TheFutureIsNear

I know getting to see mediocre baseball is exciting compared to the last 2 seasons, but there’s a lot of people getting ahead of themselves. There’s no reason to start rushing prospects to the majors in early May.

Why stop there?

I know there’s no other real solution on this sorry roster…but I could do without ever seeing a Vargas or Meidroth AB again. Neither have a shred of potential to be starting MLB players. Time to stop pretending with that

I’m not going lose any sleep over Sosa, but I’d love to know what this organization hated about him. I hope (for peace of mind) that he’s uncoachable or something. Because it really doesn’t make sense to stick with players that are clearly much worse hitters.

Fair enough, but we have some time on Bonemer and a lot of time for Carlson and Roch. I’m just saying if you are going to bring up Antonacci now it should be full time at a position he’s comfortable at. And mostly that I don’t care about Vargas or Meidroth. I don’t think either are starting MLB players and we shouldn’t be worried about the amount of AB’s they get. There’s also no denying that there’s a void of talent in the OF on this team so I understand if that’s where Antonacci ends up playing.

I’ve seen enough of Vargas and Meidroth that I don’t think they should be factored into the future at this point. If Antonacci’s best position is IF just play him at 2B or 3B. Montgomery and Mune are the only 2 IF’s currently on the roster we should be worried about getting regular AB’s.

This thread went in an interesting direction… Anyway, the person who made the tweet in the OP should be put in jail. Wait a few mins, way too dramatic of a post for what ultimately ended being a bruise

Getz has a crippling addiction to mediocre left handed relief pitchers

Not that that I really care, but definitely weird to make the decision to keep him and then immediately bail a week into the season. Did they really expect Paez to succeed right away?

It’s actually pretty impressive that Getz remade a really bad bullpen and somehow made it worse. Should have been difficult, but we got just the guy for the task.

Didn’t have a chance to watch today…but seems like Venable is trying to juggle a bunch of moving parts with this lineup. I get they suck, but would it hurt to just stick with same 9 guys for at least a couple of weeks? Can’t imagine some consistency/continuity would be the worst thing for a lineup full of guys getting their 1st starting spot to open a MLB season.

71-74…with 71 being my official guess. Will be ugly early, but by July the team could be playing respectable ball

I HOPE the pitching staff has made it clear Lee is bad behind the plate and they don’t want to pitch to him. No idea if that’s true, but it’s the only thing that makes sense. Can’t imagine Lee has any real value in a trade. Could a Sosa + Lee trade package possibly get us a somewhat intriguing pitching prospect??…probably grasping at straws

I know it’s been brought up before…but is there seriously no way Sosa can play OF? Just seems crazy that this franchise isn’t going to attempt to get his bat in the lineup. I don’t have any delusions of Sosa being a make or break guy in this rebuild, but a 26 year old that is easily one of the top 9 bats we currently have to offer shouldn’t be on the bench of a team with no hope of actually competing

I haven’t bought 1 (yet), but I know a few people with these boxes and they swear by them.

Yeah it probably means only keeping 1 of the rule 5’s, but don’t know how realistic that both were going to make it anyway. Not going to pretend to have a strong opinion on either guy, but we’ll see if they push the issue of making the roster. In theory Taylor could be sent down to continue to work as a starter if both rule 5’s deserve a roster spot. If Fedde doesn’t grab the 5th spot I think it will be 1 of Newcomb, Vasil, or Hicks. I think the signing just (thankfully) eliminates the possibility of Cannon making the OD roster. 13 pitchers on the OD roster: Smith-Martin-Burke-Kay-? Fedde, Newcomb, Vasil, Hicks, Leasure, Taylor, Dominguez, 2nd Lefty, Rule 5 (Yes, Newcomb being the 5th starter would complicate all of that)

Mehh for that amount of $ he’s worth a shot to see if there’s any life left. I highly doubt it, but worst case he can eat innings as the long man out of the pen for a few months…someone’s going to have to do that job.

Newcomb is the #1 lefty out of the pen no? Unless he gets a rotation spot?

Curious to see what the remaining free agent starters like Gio/Littell/Buehler get compared to $8M for Hicks. Obviously the extra added value or Sandlin has to be factored in too. But regardless whether this deal ends up as an actual needle mover or not, it is slightly refreshing to see available pay roll space being used to acquire young talent.

Not really “hot stove” but a very “White Sox” thing going on

Mehh when you have an owner that actively doesn’t care about the team you can’t expect the rest of the country to. I too often wish I could pretend like the White Sox don’t exist

Actually very interesting. Value will only go up if he’s successfully closing games for us. Difficult for my fingers to type this…but good move Getz

LJRDS- A condition that will need to be studied later on. A lot of complaining over a guy incapable of hitting a baseball at a major league level. It’s very obvious to me the league adjusted to Robert and he never cared/tried to adjust back. He’s been making the same terrible swings at bad pitches for multiple years in row. MAYBE this will be his wake-up call and someone can get through to him in a different organization, but his time was more than done in Chicago.

Good for you on that opinion. I’m done arguing with people about Robert. Hopefully you can come back to this post and point out that I’m wrong

Most likely a 1 year prove it deal that is heavy with incentives. $8-10 base salary. I would think the fact that Robert is still on this team should speak volumes to what the rest of the league thinks of him.