Chicago White Sox

Almost impossible to answer this question without seeing who they add before the deadline.

I haven’t seen him play, but the reports I read suggested he’s a strong up-the-middle defender with questionable offensive abilities so I’d say yes. It sounds like he has some decent physical tools, so maybe there is chance he develops into more? Again, being 24 in Low A doesn’t make me overly optimistic and there were some rumors that he showed up to camp out of shape (not sure if those were true or not). Regardless, at some point we need to get aggressive with him.

I’m one of Collins’ biggest fans, but he’ll still need work on his framing in the coming years. Right now he’s in the 1% percentile per Statcast and can’t frame a strike on the corners to save his life. That being said, he appears to handle the staff pretty well and is a plus hitter against RHP (135 wRC+). To me, he should be starting everyday against RHP, with a couple starts a week at catcher and the rest at DH. And he could be super valuable in that role similar to a Mike Napoli or Evan Gattis.

Pretty much...lol

I mean, the “beyond our wildest dreams” move would be Harper. At least offensively there is no better fit for this lineup. Obviously it’s never going to happen though.

Whenever they move Cespedes up to AA, they should do the same for Yogurt. He’s 24 years old and has hit decent enough for a glove first guy to make the move.

Don’t forget how much the McStans hate Grandal!

He’s basically been a 120 wRC+ hitter since High A and that’s with poor platoon splits against LHP dragging his numbers down. The issue with him was a lack of in game power, but that started improving at AA. I still there’s a chance he can be a valuable platoon bat in the majors, especially if he can play a halfway decent RF.

He should be up to AA pretty soon I’d imagine.

It helps but it’s still an incredibly weak system.

Plus two BBS. And all three hits were off RHP. Time to accept the fact that Burger may be legit.

Wow, slugfest in Kanny. Rodriguez 3/5 with a 2B. Ramos 2/5 with two 2B. Neither guy with any strikeouts. Both guys flying up the prospect rankings.

Lol...I was literally thinking the same thing when the camera turned on the throw to first.

Leury!

Gavin battled and gets the runner in!

Nice work Vaughn! Fuck this fool up Sheets!

Make em pay Collins!!!

Grandal is so fucking awesome!

That SB though

At least Giolito will a bit easier to retain after this year.

What happened to Moncada?

Blackmon is not good.

Our offense is a disaster at the moment and we’re talking about trading Moncada? What did I miss here?

What do you think they are looking for? I’d assume arms or young positional talent. Guys like Burger & Sheets are probably more interesting to teams that just need some tweaking rather than a full blown rebuild.

We will need to add three or four pieces at the deadline, so we can’t afford to blow our prospect load on just the first piece. Yes, we should be aggressive, but not to the point it affects our ability to do other things.