Feeky Magee

Lot of candidates but Holmberg is probably the worst guy in our pen, let's hope he stays healthy for the stretch

Phillies donging all over the Astros. We're getting that first pick.

QUOTE (Scoots @ Jul 26, 2017 -> 08:41 PM) All of these fantastic pitching performances really gives you hope for the future rotation. If they can continue this success in the majors, a rotation of Kopech, Lopez, Dunning, a healthy and successful Rodon, should be very fun to watch. Where the f*** on your list is Chris Volstad?

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jul 26, 2017 -> 06:42 PM) swing the bat dude. He swung it the pitch before on what should have been ball 4

Thanks Swarzy, hopefully he's still good when we're good and we can work something out

One thing to note is that the White Sox have mainly targeted tools over production guys in this rebuild. They needed to start target safer lower-ceiling guys at some point.

Of course it's the Brewers. Love everything they've done in their rebuild. Makes sense they'd target the best relief arm likeliest to cost least. Names I'd love: Brandon Woodruff Freddy Peralta Jordan Yamamoto Kyle Wren Jon Perrin Aaron Wilkerson

QUOTE (Username @ Jul 25, 2017 -> 04:11 AM) Have you watched him at all this year? His swing and approach are infinitely better. Still striking out like you said but the amount of progress he's made over last year is insane. Since May he has like 40+ XBHs and he's starting to really work the count. Also, be careful extrapolating minor league BABIPs. Most elite prospects put up crazy in play #'s at some point. Micker is nuking the ball when he makes contact. In terms of age I think you're being way too pessimistic. He doesn't need to be in AA for 2.5 more years to be on track to reach the majors. Not every guy realizes their tools at 20 LOL. Yep, I'm aware of the need to be careful with minor-league BABIP but just from memory I've seen quite a few groundball hits in game logs. His line drive percentage is basically the same as it has been. I'm not writing him off by any means, I'm just noting that many seem to be getting very excited about him when there's still red flags and he's not crazy young for the level anymore.

I'm probably lower on Adolfo than most people here. BB% below 6 and K% over 30 as a nearly 21-year-old at low-A isn't so hot. Without the high BABIP his line would look very meh. Has increased his power but that's about it.

I still like the return but would be interesting to see if each player had put up this year's performance with their original teams what a Chris Sale trade would look like now. Sale - 2.48 ERA, 2.52 SIERA, 6.1 WAR (leads baseball), Cy Young runaway favourite Moncada - 129 wRC+ at AAA, 9 wRC+ in tiny MLB sample Kopech - 3.51 ERA, 3.48 xFIP at AA Basabe - 85 wRC+ at A+ Diaz - ERA of about 15 between A and A+, nearly as many walks as strikeouts Gotta think the White Sox get a bit more back despite the less control of Sale.

I like this. Really quite good for most of his career in the majors. Not good this year but what the hell, worth a shot.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 24, 2017 -> 03:10 PM) Who would you guys say is the #3 option out of the pen right now after Swarzak and Jennings? Minaya

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jul 24, 2017 -> 01:22 PM) Yea he's replacement level. Oh well. Would like to see more Saladino there. His 3B defence was outstanding in 2015.

Matt Davidson with 18 dingers, a .343 BABIP and still hitting below league average. Combined with bad defence and close to the worst baserunning in the game. He is not good at baseball.

Eloy hitting a casual .452/.514/.806 with the Dash

QUOTE (KnightsOnMintSt @ Jul 19, 2017 -> 09:58 PM) Nice to see Dickman with the strong debut for the Barons. According to the Barons radio guys his three outs were all well-hit

Juan Minaya with 13.5 K/9 through 18 innings. I'm watching.

Renteria is obsessed with bunting, this better not be an issue when the White Sox are good enough for it to count

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 18, 2017 -> 11:03 PM) Put it this way, this is the first deal the Sox have done that I've been like "yeah, I definitely do that deal if I'm the other guys". I will say that Tito Polo looked really good defensively in the WBC.

Put it this way, this is the first deal the Sox have done that I've been like "yeah, I definitely do that deal if I'm the other guys".

QUOTE (TomPickle @ Jul 18, 2017 -> 09:39 PM) Pretty good chance none of the top three OF prospects in the system reach the majors before Avi reaches free agency. Although that may not mean anything and I would treat Avi the opposite of how I would have Kahnle. His long track record of mediocrity (or worse) makes me think his value out in the market is lower than what it should be right now. I would want a top 75 prospect in a deal back even though I lean on the side of this being a mirage, but I'm more willing to roll the dice and keep him around if it isn't. I would have been the opposite, very willing to deal Avi, and reluctant to deal Kahnle except for a very high return. Let's see how it works out.

Mike Morrison continues to impress

Tommy Kahnle made some mechanical changes and has the 3rd-best SIERA in baseball this year behind Kenley Jansen and Craig Kimbrel. (David Robertson 15th-best, for context Andrew Miller 6th-best and Chris Sale 13th-best). This is not dirt the White Sox are sending the Yankees.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 18, 2017 -> 08:24 PM) I would bet under barring a huge shift in what he's doing at the plate. He is literally swinging for flyballs in an attempt to hit home runs, and hitting flyballs otherwise. His IFFB% is right around 17% over the past 3 seasons. His BABIP is s*** because it deserves to be s***. Well then in Rick Hahn-speak, let's talk dollar bills yo

QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Jul 18, 2017 -> 08:13 PM) But luck has nothing to do with Frazier's crappy approach and swing. And his BABIP has been under .240 for 1000 straight AB's. That's not luck, that's called a trend. Let's have a bet on Frazier's BABIP with the Yankees the rest of the way. He's currently at .214, xBABIP says .284. Let's put the over/under at .240. You in?