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I thought Plesac was pretty good today.

I was about to say… The 2021-2024 Sox, probably 40% of that payroll went to the bullpen.

I really like Alec Blair with that second round pick. He's a prep outfielder from California. He's really skinny and frail but he's 6'6 and has shown lots of power potential from the left side. He checks the boxes on a lot of the Sox's biggest needs. He's a lefty. He's an outfielder. And he's a plus athlete, he's committed to play both baseball and basketball at Oklahoma. He has never devoted himself to baseball full time, so he's very intriguing. I like Jojo Parker's brother too, maybe the Sox end up with both brothers.

I don’t need to see Leasure anymore. He has no command. He has no control. Send him down and call up Pallette

Not surprising. Outside of Robert, who are the power hitters on the roster? Power is probably their biggest need at ML level and in the farm system.

Jojo Parker is too, the Soc have been scouting the Southeast pretty hard lately

He played on the White Sox area code team, which is still coached by JJ Lally if I’m not mistaken. On that team, he was teammates with Jaden Fauske.

Baldwin needed to be sent down a while ago imo. He hits way too many groundballs and doesn’t control the strike zone at all. More seasoning is needed.

He had a very bad weekend, but if he’s there at 2-1 do you take him? He’d still probably be a first round pick but it’s just a thought exercise

I don’t care as long as he stay healthy and reaches his innings goal. That’s the biggest priority, the other stuff can be fixed.

It was way past time to move on from Paddy. It’s going to take a couple years to see Getz/Keller guys come in but damn, that’s dreadful

I like how active this FO office when it comes to adding depth and mixing up the bottom of the roster. A rebuilding team should totally be doing this but I hope it continues when they’re competitive as well. I have no problem with them taking a flyer on Houser. They need someone who can come in and eat innings to save the bullpen.

If LaViolette is the pick, then I assume that Ryan Fuller signed off on it, the same way Bannister signs off on every pitcher the Sox draft. So your excitement on LaViolette depends on how much you trust Fuller to iron out his swing. LaViolette does check some major boxes for the Sox though. He’s an OF, he’s athletic, and he has some serious power (as a lefty too), which is the system’s biggest need.

I really like Venable and this coaching staff, they have the guys ready to play. Their plate discipline is night and day from last season, the defense looks a lot better too. Venable has done some things that I didn't like in the moment, but he's a first time manager, and so far I'm pleased

I hope they don’t draft LaViolette. Personally, I am against drafting players with players with below average hit tools with first round picks. The player would have to have 70+ power to make me consider it.

The metrics say, yes he does. And it’s not entirely uncommon to give a guy a phantom IL stint so they can work on something. It happens more with pitchers, the Dodgers do it a lot, but it’s not like it doesn’t happen. I’m not saying demote him to AZL ball.

it's just as bad imo. Less valuable player to the org, but why not make sure all your assets are performing up to the org's standards

I don’t know where else to put this but do you know who else should be headed to Arizona to work with Ryan Fuller for a couple of weeks? Brooks Baldwin. I think he’s a fun guy, and can be a positive player for the Sox as a super utility guy but the offensive profile right now is dangerously bad. He only walks 4% of the time, league average is 8.4% so far this year. He hits the ball on the ground nearly 50% of the time at 47.1%. He has a launch angle of 12.3 degrees, which is well below league average of 20 degrees, and well below the desired sweet spot of 30 degrees. His launch angle is also down about 13.4 degrees. He doesn’t see a lot of pitches, he doesn’t take his walks, he hits the ball into the ground way too much. He needs to overhaul his swing

When’s the last time the Sox walked 6 times?

I wish the Sox had multiple Ryan Fuller’s

This brought a smile to my face

Why would it be a bad thing?

Me too. They could’ve augmented their roster with vets and more proven young players and they said no. They overvalued their core. And their successful hitting coach, now running the Sox hitting program

The 2016 rebuild didn’t fail because the Sox didn’t sign Machado or Harper. It failed because they drafted so poorly. Spending a top 5 pick on a weak singles hitter is so so so so dumb. Meidroth is a breath of fresh air, and it fits a theme. The new regime has been targeting hitters who’ve shown the ability to get on base consistently. Would like to see Meidroth, Vargas and Tauchman in the same lineup

Meidroth seems like the type of the player the previous regime was seemingly allergic to. He can play multiple positions, he sees a ton of pitches, and he gets on base at a high clip. He’s the type of player the Sox have been missing for a long time. Hahn/KW wouldn’t even sign bench/UTL guys like that in FA. Edit: Spelling