WestEddy

Joe Barlow appears to have thrown an inning in the ACL on Friday, 5/24. 4 batters faced, one K, one hit.

Major promotions? If I had to guess, I'd say Brooks Baldwin has earned a promotion, either to AAA, or the ML club. I could see Baldwin getting time at 2B if DeJong and Lopez are moved. Or he plugs in at AAA and Lenyn Sosa gets that one last shot to stick at 2B for a few months. Elko, Quero, Turner and Burke - Elko is the only one of them who is currently heating up, but he's had a slow start, and they might want to see him regain his power at Birmingham, first. Terrell Tatum is Rule 5 eligible this off-season, and he already made AAA last year. Yes on him. If the Sox decide to move on from Maldonado, it may be because Stassi is ready to start getting reps. If he isn't, they could always promote Chuckie Robinson or Hackenberg, who would be as overmatched as Lee looked last year. Wilfred Veras is also due for a promotion. If they go nuts moving Fedde, Flexen, Kopech, Wilson, maybe Brebbia, Hill and Clevinger, then, yeah, Cannon, Thorpe and Shuster could move into the rotation. If Pham and Sheets are traded, I can see DeLoach and Colas spending the last 2 months of the season on the Sox. I imagine Getz will be active at the deadline, and the draft will force some promotions out of the ACL and low-A ball.

If you just keep lining up 1st round shortstops, eventually, you'll have a shortstop. https://twitter.com/PipelineTo35th/status/1795477894636151136

His May was much better than his April.

Which is great. I think Davis Martin and Burke could be operative parts of this rotation in 24-25. https://twitter.com/JamesFox917/status/1795500670579048881

https://twitter.com/CST_soxvan/status/1795494648183714224 Daryl Van Schouwen @CST_soxvan Sox tell us OF Luis Robert Jr. and LHP Shane Drohan will be active today at AAA Charlotte to continue their rehab assignments. 11:37 AM · May 28, 2024

Looks like a pair of 2nd inning doubles in the ... run counting thing.

Hahn/KW probably thought he was a good guy to control. No pushback, just happy to have a job.

Giolito's 2018 was torturous to experience.

Maybe somebody needs to point out to Pedro that Vaughn, Benny and Maldy regularly give him at-bats that are "fucking flat", and he continues to write them onto the lineup card every day. Maybe he can find a surface in the dugout that is "fucking flat", and have those three ride that.

Dan Vogelbach has been traded for young bullpen arms on more than one occasion. There is a market for Gavin Sheets.

Victor Robles DFA. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/05/nationals-designate-victor-robles-for-assignment.html

https://twitter.com/CST_soxvan/status/1795126496949936366 Daryl Van Schouwen @CST_soxvan Gavin Sheets on how he perceived Pedro Grifol’s meaning of flat Sunday: “I’m not sure. I thought we ran into a pretty good pitcher with pretty good stuff.”

Grifol is a mealy-mouthed dunce with zero cred and no confidence. This is a weird turn, to lose the clubhouse over a rookie throwing Grifol's criticism back in his face. Grifol has no power. He has no card to play. He's already benching Lee way too much for the team's fortunes. I want to see these guys start getting pissed off. That's great that everyone likes each other. Weeks ago, when Trea Turner was tagging from 1st to 2nd on a flyout, up 8, in the middle of a streak where every other game was a no-hit threat for the White Sox - Turner should have been sat on his ass the next at-bat. First pitch. Nicky Lopez is patting guys on the ass who just hit a double off his pitcher. That kind of stunned me. I hate Mike Ditka, but like he used to say, these guys are taking food off your table. They're mocking you. They're putting you out of a job. Get fucking angry.

https://twitter.com/VinnieDuber/status/1794831538317893814

https://twitter.com/JRFegan/status/1794807097399595104

If you don't mind me asking, how do you get the tweet to post here? Once they changed the address to x.com, I haven't been able to make it work.

https://x.com/JamieGatlin17/status/1794752455105708052

Over his career, Kopech walks 5 per 9, and gives up 1.5 HR per nine. He's actually touching 2 HR per 9 these last 2 seasons. I think Kopech is a strong candidate to keep doing what he's been doing his whole career. All front offices are infected with conceit. GMs look at a guy like Kopech, and think they can fix him. "Just move over 3 inches on the rubber." I'd be more than happy to take any package from any such team, so they can enjoy the 2 walk, 2 HR outings we've grown used to. I would try to extend Crochet this off-season, like, buy out the 2 arb years, maybe get 2 years of FA. Maybe hike him up to $6m/$10m. Pay him for the experience he lost. He would hit FA before his 30-year-old season, everybody's happy. If he rebuffs, trade him next TDL. We have an entire core at AA or higher. Our team will be competitive in that time frame. It would be nice to have a proven ace while Schultz and Grant Taylor are starting out their MLB careers.

You're implying that moving on from Maldonado, DeJong, Nicky Lopez, Soroka, and Eloy is "destruction"?

5.23 in the 8th, 1.50 in the 9th. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=kopecmi01&year=2024&t=p

That's probably the best you can hope for out of Maldonado. A 9-pitch strike out. Tire the pitcher, and no double play.

Jim Bowden put out a fluff trade candidates column for The Athletic. Besides breaking no more news than somebody who could just read Twitter, he's crafted this gem: Catchers: A contending team looking for a veteran backup catcher with a winning track record of calling pitches could make a move for Martín Maldonado, 37, though he’s in significant decline and provides zero offense. But a team seeking a mentor for a younger catcher might take a flier on him.

https://x.com/VinnieDuber/status/1794418103973249127

https://x.com/JRFegan/status/1794406802924421504