chitownsportsfan Posted September 2 Author Share Posted September 2 I don’t say this often but Sosa is a fan favorite or should be and trading him would piss me off on a subjective fandom level. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 I always figured he was a nice bat with a little pop, but without a position. Looking more closely at his minor league numbers and comparing them to Magglio Ordonez's development, I think Sosa could be a 30 HR guy. You find him a spot on the field. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 (edited) On 8/18/2025 at 11:27 AM, T R U said: That's the problem, there isn't. Sosa is just not very valuable as a player and I hope they can trade him in the offseason if some team becomes enamored with him. I would rather see Vargas, Montgomery, Meidroth, Mead get the bulk of the playing time moving forward into the future. Right now the Sox are in no position to trade young talented hitters.They traded Semien because he couldnt field either. Sosa can reach a higher offensive upside. Let the young guys play and reach something like a career year before you consider trading them. Of course then you want to keep them but keep the minor league talent flowing in if he's still not in the OF or a better infielder. Edited September 2 by CaliSoxFanViaSWside 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBWSF Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 (edited) It seems like Teel and Quero will alternate between DH and catcher in 2026. With Mead, Vargas and Sosa it seems to me that one of them will be traded this off season. I don't think all 3 will be on the team next year. Edited September 5 by WBWSF 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrockway Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 21 minutes ago, WBWSF said: It seems like Teel and Quero will alternate between DH and catcher in 2026. With Mead, Vargas and Sosa it seems to me that one of them will be traded this off season. I don't think all 3 will be on the team next year. I don't love any of those guys at 1B but Sosa actually hits for power. His defense at 2B also doesn't kill you as much as this forum would have you think, though it's trending down...still not to the Gleyber Torres, Jackson Holliday, Brooks Lee, etc tier. More like Cronenworth or Ozzie Albies. I'd still let Meidroth and Sosa duke it out for 2B next season; different profiles but they can both stick there and neither one is a sure thing. I also think Meidroth should move to short and Colson to 3B to help preserve the latter's body. Probably won't happen next season but the versatility is useful. Mead could also be useful if he played 2B, his range is not bad but his arm is atrocious, he can't play 3rd. Sorta think Vargas is the odd man out but I kinda like him. Agree that there's not space for all three but it's hard to say who should go/which player could garner a better fitting player on the team. I wouldn't be married to any of them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Deep Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Sosa is awesome! He is young and will continue to hit for more power. Stick him at 1B and let him grow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Keep Colson at SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 If Sosa continues to hit this way, he is gonna be a DH. His defense is so bad at multiple positions. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autumn Dreamin Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 Sosa now owns the season record for longest HR at Comerica this year at 451 feet 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 On 9/5/2025 at 7:35 AM, nrockway said: I don't love any of those guys at 1B but Sosa actually hits for power. His defense at 2B also doesn't kill you as much as this forum would have you think, though it's trending down...still not to the Gleyber Torres, Jackson Holliday, Brooks Lee, etc tier. More like Cronenworth or Ozzie Albies. I'd still let Meidroth and Sosa duke it out for 2B next season; different profiles but they can both stick there and neither one is a sure thing. I also think Meidroth should move to short and Colson to 3B to help preserve the latter's body. Probably won't happen next season but the versatility is useful. Mead could also be useful if he played 2B, his range is not bad but his arm is atrocious, he can't play 3rd. Sorta think Vargas is the odd man out but I kinda like him. Agree that there's not space for all three but it's hard to say who should go/which player could garner a better fitting player on the team. I wouldn't be married to any of them. Being dreamy isn't enough for Sosa ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrockway Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 12 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: Being dreamy isn't enough for Sosa ? It's close. It's helping Brooks too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted September 8 Author Share Posted September 8 3 hours ago, Autumn Dreamin said: Sosa now owns the season record for longest HR at Comerica this year at 451 feet I'm just piling on but you'd think that ball scraped over the fence from that dufus' call. It's hitting the fucking ivy 20 feet beyond the fence and he's like "it's gone". Just conveyed zero of the 451 feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrockway Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 2 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: I'm just piling on but you'd think that ball scraped over the fence from that dufus' call. It's hitting the fucking ivy 20 feet beyond the fence and he's like "it's gone". Just conveyed zero of the 451 feet. Even Benetti, notoriously bad at home run calls, knew it was crushed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 sure would be sweet if ron washington got fired and we could hire him for Sosa. