Quin

Talked to him recently, he's doing well. Instead of spending money at Sox games, it's going to a nice family vacation.

The pitch clock or the pitch comm? There's been so many rule changes that I've lost track.

The Astros are the most dominant team of the past decade. Phillies have been to a World Series. Orioles are on the upswing like where the 2020 and first-half-of-2021 White Sox were (when we were happy). The Rangers went out and made moves to sign star players. Also, the Peagle rocks (as do the Southside jerseys). Like, c'mon man. People have legitimate reasons to be mad about this team.

If the Sox traded Sosa, we all know who would mention in him at every single opportunity if he made the major leagues in the next two years and put up a WAR north of 0.

I mean @Chisoxfn and I are both overly optimistic at times, but this team has a unique way of taking every piece of good news and countering it with one or two pieces of bad news. I can't blame people for being jaded when the core built to contend goes .500 in 2022 (after being picked by a number of outlets to be a World Series contender!) and then following that up with a horrific April. But that being said, some complaints are nonsensical - like, the Sox haven't signed Aaron Hicks, so don't complain about it. Yoan Moncada made a music video 3 years ago and people act like he's signed a record deal and is on tour. It was a one-time offseason hobby. If you have problems with that, then get upset about any player that goes hunting. If we want any baseball related activity from that video, at least he stayed in shape, I guess? But as for the operation of the team itself? Be plenty mad about them when they don't perform. Fans have earned that right. They've earned the right to be mad about the team not stocking up on legitimate starting depth past Davis Martin (Scholtens five innings the other day was a godsend) when they should know that all five starters staying health is a rarity - and in this case, six. Especially because Martin got hurt in his last start last year. The Sox are frustrating because there are so many self-inflicted, easily corrected mistakes - don't give two prime gratuity years to Tony, actually be serious and seal the deal on Wheeler, Harper, or Machado. So when people defend the Sox smartest-people-in-the-room mentality, that's when people get overly snippy. *I will note that I was OK with Colas and Lenyn/Romy on the team, but that's as someone that was/still is a pretty big believer in Colas and Lenyn.

And the bullpen turnaround once they got rid of Diekman and Ruiz + stopped using ReyLo in the 9th.

Nobody ever said 'I'm going to Cleveland on vacation.' What's so good about Cleveland?

I'm working in the office today so I can't watch it, but according to gameday, Kopech is dealing again. Also f*** Naylor.

Man, Haseley is right there.

Such a good listen. Enjoy what he said about Ysalla. Interesting what he said about Marco Paddy's operations.

I enjoy the people in here roasting the Sox for signing a guy that they haven't signed. Like guys, we have plenty to gripe about. We already have a Yankees reclamation project starting in the outfield.

So far in AAA: Colas with another walk (0-3 otherwise. Sosa 1-4 with a double. Tanner Banks two perfect innings with 6 Ks, mercy. Yolbert's 2-4 with 3 RBIs, average climbing backup, now at .260.

Cali you can't just be putting those vibes out into the universe.

4 is a platinum. 5 would be...tungsten?

May bullpen is fun.

Bat drops bring me joy.

Aaron Hicks screams "Rays reclamation project that will suddenly become a thorn in the Yankees side."

If there's one lesson all of baseball should have this past decade+, it's that everyone should poach as much Rays front office talent as possible.

2014-2016: No depth to supplement small but solid core. Sign B-tier and C-tier free-agents. 2020-2023: No depth to supplement slightly larger, but can't-stay healthy core. Sign B-tier and C-tier free-agents.

I'm almost definitely misremembering but wasn't it: 1. White Sox wanted Benintendi or Moncada, Red Sox said no to Benintendi. 2. Kopech was the second piece. 3. White Sox wanted Devers as the third piece, to which the Red Sox said no, so the White Sox settled on Basabe and Diaz. Before posting I just decided to check and this seems to be the case (at least according to Dombrowski after the fact): https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/red-sox/how-close-did-red-sox-come-trading-rafael-devers-chris-sale-let-dave-dombrowski-explain

Ah yes, the Schlotens-Gaddis pitchers duel we all expected.

Jesse.

But what if we strike a deal with the White Sox where SoxTalk+ sends direct feedback to the front office.

Wake up y'all, new Polar Bear thread just dropped.

Popeye had 2 HRs. Lenyn 2-4. DJ had a HR.