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True but the White Sox have lost about 85 games for 6 straight years. This year will probably be 7 but hopefully next year we get over .500

Really needed a few months in AAA. He will adjust by June.

It is sad when we have to celebrate a BB. Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio....................

Rodon has been reliable this year.

I think it was retaliation for the guy showing up Moncada to end the 8th.

Yeah but they also have 14 of them.

Actually I am amazed that a batter never loses control of his bat on a swing and it "'accidentally" heads towards the mound.

So the batter shouldn't celebrate at the plate. But there are jumping high-fives from the runners and guys coming out of the dugout after he crosses the plate. Imagine if when Tiger Woods went into his celebration on Sunday ,the runner-up threw a golf ball at him.

That is the big take-away. Especially Lopez. I think he is a critical piece of the rebuild since I feel Rodon is quality and Gio is suspect.

I didn't realize Swihart was a High School SS that the Red Sox converted to a catcher. Only 600 MLB at-bats. Stick him in AAA and see if the bat comes alive. He can play LF, C, IB. Small gamble. https://985thesportshub.com/2019/04/16/mccarthy-red-sox-panic-with-swihart-move/

He can also play 1st base.

Sandy Leone was available but not someone I would want. I would have liked Swihart as a placeholder for Collins for his bat and versatility but I don't know if he was available. He supposedly was this winter

Time for RR to move him down to 5th again and cool him off....................

Maybe the FO thinks whatever is troubling Frare can be fixed in Charlotte easier than in Chicago. Osich just ends up being the temporary replacement until Frare looks capable of contributing at the MLB level. Not every player improves at the MLB level. Looks like the FO doesn't think Coop can fix him.

Martinez had 12 game winning RBI's last year. But he also had a major influence on Mookie Betts whose average jumped 80 points. Agree on free agents. They are not concerned about the success rate Price is 39-19 w them. Good but not an ace. So they go out and add Sale. I was glad to see Theo go after he won 2 World Series. But their ownership spends and since Theo left they won 2 more. Frustrating to watch.

Sometimes. Boston won a World Series last year and free agent JD Martinez was a major reason why. But I think trades are the key to filling the holes the organization does not produce.

It depends on who is measuring it. Certainly fans would agree. But I bet JR sees the bottom line and thinks that is success. If Kenny and Hahn are well paid, they too are probably content if JR is happy. Obviously Kenny and Hahn have stayed in this organization for a long time despite JR not being committed to winning as the ultimate measure of success.

Remember that more than 50% of baseball's Top 100 Prospects fail. When we traded for Gio,he was not considered a wildcard. But I understand he probably is now. If as you say only 4 of the rebuild players should be on the roster going forward, then we need another 8 prospects out of our 16 best to make it to the MLB roster and be solid contributors. I Think Rodon may be more valuable to us than he will on the trade market. https://www.royalsreview.com/2018/3/22/16749948/updating-the-success-and-failure-rates-of-top-mlb-prospects

When I look at this rebuild, I would say that Rodon, Lopez, Gio, Anderson, Eloy and Moncada are all key elements of it. Phase 1 Phase 2 to me is Cease, Kopech, Burdi, Collins, Robert, Madrigal. Ironically that is 6 pitchers and 6 positional players. One or two others will develop in the minors and become part of the core. A few of the above will fizzle out. So half of our rebuild pieces , to me, are already on the MLB roster. If this year is worst than last, the rebuild may be longers than we think. Right now, the positional players are off to a good start but the pitchers are struggling. Really early but when we get to September , we need to see at least most of the 6 having solid years. Trading Rodon only sets the overall rebuild back unless you hit gold w the return. Especially since Gio, Lopez, Cease and Kopech are all RH.

I have come to the conclusion that a new manager won't help. A new pitching coach won't help. A new hitting coach won't help. They need an exorcist.

I had a similar experience as a kid at Fenway. Back in the 50's Fenway was not that crowded. I was 8 and ran after a ball in an empty aisle and was bending down to get it when a man coming the other direction dived and smothered it. That is probably why the next time I got a ball 50 years later, I gave it to the closest kid to our seat.

It is because they play half their games indoors...............

!00% agree. Last time I got a ball was in Tampa and I gave it to the closest kid. Every kid dies to get a ball. As an adult, I could care less except maybe if it was at a World Series.

True but we also will most likely have a couple more high draft picks by then. We could also have an elite infielder behind Moncada-Anderson-Madrigal.

He is still a work in progress. But this year he has shown the ability to hit LH pitching with a small sample. He was red hot hitting out of the 2nd spot. Why take the chance that he might be affected by the change. He has shown in the past to maybe'think too much" in the batters box.