May 19, 2025May 19 10 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Rojas is really blocking Sosa and Baldwin...who definitely should be playing everyday and working on his defense as well in CHLT. Capra just pointlessly replaced Baldwin. And then you have the Benintendi Tauchman Slater Taylor veteran outfield of playing time pointlessness as well. SIGH. Adrian Houser might lower that average age lol. I don't mind Baldwin going down if he isn't going to play every day and just any random guy on the bench (Capra) at the MLB level.
May 19, 2025May 19 Things could make a lot more sense and provide fluidity if you dropped Vaughn like the loser he is.
May 19, 2025May 19 43 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said: I don't know I have a feeling Elko goes back down. Which would kinda suck but...
May 19, 2025May 19 30 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said: Things could make a lot more sense and provide fluidity if you dropped Vaughn like the loser he is. Get the f*** out of here with that logic
May 19, 2025May 19 1 hour ago, T R U said: There are a lot of roster decisions coming up that are going to be very interesting to see how its handled. I would imagine Teel is going to be up her sooner rather than later, not really much more he needs to do down in AAA. There is no room for Teel right now.
May 19, 2025May 19 14 minutes ago, Soxfest said: Baldwin can stay gone permanently Well this is the problem with non star level prospects. Right now, you're looking at Vargas Meidroth Quero sticking and Sosa/Baldwin losing out. The problem is neither Vaughn nor Rojas are part of the future plan...so more than 2/3rds of the entire lineup (including 4-5 OF spots) after Elko goes down is basically irrelevant to the future, except (maybe) trading Robert eventually. And Quero is basically playing only 2 out of 3 games. Edited May 19, 2025May 19 by caulfield12
May 19, 2025May 19 15 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said: There is no room for Teel right now. He would have to be hitting 850+ AND/OR the Sox trade Lee/Thaiss to really force that issue. Unfortunately you can't "Matrix" Thaiss' game minus the botched catch) into Lee's RH body lol. Edited May 19, 2025May 19 by caulfield12
May 19, 2025May 19 26 minutes ago, Soxfest said: Baldwin can stay gone permanently Well, would you rather watch a young player struggle in the majors but at least get MLB experience or watch a 32 year old vet get pointless at bats? No one is trading a bag of balls for Slater. Edited May 19, 2025May 19 by WhiteSox2023
May 19, 2025May 19 1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said: Yeah a youth movement requires youth who will be long term starters. Baldwin could be a guy who helps a team, but I don't think he is a guy worth building around. He seems like even if he is a starter somewhere, he would be a guy you are trying to upgrade over. Utility guy seems like a solid ceiling. For a team like this one, that has value and would be a positive development, but when you talk about the future of the White Sox, Baldwin is not a guy who you are penciling in somewhere long term. Is Slater somebody who you would consider long term?
May 19, 2025May 19 10 minutes ago, WBWSF said: Is Slater somebody who you would consider long term? Absolutely not. Dude is 32.5 years old and has no control left.
May 19, 2025May 19 I'd like to see them bring up Fletcher and/or Julks. Each is having a good year; each was traded for so the Sox saw something in them. With all of the mess that was the 2024 season, perhaps they should get another look before rendering definitive judgments. Slater and Tauchman have each been around MLB for a number of years, and neither has ever been a full-time starter. They see to be similar offensive players, neither with much power and one RH and one LH. I guess the idea is to platoon those 2 eventually. But I just don't know what that does for us.
May 20, 2025May 20 Venable foolishly played Brooks in LF where he looked bad on a few balls hit to the wall and no doubt felt bad about that. He is a shortstop not an outfielder. The thing I liked about Baldwin was that, as an infielder, he had exceptional power. 3 and almost 4 HR....more than a lot of other players on this team. He started over-swinging and striking out so ultimately, he put himself on the cut list.
May 20, 2025May 20 40 minutes ago, tray said: Venable foolishly played Brooks in LF where he looked bad on a few balls hit to the wall and no doubt felt bad about that. He is a shortstop not an outfielder. The thing I liked about Baldwin was that, as an infielder, he had exceptional power. 3 and almost 4 HR....more than a lot of other players on this team. He started over-swinging and striking out so ultimately, he put himself on the cut list. Exceptional?
May 20, 2025May 20 1 hour ago, tray said: Venable foolishly played Brooks in LF where he looked bad on a few balls hit to the wall and no doubt felt bad about that. He is a shortstop not an outfielder. The thing I liked about Baldwin was that, as an infielder, he had exceptional power. 3 and almost 4 HR....more than a lot of other players on this team. He started over-swinging and striking out so ultimately, he put himself on the cut list. Baldwin's best position was arguably 2B coming into the season...as the White Sox/Venable barely trusted him to start regularly at SS. In fact, they kept Amaya on the team largely to prevent that from happening.
May 20, 2025May 20 6 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said: Well, would you rather watch a young player struggle in the majors but at least get MLB experience or watch a 32 year old vet get pointless at bats? No one is trading a bag of balls for Slater. Baldwin not a guy with a longterm future fringe at best
May 20, 2025May 20 21 minutes ago, Soxfest said: Baldwin not a guy with a longterm future fringe at best Perhaps, but we definitely already know Slater has no future at all with the Sox.
May 20, 2025May 20 8 hours ago, fathom said: Exceptional? Exceptional (better than average) power for a middle infielder. https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/video/brooks-baldwin-homers-2-on-a-fly-ball-to-right-field Edited May 20, 2025May 20 by tray
May 20, 2025May 20 13 hours ago, ChiSox59 said: There is no room for Teel right now. He’s also not ready. Just hasn’t logged many hours as a catcher in general. Sox would be foolish to call him up at this point until it’s less than 45 days. They’ll want to leave him ROY eligible in 2026. 9 hours ago, tray said: Venable foolishly played Brooks in LF where he looked bad on a few balls hit to the wall and no doubt felt bad about that. He is a shortstop not an outfielder. The thing I liked about Baldwin was that, as an infielder, he had exceptional power. 3 and almost 4 HR....more than a lot of other players on this team. He started over-swinging and striking out so ultimately, he put himself on the cut list. It’s an infielder playing the outfield but Baldwin has to be able to play a solid outfield or he’s not a big leaguer imo. He has to play a super utility role.
May 20, 2025May 20 9 hours ago, Soxfest said: Baldwin not a guy with a longterm future fringe at best If he becomes a little more polished, I think he can be a good semi-regular, Utility player.
May 20, 2025May 20 Baldwin needed to be sent down a while ago imo. He hits way too many groundballs and doesn’t control the strike zone at all. More seasoning is needed.
May 20, 2025May 20 2 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: He’s also not ready. Just hasn’t logged many hours as a catcher in general. Sox would be foolish to call him up at this point until it’s less than 45 days. They’ll want to leave him ROY eligible in 2026. Obviously he could force the issue but I was told the plan is to get Teel a full season at AAA.
May 20, 2025May 20 9 minutes ago, Harold's Leg Lift said: Obviously he could force the issue but I was told the plan is to get Teel a full season at AAA. They've got a pretty good excuse to do it by saying he's blocked by Quero this year. Edited May 20, 2025May 20 by Bob Sacamano
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.