9 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Love the caveat "former top prospect."

Hope Robert goes into the tank for the rest of the season and they just give him the buyout...needs Moncada phantom injury.

Then can pop up the last week or two of the season.

He'd still be a top prospect though if he wasn't called up. That's the caveat if you read into it at all. 

9 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Again, betting that 35 injury prone guy to be healthy and productive again, seems crazy.

He's got a .370 BABIP this year. He's been great, but that doesn't seem very sustainable. 

9 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Yep, and Tauchman will be in RF with perhaps Mead at 1B.  Doesn’t seem like they will be spending on starting position players in the offseason.

Great we have about five 3B now...it's also Bonemer's best position, arguably.

Jeral Perez ends up there too.

Maybe Antonacci...if he's not at second.

9 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Again, betting that 35 injury prone guy to be healthy and productive again, seems crazy.

Tauchman asked not to be traded. Has a daughter going through medical issues and his family is all lives in Illinois. Support network to help them out. 

17 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

It just tells me the Sox aren’t spending much this offseason.

You honestly thought they were going full dive into the free agency tank this offseason? 

I for sure didn't.   

 

13 minutes ago, chw42 said:

Guy is having a career year and they don't trade him. He's 34 with another year of control, but you're so far from contending that keeping him for next year really doesn't do much for you. 

He’s a cheap bridge to Montgomery and helps Getz and Jerry avoid Sox fan expectations of them spending money this upcoming offseason.

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10 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

The OF market is brutal…is much better the following year.

Except frozen JR spending going into that expected labor impasse offseason lol.

8 minutes ago, PolishPrince34 said:

Tauchman asked not to be traded. Has a daughter going through medical issues and his family is all lives in Illinois. Support network to help them out. 

I can 100% respect that, and kudos to the Sox if so. 

9 minutes ago, HOFHurt35 said:

You honestly thought they were going full dive into the free agency tank this offseason? 

I for sure didn't.   

 

No, I never did.  But some posters here did, just because of freed up money.  Robert’s option will be the majority of it.

9 minutes ago, PolishPrince34 said:

Tauchman asked not to be traded. Has a daughter going through medical issues and his family is all lives in Illinois. Support network to help them out. 

White Sox are sure generous.

Not giving Rodon a QO yet another example.

11 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Great we have about five 3B now...it's also Bonemer's best position, arguably.

Jeral Perez ends up there too.

Maybe Antonacci...if he's not at second.

Oh noooo what will we doooo

10 minutes ago, HOFHurt35 said:

I can 100% respect that, and kudos to the Sox if so. 

💯 

11 minutes ago, PolishPrince34 said:

Tauchman asked not to be traded. Has a daughter going through medical issues and his family is all lives in Illinois. Support network to help them out. 

Source?

9 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

No, I never did.  But some posters here did, just because of freed up money.  Robert’s option will be the majority of it.

Robert will nosedive from here on out and take the $2 million buyout.

9 minutes ago, bmags said:

Oh noooo what will we doooo

Maybe trade some of them for ACTUAL outfield help under age 27 lol.

13 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Yeah, I don't see it. In your example, 55fv guys that don't get extended run usually have a very good reason for it, since a majority are given long leashes, which led to their future projections to tank. I have significant doubts there's a market edge in a space where there's a ton of data out there. Once you get to the big leagues and put in 400-500+ AB's, the projections tighten -- the error bars don't get wider. Harder to find edges there but who knows.

Sounds like you got the data…prove me wrong.

17 minutes ago, Buehrle>Wood said:

Possible but his profile reads more like utilityman

He’s got a s%*# arm…definitely a 2B/1B profile.

17 minutes ago, hogan873 said:

Safe to assume Mead is on the 26-man?  Maybe (hopefully) a Rojas DFA.

Those should be the moves.

Interesting note on Mead...he's RH but it looks like he has fairly strong reverse splits this season.

.807 OPS vs. RHP in his relatively small MLB sample size this season (.562 vs. LHP), less drastic but still reverse splits in AAA too.

Might change where he fits in the IF mix if it's not a pure platoon situation.

Though last season he had a .849 OPS vs. LHP in the bigs and was brutal vs. RHP.

12 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Robert will nosedive from here on out and take the $2 million buyout.

Love your positivity. 

16 minutes ago, chw42 said:

He's got a .370 BABIP this year. He's been great, but that doesn't seem very sustainable. 

His xwOBA is still .343 which is well above average.

Davitt's most recent start.

15 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Robert will nosedive from here on out and take the $2 million buyout.

It’s not a player option.  It’s a team option.  The Sox get to make the choice of giving him $20 million for 2026 or the $2 million buyout, not Robert.  And you have to assume the Sox made the decision to pay him for next season.  Otherwise, why not just trade him for a weak return anyways?

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17 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

He’s a cheap bridge to Montgomery and helps Getz and Jerry avoid Sox fan expectations of them spending money this upcoming offseason.

Again, go look at the free agent OF market and tell me who you’d like them to spend on money on.

I don’t like Mead going to Charlotte. Hope it’s temporary and he jettisons Rojas in like a week.