Chicago White Sox

Fully agree. When it comes to the upcoming roster crunch, Acuna needs to be the first one out the door when a spot is needed (likely for Hayes). His ability to provide insurance in the infield is nice given our current construction, but the bat is not currently major league caliber and we can’t afford to roster him much longer. In the short-term, Venable needs to plan around Antonacci being the backup IF even if he primarily plays LF. Long-term a LH infielder would be of real value though. I love Meidroth more than anyone, but his hitting against RHP is far from great. Against tough righties, it would be great to have Jacob Gonanlez as an option. It would also give us more flexibility late in games as well. However, after we theoretically dump Acuna, it gets much harder to figure out who to option or DFA next. Right now, we are carrying six outfielders if you assume Hayes replaces Acuna plus you are starting your 5th infielder in LF most days. Ignoring Antonacci, three of these guys are LH and three are RH. While it’s not the strongest pool of talent, to Getz & Venable’s credit they are doing a good job of platooning. When Pereira comes back, it feels like one of the RH outfielders will need to be let go. I see people online saying to dump Kelenic, but his underlying metrics remain strong and warrant more runway. More importantly, I see little value in carrying four RH OFs. As such, one of Hayes, Hill, or Grichuk must go. I’d lean Grichuk, but tough to cut bait on a guy who is giving you what you hoped Hayes would without the injury baggage. The other factor here is that Braden Montgomery will also likely be ready at some point in the 2H. To me, unless Benintendi & Kelenic both get hot, he should take over for one of them and it feels like that could be the right time to cut bait on Andrew. And if you can free up the DH slot, suddenly there is a more compelling argument to call up Gonzalez. IMO, Braden & Jacob should both be 2H call-ups so we can continue assessing what we have before we actually cut bait on players.

And OPS.

Will try when I get back to the states.

Verizon for mobile, AT&T for internet. Neither works for me. But in Tokyo right now and able to access on hotel Wi-Fi and same happened during spring break in Mexico. Absolutely brutal that after enduring this s%*# show of a team for the last five years, they finally get good and I can’t talk about them with anyone.

Sorry for doing this, but haven’t been able to access Soxtalk in the US since the site upgrade. However, while in foreign countries and on Wi-Fi, I am able to access. If anyone has a solution, please let me know.

I don’t know why we wouldn’t 10 more days and get the extra year. Like I want to see Antonacci as much as anyone, but this would read of desperation to burn a year of team control.

He’s not a ranked prospect and therefore not eligible for draft pick compensation.

I’m in Mexico so this is going to be me in about five minutes.

I’ve seen enough of this trash…goodbye

Was Shane always this thick?

When can we call up McDougal without losing a year of service time? He needs be up the second that’s feasible.

Waiting for Shane to say April Fools and stop sucking

All true, but I still struggle to understand why you take two Rule 5 guys who have zero roster flexibility and don’t at least hold onto the guy with options who can be sent up & down. Still could have taken a shot on Paez all while holding onto Pallette until someone better required his 40 man spot.

Well we are dumb and the exception to the rule

Montgomery at 3B doesn’t bother me. Benintendi in LF is what seems dumb here as it’s a rough defensive OF with him anywhere and Peters in CF. You could play the same guys in different and have a better overall defense IMO.

Five day sample sizes legit don’t matter and no one is making trades off of them

That will happen soon enough I believe.

We really need Teel & Baldwin back.

This makes the Peyton Pallette decision all the more perplexing.

It’s wild you are already writing Quero off as platoon player

Yeah, I’m much more concerned about the bat than him not looking great in CF defensively four games into his career there.

Wait until Teel & Baldwin are back. And the rotation isn’t good right now, but Smith, McDougel, Schultz, & Thorpe will all be pushing for spots soon enough.

You think Colson Montgomery is a top 10 defensive SS in the majors?

The Dodgers literally play guys all over the place. Look at where Mookie Betts has played since joining their organization. We are four games into the season and Venable was looking for a way to get another LH bat into the lineup. If this continues at this pace through May, let’s talk more then. Otherwise, people are overreacting to an incredibly meaningless sample.

Every smart organization does this but for some reason the Sox are stupid when they do it. And Colson will be playing 3B less when Teel & Baldwin are back and they more left-handers available. While Peters may not be much, it’s refreshing to have a manager who is aware of platoon splits.