Chicago White Sox Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Shuster has been optioned to AAA, which is not at all surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 6 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: Shuster has been optioned to AAA, which is not at all surprising. What's the deal here? Pretty much just a guy at this point? 5th starter / mop up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) 14 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: What's the deal here? Pretty much just a guy at this point? 5th starter / mop up? Honestly, he’s just a dude that can eat up innings in a pinch, which has some value as a rebuilding team that may not want to force actual prospects into situations where they start on short rest, etc. He simply doesn’t K enough guys to be a #5 starter / swingman on a competitive team IMO. My guess is he will eventually be DFAed this year when actual prospects warrant 40 man spots. Edited March 14 by Chicago White Sox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 9 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: Honestly, he’s just a dude that can eat up innings in a pinch, which has some value as a rebuilding team that may not want to force actual prospects into situations where they start on short rest, etc. He simply doesn’t K enough guys to be a #5 starter / swingman on a competitive team IMO. My guess is he will eventually be DFAed this year when actual prospects warrant 40 man spots. Having guys on the 40-man that you can option is good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 27 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: What's the deal here? Pretty much just a guy at this point? 5th starter / mop up? Almost all of the rotation is back end guys right now. The red meat won't get here for a year or two, hopefully. That whole string of Shuster, Nastrini, Canon, Martin, Wilson, etc, are guys you hope figure it out and give you that 4.5 era over 160 innings to fill some innings over the course of seasons. Maybe a Burke has more of a mid rotation ceiling, but there just aren't those guys here yet. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46DidIt Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 21 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: He simply doesn’t K enough guys to be a #5 starter / swingman on a competitive team IMO. What's that have to do with the White Sox? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSoxFanMike Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 36 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: Shuster has been optioned to AAA, which is not at all surprising. I didn’t expect a whole lot in return for Bummer to begin with, but that trade has aged worse quicker than I expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 6 minutes ago, ChiSoxFanMike said: I didn’t expect a whole lot in return for Bummer to begin with, but that trade has aged worse quicker than I expected. That whole trade was loaded with non-tenders and non-gonna happens on day one. We are down to hoping Riley Gowens overcomes the odds and gives us anything in a system where about 15 guys are ahead of him on the depth chart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 14 minutes ago, ChiSoxFanMike said: I didn’t expect a whole lot in return for Bummer to begin with, but that trade has aged worse quicker than I expected. 11 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: That whole trade was loaded with non-tenders and non-gonna happens on day one. We are down to hoping Riley Gowens overcomes the odds and gives us anything in a system where about 15 guys are ahead of him on the depth chart. It was basically just roster filler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 55 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: What's the deal here? Pretty much just a guy at this point? 5th starter / mop up? He’s the guy that mops up the back room at Family Video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 26 minutes ago, ChiSoxFanMike said: I didn’t expect a whole lot in return for Bummer to begin with, but that trade has aged worse quicker than I expected. The Gregory Santos trade hasn’t aged very well either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 9 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: The Gregory Santos trade hasn’t aged very well either. How Getz trades be agein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 5 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: How Getz trades be agin At first I thought that was supposed to be JR, which would have been funny enough. But when I realized it was just an apathetic old geezer Sox fan, I laughed my ass off. Is this just a Photoshop or can you really buy this thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 6 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: At first I thought that was supposed to be JR, which would have been funny enough. But when I realized it was just an apathetic old geezer Sox fan, I laughed my ass off. Is this just a Photoshop or can you really buy this thing? Stolen from this tweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said: Almost all of the rotation is back end guys right now. The red meat won't get here for a year or two, hopefully. That whole string of Shuster, Nastrini, Canon, Martin, Wilson, etc, are guys you hope figure it out and give you that 4.5 era over 160 innings to fill some innings over the course of seasons. Maybe a Burke has more of a mid rotation ceiling, but there just aren't those guys here yet. Smith will be here at the end of the year. My prediction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSoxFanMike Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said: The Gregory Santos trade hasn’t aged very well either. Yeah that’s an unfortunate one because Berroa and Larson both got hurt. But I still have hope for them. DeLoach is probably just a guy though, he probably won’t even be in the organization at this time next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 23 minutes ago, ptatc said: Smith will be here at the end of the year. My prediction. I want to see more of Smith before I judge. I want to see him go six innings to see if his stuff plays up in relief, or if he can do this for a full start. I have a bit of hope, but I am not ready to judge yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said: The Gregory Santos trade hasn’t aged very well either. They may have sold high on a one year wonder though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleAleSox Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said: At first I thought that was supposed to be JR, which would have been funny enough. But when I realized it was just an apathetic old geezer Sox fan, I laughed my ass off. Is this just a Photoshop or can you really buy this thing? Very awful AI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 14 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said: Very awful AI. Yeah, Szymborski was making a point that spring training hats could look like somebody spent more than 2 minutes pasting 1 logo on top of another. He was doing AI hate of fearsome Padre dudes, and all. It was suggested he do one tying in anger at the team and resistance to getting hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 42 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: I want to see more of Smith before I judge. I want to see him go six innings to see if his stuff plays up in relief, or if he can do this for a full start. I have a bit of hope, but I am not ready to judge yet. I agree. Not ready yet. Just my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 If the Big 3 Shane Smith and Burke all live up to their potential #2 rotation in all of baseball behind LAD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 On 3/14/2025 at 1:01 PM, southsider2k5 said: Almost all of the rotation is back end guys right now. The red meat won't get here for a year or two, hopefully. That whole string of Shuster, Nastrini, Canon, Martin, Wilson, etc, are guys you hope figure it out and give you that 4.5 era over 160 innings to fill some innings over the course of seasons. Maybe a Burke has more of a mid rotation ceiling, but there just aren't those guys here yet. I think Davis Martin is better than that. My prediction is that he puts up an All Star caliber season. His changeup is a game changer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46DidIt Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 14 hours ago, caulfield12 said: If the Big 3 Shane Smith and Burke all live up to their potential #2 rotation in all of baseball behind LAD. 29 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: I think Davis Martin is better than that. My prediction is that he puts up an All Star caliber season. His changeup is a game changer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac9001 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 If Martin pitches well (AS level well) I really hope they don't just take the best offer on the table for him. He has so much service time remaining you really don't lose any value holding him for a year or even two until someone just caves and blows you away on a offer. To assume our top pitching prospects all stay healthy would be foolish and trading away solid cost controlled pitching depth without significant surplus on a return is not going to age well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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