6 hours ago, WestEddy said:

Maybe it's just Fuller's way of talking, but this sounds brutal to me:

Like, he was just not in the White Sox' plans, and he was on his way out.

I thought that was fairly clear when the promoted him to AAA, when he couldn’t hit in A ball. 
It is odd that he had to ask to get coached...he wasn't that old.

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by GreenSox

6 hours ago, WestEddy said:

Maybe it's just Fuller's way of talking, but this sounds brutal to me:

Like, he was just not in the White Sox' plans, and he was on his way out.

IDK, it's not that clear one way or another but when I read it, I just assumed it was something they were doing targeted towards guys who were earlier in their development timeline. Not so much that they invited all the cool kids, but not him. I am speculating though.

17 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

I thought that was fairly clear when the promoted him to AAA, when he couldn’t hit in A ball. 
It is odd that he had to ask to get coached...he wasn't that old.

College player from a top elite SEC program...CWS participant, etc., the assumption must have been that he was close to a finished project on draft day.

And 622 ops in Chicago isn't unexpected.

Granted, they have been facing better pitchers than normal recently.

The future All Star talk was very premature.

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by caulfield12

2 hours ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

Was likely to happen before too long. Timing is interesting though. He hasn't exactly been lighting the world on fire for the past several weeks. Since May 21, his wRC+ is almost exactly the league average and the BB/K numbers are not much different than usual. There was a stretch in there when he went 0-fer for 6 games. The past week was good, although not remarkable by his own high standards. Hope to see him get off to a hot start in AA...I'll be watching the K rate with interest.

Good time - gives him half a season to see what AA is like and allow development team to assess what next level areas of focus need to be, including how to work in offseason for long term success. Seems like they already have been doing a bit of it. Excited to see him continue to develop and be pushed and see how he responds to some of these challenges too.