White Sox sign Jarred Kelenic, non-roster invite

[WhiteSox2023]

21 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

wtf

Beat me to it.  Seriously.

[chitownsportsfan]

35 minutes ago, DirtySox said:

That video of Kelenic walking around Safeco and seeing a picture of Jean Segura, then awkwardly saying "his kid died" is something else.

He's a fucking idiot. When he broke his foot on the cooler not a single team mate or coach even tried to defend him. And then he did a crying interview on the Mariners affiliate station here which only stirred up more scrutiny. He's a headcase on top of his problems hitting and catching a baseball.

Edited 2 hours ago by chitownsportsfan

[WhiteSox2023]

7 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

He's a fucking idiot. When he broke his foot on the cooler not a single team mate or coach even tried to defend him. And then he did a crying interview on the Mariners affiliate station here which only stirred up more scrutiny. He's a headcase on top of his problems hitting and catching a baseball.

I was using Google AI to find a nice summary of why Kelenic is a dbag do SS2K5 but all of you guys already provided much better information.  🤣

[T R U]

23 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Beat me to it.  Seriously.

That clip is a little out of context, even though it was still a weird thing to say.

He was basically saying that his kid passed away and it really affected his play. Again, weird thing to bring up but he wasn't like "Jean Segura, his kid died" end of statement. 

Edited 1 hour ago by T R U

[Bob Sacamano]

14 minutes ago, T R U said:

That clip is a little out of context, even though it was still a weird thing to say.

He was basically saying that his kid passed away and it really affected his play. Again, weird thing to bring up but he wasn't like "Jean Segura, his kid died" end of statement. 

The context doesn’t really make that comment any better or less weird.

Edited 1 hour ago by Bob Sacamano

[T R U]

1 minute ago, Bob Sacamano said:

The context doesn’t really make that comment any better or less weird.

Yeah, like I said it was weird

[DoUEvenShift]

1 minute ago, Bob Sacamano said:

The context doesn’t really make that comment any better or less weird.

Here's more of the full context. He does say "I felt horrible" but you are right, at the very minimum a super weird/cringy moment.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0atKtqL5iV/?hl=en

[Bob Sacamano]

3 minutes ago, T R U said:

Yeah, like I said it was weird

 

3 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:

Here's more of the full context. He does say "I felt horrible" but you are right, at the very minimum a super weird/cringy moment.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0atKtqL5iV/?hl=en

Having said that, I'm not going to hold a dumb comment from when someone was young over their heads forever.

[southsider2k5]

10 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

 

Having said that, I'm not going to hold a dumb comment from when someone was young over their heads forever.

If he was THAT hated, it wasn't just one comment. 

[WhiteSox2023]

16 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:

Here's more of the full context. He does say "I felt horrible" but you are right, at the very minimum a super weird/cringy moment.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0atKtqL5iV/?hl=en

That almost makes it worse.  He’s talking about it with a weirdass smirk on his face.  And to bother to even mention how a player slumped at the plate after his infant died is even more out of touch with reality.

Edited 1 hour ago by WhiteSox2023

[WestEddy]

9 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

 

Having said that, I'm not going to hold a dumb comment from when someone was young over their heads forever.

That's the problem when ball players get out beyond "can just play one game at a time" and all that gibberish. Somebody had him on camera and probably asked him to comment on the signs. That's the thing he remembers about Segura. It would be weird if he knew about that struggle, and then only talked about his sunflower seed eating, or whatnot. 

[JoeC]

I am starting to think that:

1. There are plenty of Sox FO members who lurk here.

2. They signed Kelenic as an act of trolling ST.

[Chicago White Sox]

Put me officially down for believing that Pereira is far more likely to be a positive contributor next year than Kelenic.  Beyond being a bit of a head case, it just feels like Kelenic’s physical tools have deteriorated some since his prospect glory days and he hasn’t really shown any signs of improvement with his swing & miss issues.  I think people are excited because of the name and former prospect status, but I don’t really see much of a reason to believe.

With Pereira, he’s made some small gains with his plate discipline in the upper minors and I feel like his combo of power and ability to walk could result in him being a productive three outcome type of hitter eventually.  No guarantee there, but I do feel like his chances of being a solid 4th OF / short side platoon bat is fairly high and that’s far more optimistic than I feel about Kelenic right now.

[WhiteSox2023]

14 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Put me officially down for believing that Pereira is far more likely to be a positive contributor next year than Kelenic.  Beyond being a bit of a head case, it just feels like Kelenic’s physical tools have deteriorated some since his prospect glory days and he hasn’t really shown any signs of improvement with his swing & miss issues.  I think people are excited because of the name and former prospect status, but I don’t really see much of a reason to believe.

With Pereira, he’s made some small gains with his plate discipline in the upper minors and I feel like his combo of power and ability to walk could result in him being a productive three outcome type of hitter eventually.  No guarantee there, but I do feel like his chances of being a solid 4th OF / short side platoon bat is fairly high and that’s far more optimistic than I feel about Kelenic right now.

But you want to bring back Tauchman?  Speaking of deterioration…