5 hours ago, CBJ03 said:

Wiklenman is the one who was DFA. Interesting.

Surprised they gave up on him

Where is the guy who emphatically “corrected” me when I had posted this move was incoming?

Who was it… Time to eat some crow boy. 😆

9 minutes ago, hi8is said:

Where is the guy who emphatically “corrected” me when I had posted this move was incoming?

Who was it… Time to eat some crow boy. 😆

Can you say "boy" instead of pal?

Is the poster named Contreras?

I know this way too early, but who are possible candidates for SP next year between, McDougal, Smith, and Grant if any ?

On 8/9/2026 at 5:35 AM, Falstaff said:

I know this way too early, but who are possible candidates for SP next year between, McDougal, Smith, and Grant if any ?

I'd say:

Taylor (100%): They want him starting. He's flashed some decent changeups and shown some ability to vary his breaking ball.

Hagen Smith (50%): I'd imagine it depends on how this experiment goes. I don't know how his command improves out of the pen but if nothing else at least he knows he's gotta get through 1 or 2 innings, not 5 or 6, could help him.

McDougal: 100%): I think they want him as a SP only.

The other guys in contention for a spot would be Noah, Sandlin and Shane Smith I guess?

Burke, Castillo, Martin, Taylor, Shane Smith should be penciled in IMO. Who knows what FA will look like. Noah to me is a dead end right now. I can see him spending the entire next season in AAA assuming it happens. Grab a year back on his clock and figure out a delivery that he can repeat under pressure.

50 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

I'd say:

Taylor (100%): They want him starting. He's flashed some decent changeups and shown some ability to vary his breaking ball.

Hagen Smith (50%): I'd imagine it depends on how this experiment goes. I don't know how his command improves out of the pen but if nothing else at least he knows he's gotta get through 1 or 2 innings, not 5 or 6, could help him.

McDougal: 100%): I think they want him as a SP only.

The other guys in contention for a spot would be Noah, Sandlin and Shane Smith I guess?

Burke, Castillo, Martin, Taylor, Shane Smith should be penciled in IMO. Who knows what FA will look like. Noah to me is a dead end right now. I can see him spending the entire next season in AAA assuming it happens. Grab a year back on his clock and figure out a delivery that he can repeat under pressure.

Taylor has been impressive in the pen. I agree with you on Taylor and McDougal both get a crack at a SP role.in 2027

There was talk of Mike Vasil possibly starting before he went down with TJ. The timeline on Mike might put him back in the pen 2027 mid-season, who knows on the rehab.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by Falstaff

Oh yea @Falstaff I got high hopes for Vasil. I think he can be a solid 3rd starter maybe. If nothing else he's a good addition into the mix next year.

1 hour ago, Sleepy Harold said:

Yet another example of poor roster mismanagement by Getz. Pereira, Hays, and Gonzalez all dumped for nothing.

Edited 44 minutes ago44 min by WhiteSox2023

11 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Yet another example of roster mismanagement by Getz. Pereira, Hays, and Gonzalez all dumped for nothing.

Yea, his other moves turned out so good that decent waiver wire fliers had to be cut lose from the 40 man of a first place team in August, the horror.

Smith's delivery looks even more pronounced than it was in college. Seems like it would be hard to throw strikes, much less hold pinpoint command..

45 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Oh yea @Falstaff I got high hopes for Vasil. I think he can be a solid 3rd starter maybe. If nothing else he's a good addition into the mix next year.

But seeing recovery times this season, I'd say Vasil isn't really an option to start until 2028.

5 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

But seeing recovery times this season, I'd say Vasil isn't really an option to start until 2028.

Dang , TJS does take time to comeback

51 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Yet another example of poor roster mismanagement by Getz. Pereira, Hays, and Gonzalez all dumped for nothing.

I mean Hays is pointless, but yeah it sucks to lose the other two for nothing.

That being said, isn't it a sign that the roster was managed pretty well if there's no room on the roster for them? Managed this team into first place.

23 minutes ago, GreenSox said:

Smith's delivery looks even more pronounced than it was in college. Seems like it would be hard to throw strikes, much less hold pinpoint command..

I'm not a scout, but I thought the same thing while looking at his delivery. It also could have been him having literally no control that lead me to that conclusion. He also went from 95-96 in his first inning to 92-93 on his second inning. He isn't ready for the majors. I'd rather him just work on his stuff in the minors.

Schultz and Hagen Smith having apparently mediocre stuff is not something I predicted coming into the season.

Edited 27 minutes ago27 min by ron883

1 minute ago, nrockway said:

I mean Hays is pointless, but yeah it sucks to lose the other two for nothing.

That being said, isn't it a sign that the roster was managed pretty well if there's no room on the roster for them? Managed this team into first place.

It's easy to criticize a move in retrospect, then generically say, "there's a half dozen guys they could cut before him." No there isn't. They obviously like Joe Rock better. So no, they can't DFA the guy they like better to keep the guy they like worse. That would be colossally stupid.

Getz replaced Hays quickly, and Grichuk produced. I really liked the idea of Pereira, but he played about 27 games. Doyle's a better fielder. Wikelman's JAG.

Teams like the Brewers get their pockets picked every Rule 5 because they develop way more players than fit on the 40-man.