Jose Abreu

To be honest, I don't think Vaughn will take much longer himself. I can see him being a Super 2, early-mid June guy.

I like Madrigal, but I wouldn't point out a .298 BABIP as if it means he has been unlucky. His contact profile doesn't suggest that he'll be anything more than an average BABIP guy. Of course, he'll still be a solid offensive player. Maybe .295/???/.400 with the juiced ball. Depends on what he decides to do when it comes to walks

At this point, yes. I said earlier in the thread that there's probably not a fit for him on this team anymore past 2020. I just think he has been unlucky, and by the end of the season it will normalize somewhat. Just not to the point where he's 2014-2017 Abreu.

I'd argue that it's also cherry picking, or at least disingenuous, to present his 2019 fWAR and wRC+ without accounting for the extremely low BABIP relative to his normal mark.

He has a .267 BABIP and his career mark is .324, he's due for some positive regression. That said, he serves no purpose after the Vaughn pick and with Collins knocking on the door. It might make sense to keep him for one more year (since Vaughn probably won't be ready *that* soon), but after 2020 I think there's no longer a fit.

What does the bolded mean?

Vaughn will be the best hitter out of anyone aside from Eloy IMO

Eloy is slugging .455, wRC+ up to 98

Agreed. Give him the 7th, if he runs into any trouble then have him split the inning with Bummer. Bummer gets the full 8th, Colome the 9th.

Ha, my thoughts as well. But I like this hook. Off day tomorrow, Marshall/Bummer/Colome and others fully rested, just bullpen the rest of this one.

Collins RBI double

It’s crazy how little people seem to be talking about this, especially relative to last year. He’s 24 and looks like a perennial all-star.

I feel like they're basically the same person with the same opinions on everything so I'm curious to see if the podcast reflects that

I agree with that until the last two sentences, but the walking issue plagues Leury as well. I don't want either of them leading off for the long-term, but I want Tim leading off now because he's a better hitter and because I want him getting the PAs. When Jay is back, I'm guessing they'll go with Jay 1st, Leury 6th-8th, which I guess I would be fine with. Jay really serves no purpose anymore but whatever

There's a lot more to it than that, though

Agreed. What makes you say that? (re: Anderson) I would've agreed with you last year but the quality of his PAs is awesome this year, way better than Leury's IMO.

It's better but Anderson (.849) 7th with Garcia (.667) 1st is still really bad

Velander I can see. Giolito has been better than Odorizzi though

Me neither. I think it unfairly benefits the Red Sox/Yankees etc.

Under the new format, all that matters is being top 3, since that's what gets you to the next round. Moncada is 8th for 3B, despite probably being the 4th best 3B in the AL and the 3rd best who is healthy. whitesox.com/vote

Eloy Jimenez

From a value standpoint, if Beer is actually limited to just DH, I don't know if he's as untradeable as the raw numbers may suggest I don't want us to trade Abreu, if my username doesn't give that away, but the writing is on the wall. Vaughn is going to mash as a 1B and Collins/Burger/FA will probably end up DHing.

I wonder if Houston would take Abreu and Leury for Seth Beer

Up to 2.2 fWAR, slashing .294/.348/.508/.856 with a 129 wRC+, and an xwOBA/wOBA ratio that suggests it's not a fluke. A small part of me misses arguing with people who thought he was a bust after one average season.