Chicago White Sox

Look, I applaud your view on labor matters, but baseball is a unique animal and it’s not fair to expect the Sox to play by a different set of rules. And by the way, minor leaguers do have some protections, achieving minor league free agency after so many years of control and only being able to be optioned three times. Yes, the minor league living conditions are sickening and those should be changed, but no one in life is entitled to a $500k+ job and the Sox don’t need to release Yermin just because he may see a quicker path elsewhere. Again, if the Sox have no use for Yermin, the 40 man roster rules would have forced us to remove him from the org one way or the other.

Cool...and if he’s done in Chicago guess what would have happened? They would traded him or DFAed him. A guy like Yermin with practically no defensive utility isn’t going to survive long on a crowded 40 man roster if he’s the “31st-32nd” guy. This would have all taken care of itself, but instead he’s thrown a hissy fit and has almost certainly impacted how other teams value him. And that sucks for him because he could have gotten a shot elsewhere if he just kept producing and didn’t do this publicity stunt.

Is this a Jack Parkman post?

You are actually asking the Sox front office to set the precedent that a player can force his way off the roster through the media?

No one is forcing him to play baseball. If Finance wasn’t a financially viable profession for me, I’d simply do something else. I agree that the minor league conditions suck, but the dude isn’t entitled to a release just because the Sox won’t give him an immediate major league opportunity

I think Dan is greatly undervaluing Ramos and I have no idea why the D-Backs would want Yogurt.

Honestly, I think the latter is better. Escobar is a massive offensive upgrade over Mendick, you aren’t forced to play Eloy everyday in LF, and generally speaking you have a stronger defensive OF. And while it’s obviously a bit premature, Cruz doesn’t help much during road games in the World Series.

We definitely need to add a bat, but right now 2B is a bigger priority than RF.

Thanks...that’s a bummer as I had a mid 40’s pick in my mind, but would still be fun to have the extra pool to work with.

I can get Kopech. He only has four years of control (three of which are arbitration) and right now his ability to be a full season starter next year is at stake due to a lack of innings. And while he looks like the real deal coming out of the bullpen, he hasn’t proven anything as a major league starter and I’m sure that’s being held against him. Don’t get me wrong, I think he’s super valuable, but I get their argument for not including him at the moment. The Eloy exclusion is much more egregious IMO and more or less indefensible unless you play the “he will always get injured” card. If he does stay healthy, I think he’ll quickly develop into a top 10 hitter. His mix of hit tool & power makes him so special and his contract is super reasonable (maxes out at $18.5M), even if he ends up spending a lot of time at DH.

Is that where a Rodon comp pick would be as well?

Two things worth pointing out. First, Yermin hasn’t communicated any plans to the Sox, so as of this moment he hasn’t technically “retired”. Unless there is something dark behind this, it’s entirely possible a quick conversation with the front office / Tony changes gets him to change his “plans”. Part of me thinks / hopes this is just a dude who’s a little entitled after having some success and is basically throwing a pity party. I guess we’ll find out soon enough. That feeds into point two which is Yermin was incredibly productive for Charlotte and likely would have a gotten a shot elsewhere. The universal DH is almost certainly coming and I’m sure there are some NL clubs who would take a chance on him if the cost were reasonable. Even if this public retirement ends up being short-lived, he’s probably made getting another opportunity that much harder. Again, hopefully there isn’t something dark behind this, but it’s very possible a lack maturity will end costing him in the end.

Thanks...I was not aware of those rule changes.

Oh I totally agree, but aggression typically gets exploited more against more advanced pitching. Not a huge deal at the moment, but something worth monitoring going forward.

I’d say his lack of patience is the one box he’s not checking and that’s what could get him exposed as he moves up the system. Still plenty young enough to make strides in that area though.

100% agree

No doubt the league adjusted and Yermin did not.

20 SBs too. Didn’t realize he was swiping that many bags. He’s a super exciting talent.

Look, I’m not blaming Tony for this decision, but I won’t give him a free pass for humiliating his player publicly and telling the other teams it’s ok to throw at his guys. Doesn’t matter what level of sports this is, manage your shit in the clubhouse and not in the media. And never, under any circumstance tell the other team they can throw a 90+ MPH projectile at one of your guys. I hate defending a guy like Law, but if that’s what he’s referring to then I’m in agreement with him.

Yeah, I don’t see how a guy in AAA affects the major league clubhouse.

Dan Clark playing insider for an org he doesn’t even cover is quite humorous. It’s too bad he didn’t retire from Twitter like he said he would.

Nothing Keith Law said is wrong though? I’m not even blaming Tony for this, but under no circumstance does he warrant defense for how he treated Yermin after that 3-0 homer. That was beyond stupid / shitty, but probably unrelated to what’s driving this current decision.

So let me get this straight, Yermin posted “El retiro” on IG, then play a game with the Knights, and then announces he’s actually retiring? Why did he even play tonight?

What is going on in this thread...lol

Holy shit we need relief help