AAA. Stiever is out until June or July as he recovers from last surgery.

Do we know for sure it works that way even if called up and eventually released?

This move probably doesn’t help over the first four weeks all that much. Definitely need another multi-inning guy ASAP. Either one of the Charlotte guys not on the 40 man or will need to be a claim / trade in the next couple days. I really hope they can find a trade partner for Adolfo that’s willing to give up some major league reliever because carrying Micker for a month seems like a really bad idea right now given the need for innings out of the bullpen.

Where do you see that and where’s Lambert?

Given Cueto won’t be ready for a few weeks, I wonder if the Sox bump up McClure to the 40 man. No way they go with only 13 pitchers to start the season, but that’s all they have in camp at the moment.

All they are committing to right now is building him up in AAA for a few weeks. TBH, it’s a no-brainer move even if you’re still pursuing something better. Who isn’t to say we don’t suffer another injury in the next couple week.

VV is usually solid in even years so we’ll have to see about that

Minor league deal…they continue searching for a better starter and simply keep Cueto in AAA until he needs to be released. Not a perfect solution, but way better than nothing and other readily available options.