February 16, 20215 yr 32 minutes ago, Harry Chappas said: My two cents on this... Why do the White Sox keep him around and not give him an opportunity? The guys they lost because they have kept him around are no great shakes but if you are going to keep him why not play him? I do find it odd. Why would they give him away until they find something better?
February 17, 20215 yr 22 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: I see it more like this... The Sox had this hole and even with having every piece of statistical data on Yermin Mercedes, they still chose to play guys like AJ Reed and Matt Skole over him. The Sox know more than anyone in baseball about Yermin, and still went out and found waiver wire garbage to start over him. Even with the Sox decision making, no other team in baseball has been wiling to acquire Mercedes. The odds are really, really, really high that 2+2=4 here, and he joins the scrap heap of 4A players who never could break though after putting up insane minor league hitting numbers. It's just disappointing that while in a rebuild that the Sox couldn't find key pieces that they could keep for a while. It's just not guys who are HOF'ers but guys that the Dodgers have picked up over the years who contributed many years to playoff teams and the World Series winning teams like Justin Turner, Max Muncy and Chris Taylor. It would especially disappointing if they are in your own backyard. Granted those are guys who played a position or were versatile. All had issues that made them expendable but the Dodgers worked with them. Turner was non tendered, Muncy released and Taylor acquired in a prospect for prospect trade although Taylor had played in 3 seasons with Seattle and had 256 PA to that point. No one traded for Muncy and Turner either. https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/justin-turner-max-muncy-dodgers/yjsdqzrvult5158lxp5l6729t Edited February 17, 20215 yr by CaliSoxFanViaSWside
February 17, 20215 yr 13 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: Why would they give him away until they find something better? Because according to you odds are really really high they are anything more than AAAA players so easily replaced.
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