Wikelman wasting away in Charlotte 🥲

I don't know anything about this new guy, but he has to be better than Sims. They wouldn't even walk guys to get to a pitcher because they were scared.

Surprised it's Sims and not Bido.

Davis has looked fine last couple times I've seen him in Charlotte. Threw a two inning save striking out the side in the 9th in a shutty.

96-98 with a high 80s slider. Don't recall him being wild.

Have to figure Wikelman is next for Bido. That guy stinks

Also thankful Sims is gone. Guy can't find the plate either

4 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

Surprised it's Sims and not Bido.

Davis has looked fine last couple times I've seen him in Charlotte. Threw a two inning save striking out the side in the 9th in a shutty.

96-98 with a high 80s slider. Don't recall him being wild.

Davis is also an UDFA, developed through our system.

How much longer can they keep trotting Acuna out there? 25 wRC+ and -.4 fWAR. I'd hope his leash isn't too much longer. Try anybody else.

10 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

How much longer can they keep trotting Acuna out there? 25 wRC+ and -.4 fWAR. I'd hope his leash isn't too much longer. Try anybody else.

It hasn’t been long enough yet for Getz to admit that he got jobbed in the trade. I think the quickest he dumped a “somewhat big” trade acquisition was Curtis Mead, whom was acquired at last year’s trade deadline and DFA’ed and later traded to the Nationals to finalize the Sox opening day roster.

3 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

It hasn’t been long enough yet for Getz to admit that he got jobbed in the trade. I think the quickest he dumped a “somewhat big” trade acquisition was Curtis Mead, whom was acquired at last year’s trade deadline and DFA’ed and later traded to the Nationals to finalize the Sox opening day roster.

Getz is acquiring projects they've identified and need to work with to see if they can sus out the ceiling they see. He seems to give good shots to guys, then move on when they're not running with it. I'm not sure where this "admitting they were wrong" stuff comes from. If your task is gathering a group of 5 guys to see if there's an actual player in the group, if one is a success, the other four aren't necessarily failures.

8 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

Getz is acquiring projects they've identified and need to work with to see if they can sus out the ceiling they see. He seems to give good shots to guys, then move on when they're not running with it. I'm not sure where this "admitting they were wrong" stuff comes from. If your task is gathering a group of 5 guys to see if there's an actual player in the group, if one is a success, the other four aren't necessarily failures.

I mean the other side of that is that he's targeting guys with obvious flaws their original team already ID'd and decided to pass on. I don't see much of a player in Acuna, and for all the talk of Vargas' swing change it was really adding 12 good lbs of muscle the last two offseasons that took him from a marginal to solid starter.

6 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

I mean the other side of that is that he's targeting guys with obvious flaws their original team already ID'd and decided to pass on. I don't see much of a player in Acuna, and for all the talk of Vargas' swing change it was really adding 12 good lbs of muscle the last two offseasons that took him from a marginal to solid starter.

...That other teams decided to pass on considering time clocks and roster restrictions. The Dodgers didn't really have the 26-man roster space to wait for Vargas to add 12 pounds of muscle and drop his hands consistently. The Rays didn't feel that had that for Pereira. The Sox are in that period of their rebuild.

Comments from Sox coaches to James Fegan recently makes me think the Sox intend to give Acuna a reasonably long leash and see some of his issues at the plate as partly due to changes they have made him make. I'm perfectly happy to keep running him out there because he's got a little talent and he's not blocking anyone important.