Sox Fan In Husker Land

Since the All Star Break the Sox are 21-23. I know it's roughly only a quarter of a season, but this is beyond encouraging since the break. Kyle Teel (23) is on pace for a 6.0 fWAR season over 132 games, and 7.4 fWAR over 162. Colson Montgomery (23) is on pace for a 5.7 fWAR season over 151 games, and 6.1 fWAR over 162. Luis Robert Jr. (27) is on pace for a 3.8 fWAR season over 117 games, and 5.2 fWAR over 162. Miguel Vargas (25) is on pace for a 3.0 fWAR season over 106 games, and 4.6 fWAR over 162. Chase Meidroth (23) is on pace for a 3.0 fWAR season over 113 games, and 4.3 fWAR over 162. Lenyn Sosa (25) is on pace for a 2.6 fWAR season over 158 games, and 2.7 fWAR over 162. Edgar Quero (22) is on pace for a 2.3 fWAR season over 121 games, and 3.0 fWAR over 162.

Colson Montgomery since being called back up to AAA on 5/13.

2015 no 2nd Round pick. 2016 #49 Alec Hansen. Never reached MLB. 2017 #49 Gavin Sheets -1.2 (-1.7 as a Sox player) 2018 #46 Steele Walker -0.1 (0 as a Sox player) 2019 #35 Matt Thompson. Never reached MLB. So -1.7 fWAR as Sox players from Sheets is all.

As you all are aware of the Sox trading away Andrew Vaughn today, it just reiterates one of the main reasons why the White Sox have sucked, and why this “rebuild” went south fast were their draft classes from 2015-2019. For a team that will not spend $ you better have a good scouting department and draft well. The Sox had 6 1st round picks over that 5 year span with 5 of them being in the Top 11, and 2 being in the Top 4. Listed below are the picks and their fWAR. 2015 #8 Carson Fulmer -0.5 (-0.9 as a Sox player) 2016 #10 Zack Collins -2.1 (-2.2 as a Sox player) 2016 #26 Zack Burdi -0.3 2017 #11 Jake Burger 4.1 (1.9 as a Sox player) 2018 #4 Nick Madrigal 2.7 (1.8 as a Sox player) 2019 #3 Andrew Vaughn -1.8 Yikes. From 6 first round picks in a 5 year span they actually got -1.5 fWAR in their time in Chicago.

With tonight’s ABs, in 16 games since being called back up Colson Montgomery’s line looks like this: .276/.382/.586 .968 OPS .310 ISO 16/58 4 HRs 10 RBI 8 Runs 6 2Bs 7 BB (10.3 BB%) 15 K (22.1 K%) 3 HBP

I'm not sure I see the logic of not playing Grandal against LHP. He's got a .269/.400/.500, 145 wRC+ line this year against LHP. Granted it's only 35 PAs. This would be my lineup Vs. LHP if Eloy is capable of playing LF, 1. TA SS .458/.509/1.021, 1.530OPS, 307 wRC+, 53 PA 2. Grandal DH .269/.400/.500, .900 OPS, 145wRC+, 35 PA 3. Abreu 1B .255/.309/.569, .878 OPS, 135wRC+, 55 PA 4. Eloy LF .289/.304/.556, .860 OPS, 132 wRC+ , 46 PA 5. McCann C .429/.528/.714 1.242 OPS, 236wRC+ 36 PA 6. Moncada 3B .229/.364/.343, .706 OPS, 105wRC+, 44 PA 7. Robert CF .262/.347/.452, .799 OPS, 120 wRC+, 49 PA 8. Engel RF .313/.353/.438, .790 OPS, 121 wRC+, 34 PA 9. Madrigal 2B .238/.238/.238, .476 OPS, 29 wRC+, 21 PA Bench Leury .500/.500/.875, 1.375 OPS, 281 wRC+, 8 PA Encarnacion .125/.263/.438, .701 OPS, 90 wRC+, 39 PA Mazara .286/.348/.333, .681 OPS, 95 wRC+, 23 PA

I love the lineup we have now, but those 90s Indians teams were very good. C - Alomar Jr 1B - Sorrento/Franco/Thome 2B - Baerga/Alomar/Tony Fernandez SS - Vizquel 3B - Thome/Matt Williams/Fryman LF - Belle/Giles CF - Lofton/Grissom RF - Manny DH - Murray/Justice

That Luis Robert is some kind of something

https://twitter.com/jimcallisMLB/status/1274114571326849026

If MLB wants to show they actually take this cheating as a team seriously, they should take away Houston’s 2020-2023 1st through 5th round picks in the MLB draft and the pool $ that comes with it. They should also ban them from International Signings for 4 years. MLB needs to come down extremely hard on them, or you just encourage others to do the same.

0 today. They were all ground ball singles, and one bunt single.

Yermin Mercedes SF to score Madrigal and tie it up.

Madrigal at 3rd. Palka at 1st. Yermin up with 1 out. Down 1. T9.

Madrigal goes 5/5. Average up to .331 at AAA

Vaughn with a 2B, now 2/4.

Pilkington 3 IP 3 K 3 H 0 BB 0 R for today. Finishes season with a 4.12 ERA across 129 IP in A/A+. 1.27 WHIP. 9.63 K/9, 3.48 BB/9. FIP around 3.50.

Madrigal at AA/AAA this season (not including tonight) 65 G, 287 PA, .329/.394/.438, .832 OPS, 135 wRC+, 9.1 BB%, 3.5 K%, .336 BABIP, 51 R (that would be on pace for 127 over 162 games), 26 RBI, 18 SB, 8 CS, 16 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 2 HR. 26 BB. 10 K.

Gavin Sheets has certainly turned it around at AA. In his last 75 games 314 PA, (not including tonight) he's at .298/.376/.502, .878 OPS, 155 wRC+, .322 BABIP, 13 HR, 15 2B, 33 BB, 51 K, 10.5% BB%, 16.2% K%. Also, Collins since demotion (not including tonight): 32 G, 136 PA, .351/.456/.685, 1.141 OPS, 185 wRC+, .370 BABIP, 9 HR, 10 2B, 31 RBI, 22 R, 21 BB (15.4%), 21 K (16.9%). Love the K rate going down, down, down.

Collins with a BB off LHP. Now at .294 AVG. and .975 OPS.

Vaughn HR