Chase Meidroth leading off, just like he should be on Opening Day. 10/10 lineup don’t even care about the rest. https://t.co/tFZ4cl0LTP

— Patrick Nolan (@SoxMach_pnoles) March 7, 2025

This looks like a regular starting infield to me (I hope). 

		1B	2B	SS	3B
22-Feb		Drury	Meidroth	Montgomery	Vargas
23-Feb		Vaughn	Rojas	Amaya	Sosa
24-Feb		Gallo	Gray	Meidroth	Vargas
25-Feb		Drury	Sosa	Montgomery	Rojas
26-Feb		Vaughn	Meidroth	Amaya	Vargas
27-Feb		Drury	Rojas	Gray	Sosa
28-Feb		Vaughn	Baldwin	Amaya	Vargas
1-Mar		Gallo	Sosa	Meidroth	Rojas
2-Mar		Vaughn	Baldwin	Amaya	Vargas
3-Mar		Sosa	Rojas	Meidroth	Drury
5-Mar	ss	Vaughn	Rojas	Amaya	Sosa
5-Mar	ss	Drury	Meidroth	Baldwin	Vargas
6-Mar		Gallo	Baldwin	Amaya	Drury
7-Mar		Vaughn	Rojas	Meidroth	Vargas

And I'm guessing this is the opening day lineup if Benny stays injured. 

		LF	CF	RF	DH
22-Feb		Colas	Robert	Tauchman	Dalbec
23-Feb		Benintendi	Taylor	Slater	Baldwin
24-Feb		Fletcher	Robert	Tauchman	Drury
25-Feb		Benintendi	Taylor	Slater	Lee
26-Feb		Julks	Robert	Tauchman	Gallo
27-Feb		Taylor	Robert	Slater	Benintendi
28-Feb		Julks	Fletcher	Tauchman	Gallo
1-Mar		Slater	Robert	Veras	Drury
2-Mar		Colas	Fletcher	Tauchman	Ramos
3-Mar		Julks	Robert	Tauchman	Gallo
5-Mar	ss	Gallo	Robert	Tauchman	Thaiss
5-Mar	ss	Julks	Fletcher	Colas	Ramos
6-Mar		Julks	Fletcher	Colas	Narvaez
7-Mar		Taylor	Robert	Tauchman	Sosa

8 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

And I'm guessing this is the opening day lineup if Benny stays injured. Shane Smith keeping the same slot in the spring training pitching rotation is interesting, also. 

		LF	CF	RF	DH	P
22-Feb		Colas	Robert	Tauchman	Dalbec	Shuster
23-Feb		Benintendi	Taylor	Slater	Baldwin	Gilbert
24-Feb		Fletcher	Robert	Tauchman	Drury	S. Smith
25-Feb		Benintendi	Taylor	Slater	Lee	Martin
26-Feb		Julks	Robert	Tauchman	Gallo	Burke
27-Feb		Taylor	Robert	Slater	Benintendi	Perez
28-Feb		Julks	Fletcher	Tauchman	Gallo	Cannon
1-Mar		Slater	Robert	Veras	Drury	S. Smith
2-Mar		Colas	Fletcher	Tauchman	Ramos	Martin
3-Mar		Julks	Robert	Tauchman	Gallo	Burke
5-Mar	ss	Gallo	Robert	Tauchman	Thaiss	Perez
5-Mar	ss	Julks	Fletcher	Colas	Ramos	B. Wilson
6-Mar		Julks	Fletcher	Colas	Narvaez	Cannon
7-Mar		Taylor	Robert	Tauchman	Sosa	S. Smith

 

Edited March 7, 20251 yr by WestEddy

 

I’m thinking Sosa and Drury start opening day 

27 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

This looks like a regular starting infield to me (I hope). 

		1B	2B	SS	3B
22-Feb		Drury	Meidroth	Montgomery	Vargas
23-Feb		Vaughn	Rojas	Amaya	Sosa
24-Feb		Gallo	Gray	Meidroth	Vargas
25-Feb		Drury	Sosa	Montgomery	Rojas
26-Feb		Vaughn	Meidroth	Amaya	Vargas
27-Feb		Drury	Rojas	Gray	Sosa
28-Feb		Vaughn	Baldwin	Amaya	Vargas
1-Mar		Gallo	Sosa	Meidroth	Rojas
2-Mar		Vaughn	Baldwin	Amaya	Vargas
3-Mar		Sosa	Rojas	Meidroth	Drury
5-Mar	ss	Vaughn	Rojas	Amaya	Sosa
5-Mar	ss	Drury	Meidroth	Baldwin	Vargas
6-Mar		Gallo	Baldwin	Amaya	Drury
7-Mar		Vaughn	Rojas	Meidroth	Vargas

I will be very bummed if we don’t wait two or three weeks to call up Meidroth and throw away a year of team control.  Obviously it’s far less egregious of a decision than rushing a less ready, higher ceiling player in Montgomery but it would be super easy just roll with Amaya for a couple weeks before swapping him out for Chase.

25 minutes ago, fathom said:

I’m thinking Sosa and Drury start opening day 

With a (likely) lefty on the mound, I agree. Against RHP, this could be the primary lineup.

