Chicago White Sox

Benintendi’s splits: LF: 7.1% BB rate | 16.5% K rate | .183 ISO | 82 wRC+ DH: 11.0% BB rate | 16.2% K rate | .246 ISO | 140 wRC+ No idea if there an underlying reason for the difference in results or if it’s just luck, but the reality is DHing him more eliminates his negative defensive value.

Brooks definitely needs more playing time in the OF. He’s been close to league average hitter over the past month despite inconsistent playing time. I’m also totally for Sosa and others trying out an OF glove. Benintendi should primarily be a DH and while I love Tauchman he’s a guy who will need frequent resting to stay healthy.

I’m not sure I’m following here. Why would one of the best pure hitters in baseball care if pitchers come at him more?

I think we need to give me Meidroth more time before having this debate. Sosa was a -0.8 fWAR / 65 wRC+ player through his first 578 PAs. Meidroth is at 1.2 fWAR and 86 wRC+ (with some bad batted ball luck) in his first 349 PAs. Chase is still very much a developing player (as to be expected with a rookie) and I expect both his BA & OBP to improve substantially over the next couple years. I don’t disagree that Chase needs to find a way to make more impact, but there is still time to add some strength even if his frame will limit how much. That being said, we are talking about a player with elite bat to ball skills. His squared up rate is 2nd overall in baseball behind only Luis Arraez. Unlike Luis though, Meidroth has elite plate discipline and should eventually walk like crazy. The reality is we are talking about a unicorn with two elite offensive skills who plays good defense and is a smart base runner. The power / bat speed is lacking, but small enhancements there could result in a truly special player as his ability to square up on a small and make good swing decisions will maximize whatever power he has.

We should trade one of Teel or Quero before moving them off catcher completely.

Yup, the only caveat would be if Robert gets injured to the point his 2026 season is compromised to some extent. Otherwise, that option has to be picked up.

They’re probably at ~$60M with Robert, Benintendi, Tauchman, and 23 pre-arb guys. Their payroll this year to start the season was $78M and was the lowest it’s been in quite a while on an inflation-adjust basis (the previous rebuild bottomed out at $92M in 2025 dollars for perspective). I’d wager we’d have some money to work with assuming they feel the needle is pointing up.

I honestly just thought I had a stroke

I’d still DFA Rojas tomorrow, but glad he looks better

Rojas says don’t even think about DFAing me right now

What’s wild is Benintendi had a 131 wRC+ coming into today when DHing. Like if you could move him out of the OF and for whatever reason the bat keeps playing up at DH, he might be usable and/or tradable eventually. Regardless, we got to find a way to get him out of the OF on most days. Don’t care what vilehoopster says, Andrew is very bad in the field.

I used to love Stone, but I just feel like I’m ready for a change. Plesac is straight up fun and we need more of that.

Duck

I like Plesac more than Stone 😳

Sosa is fucking insane right now

Keep earning thar $20M option brother

Hopefully we can make the Angels regret trading for this guy

Suck it Angels!

Sorry, mean dude was tagged before the runner scored

Dude is out

Colson hanging out with Meidroth…I am jealous.

Colson is a fucking stud…wow wow wow

I also think that some of the foundational investments are finally bearing fruit on the offensive side of things. These are some of the best at-bats I have seen in a long time and we know they are getting guys to pull & lift more than ever before. For the entire Rick Hahn era it was clear that we had some of the worst advanced scouting in the sport and we have heard stories that our coaching & development staffs really didn’t have plans for these guys at the plate. Feels like we might finally be a semi-competent organization 😳

So do I, but I am worried that we will pass a couple teams in the standings when it’s all said and done. Just got to hope we can end up top three or so. Would be nice to have one final draft with a big pool before a run of sustained success.

Also, Benintendi has insane splits at DH and tonight ain’t stopping that