Jose Abreu

They desperately need position player depth if they're serious about making the playoffs this year, and as we've seen, such players are signing for peanuts (such as Brad Miller for $2 million). I think the frustration/disappointment is warranted, even if the offseason was largely a positive

I'm just glad it's not Leury. Hopefully it's Anderson/Moncada in that order as Moncada has made it clear that he doesn't want to bat first

Right, and unlike Moncada's, all the batted ball/expected stat metrics suggest that he's going to get worse, not better

Agree on the bullpen and I think they will find the starting pitching eventually. Just not as high on the lineup

Fortunately, I don't think the Padres are getting to the NLCS anytime soon. Preller is running that organization into the ground

Yeah I agree. My biggest takeaway from Soxfest was actually that Eloy clearly put on muscle

I doubt it's us but it would certainly make up for the lack of quality depth. As things stand, an Eloy or Mazara injury (which are sadly probable) would be pretty brutal, especially if Leury is already covering for an injured IF

It doesn't really matter who they face, the Sox always do pretty well in these kinds of Twitter polls

I agree with your thoughts on Kopech but not sure I get your point on Moncada. He might not have been fully "ready" in 2017, but he posted a 105 wRC+ and 1.1 fWAR (3.3 fWAR/162) over a third of a season. It's not like he was blocking anyone or playing poorly

They're usually free

I was so worried that I'd have one too few that I accidentally added an extra

Buehrle perfect game in 09 and back to back to back to back home runs in 08

69, 75, 76, 78, 80-83, 85-98

Not sure if this has been discussed but TA started a YouTube channel and seems to be committed to uploading behind the scenes stuff regularly

Rosenberg had gotten pretty bad lately (especially at determining what is an error and what is a hit). I have no idea how Rogers is qualified though.

I was wondering why Evan Marshall is wearing a number different from the one listed on the website

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28661018/white-sox-reach-deal-cuban-rhp-norge-carlos-vera

That's huge. Wasn't the reason for the fake players something with the MLBPA? Did they reach a new agreement or something?

I read somewhere this offseason that Madrigal wants 1

I don’t remember who it was, but I was arguing with someone last offseason that Moncada’s strong September in 2018 was a good sign because he was using a completely different approach, and all I got was, “it doesn’t matter because it was September”. Sure enough, it was basically the same approach he used in 2019. In other words, I totally agree that 165 PAs is a SSS, but you can’t throw them away when a new approach or other significant changes are being employed.

I was joking, and I actually do believe that he has some legitimacy. I just think the Dodgers tweet was worded in a way that would give him credit if a trade occurred, but would not tarnish his reputation if nothing happened. In other words, he might as well have not tweeted it

He'd make a great politician

I agree, and that's what makes these lists dumb. "Right now" means 2020, so there's no need to include guys who are trending downward in lieu of rising stars like Moncada and Devers. I like that Petriello had Moncada at #6.