25 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

Boras complimented the White Sox' handling of Rodon's MLB debut, while criticizing the Cubs' handling of Kris Bryant. 

Like how Eloy did, right.

Rodon got up quick, because Hahn needed him for his 2015 competitive team which went great. 

Eloy was put in AAA and kept there until he signed his deal.

None of them were called up because they were ready.

25 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

Boras complimented the White Sox' handling of Rodon's MLB debut, while criticizing the Cubs' handling of Kris Bryant. 

Well yeah, the Sox called up Rodon the year after he was drafted and the Cubs called Bryant up 2 years after he was drafted. Of course Boras loves that.

Edited November 24, 20241 yr by Bob Sacamano

1 hour ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Well yeah, the Sox called up Rodon the year after he was drafted and the Cubs called Bryant up 2 years after he was drafted. Of course Boras loves that.

And frankly, Rodon should have stayed down for longer. His secondary stuff wasn’t developed and it took him years to find a good pitch mix. We also knew that his coach at South Carolina had pushed his arm hard, I believe there were some outings in there that were >>100 pitches while he was in college. Taking time at AAA to build his arm up and work on his secondary stuff against lesser competition would have been smart - and it didn’t take long before the arm problems started.

But Hahn knew Rodon was key to competing that year and he couldn’t afford more pitchers, so development be damned. At least they finished…not in 5th place.

And then you have guys like Jackson Holliday and Coby Mayo that absolutely rake in AAA and appear to be ready for MLB but are clearly not once they get there. Minor league stats don’t always tell the whole story (I’m looking at you Miguel Vargas). Aaron Judge had a career .842 OPS in the minors lol