20 hours ago20 hr Worth a shot? Can't be worse than current OF situation. Local product and ties to organization too
20 hours ago20 hr Sure....he has a very low BABIP and his wOBA is well beneath xwOBA so there may some positive regression coming and defensive stats on both FG and also Savant are good. OAA is 85th percentile and sprint speed 68th percentile.
20 hours ago20 hr 8 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:Worth a shot?Can't be worse than current OF situation. Local product and ties to organization tooI don't know...I think he's a slightly better Tristan Peters. He's never really hit. Peters actually grades out a bit better with the glove.
20 hours ago20 hr Dude can’t hit at all, but he did just turn 26. Would be funny to watch him and Acuna in the lineup swinging wet newspapers together.
20 hours ago20 hr “Diamondbacks designated OF Alek Thomas for assignment.It’s understandable that the D-backs were frustrated with Thomas, but they might regret jettisoning him instead of Jorge Barrosa to make room for Ryan Waldschmidt. Thomas was hitting .181/.222/.340 as Arizona’s center fielder against right-handers, but Statcast thinks he was pretty unlucky in the process. He had a lower strikeout rate (23 percent) and a higher hard-hit rate (43 percent) in the majors than Waldschmidt did in Triple-A. With a $1.962 million salary and two years of control after this one, Thomas should draw interest as a trade candidate.”
20 hours ago20 hr 7 minutes ago, WestEddy said:I don't know...I think he's a slightly better Tristan Peters. He's never really hit. Peters actually grades out a bit better with the glove.That is pretty surprising and I wouldn’t think it would be true.
19 hours ago19 hr .643 career OPS with over 1400 PAs. And since we constantly hear this complaint, he's 5-9.To what end?
19 hours ago19 hr And his father was basically fired by the White Sox...chances of a reunion with JR calling the shots are somewhere between slim and none.Spare Parts: Former trainer files lawsuit against White S...As the White Sox have drifted further away from Herm Schneider’s glory days and toward/past the league median of days lost to the injured list, they’ve made shake-ups to their training staff. This pasAnd filed a lawsuit against the team.Not to mention they skipped drafting Alek as well. Edited 19 hours ago19 hr by caulfield12
19 hours ago19 hr I'm partial to the Chicago boys. And Alek was a better prospect and player in the minors than Peters. Bring him home Getz!... in all seriousness he isn't what people thought he would be. So likely a no. Edited 19 hours ago19 hr by SoxAce
19 hours ago19 hr 2 minutes ago, SoxAce said:I'm partial to the Chicago boys. And Alek was a better prospect and player in the minors than Peters. Bring him home Getz!Damn, how did this guy end up sucking so hard with the bat in the majors? His MILB numbers were sick…https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/215891/
19 hours ago19 hr Author 22 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:And his father was basically fired by the White Sox...chances of a reunion with JR calling the shots are somewhere between slim and none.And filed a lawsuit against the team.Not to mention they skipped drafting Alek as well.The lawsuit was from Ball not Thomas, no?
19 hours ago19 hr Just now, nrockway said:Don’t need that energy. He was a high school bully.Did he stuff you into lockers at Mount Carmel? 🤣
19 hours ago19 hr Author 3 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:He sucks. I'd cut Beni for him but zero chance Sox do that.What about Acuna for him. Ant can play SS whenever Colson needs a rest
19 hours ago19 hr 58 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:That is pretty surprising and I wouldn’t think it would be true.CF with minimum 50 PA as CF, Peters ranks 8th in fWAR, Thomas is 23rd.Major League Leaderboards - 2026 - Batting | FanGraphs BaseballDefensively, Peters is 4th, Thomas is 8th. Edited 19 hours ago19 hr by WestEddy
18 hours ago18 hr 24 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:Damn, how did this guy end up sucking so hard with the bat in the majors? His MILB numbers were sick…https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/215891/Oh yea dude was a stud. I saw him when he was at Reno a few years ago. He was damn good. Some guys take a while to figure it out. Others never do.
18 hours ago18 hr No long-term upside with Thomas given his contract situation. I'd be surprised if Getz went after a player with such a significant tendency to chase pitches outside the zone without many strengths to offset it.
18 hours ago18 hr This past winter, the White Sox fired longtime strength and conditioning coach Allen Thomas. The year before, they had fired head athletic trainer Brian Ball, who had been a longtime assistant for Schneider before assuming the lead role for 2019 and 2020.May 11, 2022Ball was the one who went against Hahn et al for sexual harassment/duscrimination/workplace conditions.
18 hours ago18 hr 1 minute ago, WhiteSox2023 said:Did he stuff you into lockers at Mount Carmel? 🤣Lol. I know some kid that played on that baseball team and apparently Alek was the kinda guy to do stuff exactly like that.
15 hours ago15 hr 2 hours ago, nrockway said:Lol. I know some kid that played on that baseball team and apparently Alek was the kinda guy to do stuff exactly like that.I wouldn’t spread false rumors.
15 hours ago15 hr 5 minutes ago, KennyPowers said:I wouldn’t spread false rumors.Allen Thomas posts here?
13 hours ago13 hr 2 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:Allen Thomas posts here?I wouldn’t spread false rumors 😉
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