Chicago White Sox

Look at Ray Ray Run = Don Cooper finally confirmed!

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Bold prediction, but Lopez finishes the year as our #3 starter and wins game 7 of the World Series for us!

Getting fucking hyped

Yes

Yeah, short of injury there is minimal chance he doesn’t catch 120+ games.

I think while all this is true, we also have three guys who should be elite and actually have some depth at AAA. Jimmy Cordero has gone from most used reliever to not making the opening day roster plus we have interesting arms like Burdi, Johnson, & Lambert waiting in the wings. I think we should be able to survive potential regression from guys like Marshall & Foster.

Subpar prospect?

Right now the opening day pitching staff looks like it will be the following: Rotation: Lucas Giolito Lance Lynn Dallas Keuechel* Dylan Cease Carlos Rodon* Bullpen: 9th: Liam Hendriks 8th: Aaron Bummer* 8th: Evan Marshall 7th: Garret Crochet* 7th: Codi Heuer 6th: Matt Foster LR: Michael Kopech LR: Reynaldo Lopez At least initially, I don’t think guys having options will have much impact. Maybe when Fry comes back then Lopez having an option will matter, but until then I think they can roll with the best 5th starter possible whether that be Carlos or Reynaldo.

That’s all fair, but if you’re going to go with a six man rotation at some point, do it during the dog days when there are no off-days.

Team Lopez is making a comeback!

We’ve had this argument before, but going with a six man rotation when there are like six or seven off-days in the first 40 or so games of the season is crazy IMO. Pitchers are a creature of habit and pitching on six days rest is likely going to mess with them, not to mention why give our worst two starters more starts than needed.

My beef with Leury is he isn’t very good against RHP, which takes away some value despite the flexibility he offers. And honestly, with Engel the better defensive OF and equally good against LHP, he’s a bit redundant in some ways. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a nice bench player, but I’d probably rather have a left-handed IF given the rest of our roster construction.

Alright guys, who you got winning the the 5th starter role? Rodon appears to be the favorite based on statements released from the club and their unofficial spokespersons, but Lopez is starting to get some hype in camp. If changes to his arm action are translating to actual results (rather than just spring training fluff), then I’d argue giving him the 5th starter spot since he provides two additional years of control and has historically been far more durable than Carlos.

Thanks James. I’m sure I’m wrong here but I thought Getz implied Weaver was headed to A+. For some reason I also thought he hinted at Delgado going to Winston-Salem as well.

Reliever is unlikely to be a big need come July unless a lot of things go wrong.

I honestly think it’s more Coop had gotten pretty bad / behind the times than Katz is the savior. I really think there is some low hanging fruit that can easily be addressed with a more modern pitching coach.

Oh fuck please be true!?!!?!! Imagine if all these plus curveballs come back to life under Katz!!

A lot of young guys will likely be at Kanny. I’d expect Romas, Rodriguez, Bailey, Gladney, Beard, & Mieses all there plus Kelley, Thompson, & Dalquist in the rotation. Even Winston-Salem should have some fun guys in Cespedes, Bush, Sosa, Yolbert, Weaver, and maybe Delgado.

You’re missing the point here. I’m not arguing that Boozer was a good free agent signing or that GarPax did well in free agency in general, but rather that Boozer isn’t proof of a Reinsdorf run organization going cheap. They wanted to sign two of the big three that offseason and whiffed, which resulted in them pivoting to a still very expensive Boozer.