Chicago White Sox

Without diving too deeply, I think they’re just normal in-season variances. In aggregate his numbers are fantastic and he’d still be a plus defensive 3B. I have no problem throwing 10/$350M at Machado. He should be our #1 target without question this offseason.

Machado should be the goal. Obviously that’s a lofty goal, but we should be putting all chips on the table to make it happen. Regardless, I’d love to sign some vets to 1 to 2 year deals at key areas of need. Outside of 3B, we could use a CF, DH, SP, & a RH reliever. While I’m not anticipating it necessarily, I think we should be positioned to take advantage of potential massive leaps from Moncada, Lopez, & Giolito next year. We should be past the point of running Adam Engel tier prospects out there on a nicely basis and hoping we get lucky.

It’s definitely getting harder & harder to cheer for losses.

Cordell has been doing better, but I wouldn’t call him up until Charlotte’s season is over.

I hope you’re right Parkman!! Would be absolutely huge for the rebuild if he could even be a solid #3 starter.

Wow, that’s really good news!!

Didn’t he miss a huge chunk of the season due to injury?

Madrigal not playing again, wonder if he’s hurt. He did get pulled mid game a few days ago.

Game has started...

Oh I’m in agreement and fully believe his lack of power is due to his swing plane. That can be fixed with time. It’s still disappointing he’s hit so few homers though.

I really don’t want to get into this, but people are obviously going to be offended if you ridicule them for their weaknesses or insecurities. I don’t know how that would be surprising or wrong to anyone. Not sure what point you’re trying to make here, but you’re kind of coming off as a total douchebag.

Nope, stop making excuses. Robert is a powerless bum and the front office was stupid for spending $50M on him. They should have signed Acuna instead. That kid would have been way cheaper and is the gold standard for CF prospects. But we shouldn’t be surprised, Hahn is the same guy who drafted another powerless bum in Madrigal over sure-fire superstars like Nolan Gorman & Jerred Kelenic.

The Sox signed five high school hitters from this year’s draft. If you mean with their #1 pick, I can’t really fault them for taking Madrigal over Gorman or Kelenic. Polished college hitters are scarce and typically taken at the top of draft. Not surprising we went in that direction when there wasn’t an elite high school positional prospect to consider.

I can not wait until next year when we’ll have Burdi & Hamilton in these situations rather than Juan fucking Minaya.

Hand injuries frequently result in a lack of power. That’s not an excuse, that’s called a fucking reason. God you’re insufferable.

Timmy!!!!

Lol...I was just thinking the same thing.

Moncada just missed a slam!!? But still awesome result!

The only guy who is underperforming in the power department IMO is Sheets. Rutherford has shown increased power vs. last year and is still a twig. And were you really expecting much power out of Madrigal this year? You’re also ignoring Basabe & Adolfo who showed quite a bit of power during their stints. Again, to me it’s really just Sheet who has been a massive disappointment.

I’m pretty sure the expectation was Robert wouldn’t flash much power this year do to his thumb injury. Regardless, it’s probably best to be patient with him next year and start the season off in W-S again. We have enough guys ahead of him that we might as give him as much as it takes to allow him to reach his ceiling.

Sox losing 0-2 in the 4th.

The AA rotation is going to be packed again between Dunning, Hansen, Lambert, Flores, Medeiros, Puckett, & potentially Clarkin. I’d definitely start Cease in AAA, nothing else to prove at this point.

Madrigal’s OBP is 60 points higher than his BA right now. Obviously we can’t bank on him getting by this many pitches forever, but I think if he bats .300+ his OBP will be more than fine.

Stop evaluating prospects during their signing season. The results typically mean nothing.

Kopech had nearly spent a full season in AAA and was coming off a seven game stretch in which he was probably the most dominant pitcher in minor league baseball. It would have been impossible to look him in the eye and tell him he needed start the 2019 season down in AAA. While Jimenez has been insanely good at AAA and is no doubt ready for the show, he’s had less than 200 PA’s down there. It’s far less egregious to keep him down there until mid April. Whether they actually go through with that I have no idea, but if you put a gun to my head I’d say he’s up August 30th.