7 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:

 

I’ll take his career, thanks. 

How do you miss that?

16 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:

 

he had a real nice game, but they're really stretching with this "first time ever" stuff

34 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Massive difference in their selectiveness.  I’d wager Meidroth swings less than any player in baseball whereas Madrigal’s game was make contact at all costs.

Exactly.  Madrigal didn't strikeout because he would weakly make contact with everything and groundout.  He wasn't actually good at drawing walks.  Meidroth doesn't swing at s%*# and actually draw walks.

I don’t think the White Sox will play as bad as a game as the Red Sox did all year. They looked awful. 

1 hour ago, Soxfest said:

Omar nice AB…….AV could learn something 

we would know by now if he was capable of learning anything other than gaining weight 

My goodness...that's two weeks worth of runs!

15 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

My goodness...that's two weeks worth of runs!

two weeks worth of runs so far -- EASTBETTIE

2 hours ago, Fielder Jones said:

I would think you can at least get a minor league pen arm for Vaughn at the deadline. he's nonguaranteed for next year so a team could just take a flyer on him catching hot for a few months with a hitting coach

Non-tendering him at his arb number this year was a no brainer. They would have to eat cash to get anything in return.

2 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Kid ain’t swinging unless it’s a pitch he likes.  His intelligence at the plate is legit next level.  It’s just something White Sox fans haven’t been exposed to much during the past regime, but it’s super enjoyable to finally watch a player who regularly makes smart swing decisions.

Legit impressed with his plate discipline. Refreshing to see in a big league debut.

24 minutes ago, Tnetennba said:

Legit impressed with his plate discipline. Refreshing to see in a big league debut.

Don’t worry, we will fix him.

Like this quote a lot, wish more hitters had it 

32 minutes ago, Tony said:

Like this quote a lot, wish more hitters had it 

He said he just wants to score runs.  His plate discipline proved that out tonight.  Will be interesting to see him eventually nut a homer, but my guess is that it will be earlier in an at bat.

4 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Schriffen thinks Barfield knew something about Shane Smith.  And Barfield pretending like he did.  Get the F out of here...

Someone knew about Shane Smith, but it wasn't Barfield.

Where's your X to post all this juicy insider info you have ?

SMH

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2 hours ago, nrockway said:

he had a real nice game, but they're really stretching with this "first time ever" stuff

HoF track

23 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

Where's your X to post all this juicy insider info you have ?

SMH

Obviously it was Walter McInven...since he worked for MIL last year.

2 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Exactly.  Madrigal didn't strikeout because he would weakly make contact with everything and groundout.  He wasn't actually good at drawing walks.  Meidroth doesn't swing at s%*# and actually draw walks.

He was a horrible base runner.  The Cubs couldn't coach that out of him.

26 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Obviously it was Walter McInven...since he worked for MIL last year.

Sure he probably had 1st hand knowledge but Sox prepare for the Rule 5 which means everyone involved in decision making on players reads various reports and gets scouting info . McKinven's expertise is not pitching.

Because someone supposedly made a bad decision on choosing between 2 players doesn't automatically means he's a bad executive and every time he speaks he's to be scorned. Do we really need so little info to base our opinions ? It's meatball fandom and convincing yourselves you have great insight when it's really just overreaction based on knowing very little about ,well, everything .

7 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Look at all that beautiful red!  I know it gets @tray all hot & heavy too.

And 1st percentile for Z-swing with 85th percentile O-swing shows how selective this dude is.  Kid is a fucking unicorn.

You make no sense with your juvenile street talk and anyway, what in the world does this have to do with me?

1 hour ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

Sure he probably had 1st hand knowledge but Sox prepare for the Rule 5 which means everyone involved in decision making on players reads various reports and gets scouting info . McKinven's expertise is not pitching.

Because someone supposedly made a bad decision on choosing between 2 players doesn't automatically means he's a bad executive and every time he speaks he's to be scorned. Do we really need so little info to base our opinions ? It's meatball fandom and convincing yourselves you have great insight when it's really just overreaction based on knowing very little about ,well, everything .

 

This could have come from your twin at Brewersfanatic.com

"Teams do have scouts watching velocity, command, secondary offerings in the Southern League and there is advanced tracking technology there too. Every team is going to have their list of the top 300-500 prospects with scouting reports, maybe even more minor league players than that.

With the scarcity of starting pitching it is obvious  if any other team in the major leagues had an inkling that after 157 minor league innings and just 6 AAA innings, Shane Smith was ready to step into a big league rotation and get batters out, they would have tried to acquire him from Milwaukee. 

The other reality lost in the hindsight is, even if the Brewers had added Smith to the Brewers 40 man roster. If Hall, Ashby. Myers etc. had stayed healthy in Camp, Smith almost assuredly would’ve been one of the first reassignments to the minor league side.

Who knows, maybe Shane Smith will  be the pitching version of Albert Pujols coming from nowhere to the HOF seemingly overnight, but so far it’s 2 games and  11+ innings."