oldsox Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 The obvious players are Amaya Baldwin Colson Meidroth Rojas Sosa. Did I miss one? I don't know if any of them are any better than Nicky Lopez last year. My hope is that Colson takes over in Spring Training. We'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleAleSox Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Should be Amaya or Baldwin for a month and then Colson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tray Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 My pre-season guess for infield starters , at least to start the season: Lenyn Sosa (SS), Bryan Ramos (3B) Brooks Baldwin (2B) Ramos is probably too much of a liability on defense but I like his potential for power in the line-up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogan873 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I think Meidroth ends up at 2B, and Rojas is a bench piece but gets plenty of time at all three spots (outside of 1B). Sosa may have the inside track at SS, but I imagine the Sox really want Colson to end up there. I'd agree with the OP that, defensively, none are better than Naperville Nicky, but several of these guys should have better offensive seasons. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1. Rojas will clearly start the season as a starter if healthy, so put him at 2b. -for those saying none of them are as good as Nicky, please note that Rojas is being paid more than twice what Lopez is being paid this year. 2. They keep talking about Montgomery coming up to start the year. 3. The other obvious way to mess things up is to play a person at a position where they’re not as good. 4. we must bench someone who could potentially be good so that they can turn into a rotation player on another team in 2026. So let’s try to put a mistake at each position. Meidroth at 3b, Colson at SS, Rojas at 2b. Make every coaching and development mistake possible and you have a white Sox format. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 8 minutes ago, tray said: My pre-season guess for infield starters , at least to start the season: Lenyn Sosa (SS), Bryan Ramos (3B) Brooks Baldwin (2B) Ramos is probably too much of a liability on defense but I like his potential for power in the line-up. Ramos a liability at 3B? Haven’t heard anything bad about his defense. Regardless, I don’t see him being the OD 3B…that will almost certainly be Rojas to start the year. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, hogan873 said: I think Meidroth ends up at 2B, and Rojas is a bench piece but gets plenty of time at all three spots (outside of 1B). Sosa may have the inside track at SS, but I imagine the Sox really want Colson to end up there. I'd agree with the OP that, defensively, none are better than Naperville Nicky, but several of these guys should have better offensive seasons. I think Colson starts at AAA unless he’s dominant throughout spring training and makes it hard for Chris to send him down. Same applies to Ramos. Personally, I think Baldwin competes against Amaya for the starting SS job. Sosa competes against Meidroth for the 2B job. Rojas is handed the 3B job baring a surprise. And then reinforcements come up from AAA around June and everything potentially changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, Balta1701 said: 1. Rojas will clearly start the season as a starter if healthy, so put him at 2b. -for those saying none of them are as good as Nicky, please note that Rojas is being paid more than twice what Lopez is being paid this year. 2. They keep talking about Montgomery coming up to start the year. 3. The other obvious way to mess things up is to play a person at a position where they’re not as good. 4. we must bench someone who could potentially be good so that they can turn into a rotation player on another team in 2026. So let’s try to put a mistake at each position. Meidroth at 3b, Colson at SS, Rojas at 2b. Make every coaching and development mistake possible and you have a white Sox format. Pretty sure Getz cooled the jets recently on Colson. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, tray said: My pre-season guess for infield starters , at least to start the season: Lenyn Sosa (SS), Bryan Ramos (3B) Brooks Baldwin (2B) Ramos is probably too much of a liability on defense but I like his potential for power in the line-up. Flip Sosa and Baldwin and I agree 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Deep Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I think Sosa has to start at 2nd. He really came on at the end of last year.....this team has to figure out if Sosa himself has figured some things out in the MLB. He has a lively bat that has a ALMOST Marcus Simien type pop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold's Leg Lift Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 2B- Meidroth SS- Montgomery 3B- Vargas CF- Baldwin 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) 2 hours ago, tray said: My pre-season guess for infield starters , at least to start the season: Lenyn Sosa (SS), Bryan Ramos (3B) Brooks Baldwin (2B) Ramos is probably too much of a liability on defense but I like his potential for power in the line-up. Sosa doesn't have the range, instincts or fast-twitch reactions to play there. It will be Baldwin or Amaya. Edited February 7 by caulfield12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 7 minutes ago, 2Deep said: I think Sosa has to start at 2nd. He really came on at the end of last year.....this team has to figure out if Sosa himself has figured some things out in the MLB. He has a lively bat that has a ALMOST Marcus Simien type pop. In the same way Brian Anderson was Torii Hunter Lite... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Nick Solak non roster invite too, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 The obvious answer is whoever wins the competition and is playing the best baseball at the time. I would like to see Colson play some AAA to have a positive experience going into the season, but if he is going to do this, I would want to see him outright win the job, and not some job saving desperation move instead of thinking about what's best for everyone 3-5 years down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snopek Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 53 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Soda doesn't have the range, instincts or fast-twitch reactions to play there. No one suggested Colas playing there yuk yuk yuk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) 1 hour ago, Harold's Leg Lift said: 2B- Meidroth SS- Montgomery 3B- Vargas CF- Baldwin The left side of that infield is likely to be awful defensively (and offensively as well) and Baldwin has played all of 8 games in CF in the minors. Edited February 7 by WhiteSox2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said: The left side of that infield is likely to be awful defensively (and offensively as well) and Baldwin has played all of 8 games in CF in the minors. Baldwin in LF Robert CF and Benintendi to DH makes the most sense the first half... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 2 hours ago, Harold's Leg Lift said: 2B- Meidroth SS- Montgomery 3B- Vargas CF- Baldwin Ooh that's a level of F***ing up the people that I hadn't even thought of yet. Put Rojas in at 2b and now you've screwed up 4 different positions. Nicely done, super White Sox. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy U Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I think Rojas at 3b, Sosa at 2b, Vargas at dh, filling in at 3b/1b. Probably Baldwin at ss, but I could see Colson at ss with Baldwin getting right-handed at bats in lf, and 3b and left handed at bats at 2b, 1b, and maybe cf. Rojas is so good defensively at 3b, they would be crazy to play anyone else there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 This thread is the baseball embodiment of the Madden quote: "If you've got two quarterbacks, you've got none," except for an entire infield. Alternatively, Getz misses the days of him vs. Beckham and Nix 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 3 hours ago, Harold's Leg Lift said: 2B- Meidroth SS- Montgomery 3B- Vargas CF- Baldwin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUSTgottaBELIEVE Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 6 hours ago, oldsox said: The obvious players are Amaya Baldwin Colson Meidroth Rojas Sosa. Did I miss one? I don't know if any of them are any better than Nicky Lopez last year. My hope is that Colson takes over in Spring Training. We'll see. Nicky got ripped on quite a bit but I’d venture to say that there’s better than 50% odds the primary SS for the white Sox in 2025 produces less than Nicky’s 0.9 fWAR from last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) 6 minutes ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said: Nicky got ripped on quite a bit but I’d venture to say that there’s better than 50% odds the primary SS for the white Sox in 2025 produces less than Nicky’s 0.9 fWAR from last season. He would be fine on the deal he signed with the Cubs. MiLB worth $1.5M. They must be hoping Rojas hits like he did the first couple of months of last year. Edited February 7 by Bob Sacamano Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 7 minutes ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said: Nicky got ripped on quite a bit but I’d venture to say that there’s better than 50% odds the primary SS for the white Sox in 2025 produces less than Nicky’s 0.9 fWAR from last season. Nicky isn’t a 0.9 fWAR player if he plays SS everyday so I’m not sure I get the comparison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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