OmarComing25

Heyward took less because of the optouts, not because the Cubs were more desirable. Any deal with optouts is going to have a lower total monetary value. I'm not deluded enough to think Machado would want to come here if our offer was equal to other teams, but I see no reason why he wouldn't sign if we were clearly the best offer (which if it's not going to be because of significantly more money then we have to get creative with the optouts), that's the case with 95% of all athletes.

Yeah it's really surprising how well they've actually held up considering they're consistently being left out to dry by both the starting pitching and the defense.

Great post. The point of the comparisons to other short second basemen who have become excellent hitters is to refute the idea that Madrigal has a lower ceiling because of his stature. We've seen too many of these types recently tap into power that nobody thought they could have to make me think that Madrigal would be completely incapable of doing the same thing. And even if he doesn't do it he'll still likely be a good enough hitter. At this point I'm going to be pretty disappointed if we end up with anyone but Madrigal, unless Mize somehow falls.

I just hope the division still stinks this much in 2019 and 2020.

Which is why Ted Williams’ 1953 season is so nuts. He hit .407 with a BABIP of .353

Why would it be a joke when Moncada has easily been our best player and one of the top players in baseball this year? He deserves it over Abreu or Lopez and has been better than Altuve this year. Not that it really matters.

Clinched double digit wins for the season, was getting a little worried there.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/heres-the-david-robertson-trade-the-nats-white-sox-were-reportedly-close-to-making/ This says the rumored deal was for Jesus Luzardo and Drew Ward. Luzardo is no Soto but would have been a great pickup too.

I know we have a dearth of LHP prospects, but I don't really care what arm a guy uses as long as he's good. The Indians last year had one lefty pitch meaningful innings for them and they were historically good. I don't think LHP is really a strong need.

So I was reading a Fangraphs article and someone in the comments pointed out that the Sox actually have the highest bullpen WAR in the division. I couldn't believe it so I looked and sure enough every other bullpen in the division has somehow been even worse. The AL Central also has a .333 winning percentage in interdivisional games. It's crazy how bad the AL Central is this year.

Getting it right with ease = completely botching two #1 overall draft picks in the last 5 years.

We always talk about who is calling the shots between KW and Hahn, and meanwhile on the other side of town I always forget that Jed Hoyer even exists.

His line drive % is over 26% this season while in the past couple seasons it’s been around 17%. So it does appear that he’s making better contact.

We've had some nice rivalries with all the other ALC teams in the past couple decades but I've never hated anyone more than those Twins teams from 2003-2010. Game 163 in 2008 wasn't that far off from 2005 for me. Beating those assholes in that game was so sweet.

Look at his spray charts, he uses all parts of the field. There's no way to shift effectively against that. You can't "catch up" to his batted ball profile.

Bought my ticket

Same thing happened with Moncada and with Abreu whenever Ron creates his annual thread. We just need to create a criticism thread for every player that is struggling.

I think I'm all aboard the Madrigal train.

Ptown 12:35 If Swaggerty went 2nd, and Madrigal 3rd, would the White Sox target Bohm or Kelenic? Eric A Longenhagen 12:36 If Bohm is on the board I think PHI takes him. I think CHW takes the college hitter who is left for them.

Anderson got robbed of a walk there

I believe that was Kiley in one of his chats.

We've been talking about Moncada's exit velocity so much that I feel like Abreu being third on that list is kind of being lost in the shuffle. Hell he's batting .308/.372/.577 and he's actually been very unlucky according to his xwOBA. He's been a complete monster this year.

QUOTE (2005thxfrthmmrs @ Apr 18, 2018 -> 04:34 PM) Just goes to show that even if he's a .250 hitter he could still be an all star 2B. Yep, even if he never improves his K rate he's an above average regular. If he can cut it to below 30% he'll be a superstar.

Collins has an almost 30% walk rate and his BABIP is literally .083, I'm not really that worried about him.