Jose Abreu

Yoan is such a smart hitter. That's a few times this year where they've done a shift on him where there's nobody in the general SS area, and he just eases a single right to that spot

Zavala is on the 40 and Collins isn’t. That’s how I see it

Really hope you're right. I just have accepted that it's Abrams at this point

His OPS has dropped about 600 points!!!

I definitely don't know the entire history of White Sox managers, but I do strongly believe that Ventura was a better in-game manager than Renteria is, and that is not a compliment towards Ventura

Absolutely. I was referring to the people who clog other threads with "____ is a bust, ____ sucks, this team won't even win 60 games" and whatnot. In those cases, it's oftentimes obvious that they are wrong but impossible to know for certain for at least a few months. In this case, the doom and gloom was killed in like 4 days. But yes, when it comes to predictions in general, all of us have been wrong about plenty over the years.

Maybe, but I think it would hurt us if anything

He said nobody ever talks about it though.

A lot of 0-1 win predictions in here. One of the rare Soxtalk threads where overwhelming negativity can actually be proven wrong in a short span

Agreed. Anderson might even start due to his new popularity nationwide

Agreed. I think he gets way more than that, though. Like, 4/80+. He's the kind of guy front offices love

Flip Leury and Eloy and I’m a huge fan. also wouldn’t mind flipping Moncada and Anderson but that’s not a big deal

Sorry I've been out of the loop, but where did you hear this? I feel like Brogdon is gonna get paid way more than people are expecting.

I think the rumors were Rivera/Fulmer/Bummer and Fry/Bush, something like that

Moncada

Highly doubt it. Seth Beer is a more realistic trade target from Houston, IMO.

That's not even a lowball offer. I would offer him like 4/12 and see if he bites. 4/25, which is 6+ AAV for a guy with a .400+ BABIP? I think he'd jump all over that

I'm about to start Powerball by Rob Neyer which seems kinda sorta similar. Let me know how you like Astroball.

Easily. And I don't get why there's so much doubt. He's 23 and improved vastly between seasons, all while having to play at a new position. I have complete faith in him to continue to improve.

Agreed. It's literally just a three true outcomes aggregator. It doesn't tell you anything you can't tell by just looking at a pitcher and determining if he's a strikeout guy, high walks guy, and/or high home run rate guy

FIP is not a predictive statistic

With Giolito on the mound, I bet he will be.

Gonzalez: extremely low BABIP, hopeful that it begins to normalize Basabe: SSS, returning from injury, and heating up lately Rivera: I never liked him anyway haha

... interesting read. Also, WSD tweeted earlier that Frazier shoved Eaton into a locker during their altercation in 2016

Oh, casual fans will hate Collins, but I couldn't care less. He's gonna be a very solid offensive player.