It looks like Sam and Tristan are running out of gas. Pereira is back playing and it might be time to swap him for Junior Perez.

He and Grichuk could spell Sam and Tristan against lefties.

Braden Montgomery is becoming a weapon on the basepaths(outside of an occasional mistake).

He's got his dad's running back legs...strong with a burst when a hole opens up .

Sneaky fast guys like vargas, colston, Braden,Sammy,tristan,acuna help play small ball.

14 minutes ago, hawkeyesox said:

Braden Montgomery is becoming a weapon on the basepaths(outside of an occasional mistake).

He's got his dad's running back legs...strong with a burst when a hole opens up .

Sneaky fast guys like vargas, colston, Braden,Sammy,tristan,acuna help play small ball.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/team/145?view=statcast&nav=running&season=2026

8 hours ago, hi8is said:

93 is my high water mark for this team. I know it isn’t likely but it isn’t as big of a stretch as some may think.

Since April 18th they have the third best record in baseball at almost a .600 clip.

To get to 90 wins they would need to maintain that pace and I think they have more in them.

True and I know you don't want to hear this because I have always been among the biggest believers in this team's ability to win in most of my posts and my win predictions but there is a very difficult part of the schedule upcoming and all the talk from the media is stirring at a lot of unrealistic expectations from fans in regards to trading away prospects and basically going all in this year because with a weak AL the American League is wide open so getting to the World Series may be easier then expected . Plus the team is a great story nation wide.

I recently watched the ReKap podcast with McGuff, Brian Anderson and Hoody (sorry don't remember his real name) but I've seen him on the Score too. all 3 were singing the same song about going all in and you can't hug prospects and the CHGO podcasts talked at length about Langaliers, Rutchman, and Goodman. I know these podcasts are like any other TV show and a lot of what they do has to sound sexy and is clickbait but they are also Sox fans. No alternate opinion was offered.

So this is my boring alternative. They already traded what can turn out to be a good MLB player in Gonzalez just for a chance to re-stock the farm system . That was a "we're in it for the long haul" move, which is what Getz has been doing all along. Why would he suddenly start trading even more top prospects ? Yes I think he's still aiming for a starting pitcher but I'd be shocked if it wasn't a rental because the ones with multiple years left run right into the labor dispute next year and the Sox have been burned in a few competitive windows by labor disputes. Of course a rental is not a permanent solution but neither are pitchers whose contracts run through 2028.

Then there is the looming possibility of replacing Murakami , I don't know how the future infield will end up looking but it will be different than it is now. Bonemer may be ready before Cholowsky. Maybe both arrive in 2028 but will both be good to great right away and will Murakami still be here ?

There is also one HUGE elephant in the room that I didn't hear a peep out of either podcast about and no it isn't JR. He is of course also the big elephant but the one I was thinking of is less apparent unless you look at the BIG picture.

Right now the White Sox only have 1 source that is working for getting their minor league talent and that is the MLB draft . If they weaken that and now become even better just for 1 year and fail to advance in the playoffs and they sudden;y aren't getting drafts like they had this year and we haven't even seen how this draft turns out yet. Some of the best talent they picked could be 4 years away or more. That tells me they aren't trading Bonemer and certainly not Cholowsky . So no I don't think they are getting Soriano, Detmers, Rutchman, Langaliers or Hunter Goodman. Too many teams still in the hunt and the rentals for less may suddenly cost even more and the years you pay for for anyone with multiple years is diminished by the looming lockout but the price won't be diminished. There is a strong possibility that the 2027 season is diminished and I don't think the sellers are lowering prices because of that possibility. And I haven't even talked about the real elephant in the room but lets just eliminate JR, and the lockout and reading Getz long term strategy and get back to the biggest elephant.

I already hinted at it in the paragraph above. At his current time their only source of talent is the MLB draft. They are not getting any contributions currently nor have they ever developed a MLB player from the young talent signed internationally. I'm not talking about Robert or Abreu or some of the older players they got when you could still actually do that. I'm talking signing a teenager and having him contribute to the MLB team . They haven't been a player for top DR talent ever and the DR has been producing top talent for 50 years or more. which is longer than JR tenure as owner.

