Chicago White Sox

Hopefully trading him for May.

For those watching, how bad has Herrera really looked today? I know he’s given up a couple singles and in a GT that makes him the worst reliever in White Sox history, but he’s throwing strikes, the velocity is decent (not great), he got a couple swinging strikes, and a K. Was he really that terrible out there? How hard hit were the balls in play?

We really need Timmy back.

I’m not trying to be a dick but: Bad + Bad <> Good

It’s trash for this year, but next year is another story. You’d definitely have to go out and sign some relievers in the offseason.

The only way you trade Bummer is if you get a high end, major league ready piece back (SP or RF). If the Dodgers are willing to give up Dustin May for Colome & Bummer, you say “thank you” and simply allocate more of our money to the bullpen in the offseason.

What a shocker, Real comes out of hiding to hate on something.

Again, I’m not even saying it’s good, you said “they punted the draft” because of those three picks which is ludicrous.

I literally said word for word “you can question their draft strategy”. I don’t care if you rip the Collins pick. But to say they punted the draft is absurd as saying Collins was a 5th round talent. And yes, Fangraphs had Burdi as a top 100 prospect before his TJS. Also, the fact they were all top 100 prospects at one point in time matters because they were able to increase their value for a stretch. Injuries and unforeseen things do happen and it’s hard to fault the organization for those things. That being said, at one point in time a package of three could have landed you a pretty nice major league player. Us failing to capitalize on that value does not mean we were terrible draft picks.

Like who? Blake Rutherford? Or quickly scroll through the list of HS kids that worked out and say one of them. Also, at various points in time, all three of those guys were top 100 prospects. Hansen lead the minors in strikeouts in 2017 and Burdi was probably the premier relief prospect in the game before his TJS (FG loved the kid). Arguing against their draft strategy is fair game, but to say they punted away an entire draft is beyond idiotic. Two years ago, this draft class looked like an absolute haul when you also factor in Lambert, Flores, & Hamilton. You are using revisionist theory to fulfill your negativity agenda.

Didn’t realize Quinteiro got promoted but makes sense given age and production in short-season ball.

That doesn’t change the fact he was a 1st round talent. 1st round picks bust all the time. And I really wish we could have heard your thoughts at the time, because everyone sounds smart with the benefit of hindsight.

And we should give them the benefit of the doubt for now. If they don’t, we’ll all riot and I’m be first one in line with a torch & pitchfork demanding change.

Herrera is coming from a foot injury. Just cause he sucks this year, doesn’t mean he’ll suck next year. Relievers in general are super volatile. That being said, I agree we can’t count on him for a setup role. We’ll have to add at least one high leverage reliever even if we keep Colome.

You are entirely missing the point here and quite frankly are wrong. OneDog called Collins a 5th round talent. I said every major publication had a 1st round grade on him at the time of the draft and that’s a factual statement. MLBPipeline had him ranked #14, Baseball America had him ranked #16, and Keith Law had him ranked #18. He was a consensus 1st round talent at the time whether you like the pick today or not.

Half of this roster is AAAA filler? 1B: Abreu 2B: Madrigal SS: Anderson 3B: Moncada LF: Jimenez CF: Robert CA: McCann IF: Sanchez UT: Garcia #1: Giolito #3: Cease #4: Kopech CL: Colome SU: Bummer SU: Herrera MR: Fry MR: Marshall LR: Lopez That’s 18 guys or 72% of our 25 man roster filled and probably a good $70M to work with to plug the remaining holes. Once again, you are full of shit.

Name one major publication that didn’t have a first round grade on the kid? Oh that’s right, there won’t be one and you’re simply full of shit as usual.

Why trade for a starter when we guy sign two in free agency? The current 4th, 5th, & 19th ranked starters based on fWAR will be available for just money plus Bumgarner and a few other semi interesting guys. Zero excuse to not go out and add a least one impact starter and another mid-rotation type. Also, I just saw Lance Lynn’s numbers and I can’t believe how much hate I got for suggesting that we sign him. He obviously won’t be the 2nd best starter in baseball forever, but he would have actually filled the reliable mid rotation starter role we’ll need to address this offseason. And for this year least, he would have basically cost the same as Nova.

Oh look, it only took two bad games in a row for OneDog to start dreaming about further years of tanking.

Wow, this aged incredibly poorly, incredibly fast.

Please don’t quote that clown, it’s been nice not having to see the garbage he posts.

The concerns with Sheets had much more to do than just his slow start. He has never displayed power like this for an extended period of time. There is reason to be excited now. Rutherford still hasn’t done much this year despite some positive BABIP regression.

Reed batting cleanup and Collins starting at catcher & batting 9th.

Covey vs. Bassitt is an interesting matchup as each guy is going against their former organization. I think Covey is going to come back with a vengeance and dominate the shit out of these A’s.