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  1. 9 minutes ago, justBLAZE said:

     

     

    with roster at 28 the rest of the year, that means we should have 14 position players:

    Grandal

    McCann

    Abreu

    Encarnacion

    Madrigal

    Anderson

    Moncada

    Eloy

    Robert

    Mazara

    Leury

    Engel

    Mendick

    Collins

    I like the versatility of those 14 and don't see any reason for this to change other than injury.

  2. Holy hell, shut up about all the SJW stuff. From both sides....

    Mazara active but on the bench vs LHP shows this may be a true platoon b/w Engel and Mazara.  I like it, as they both had an OPS around .850 vs opposite-handed pitchers in 2019

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  3. 4 minutes ago, SonofaRoache said:

    This would be amazing. It would mean we'd have a really good shot to get in. Next year we may be division favorites anyway, so it could revert back then. 

    Yup. The way I see it, the Royals, Tigers, Orioles, Blue Jays, and Mariners have no shot at being better than the Sox.

    That leaves 10 teams fighting for 8 spots. We'd just have to finish ahead of 2 of the following teams:

    Red Sox, Rays, Yanks, Twins, Indians, Astros, A's, Angels, and Rangers.

    I think that is very likely to happen. 

  4. We are only 9 days away from real baseball.  Let's kill some time with a little prediction game for the 2020 season.  I'll make predictions about certain topics. Feel free to make predictions about the same topics or add your own.  Here it goes:

    White Sox record: 34-26

    AL Central Standings:

    1 Sox

    2 Twins

    3 Indians

    4 Royals

    5 Tigers

    Positive outlooks:

    - Giolito solidifies himself as a TOR arm with another great season. Finishes top 3 in AL Cy Young voting

    - Tim Anderson has an even better season this year than last, adding more power to his game

    - Luis Robert wins AL ROY

    - White Sox offense finishes top 4 in the AL in runs scored

    Negative Outlooks:

    - Cease struggles again this season, ERA over 4.75

    - Gio Gonzalez proves to be very unreliable

  5. 24 minutes ago, flavum said:

    If he’s back next year, it’s bullpen.

    Giolito, Keuchel, Cease, Lopez, Dunning, Lambert, Stiever, Crochet, maybe Gonzalez again. We’ll get by.

    Completely disagree. Kopech is still the highest ceiling starting pitcher in the org. He'll still only be 24 next year's opening day. He will be in the rotation.

  6. From the article:

     

    "According to multiple sources, the White Sox got a full presentation of Kopech’s concerns about playing in 2020 during a meeting in Chicago that included chairman Jerry Reinsdorf, general manager Rick Hahn and assistant general manager Jeremy Haber. On the same day of that meeting roughly two weeks ago, two sources indicate Kopech spoke over the phone with manager Rick Renteria for an hour. Kopech’s camp has been in regular contact with the Sox front office since.

    Those parties involved have an understanding of the concerns that Kopech and his representatives presented, but will strive to respect his privacy until he personally decides to reveal his motivations. Sources close to Kopech indicate he was driven by a litany of concerns, not limited to a short ramp-up to action, an uncertain role, uncertainty over the fate of the 2020 season, caution in determining how and when to best return to action from Tommy John surgery, and despite not being medically deemed high-risk himself, concern over how playing amid the pandemic could threaten the health of those close to him."

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