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where are all these OF in AA going to play? Gonzalez, Rutherford, Basabe, Adolfo and Robert are all on the AA roster now. I know Adolfo is on the DL right now, but there are still 4 guys that should be playing everyday, and 5 once he comes back. Maybe Basabe or Gonzalez to AAA and Guyer or Tucker released when that happens.

If the sox are going to bring him up this year, this is the route I would prefer. Otherwise just wait until this time next year and secure the extra season. For the love of god, don't just promote him late August or September. So stupid IMO.

Nice!

Hoping Basabe has a big month and we can give him a trial by the time June rolls around.

With Eloy on the shelf, the OF is so ugly. I am totally cool with running Leury out in CF everyday - he's been pretty useful. But with Eloy out, shifting Leury to LF and having to play Engel is so gross.

Lol, use whatever term you want. Ottavino has not been good / has been bad. Same shit. He's been FAR worse than Colome for the first ~20% of the season.

Ottavino has a 1.395 WHIP and 11 walks in 14.1 innings. He has not been very good.

All of whom have been pretty sad. SSS and all, but pretty much all the relievers signed last winter have been terrible. Meanwhile, Colome (and Herrera) have been fantastic.

If he keeps pitching like he is right now, someone will give us a nice prospect or two for him in July. That is far more useful to the Sox than a bat only catcher with an extremely young pitching staff. I wasn't a fan of the trade when it happened. But I am now.

Colome is going to the return something far more valuable than Narvaez. It was a good trade. Narvaez can hit a bit, but he is an awful catcher, especially for a young staff.

Do we expect Robert to be a consensus top 5 prospect when the mid-season prospect ranking updates come out? I can't imagine there are 5 minor leagues with more talent and upside than him. His current rankings, while they make some sense due to his injuries last season and rawness, look completely silly at the moment.

Maybe its time we let the Sox take it slow with their kids. What is the rush? obviously he is too good for high A and will be in AA before long. Its all good.

Hoping for a quick recovery from Adolfo. He is still my pick of the guy that is going to blow up and turn into a force with the Sox.

Eloy has looked pretty much awful in the OF. But as I mentioned in another thread, moving him to 1B or DH right now would be crazy. He just spent $45M on the guy...we need him in the OF. You can always make him a DH down the line, and that will likely be necessary, but right now is not the time. Hopefully he can improve out there.

Now is not the time to make Eloy a DH. The Sox can always do that later. Please stop banging this drum for the time being.

Sounds about right to me. It sucks, but is what it is now. Should help the tank. Get Nicky some more at bats. Really hope this doesn’t lead to Engel in CF most days.

I just really don't think there is any benefit to removing all doubt about Collins being a catcher at this point. We can always move him to 1b. Once that happens, there is 99% chance its never going back. We'll always have that option. I would prefer to use him as any early career Gattis/Carlos Santana/ Napoli type, then just making him a DH/1B only right away. I'd be fine with Ozuna or Castellanos. I think Castellanos would be a bit cheaper. Both are poor defenders.

We expecting Gio back from the IL for the Wednesday start?

They paid him less than the league min. At this point, its a complete non issue.

He was awesome in rookie ball last season as well.

Yah. The Sox did something right here. Credit where credit is due, and such. I imagine this was part of the negotiation. So Ervin, your best offer is currently $2.15M, we'll double that, but if we DFA you within the first 45 days of the season and you reject the assignment, you're only due the pro-rated amount of $4.3M. A man who has made over $110M in his career probably went for the upside at a place he felt he had a good opportunity.

Doubt Cease had anything to do with it. I'm guessing Santana preferred to bet on himself and make $4.3M if he pitched well and hung in the big leagues as opposed to taking some other much lower deal that may have been fully guaranteed.

That is what everyone thought. Turns out he signed the 45 day consent form. Probably why Hahn was somewhat coy when asked about dropping $4.3M on Santana. Basically he said (paraphrasing) that's not for sure. Everyone thought that meant Hahn was saying someone else could pick up Santana, but (obviously) Hahn knew about the advance consent. FWIW - it is not 100% clear to me if Santana accepted his assignment, if the $4.3M would have still been due to him. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/04/white-sox-designate-ervin-santana-for-assignment.html

That is what we all thought, but it turns out the Sox made Santana sign a 45-day advance consent clause. Basically what that means is that a team can release a player within the first 45 days of the season without any future obligations. So basically the Sox owe him the pro-rated about of $4.3M, which based on his amount of time on the roster, should be less $450k.

Wow - so basically the Sox only owe him the pro-rated amount of $4.3M, which should be about $425-450k. Not nearly as bad as $4.3M. Also, that was really dumb of Santana.