7 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

With how often he hits the ball on the ground, I'd assume his launch angle is pretty low. The low pull in the air rate and the high GB rate leads me to think that he might have a similar profile to guys like Abreu and Eloy. He'll smash the ball, but way too often it's on the ground. His 46th percentile speed isn't optimal for hitting a lot of grounders either. We'll see how it goes. Like others have said in this thread, Colson sucked in AAA, but has become a much better hitter in the majors. Sometimes the talent wins out and hitters like him get better at the next level with better coaching and preparation.

3 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Kudos @ron883 for being all over this. Dude is on fire right now with his predictions.

@ron883 If you can nail the White Sox first two draft picks I'll Venmo you $150.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by DirtySox

4 hours ago, chw42 said:

Just our luck that our competitive window coincides with a major CBA change and a possible lock out.

Had Covid and a lock out for the 1st one too didn't we ? Astros and Cubs beat it all and we got the new anti tank rules about draft choices too.

16 minutes ago, DirtySox said:

@ron883 If you can nail the White Sox first two draft picks I'll Venmo you $150.

Damn give everyone a chance without putting up any money 🤣

9 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

Had Covid and a lock out for the 1st one too didn't we ? Astros and Cubs beat it all and we got the new anti tank rules about draft choices too.

Yup twice now...although I want to say we benefited from 2020 because I'm not sure we make the playoffs with that team over 162 games. Our pitching was way too thin.

2 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Ground ball rate has ballooned up in AAA and is a legit concern

Maybe because he's fairly new at making contact hitting the outside in zone pitches and he's grounding them to the right side but enough of them are going through. Not a finished product by any means but then again plenty of young guys develop in the bigs. Antonacci has learned on the fly fly. Hitting better than in the WBC . Peters has grown. Colson picked up a torpedo bat and hasn't looked back.

Plenty of guys struggle too. Some times it means too early sometimes you don't really know for sure. Kelenic has got a lot of chance. Does he keep failing because he was brought up early the 1st time or he just can't make whatever adjustment is needed ?

Vargas adjusted , did what it took 1st with the stance then the bat speed and extra muscle to help the new stance work even better. Started being more selective.

Plenty of concerns about Murakami too from the experts in the game. Then when you make it people find reasons to say it won't last.

Hopefully our guys have more staying power this time around.

50 minutes ago, DirtySox said:

@ron883 If you can nail the White Sox first two draft picks I'll Venmo you $150.

Honestly? I feel pretty solid about the first two being Roch and Thome.

4 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Honestly? I feel pretty solid about the first two being Roch and Thome.

He has until the end of business day Friday June 19th to lock in a name for both pick #1 and pick #41. I'll be waiting to quote it for posterity. (I know the draft is July 11th.)

Edited 7 minutes ago7 min by DirtySox

Good timing by Road To The Rate podcast by Connor McKnight. released 3 hrs ago.

I have no problem with the call up. There comes a point where you have become all your going to in AAA and you become stagnant in your development. C. Montgomery is a prime example of that. As a rule you only get better by playing better competition. Now of course there is a chance he his totally overmatched and he has to go back down. But it's time to find that out.

I wish him the best and here is to him becoming the everyday RF the Sox have been looking for.