Chicago White Sox

Who are the four solid pitchers?

Not a big deal either way as I don’t expect much out of him at 2B, but would have been fun to see.

I really wish they would have given Burger at start at 2B.

Here’s how I have them ranked at the moment: Top 10 List (Pipeline Rank | Level | Age) Jared Kelley, RHP (#1 | Low A | 19) Bryan Ramos, 3B/2B (#12 | Low A | 19) Jake Burger, 3B (#11 | Majors | 25) Yoelqui Cespedes, OF (#2 | High A | 23) Jose Rodriguez, SS (#14 | Low A | 20) Jonathan Stiever, RHP (#4 | AAA | 24) Matthew Thompson, RHP (#3 | Low A | 20) Norge Vera, RHP (#7 | N/A | 21) Andrew Dalquist, RHP (#5 | Low A | 20) Gavin Sheets 1B/OF (#9 | Majors | 25)

Chilling in the Dominican for tax reasons I believe

100% agree. That was my biggest issue with the film, but didn’t ruin the film to much for me.

What does is take to get Gallo? Is Crochet & Burger even get you in the door?

The bulk of our talent is locked up for the next three years at minimum. I’m not going on a limb to think we can go on an “extended run” from 2021 to 2024 in the weakest division in baseball. What are you going to do if we trade the handful of our attractive trade chips we have and don’t win a World Series? Again, just because Lynn & Rodon are free agents doesn’t mean the window is suddenly ending. Kopech can replace one of them and he may have the highest ceiling of any starter in baseball not named deGrom. I still maintain high confidence that Lynn will back on a two or three year deal as wants to win and appears to love it here. We will almost certainly offer Rodon a QO and given how effective those were at keeping Gausman & Stroman, there’s a chance he could back for the 2022 season. Point is the sky is not falling and we can’t afford to panic and shorten our window, which should last at least through the 2024 season.

I wouldn’t say he hasn’t always gone cheap as he’s consistently rocked top 10 when attendance has been there. After the 2005 season, we were one of the biggest spenders in the game and were regularly in the top five for a short stretch. Point is Jerry won’t spend money to make money, but he will reinvest revenue back into the team. And with attendance & ratings way up, I’m not going on a huge limb here when I say Jerry’s financial situation looks incredibly healthy at the moment. Unless he uses a potential work stoppage to go cheap again (which has a non-zero chance), I’m confident we will see decent payroll increases in the coming years.

That’s fair, although didn’t Detmers have significantly better results in college? Either way, I still think a prep SS makes so much more sense given where our system is at now and how teams currently value prospects. If the right college arm slipped I wouldn’t be against taking him at 22, but my understanding is this draft is super deep in prep SS’s and if we could somehow double-up with two of them in rounds 1 & 2 I think that’s a total coup for a system in desperate need of young up-the-middle talent.

We don’t know what the Sox are capable of as the pandemic clearly caused Jerry to go cheap. That being said, I fully expect the Sox to resign Lynn and move Kopech into the rotation full-time. A 1-5 of Lynn, Gioltio, Kopech, Cease, & Keuchel is still very strong. If we can afford a RF and some bullpen upgrades, we should run away with the Central next year (health permitting). This season doesn’t need to be an “all-in” year.

You’re scared of Detroit’s offense because of two prospects? Other than Baddoo, what other young foundational piece do they have in their major league lineup? Meanwhile, the Sox have Anderson, Moncada, Robert, Eloy, Vaughn, & Madrigal for the next three to six years. They have some promising young pitching no doubt (which can be volatile), but they got to a ways to go with the offense to catch up to us.

There is zero chance Kopech gets traded as he’s literally one of the most important pieces in the entire organization.

A safe college pitcher would suck so fucking much and make me question what in the hell we’re doing.

I’m all for trading from the system to fill out holes, but you can only cash-in your assets once and you can’t risk having nothing of value to trade in years 2022 to 2024. I’d be looking at rentals primarily as I think the prospect cost will be substantially less. Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to add someone like Gallo, but what in the world is he going to cost? Trading away Crochet weakens the bullpen and takes away a potential SP option in the coming years, but I’d probably be willing to move him in such a deal. The problem is they will want more and once you start including the Kelley’s & Ramos’ of the world you’ve quickly taken a bottom five system and made it the hands-down the worst in baseball. Even if you don’t care about a second wave, you’ve greatly reduced your ability to make trades in the future. I think we’re way better off adding Escobar, Marte (if the Marlins are unable to extent him), & Daniel Hudson than selling the farm for a controllable guy.

Black Widow was pretty damn good IMO. There were a few things I didn’t love about it, but ultimately a nice start to this new phase.

Rodriguez? At a bare minimum he should be considered a top 5 White Sox prospect after this season.

It’s tough, because we can’t straight DH, but you also don’t want to see him get hurt in a meaningless minor league game. I’d probably rotate between LF & DH and hope for the best.

You sell pieces Bieber & Ramirez in the offseason when there is potentially a bigger buyer pool.

I think Eloy is ready for AA

Hopefully

Because they know it’s coming?

I don’t think that’s the case, but obviously them using him at DH isn’t a great sign.

Vaughn is untouchable IMO. He’s put up a 199 wRC+ against RHP over the past two weeks (31 PA) and his K rate has been cut in half during this stretch (26% before, 13% during). SSS no doubt, but it’s clear he’s starting to figure them out and is becoming an absolute monster with the bat. Throw in the fact he can play a passable LF and you have a middle of the order fixture for the next five years. He ain’t going anywhere.

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