Jose Abreu

Allard isn't what he once was but a 21 year old LHSP holding his own in the International League (w/ superjuiced ball) is still pretty impressive.

Especially after seeing Chris Martin net Allard. I would be shocked if he's still here tomorrow night.

Appears to be out of baseball. Was awful for us https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=reyes-006fra

The bold is what intrigues me. SSS obviously but no matter how good the results have appeared at AAA, they have always come with a ridiculously high walk rate. Hopefully the trend continues.

Spoiler alert

I was going for Sanchez but I suppose Jay is borderline. I think he's good enough to be a platoon/4th OF though.

Only 2 AAA players in the lineup! The construction isn't great but whatever, it's good to see Tim and Eloy back

Especially because he has voiced displeasure about his playing time recently

They'd need to send a lot more than that

Orioles fans are really, really excited by the claim

Same. With consistent PT I still think he's better than Yolmer but whatever

Moncada

Hmm, I guess the sky isn't falling after all

Where did he say this? On the radio?

Very true, but it's getting hard to simply avoid the redundant, doom and gloom posts over and over because they're in every single thread. Which is why threads like this get created

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=07/29/2019 https://www.milb.com/scores/whitesox/2019-07-29

Not happening without one of Kopech/Cease/Robert/Madrigal. So I'd rather we not get him

The point is that there really aren't that many holes to fill. The only positions I am not confident about for the next ~5 years as of right now are RF, DH, and 2 SP. We have so much young talent and depth relative to past years that it really isn't half of the roster.

This post presented some valid points and concerns (although I disagree that Fry should be a cautionary tale, as he's still good), but then you ended it with an outrageous claim. Do you truly think that Moncada and Anderson would be the 25th man on those teams?

Great post, especially the last paragraph. It's hard for me to see this season as anything but a major success for the rebuild so far, as all the players who actually matter are performing well. For all the freaking out about the ebbs and flows of the season for the players you mentioned, it's interesting how Moncada has been a top-12 position player in baseball, a legitimate MVP-caliber player and the best all-around position player on the White Sox since either Magglio Ordonez or Frank Thomas, yet the only posts I see about him (for the most part) are complaints about the occasional misplay or minor injury. It's clear to me that incessant complaining about anything and everything is preferred for many, even when glaring positives are staring them right in the face. I'm not saying that everything is perfect, but I am saying that things aren't nearly as bad as people are making them out to be.

Saints released Cam Meredith

Anyone know why Eloy left the game after the 6th? No he was not ejected so I’m not sure why

My guess is that it’s not serious interest and we’re just kicking the tires. The Mets make really weird trades so I like that we’re at least asking about it

Buy low option but still has a lot of trade value. Maybe we’re just trying to take a bad contract for him or just fleece the Mets. Probably wishful thinking