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted September 8 Author Share Posted September 8 4 hours ago, bmags said: sure would be sweet if ron washington got fired and we could hire him for Sosa. I like Ron but he's really old now and his heart didn't seem to be in it this year with his leave of absence. What's the angle here just a young hitter whisperer? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 7 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: I like Ron but he's really old now and his heart didn't seem to be in it this year with his leave of absence. What's the angle here just a young hitter whisperer? he is a defensive whisperer that made marcus semien a good defender. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autumn Dreamin Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 FWIW, when Sosa was playing winter ball last offseason, he wasn't at 2B at all. He played mostly short and a few games at third. If they think extra reps could help, then maybe he could head back there and play more second (or first?). But I'm not sure how exactly these teams balance the interests of their MLB players' orgs vs. existing league vets at the position. The winter leagues skew older and I get the impression that longevity carries a lot of weight, but maybe being elite offensively (he had like a 1.200 OPS) will give him more sway? Speaking of longevity, it's easy to forget that Sosa is the longest tenured Sox: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 Just reminiscing, but it wasn't too many years ago that Sox had 3 really good-looking Latin infield prospects: Sosa, Popeye at short, Ramos at third. Sosa is the only one to have put it together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrockway Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 (edited) 10 hours ago, oldsox said: Just reminiscing, but it wasn't too many years ago that Sox had 3 really good-looking Latin infield prospects: Sosa, Popeye at short, Ramos at third. Sosa is the only one to have put it together. Popeye is back from his gambling suspension and has actually looked pretty good. Batted .302 at AA. I think he makes MLB anyway. The suspension soured him in my eyes, but I still kinda like the guy. Similar vibe to Noelvi Marte (without the talent) who I'm happy to see is performing well. Man, imagine a Cease trade that brought back him or Edwin Arroyo or both. Edited September 9 by nrockway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Mite Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 On 9/5/2025 at 11:48 AM, 2Deep said: Sosa is awesome! He is young and will continue to hit for more power. Stick him at 1B and let him grow I agree, Sosa needs to be at first base, come Spring Training the manager and coaches need to work full time with Sosa and by the time the regular season starts he will hopefully be at the least a serviceable first baseman. I like an infield of Vargas at 3B, Monty at SS, Meidroth at 2B and Sosa at 1B with Mead the utility guy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harkness99 Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 lol.. sosa is a career negative WAR player. Exploded to a 0.7 WAR this year. He has a nice swing - but can't play defense and epically shitty plate discipline. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R U Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 20 minutes ago, harkness99 said: lol.. sosa is a career negative WAR player. Exploded to a 0.7 WAR this year. He has a nice swing - but can't play defense and epically shitty plate discipline. His career year is literally present day Andrew Benintendi. A decent hitter who can’t play defense and is a 1war or less player. I don’t understand why everyone loves this guy. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 5 minutes ago, T R U said: His career year is literally present day Andrew Benintendi. A decent hitter who can’t play defense and is a 1war or less player. I don’t understand why everyone loves this guy. Because sadly he’s one of the Sox bigger success stories as far as player development goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrockway Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 (edited) 2 hours ago, T R U said: His career year is literally present day Andrew Benintendi. A decent hitter who can’t play defense and is a 1war or less player. I don’t understand why everyone loves this guy. Why is this necessarily a career year? It's pretty much his first full season as a regular. He's 25 and gotten better every year. There are some big holes in his game, he's being especially exposed lately, but who's to say it's insurmountable? He's a BA guy with some actual power. If he could be somehow close to league average in BB/chase, or even like 30th percentile, he's an .800 ops hitter easy. That's a big ask. I'm not sure if there's any precedent for it. Defensively, Fangraphs is still grading him akin to Ozzie Albies, Gleyber Torres, far better than Jackson Holliday, Jonathan India, about 7 times better than Brandon Lowe. Somehow Luke Keaschall has compiled as much negative WAR in half the inning played at second. Brooks Lee has almost twice as much negative WAR in one-third the innings played at second. His bad defense is mega overstated. He's just not as good defensively as Chase. Chase has maybe turned a corner on his hitting but he hasn't proven to be better over the course of a season. Edited September 16 by nrockway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 On 9/9/2025 at 8:14 PM, The Mighty Mite said: I agree, Sosa needs to be at first base, come Spring Training the manager and coaches need to work full time with Sosa and by the time the regular season starts he will hopefully be at the least a serviceable first baseman. I like an infield of Vargas at 3B, Monty at SS, Meidroth at 2B and Sosa at 1B with Mead the utility guy. Why not winter ball? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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