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woof, this is rough which of our position guys can pitch here? is the lead safe enough for Fulmer?

This is definitely a "lets just get out of here" day

He can sure hit. Not much of a catcher, but then neither is Castillo. The Sox still don't have a long-term catcher in their system and they seem to be very bad at evaluating them, but maybe they'll luck into a good one.

Yeah but i'd rather they eat the sunk cost and save us from seeing ~25 more Santana starts

I'd be for dropping Santana for Gio. I'm not sure if either is an effective starter at this point but I have more faith in the latter than the former.

I was going to say that Robert should stay in A+ until he learns to take a walk but honestly it may be that he just doesn't need to at that level. Like, he's not even bothering to be patient because he knows he's that much better than everyone around him. Basically, he should be moved up soon.

It depends on the hitter, but a 40% K rate is basically untenable for a major leaguer. Anything north of 30% is suspect but an extreme player like Gallo can make it work. The ability to draw walks and hit for big power mitigates some of the unproductive outs.

nice to see bad defense burning the opponent instead

Tim probably said a naughty word and offended Big Blue's delicate sensibilities

#UMPSHOWWWWWW

I'm not sure Cordell OR Palka are any sort of answer in RF. Ditto Micker Adolfo. Too bad there wasn't a lefty hitting right fielder available in free agency this offseason, huh.

He should be there at least a month and if he is still crushing then yeah let him bounce off B'ham like everyone else

I'm gonna get ahead of the game here and call him T3. Pretty sure he's gonna be better than 10 mike trouts.

It's kind of baked into point 2. In a tenure marked by lowlights, this offseason felt like the nadir.

As long as it's profitable, nothing will change.

N O H O P E

The negativity is pretty understandable if you look at a number of factors: 1. Poor on-field performance early in the season. This is undeniable and quantifiable, and as such becomes a barometer for how far we still have to go before the team is good. That point is still far off and will require a number of possibilities to pan out in the best possible way to happen, while simultaneously, the number of possibilities in play seems to be growing smaller by the day (ie Giolito and Lopez being rotation pieces, Rodon even being good enough to trade), 2. Poor off-field performance by the FO. This is more subjective, but it is probably not controversial to say that the White Sox have a perception problem regarding the last few off-seasons, mainly tied to their inability to convert on big targets and seeming cluelessness at how this might turn into bad PR for the team. 3. The perception of the rebuild having "stalled" due to injuries and uncertainty in performance. This is the most subjective but also the most troubling, since it takes the misery of the "losing" part of this process and both prolongs and magnifies it, while casting doubt on the surety of a positive outcome. There's more but writing about this team is making me tired. Edit - You can add to this the near-record profitability of the team stemming from the lack of resources being put back into the on-field product. Profitability without accountability is never a harbinger of good things.

He's bad, the Sox player evaluation is out of date and bad, the Sox player development is suspect at best, and the Sox owner is a union-hating jackass who lives to smash player's earning power. It sucks real bad.

Literally just looked this clip up. "Ball 4...ball 8..."

lol CORY!!!

It all depends on if he can keep the K rate down. A lot to like on that front so far.

They're not a bad team but also Ryon Healy and Domingo Santana are not going to end up top-20 hitters in baseball. I don't know what to think of Tim Beckham except that he's sure to regress.

Which system? FG Depth Charts has the M's at 27.6 WAR for the season, about 5 wins better than the White Sox. I think most of the projection systems have them between 72-75 wins.

The Mariners, at least, should be significantly better. Not Wild Card good but not awful. The Royals, yeah I dunno about that.

I'll say 12-15 with 3 rainout/snowouts/whatever