6 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said:

 

Seems like it would be pretty easy to remove him from the 40-man then, unless there’s some rule about that now that he’s had surgery

Wish him well personally but from a baseball perspective this is no big loss. 

3 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Wish him well personally but from a baseball perspective this is no big loss. 

Where are we getting MASSIVE POWER from the 1B/DH spot now?!?  What would Andrew Vaughn cost to reacquire from the Brewers?

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25 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Where are we getting MASSIVE POWER from the 1B/DH spot now?!? 

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6 hours ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Seems like it would be pretty easy to remove him from the 40-man then, unless there’s some rule about that now that he’s had surgery

Yep, he's an easy DFA, and re-sign with ST invite if they want to keep him around.

Not like Elko relied on his speed anyways so no big thing for him. 

7 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Wish him well personally but from a baseball perspective this is no big loss. 

Unnecessary comment.  From a forum perspective your absence would be no big loss.

25 minutes ago, MikeKreevich said:

Unnecessary comment.  From a forum perspective your absence would be no big loss.

Anytime the people in charge wish me to leave I will certainly honor their request.

My comment is accurate, hope he does well personally but it was shown he doesn't have much of a baseball future, especially with the Sox. They made that pretty clear only giving him a limited chance on a team that lost over 100 games again and was desperately looking for power. 

Yeah, it seems he is more likely to be crushing homers in Japan or Korea in 2 years than in an organization.

21 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Anytime the people in charge wish me to leave I will certainly honor their request.

My comment is accurate, hope he does well personally but it was shown he doesn't have much of a baseball future, especially with the Sox. They made that pretty clear only giving him a limited chance on a team that lost over 100 games again and was desperately looking for power. 

For as overmatched as Elko looked, he got a nice loooooooong chance. As I responded to WSBFW, the Sox didn't need to watch the guy look like a blindfolded child wailing at a piñata for 4 months in order to see what they had. Every single player move doesn't need to implicate the White Sox as big meanies. 

8 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

For as overmatched as Elko looked, he got a nice loooooooong chance. As I responded to WSBFW, the Sox didn't need to watch the guy look like a blindfolded child wailing at a piñata for 4 months in order to see what they had. Every single player move doesn't need to implicate the White Sox as big meanies. 

They kind of had a crunch of infields they played at 1B anyway. Not that I think either Sosa nor Vargas is a longterm solution there.

22 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

They kind of had a crunch of infields they played at 1B anyway. Not that I think either Sosa nor Vargas is a longterm solution there.

No, they aren't. But Elko is a poor man's Andy Wilkins. He's a AAAA slugger. 

30 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

For as overmatched as Elko looked, he got a nice loooooooong chance. As I responded to WSBFW, the Sox didn't need to watch the guy look like a blindfolded child wailing at a piñata for 4 months in order to see what they had. Every single player move doesn't need to implicate the White Sox as big meanies. 

Only the older utility players get that kind of runway.

And GMs.

1 hour ago, MikeKreevich said:

Unnecessary comment.  From a forum perspective your absence would be no big loss.

It's a baseball board.  There will be talk about bad baseball here.

Shocker that a dude who hit like Elko would have fans immediately jumping off of his bandwagon  

3 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Only the older utility players get that kind of runway.

And GMs.

GMs generally don't generally get plate appearances in games. 

26 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

They kind of had a crunch of infields they played at 1B anyway. Not that I think either Sosa nor Vargas is a longterm solution there.

I don't think they have a long term solution currently in the system,  which is pretty crazy TBH.

2 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

GMs generally don't generally get plate appearances in games. 

That description is very apt of the roster management the last few years too.  

9 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

I don't think they have a long term solution currently in the system,  which is pretty crazy TBH.

Agreed. 

39 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

I don't think they have a long term solution currently in the system,  which is pretty crazy TBH.

Should they? Why can't they repurpose the worst fielding, best hitting outfield prospect? Right now, Galanie and Caden Connor are the AAAA first-basemen on the clock. They don't have as much power but probably strike out less. 

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32 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

Should they? Why can't they repurpose the worst fielding, best hitting outfield prospect? Right now, Galanie and Caden Connor are the AAAA first-basemen on the clock. They don't have as much power but probably strike out less. 

Let’s wait until if we have too many good hitting MLB ready OFs before we start thinking of moving one.

34 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

GMs generally don't generally get plate appearances in games. 

Would have been worth paying good money to see Rick Hahn versus Mason Miller...probably wouldn't have been able to even stay in the box out of fear of getting hit.

 

(When I took BP against Chuck Tanner's son Bruce at 75-80 mph back in the mid 90s, he kept busting me inside and I ended up launching the fungo bat I was using down the 3B line and it shattered into pieces in the stands.  Manager Jeff Banister immediately decided that was the end of me taking BP, since he was royally pissed he had to explain to Pittsburgh why they needed to order another fungo.)

 

2 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Let’s wait until if we have too many good hitting MLB ready OFs before we start thinking of moving one.

Ramos in the outfield yet another pretty dumb idea.

(But that power hitter to move to 1B is probably George Wolkow.)

3 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Ramos in the outfield yet another pretty dumb idea.

(But that power hitter to move to 1B is probably George Wolkow.)

Ramos is quickly becoming forgettable. We’ll see how he comes into camp.