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Probably shouldn't sell, because there is slim chance that Hahn will get Hostetler to dispatch his scouts to adequately evaluate the minor league systems of teams that would be interested in Sox players. He'd be trading off of prospect ranking lists.

No, no, and no. Sox need to modernize. JR can give Kenny some no-show job.

Leury Garcia: Pinch Hitter!

Narvaez was a major league caliber catcher, on the improve, with multiple years remaining on his contract. He was traded for a 2 year closer. Colome was good, but they didn't need good then. That was another short-sighted move. Hahn's great moves were Eaton #2, Quintana, Eaton #1 (my personal favorite, the nature of which I wish he would repeat). His contract extensions were good and the Sale trade was fine. A couple of the FAs were good. But that's about it. And the list of bad moves is lengthy. He even signed 1 guy and traded for another who just quit baseball before their contracts were up. Friends of Machado. Napping during in July during the rebuilding years. On it goes.

The Sox have 5 viable starters, so starter insurance doesn't seem like the most efficient use of resources. These guys are decent pitchers: high K rates (loved by Hahn analytics) but also high walk rates, which will fit right in. Shouldn't make a move anyway until after the all star break.

sorry - wrong thread.

Tony in the FO would be much worse than low bars of Tony in the dugout or Hahn in the FO.

Rick Hahn hired one of those Stanford guys as his top assistant: Haber. Of course, like Hahn, he doesn't know analytics.

Houston.

Abreu may be able to hit for another 5 years. That said, it's probably time to move on. Corner infield isn't in short supply in this org. Re FAs, the problem is that they sign FAs for ancillary spots, like utility infielder and relief pitching. These are spots that successful org. fill mostly internally; and for sure they WhiteSox could fill their utility positions internally. They would have some trouble filling a pen internally, which is unfortunate considering the draft capital the FO spends on relief pitching. And the other problem with FA, is that the White Sox signed few objectively good players in their prime. Grandal's done okay; Dunn failed. Keuchel was ?able when signed (and clearly past his peak), and he did have 1 good season for the Sox. But there haven't been many. When you sign 2nd and 3rd tier talent, that's what you will get.

McGuire can't hit. Zavala plays the position fine and can hit a bit. Well he has so far, and he was having a monster year in Charlotte. And with 2 utility level hitters inserted into the lineup most nights, they can't giveaway a 3rd spot in the lineup on a regular basis. Either of these catchers will be claimed when cut.

Release McGuire. Easy call. He's terrible. And in retrospect, trading Collins (who may be able to hit) for McGuire was silly.

Someone asked on what whether Montgomery would be in his midseason top 100: "in a word, no." What I glean from the (very positive) write-up is that he just hasn't proven enough yet against quality competition. Said Colas had "trouble with the curve" which is I guess not surprising.

Man double V has got to do better than that. We're going to need him with this 8-game week coming up. Great series. Now come the money series'.

The Sox have the front-line starting pitching to compete with the Astros and Yankees. Otherwise, hope for a 2nd half reversal for the slumping good hitters, hope that the manager stops jamming the lineup with utility players, and hope that the FO doesn't buy-high on first-half flukes at the deadline. Mostly hope.

Yep. And Law has the Sox mocked to another funky delivery likely reliever guy.

I hope that applies to taking likely relievers in the first-round too.

The White Sox org. loves their hitters hacking at the plate.

Abreu and Giolito could/should bring back some close-to-the majors talent. And they could move some players in July, which should be a seller's market, for lower minors guys. And then move some low-minors guys in the offseason, when the market is more balanced. And they could trade some of these relievers; now it's pointless if they settle for Rule 5 guys like Hahn did for Soria, Swarzak et al. Now this would take a deft hand, and active engagement in the July trade market, little of which this FO has shown before.

Heck Sheets has been much better since his 2-week trip to Charlotte.

Another corner infielder? I realize he'd be c. 4 years away, but still. The Gonzaga pitcher is intriguing, but looking at some youtube, it seems that he's got a slight hitch at the bottom of his windy delivery.

That is not punting 2023 at all. Contending teams make proactive trades like this. Trade Giolito now and you get 2 good players in return.

It won't, but it should start in midseason. And while Giolito has an extra year, part of a creative retool is to think a few moves ahead. And that extra year raises his value a lot. And waiting until December reduces his value a lot. Boston, San Franciso, Milwaukee and maybe Tampa could use Abreu Pretty much any contender could use Giolito. Perhaps something for a reliever. Pollock et al for just salary relief.

Sommer has a great K rate, pretty low H/9 both in college and in the minors; he just walks way too many. But he's really interesting, especially for what was essentially a late round pick (r 10, but a puntee). Ramos takes his walks.; not super, but 10%. I hope it's indicative of good patience and strike zone understanding, and not just wild pitching coming his way. There seem to be a lot more interesting players to follow this year than last year.

The farm was universally ranked #30. One first round draft pick may be a top 100 prospect soon enough (and others are looking good), but that's routine in other organizations. This team doesn't need to rebuild - it needs to retool. Trading some guys in July could help in the retool - although that would require a lot of work from the FO, which they haven't been willing to do in most July trading periods. Rule 5 guys in return simply won't cut it. Giolito has value, but it's severely depressed. Too bad as he'd be the one to trade as the org. pretty obviously doesn't want to extend him.