Timmy U

Rosario is a BAD defender. He is the last thing this team needs. That said, I have no idea how they're going to fill out the roster. They may hold tryouts at the park district.

It's not just the pitching staff. I think the Sox have got like 10 legit big leaguers on their entire roster, and not all of them are good. (Bummer, Cease, Kopech?, Crochet?, Santos?, TA, Moncada, Vaughn, Benintendi, Eloy.) The other 26 guys are a mix of prospects and roster fillers. Mostly the latter.

Dodgers did not pick up Lance Lynn's $1 million option cuz homers. Nastrini pretty good pick up for half season of that.

It's amazing how many managers are going to be available/fired, and yet Pedro Grifol has the job security of a Supreme Court Justice. Btw, isn't Counsell gonna end up on the Mets?

Are you talking about the 2024 first round pick aka Travis Bazzana? Or do you mean this year's pick? Cuz Jacob Gonzalez is a long way from a sure thing.

I really wish they had given up prospects at the deadline for him. His leadership could have been vital in their drive to lose over 100 games.

Will be interesting to see if Sox pitching lab fixes Eder, though he did not seem broken until he got to Birmingham. Bannister may be the most important offseason acquisition the Sox could make unless they were willing to step up to the plate and sign Bellinger.

Maybe Bob told him he was getting canned and this was his prevenge.

So more Royals stuff, Brian Bannister played most of his career with the Royals and was teammates with Getz there in 2010. He is the son of Sox great Floyd Bannister. He went to the same high school as Paul Konerko. He is also a super accomplished photographer, having been a Fine Arts major at USC.

Barfield is replacing Getz. Bannister replaces Tedford. I don’t know who the Sox director of pro scouting is, but whoever that is sucks, so it is at worst a lateral move.

Easier said then done with Bazzana and Weatherford in a super-thin class. I think Bazzana is probably not limited to 2b. He's gonna play ss this year at OSU and he's athletic enough to play OF, but yeah, not a good history.

Most interesting part for me is when a member in the front office who never played the game belittled Gordon's actual MLB career, which he rightly said should always be a no no. He wouldn't name names. I guessed Hahn or Haber, but he spoke with passion about respecting effort.

Colas has been a disaster in all phases, so I don't have a problem with them sending him out, but if not him, who is going to play right for them next year? But at this point, I despise Grifol. He's not good with the veterans he inherited and he is not good with the young guys. Exactly who is he good at leading?

Al's.

Jose Urena’s stats are amazingly bad. But at least he’s 31. At this point, I think the White Sox have gone avant-garde “The Athletics of Cruelty.”

Or, scary thought, Grifol wants a GM he can control.

Crochet at 95-96, command still iffy. K's 2 in a 1, 2, 3 inning.

The aptly named Bummer strikes again.

They didn't hire Grifol?

14th rounder Edrick Felix just hit a BOMB. He has work to do defensively, but there are tools there.

"Specifically, I'm going to ask the players if they have any idea how this team can get better, because I don't have a clue."

Batista lost his composure a little at the unusually bad Kanny defense. He gave up 2 runs on an infield single, another infield single that should have been an error, a sac fly, another infield single that was a tough play for Sprinkle but could have been made and a real single where the batter reached second after they threw to the wrong base. They lead 5-3.

Nastrini done with a rough line 2.2 IP 3H 2R 2ER 5bb 5K 4WP. Man on 1st is his responsibility.

Nastrini has now walked 5 guys in 2 innings along with 2 hits, but somehow has allowed only 2 runs so far. 63 pitches. He is not long for that game. Batista pitching well for Kanny so far. They lead 5-1. 2 singles for Gonzalez. 1 of them was hit kinda hard. W-S up 1-0 on a Chappy HR. I think his wrist injury bothered him for most of the year. His power has returned with a vengenance over the last few weeks.

Gavin Sheets with a pathetic AB with bases juiced. His numbers have nosedived. Misses Burger?