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I hope Beni hits 2nd. Pedro sure made it seem like he'll be 3rd based on ST lineups, but I will love it if that was just a spring thing and he changes his position once the real games start.

Great news. Kind of expected IMO as they had a couple chances to do so last 4-6 weeks and didn’t. That coupled with with narrative around him being mostly positive at ST, I think Liam will be back before most expected.

White Sox 92-70 Twins 85-77 Guardians 83-79 Royal 69 - 93 Tigers 68 - 94 White Sox 2nd best record in AL. Yankees win east. Angels!! win west. Astros, Jays and Mariners are wild cards, in that order. All of Eloy, TA and Robert play over 120 games. Eloy hits 40+ homers. Giolito is an all star and everyone gnashes their teeth when the Sox don't re-sign him. Pedro Grifol is AL MOY.

I'll take Kopech in a landslide.

I’ll wait to freak out until he looks like s%*# in 3-4 MLB starts.

Really no point in Kopech going 100% today tho. But I get the concern.

Another homer for Romy. Going to be tough to sit this dude on the bench Thursday night against a LHP.

Yeah, I probably would have given it to him over Santos who had an option still purely just for the sake of depth. But probably doesn't really matter.

Quite a fall from grace for Pache. Dude was a major prospect 1.5 years ago. I'd take a flier pending price, but imagine a lot of rebuilding clubs would also be interested. But the A's certainly fit that bill, so maybe he's just trash? Burger for Pache, perhaps? Burger would make a nice platoon partner for Jace Pederson in Oakland. I do think Burger will be needed at times in Chicago, but obviously something has to give from the 40 man and I suspect the A's will be able to get something of relative value for Pache. I suspect they'll DFA him tomorrow to buy themselves some more time to find the best deal.

Big fan of McKenzie other than him being on Cleveland. Sounds like he may miss up to 2 months. Believe it or not, the Guardians don't have much in the way of pitching depth. Their 6th and 7th starters are the moment are ChiSox cast offs in Pilkington and Bilous. This hurts for Cleveland...alot.

Correct. And that final option will be used in 2 days when he's sent to Charlotte. Not when he's recalled later this season. 1 option is good for the whole season.

That's....not how options work.

We think Leury asked the Uber to turn around?

Undramatic game threads is an oxymoron.

Speaking of Cespedes, I was scrolling through spring training stats the other day and he had appeared in one single game this spring. Is he hurt? I know he hasn't exactly developed as hoped, but I figured he'd at least be in line for a potential debut later this season or 2024 as a 4th OF type. Not exactly a great sign that he didn't get really any looks at all with the big league club in ST, or even split squad games. Just struck me as weird. .

There is no way Eloy plays 40-50 games in the OF if Benintendi, Robert and Colas remain mostly healthy. If one of those guys go down for a long period of time, all bets are off as they're not exactly loaded with OFs.

I'd prefer to have a 5th starter, myself. But I understand the sentiment.

I'd rather stick Alberto or Sheets in the OF than Eloy, honestly. Not because I think they'll be better defensively (Eloy is easily the best OF of the trio), but because Eloy does no one any good if he's hurt and eliminating the chances of him getting hurt playing the OF would go a long way towards him play 130+ games. Yes, Eloy is just as likely get hurt running the bases as he is in the OF, but you're eliminating like 80% of those chances by making him the full-time DH. The math is simple, IMO. Add to the fact that even though Eloy is a better OF than Sheets/Alberto, he is not a good one at all.

I know, just an irrational fear after Moncada coming out achy yesterday. Just need OD to get here!

I hear ya for sure.

Hoping we see a skeleton squad the next 2 days. Really don't need any injuries.

Probably best to just move on from it. Don't have to like him and he is indeed a shitbag. History suggest he'll probably be on the IL before too long anyway. From a baseball standpoint, if he can stay healthy, he'll be useful. Not the first POS the Sox have employed, and won't be the last.

I highly doubt that but we’ll find out soon enough. Definitely think a rebuilding type club would take him for the major league minimum. That said, I wouldn’t blame him for collecting $11 million while doing nothing. Good gig if you can get it.

Fegans article said Leurys locker was cleared out yesterday. He gone. I assume order of events will be DFA, clearing waivers and then being granted his release. Then he signs elsewhere for MLB min, saving Sox $700k of the $11M due and Leury is back in the big leagues in under 10 days.

With regard to Haseley, Let’s see in the hitters haven in Charlotte first. He was pretty dreadful there last season.