August 9, 20214 yr Methinks Goodwin saved his roster spot with those recent clutch Home Runs. We will see you later in the season Mr. Sheets.
August 9, 20214 yr I bet Gonzalez is a Tyler Johnson situation. He's injured so can't be on the 60 day. Odds are they will resign him.
August 9, 20214 yr 6 minutes ago, Timmy U said: I bet Gonzalez is a Tyler Johnson situation. He's injured so can't be on the 60 day. Odds are they will resign him. Hopefully, otherwise we probably should have released Rutherford IMO.
August 9, 20214 yr 8 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: Hopefully, otherwise we probably should have released Rutherford IMO. they are both the same type of deal. not going to ever make an impact on the team and just running out of 40 man roster clock. With Cespedes and Colas being the focus of the minors outfield prospects next year they both are out regardless. Edited August 9, 20214 yr by EloyJenkins
August 9, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, reiks12 said: WELCOME BACK 88 Sheets will be back up in September I am not so sure. Billy will take one spot. I imagine a reliever would take the other. The Sox may also want to carry 3 catchers. I am not sure Sheets is going to be back in September unless an injury requires it, or the Sox decide to cut Lamb.
August 9, 20214 yr 14 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: Hopefully, otherwise we probably should have released Rutherford IMO. No one is likely to jump on Gonzalez and pick him up while injured, so good chance he's back unless there's some reason he hates being with a team that called him up.
August 9, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said: I am not so sure. Billy will take one spot. I imagine a reliever would take the other. The Sox may also want to carry 3 catchers. I am not sure Sheets is going to be back in September unless an injury requires it, or the Sox decide to cut Lamb. Right. Not enough at bats really.
August 9, 20214 yr 17 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: Hopefully, otherwise we probably should have released Rutherford IMO. The MLBTR article on this mentions that players that are injured on the 40-man roster in the minors can not be place on outright waivers and they can't claimed so the only thing a team can do is release him or add him to the MLB roster only to put him on the MLB IL. It's pretty common for a team to release the player and re-sign him to a minor league (Tyler Johnson just like 10 days ago) where they are not holding down a 40-man spot.
August 9, 20214 yr So they could have instated them to the MLB roster and then put them on the 60 day IL. Must not want to pay the extra salary.
August 9, 20214 yr didn't realize sheets was only batting 225 with an obp around 300. Yeah, good move.
August 9, 20214 yr 36 minutes ago, EloyJenkins said: they are both the same type of deal. not going to ever make an impact on the team and just running out of 40 man roster clock. With Cespedes and Colas being the focus of the minors outfield prospects next year they both are out regardless. Oh fully agree, just feel like if healthy Gonzalez provides some defensive value in the event of an emergency. Blake is a tweener having a poor offensive season after multiple years of disappointment. He seems like the obvious guy to cut bait on, but not a big deal either way.
August 9, 20214 yr 15 minutes ago, iWiN4PreP said: didn't realize sheets was only batting 225 with an obp around 300. Yeah, good move. He's been pretty terrible of late yeah
August 9, 20214 yr 39 minutes ago, iWiN4PreP said: didn't realize sheets was only batting 225 with an obp around 300. Yeah, good move. Yeah some maybe did not realize Sheets is hitting for a low BA because he has not had that many at-bats and he has hit into some tough luck including several line drives hit into the shift. I am not sure that was the primary reason he was sent down though. It may have been done to avoid DFAing Lamb in order to open a roster spot. Edited August 9, 20214 yr by tray
August 9, 20214 yr 46 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: So they could have instated them to the MLB roster and then put them on the 60 day IL. Must not want to pay the extra salary. I mean, they already called the guy up which gave him health insurance coverage for life; I doubt they wanted to call someone up just to IL him. While likely meaningless in his case, it also would have counted as service time. Edited August 9, 20214 yr by Look at Ray Ray Run
August 10, 20214 yr Sheets is young but most likely profiles as part-time slugger which is not a highly valued role. Goodwin seems to have a more versatile skill set. Maybe next year.
August 10, 20214 yr 17 hours ago, ChiSox59 said: I am not so sure. Billy will take one spot. I imagine a reliever would take the other. The Sox may also want to carry 3 catchers. I am not sure Sheets is going to be back in September unless an injury requires it, or the Sox decide to cut Lamb. Isn't Lamb like TLR's boy? Or am I remembering something else?
August 10, 20214 yr 7 minutes ago, Richie said: Isn't Lamb like TLR's boy? Or am I remembering something else? That's the thought.
August 10, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, Richie said: Isn't Lamb like TLR's boy? Or am I remembering something else? Seeing as though Lamb has had 1 at bat in 4 games since returning from the IL, including 3 national league park games, TLR may have outgrown that. It also begs the question why exactly he's on this roster. I guess its the left handed bat since we have so few, but he's going to be used so sparingly. My guess is the thought process is to get Sheets everyday at bats for a month or so as opposed to being a sparsely used bench bat.
August 11, 20214 yr 15 hours ago, ChiSox59 said: Seeing as though Lamb has had 1 at bat in 4 games since returning from the IL, including 3 national league park games, TLR may have outgrown that. It also begs the question why exactly he's on this roster. I guess its the left handed bat since we have so few, but he's going to be used so sparingly. My guess is the thought process is to get Sheets everyday at bats for a month or so as opposed to being a sparsely used bench bat. He gets paid whether he plays or not. Tony wasn't playing Sheets anyway the past few weeks, so it's better he can play regularly and Lamb sit and collect his checks. If they trusted Lamb at 3B, he could spell Yoan. but outside of late inning blowouts, they don't have faith to start him anywhere but corner OF, and that is for only 4-6 innings before he is pulled for an actual outfielder. I think he'll make it until the end of the season, not sure if that impacts post-season shares or service time, but I don't believe the team will roster him in the postseason or bring him back to play. Can see him being on Tony's staff though next season, or perhaps the team can find something else for him to do for the FO.
August 11, 20214 yr 19 hours ago, ChiSox59 said: Seeing as though Lamb has had 1 at bat in 4 games since returning from the IL, including 3 national league park games, TLR may have outgrown that. It also begs the question why exactly he's on this roster. I guess its the left handed bat since we have so few, but he's going to be used so sparingly. My guess is the thought process is to get Sheets everyday at bats for a month or so as opposed to being a sparsely used bench bat. I think it's 100% this. Sheets is a guy who has a potential future either with the Sox or as part of a trade, so he needs to develop. He can't do that with 5 AB per week. Lamb has no future with this team so he can sit on the bench and wait to pinch hit for Zavala.
August 11, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, Sleepy Harold said: Possibly the one place he could have went that would make me say 'maybe we should have kept this guy'
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