WestEddy

...And Kerry Wood's 20 strikeout game was just a single game. Big whoop. A half season of dominance is still wondrous to watch. We don't have to pretend that what Crochet is doing is really no big deal, just to be obstinate and win an argument. It's a silly look.

Or they have a trade that's a day away, and they're just stalling until they can make moves and announcements.

They're already ramping him down, which I believe is appropriate. I think the Sox or another team can pitch him in the regular rotation, going 1-2 innings an outing, then ramping him up in September for a playoff run. I think he's proven his durability by doubling his lifetime pro innings this season without a hiccup.

Correct. But he went an entire season without pitching, and they all had a chance to fully heal.

I'm not sure if you're agreeing or not. He didn't have a 2022 season. My guess is he got injured in college, pitched through it in 2020 and 2021, finally succumbed to injury in the playoffs, got TJS, healed, had a minor inflammation setback, and is now at full strength - carrying the same risk as any other pitcher.

This is all like an essay proving that bumble bees can't fly. Yet, he's over 100 IP, and not exhibiting any issues.

And he's never had time to fully recover until TJS. Now he has, and doesn't look frail at all. If he was such an injury risk, one would think that he would have a problem somewhere before 100 innings.

Yeah, some keep portraying Crochet as frail, dude's a tree. Insider guys have talked about how he finally looks healthy for the first time in his pro career. If there was going to be a problem, it probably would have happened where it did in the past - somewhere between 10-20 IP.

Nice article offering an overview of the Cards' system and what we could hope for in trade. https://www.sportsmockery.com/chicago-white-sox/building-an-erick-fedde-trade-with-the-st-louis-cardinals/

Well, he's a LF, and I don't think Benintendi's going anywhere. I go back and forth between Sheets and Vaughn being gone, and both making the OD roster next year.

Julio Rodriguez has an OPS+ of 102. Robert is 122. That means Luis Robert's OPS is 22% better than the league average. He's an exceptional player having a less than average (for him) year. He is cheap, going forward. He will bring back a haul.

If the Sox clean house, I can see them taking viable players for the 2025 back. Not as headliners, of course, but a reliever or somebody's SS who is squeezed out as a 4th piece. Do the same thing as this year, just with better players. Then flip everybody at the deadline, again.

That was an amazing trade. Tom Bradley is a forgotten name, but for 2 years, he was so great.

Yeah, and Roland Hemond started doing what Getz is about to do: trade off all the veterans for prospects. The Sox then went on to log 8 of 9 sub-.500 seasons, not posting a winning season until Reinsdorf and Einhorn bought the team.

There's your run, Thorpe. We'll get some champagne on ice while you hold 'em.

At least Brooks Baldwin put a ball in play. Maybe it'll spark some muscle memory.

Watch out for the MLBPA grievance being filed. I thought it was in the last negotiated contract that Witt had to get a hit in every at-bat against the Sox.

I hope to God that in 10 days, we're looking at Sosa, Colas, DeLoach, Fletcher, maybe Ramos, maybe a guy or two from trades. Eloy, Senzel, Benny, Sheets - this is uninspiring.

There have been a few where I think he's alluded to high school kids having some unrealistic demands.

So, it looks like the Sox may have only "punted" on 2 day two picks. Quite a bit different from the draft day narrative.