45 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

Apparently we have new City Connect jerseys coming? I thought we had the 2nd best in the league.. so kinda disappointed to lose the old 

They don't necessarily have to ditch the old ones. Seems they could keep both in rotation.

Edited March 14, 20251 yr by DirtySox

I’m excited about the Meidroth authentic jersey I plan to order once he officially makes the team.

3 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

I’m excited about the Meidroth authentic jersey I plan to order once he officially makes the team.

Unhealthy levels of obsession my man.....

7 minutes ago, T R U said:

Unhealthy levels of obsession my man.....

How could you not be obsessed with this imposing physical specimen?

One of the mightiest unibrows I have ever seen. Imagine standing on the bump and seeing those arch in bemusement at your offerings as he takes slider after slider tantalizingly skirting the zone

1 hour ago, T R U said:

Unhealthy levels of obsession my man.....

We went from Nicky Lopez at 2B to an actual prospect.  Can’t blame him.

29 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

We went from Nicky Lopez at 2B to an actual prospect.  Can’t blame him.

Ehhhh

2 hours ago, fathom said:

Ehhhh

The Meidroth hate is strong in this one 😁

6 hours ago, 46DidIt said:

One of the mightiest unibrows I have ever seen. Imagine standing on the bump and seeing those arch in bemusement at your offerings as he takes slider after slider tantalizingly skirting the zone

Nobody can beat Antonio Davis...although Meidroth wins for "bushiness."

16 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:

The Meidroth hate is strong in this one 😁

Fathom is definitely a hater.  I think he still has PTSD from Madrigal and doesn’t buy that Meidroth has any sort of power.  It’s a fair concern.

Edited March 15, 20251 yr by WhiteSox2023

10 hours ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

Apparently we have new City Connect jerseys coming? I thought we had the 2nd best in the league.. so kinda disappointed to lose the old 

Conspiracy theory; they’re not gonna say “southside” [sic], they won’t even correctly read “south side”, and I think they’re testing the waters for a move. At least out of Bridgeport. 

1 hour ago, nrockway said:

Conspiracy theory; they’re not gonna say “southside” [sic], they won’t even correctly read “south side”, and I think they’re testing the waters for a move. At least out of Bridgeport. 

They went the way of Tim Anderson.

12 hours ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

Apparently we have new City Connect jerseys coming? I thought we had the 2nd best in the league.. so kinda disappointed to lose the old 

They aren't losing the old one. I heard it's going to be an additional alternate this year.

52 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

They went the way of Tim Anderson.

There was another post I read that said “Anderson was cut” and probably they’re talking about Justin, or whatever the not-so-good lefty on our staff is named, but I don’t think they were talking about Tim. I was worried. 
 

Spring training numbers are…..ok. Seems like he’s hitting it the other way and even has some power. Hit a homer. 2 maybe? I think his career is not done especially if he can play all over the infield and the corner outfield. We’ll see, I guess.

Edited March 15, 20251 yr by nrockway

I’m excited to see Ryan Fuller and how the position players perform at the plate during his tenure here. Brain Bannister’s impact was immediate but I think hitting is much harder than pitching. 

10 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Fathom is definitely a hater.  I think he still has PSTD from Madrigal and doesn’t buy that Meidroth has any sort of power.  It’s a fair concern.

The power concern is fair but Meidroth has triple plus plate discipline to go with his incredible bat to ball skills whereas Madrigal was just a high contact hitter.  That difference is incredibly important.  ZiPS projects him to put up a .360 OBP as a rookie.  Even with 7 to 10 HRs that’s an above league average hitter.

48 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

The power concern is fair but Meidroth has triple plus plate discipline to go with his incredible bat to ball skills whereas Madrigal was just a high contact hitter.  That difference is incredibly important.  ZiPS projects him to put up a .360 OBP as a rookie.  Even with 7 to 10 HRs that’s an above league average hitter.

Boston already has Campbell and Hamilton for second base…but would love to know how hard they fought to keep Meidroth once the first two pieces were agreed upon.

1 hour ago, caulfield12 said:

Boston already has Campbell and Hamilton for second base…but would love to know how hard they fought to keep Meidroth once the first two pieces were agreed upon.

Good question.  Meidroth is such a unique prospect that I’m not sure front offices know exactly how to value him.  Projections models love him due to his OBP skills with Steamer 600 projecting him for 2.9 fWAR this year (the highest on the team).  At the same time, from a pure scouting perspective, he’s not going to wow anyone with all his tools in the 40 to 45 range outside of the hit tool.  But IMO, you can’t ignore what is effectively 80 grade plate discipline.  I think that combined with his plus hit tool provides a very high floor.  If he can add some strength, then I think he can become a fairly impactful hitter.  He will obviously never be a big power guy, but if he could get closer to a .130 ISO by hitting 25 doubles & 15 HRs, then I think you’re looking at a potential All Star.

I personally think a guy with a high floor and some potential ceiling should be worth quite a bit, but I could some front offices worrying about whether the elite OBP will carry into the majors and feeling he’s more of a reserve infielder type in the long-run.

On 2/24/2025 at 4:27 PM, DirtySox said:

The minors.

Say Drake

Seems odd that they'd project a rookie with zero MLB ABs to those kind of numbers

A .360 OBP would have been top 20 in baseball last year. Don't see how that can be a reasonable projection

45 minutes ago, 46DidIt said:

A .360 OBP would have been top 20 in baseball last year. Don't see how that can be a reasonable projection

How many rookies with let’s say under 12 homers but .360+ obp can there be in recent years?

 

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2024&month=0&season1=2024&ind=0&sortcol=13&sortdir=default&pagenumyear

just 20 hitters had a 360+ obp last year

Edited March 15, 20251 yr by caulfield12

2 hours ago, 46DidIt said:

Seems odd that they'd project a rookie with zero MLB ABs to those kind of numbers

 

2 hours ago, 46DidIt said:

A .360 OBP would have been top 20 in baseball last year. Don't see how that can be a reasonable projection

Meidroth had a .437 OBP in AAA last year, they are basically assuming his BB rate drops from 18.8% to 13.7% and his batting average drops from .290 to .243 (due to both K rate increase and BABIP decrease).  To be honest, those projections don’t seem all that crazy to me.

On 3/14/2025 at 12:17 PM, Chicago White Sox said:

I’m excited about the Meidroth authentic jersey I plan to order once he officially makes the team.

I wonder what that year's jersey will look like?*

 

*I kid because I care. 

13 hours ago, Boopa1219 said:

I’m excited to see Ryan Fuller and how the position players perform at the plate during his tenure here. Brain Bannister’s impact was immediate but I think hitting is much harder than pitching. 

Didn’t finish my thought: I’m excited to see the impact it has at guys at the ML level but really to see how it affects the development of guys like Wolkow, Zavala, and Bonemer.

The bats in the system do leave a lot to be desired, not a lot of high ceiling guys, but there’s some interesting clay to be molded. It seems like Getz and Shirley are targeting guys with OBP skills in the draft and trades which is a good place to start, and a welcome change from the last regime 

Edited March 15, 20251 yr by Boopa1219