Getz may have accelerated the rates that the US talent arrives but there's a long way to go to actually see that part of the talent pipeline be productive and they are way behind other teams in that arena. So until I can confirm that Justin Ishbia is some White Knight who is secretly going to step up and pay for Mune and elite Free Agent pitching I prefer Getz stay on the path he created. I know success is not guaranteed tomorrow, which the ReKap podcast was so fond of pointing out, but if the Brewers and Rays can stay relevant playing the long game then so can the White Sox only how about they do it and then we get the super rich owner too. That sounds like a better plan to me rather than going all in now and depleting the only source of talent we have currently and expecting Ishbia to bail the Sox out from the shadows.

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4 hours ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

True and I know you don't want to hear this because I have always been among the biggest believers in this team's ability to win in most of my posts and my win predictions but there is a very difficult part of the schedule upcoming and all the talk from the media is stirring at a lot of unrealistic expectations from fans in regards to trading away prospects and basically going all in this year because with a weak AL the American League is wide open so getting to the World Series may be easier then expected . Plus the team is a great story nation wide.

I recently watched the ReKap podcast with McGuff, Brian Anderson and Hoody (sorry don't remember his real name) but I've seen him on the Score too. all 3 were singing the same song about going all in and you can't hug prospects and the CHGO podcasts talked at length about Langaliers, Rutchman, and Goodman. I know these podcasts are like any other TV show and a lot of what they do has to sound sexy and is clickbait but they are also Sox fans. No alternate opinion was offered.

So this is my boring alternative. They already traded what can turn out to be a good MLB player in Gonzalez just for a chance to re-stock the farm system . That was a "we're in it for the long haul" move, which is what Getz has been doing all along. Why would he suddenly start trading even more top prospects ? Yes I think he's still aiming for a starting pitcher but I'd be shocked if it wasn't a rental because the ones with multiple years left run right into the labor dispute next year and the Sox have been burned in a few competitive windows by labor disputes. Of course a rental is not a permanent solution but neither are pitchers whose contracts run through 2028.

Then there is the looming possibility of replacing Murakami , I don't know how the future infield will end up looking but it will be different than it is now. Bonemer may be ready before Cholowsky. Maybe both arrive in 2028 but will both be good to great right away and will Murakami still be here ?

There is also one HUGE elephant in the room that I didn't hear a peep out of either podcast about and no it isn't JR. He is of course also the big elephant but the one I was thinking of is less apparent unless you look at the BIG picture.

Right now the White Sox only have 1 source that is working for getting their minor league talent and that is the MLB draft . If they weaken that and now become even better just for 1 year and fail to advance in the playoffs and they sudden;y aren't getting drafts like they had this year and we haven't even seen how this draft turns out yet. Some of the best talent they picked could be 4 years away or more. That tells me they aren't trading Bonemer and certainly not Cholowsky . So no I don't think they are getting Soriano, Detmers, Rutchman, Langaliers or Hunter Goodman. Too many teams still in the hunt and the rentals for less may suddenly cost even more and the years you pay for for anyone with multiple years is diminished by the looming lockout but the price won't be diminished. There is a strong possibility that the 2027 season is diminished and I don't think the sellers are lowering prices because of that possibility. And I haven't even talked about the real elephant in the room but lets just eliminate JR, and the lockout and reading Getz long term strategy and get back to the biggest elephant.

I already hinted at it in the paragraph above. At his current time their only source of talent is the MLB draft. They are not getting any contributions currently nor have they ever developed a MLB player from the young talent signed internationally. I'm not talking about Robert or Abreu or some of the older players they got when you could still actually do that. I'm talking signing a teenager and having him contribute to the MLB team . They haven't been a player for top DR talent ever and the DR has been producing top talent for 50 years or more. which is longer than JR tenure as owner.

Getz may have accelerated the rates that the US talent arrives but there's a long way to go to actually see that part of the talent pipeline be productive and they are way behind other teams in that arena. So until I can confirm that Justin Ishbia is some White Knight who is secretly going to step up and pay for Mune and elite Free Agent pitching I prefer Getz stay on the path he created. I know success is not guaranteed tomorrow, which the ReKap podcast was so fond of pointing out, but if the Brewers and Rays can stay relevant playing the long game then so can the White Sox only how about they do it and then we get the super rich owner too. That sounds like a better plan to me rather than going all in now and depleting the only source of talent we have currently and expecting Ishbia to bail the Sox out from the shadows.

Cliff notes?