footlongcomiskeydog

They better go hard after Machado and/or Arenado. No reason not to. Moving Moncada to third sounds like an experiment that could go horribly wrong.

They haven't set a public timeline and will never do so as it serves them no purpose. The rebuild could take another two years or it could take another 7. Just gotta have patience.

Hey KW and Hahn, White Sox Nation has been patient for quite some time. If my math checks out, it has almost been a decade since this team has been in the postseason. During that time we have seen you waste high draft picks consistently, have one of your international scouts get into a nasty scandal, hire a beloved former player who never had the chops to be manager, sign a bunch of washed up FA busts, and start a mini-rebuild only to abruptly change course. Let's not forget about the Laroche daycare saga and the Chris Sale tailor gone wild incident. You guys drove this franchise into a ditch. It is a shame that JR didn't hire someone else to pull the franchise out of the hole. The early returns on your big blockbuster trades aren't looking so hot and the injury bug has reared its ugly head on many top prospects. Now we are hearing that maybe 2020 is a bit too optimistic and that fans should be looking further out. You guys are already kicking the rebuild can down the road it appears. That is quite a shame. Some fans may have the patience to sit through 4 or 5 years of garbage baseball. However, most will probably not and will turn their attention elsewhere. Let's supplement the young core of prospects that you believe so much in with a superstar or two. The FA class will be very ripe the next two years. Make it happen guys as Sox fans are tired of the excuses.

Who do you see playing third for the Sox in 2020?

What is Moncada's surplus value at right now?

We might as well keep this post pinned to the top and just change the year as the calendar turns. This team isn't going to be ready to compete any time soon. I suspect the Sox will be drafting in the top 5 for the next 3 drafts or so.

Ain't no guarantees in a rebuild. That is why you need to suck hard for 4-5 years and acquire a bunch of top five draft picks. Gotta keep stocking the farm with high end prospects to cover for inevitable flameouts and/or career altering injuries.

This kids tools don't mean anything if he can't stay healthy. At this point he won't be up till 2021.

How is Synnergaard a bag of balls? Dude has proven himself at the MLB level. Jury is still out on Moncada.

I would trade Moncada/Cease/Hansen or Dunning/ and another top 20-30 prospect for Noah. You would obviously have to get a medical clearance on his arm but dude is a legit ace when healthy. Kid is under control until 2021 and would make a nasty combo with Kopech. Madrigal could take over second for Moncada. Yolmer could play second until Madrigal is ready. The Sox would need to be committed to spending big $ to make this happen though. Try your best to sign Machado or Arenado. Have Moose from KC as Plan C. Sign Herrera/Allen/Britton to be your closer. Pony up for one of Corbin/Morton/Kuechel. A starting rotation of below would be sick Thor Corbin Rodon Kopech Lopez/Stephens/Giolito/Fulmer/Covey/Adams (One of these kids will stick as a#5)

Sox fans are going to have to be extremely patient with this rebuild. This team is nowhere ready to compete and the development of top prospects is being pushed back due to injuries. Unless this team signs some impact free agents we are most likely looking at 90-100 loss seasons this year, next year, and 2020. Might be time to pull a Rip Van Winkle and wake up in 2021...

Delete this thread as it is a jinx. Both Robert and Eloy injured since it was posted.

Robert hurt.. Eloy hurt.. These are the perils of rebuilding.

Baltimore is gonna lose a 100 games for the next five years. That is a franchise without much hope.

He will have plenty of time to figure it out. It might take him 2000 at bats before everything clicks. Good thing the Sox aren't trying to compete anytime soon.

Have you seen the Braves farm system? It is an embarrassment of riches.

At this rate we won't see Robert in the show until 2021..

Rick Hahn is in over his head as a gm and has no idea on how to evaluate the catching position. The guy let Flowers walk and signed Dioner Navarro.

I thought Moncada was supposed to have 70 grade speed? Sure didn't look like it on the play at the plate.

The kid needs to be playing everyday. Time to take off the training wheels.

How about Moncada for Tatis Junior? We can push the rebuild back a couple years and stockpile some more top 5 draft picks.

I sort of care that other teams young prospects are doing well. How do the Sox expect to beat the Yankees in two years if Torres, Andujar, and Frazier all become studs and Moncada is still "developing"?

Dude, Gleyber Torres is two years younger than Moncada and is already a better player. I would argue that Torres is light years ahead of Moncada at the plate right now. The kid is scary good and is looking like a generational talent. Albies is also two years younger and already a better player. No one is writing Moncada off completely yet, but this excuse that not all development is linear is getting lame. He is getting lapped by his peers. Let's hope he can catch up with them and become the stud that he was projected to be.

The kid is striking out 35% of the time and has an OPS barely above 700. That is no bueno. He is a paper tiger until proven otherwise. All the "tools" in the world don't matter if you can't put them to use. I wonder what the Padres would say if we tried to trade him straight up for Tatis Jr...

Where is the power though? Has the kid hit a homer yet this year?