Edited March 7, 20251 yr by Bob Sacamano

28 minutes ago, fathom said:

I’m thinking Sosa and Drury start opening day 

Lefty on the mound?

7 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Lefty on the mound?

The Angels have 3 projected for rotation, along with Kyle Hendricks. I feel like it'll be Kikuchi or Tyler Anderson.

Does Meidroth really possess the arm and range for big league SS?

28 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

I will be very bummed if we don’t wait two or three weeks to call up Meidroth and throw away a year of team control.  Obviously it’s far less egregious of a decision than rushing a less ready, higher ceiling player in Montgomery but it would be super easy just roll with Amaya for a couple weeks before swapping him out for Chase.

At this point does the extra year of team control thing even matter? There are so many circumstances that can happen in between that timeframe that make the reality of that rule not really matter. Look at how worried everyone was about that during the last rebuild and how much of it didn't matter. IMO just call the guy up when he's ready. If he's ready on OD, don't dick around with him for 2-3 weeks, have him start. Give the kid some positive affirmation that the club trusts him.

14 minutes ago, Ducksnort said:

At this point does the extra year of team control thing even matter? There are so many circumstances that can happen in between that timeframe that make the reality of that rule not really matter. Look at how worried everyone was about that during the last rebuild and how much of it didn't matter. IMO just call the guy up when he's ready. If he's ready on OD, don't dick around with him for 2-3 weeks, have him start. Give the kid some positive affirmation that the club trusts him.

I'm of this mind with Meidroth. I don't think he's the offensive or defensive profile where you have to worry about what he will cost in 6 years. His ceiling is probably 2021 Leury Garcia (which is an awesome player to have), and that was relatively cheap to extend, if Meidroth is still killing it at that level in 2031. 

10 minutes ago, Ducksnort said:

At this point does the extra year of team control thing even matter? There are so many circumstances that can happen in between that timeframe that make the reality of that rule not really matter. Look at how worried everyone was about that during the last rebuild and how much of it didn't matter. IMO just call the guy up when he's ready. If he's ready on OD, don't dick around with him for 2-3 weeks, have him start. Give the kid some positive affirmation that the club trusts him.

There is no guarantee it will matter, but I can’t really get behind potentially sacrificing 160 games of a player down the road for 20 games right now.  That is even more the case when we will likely lose 110 games this year and are multiple years away from competing.  I also don’t think there is any draft compensation upside by having him on the OD roster since he’s not a top 100 prospect.  IMO, there really isn’t much upside from it beyond a little short-term positive affirmation.

7 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

I'm of this mind with Meidroth. I don't think he's the offensive or defensive profile where you have to worry about what he will cost in 6 years. His ceiling is probably 2021 Leury Garcia (which is an awesome player to have), and that was relatively cheap to extend, if Meidroth is still killing it at that level in 2031. 

It’s certainly less of an issue with Meidroth.  Just feels unnecessary to put him on the OD roster and easily avoidable.

5 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

It’s certainly less of an issue with Meidroth.  Just feels unnecessary to put him on the OD roster and easily avoidable.

I agree with this where C. Monty, Quero, Teel and Mason Adams are concerned. I just feel that Meidroth will be a nice utility guy who can start for a month, and the extra control isn't really an issue. Somebody like Teel could pick up Scott Boras as his agent, and he's gone after 6 years of control. Meidroth is like, if you want him, he's there. 

18 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

I agree with this where C. Monty, Quero, Teel and Mason Adams are concerned. I just feel that Meidroth will be a nice utility guy who can start for a month, and the extra control isn't really an issue. Somebody like Teel could pick up Scott Boras as his agent, and he's gone after 6 years of control. Meidroth is like, if you want him, he's there. 

Why Mason Adams?

1 hour ago, DoUEvenShift said:

 

Those flash storms in spring of AZ are no joke. Camelback has a paved lot, some other stadiums are mostly dirt and I def have a not so fond memory of getting into a rental car in a sloppy ass parking lot on a spring training trip.

49 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

The Angels have 3 projected for rotation, along with Kyle Hendricks. I feel like it'll be Kikuchi or Tyler Anderson.

Kikuchi

7 minutes ago, fathom said:

Kikuchi

He's their big off season addition and Moreno fancies himself competing with the Dodgers.  Sort of fits that narrative...at least more so than Anderson.

Edited March 7, 20251 yr by caulfield12

delayed

this one is on chsn as well 

18 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Why Mason Adams?

Mason Adams is the next live arm up, a la Davis Martin. I think he's a guy you bring along with the focus of getting the extra year of control. 

Twins must have gotten upset they were lumped in by Jay Cuda with the listless Sox offense...8 runs yesterday and 8 runs already in the third today.

 

Speaking of offense...

Trevor Story .474/1.447    19 ab's, 2 HR 5 RBIs

Wow.

Edited March 7, 20251 yr by caulfield12

The start of today's game will be delayed but we expect to play the game, per White Sox.

— Scott Merkin (@scottmerkin) March 7, 2025

Looking somewhat close to the opening day lineup.