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Not ever thrilled by ownership but It's time to get behind the players and just root for good outcomes. I saw a video of Crochet on his insta after with him looking like he was throwing hard already . There was no caption but it was posted a few days ago. No idea if he's actually throwing like that right now. https://www.instagram.com/p/CoftMXWSHWr/

Keith Costas is good.

MLB Networks Annual Top 100 Players Right Now has started . SO far we have 100-61 . Eloy 87, Robert 86, Anderson 72. Outside of Cease that might be it .

By the looks of it if we are going to beat the projected 74 wins it'll either be 76 or 78 wins ! Also if the Sox finish under the 74 wins it's going to be between 62-68 wins ! Good news all the way around .

I suppose what Hahn is doing is cleaning out the useless back end of the 40 and trying to upgrade it with some pitchers and hitters with options left who will be available if needed. Not a bad idea if they are more MLB capable even if it is a very slight upgrade only in theory.. Lots of LH hitters among them . Shaw, Haseley ,Mondou, Reyes SH, and the relief pitchers Alexy, Mike Morin, German, Nate Fisher and Kenyan Middleton. C Sebastian Rivero. Then the guys who have a better chance of making the opening day roster Marisnick, Hamilton, Erick Gonzalez, Nick Avila and Alberto, veterans who may not stick around in the minors if they aren't used.

It could be and I've expressed the same thought on more than one occasion .But do you recall what he did after he came back from that right hip flexor tear surgery ? He hit the best of his career and his fielding and running while not on par with 2020 weren't as bad as last year. That leads me to believe it's not so much the hip flexor ,though that certainly plays a role since he has lost a step and is no longer among the fastest players in the league, but the dizzy spells he had which led to a few games where he looked lost in the OF that probably dragged his numbers down. Just a cursory look at OAA say 2021 his OAA was 6 in 171 attempts, 5 in 2021 in 180 attempts and 3 in 2022 in 234 attempts. This could be partially sample size related but it does show that even with more attempts in 2022 he was not as good as in 2021. Plus he did play 1 handed in the OF also when his hitting took a dive. He probably was more tentative on defense with the wrist injury also.

I scanned the list for Sox players and besides Moncada the only ones I saw on the list before 150 were ex Sox. Pollock in LF, Andrus at SS and Cueto was only the 2nd pitcher listed close to 140th. Robert being at the bottom is just indicative of just a terrible all around season for him. He needs to be healthier and become what we all thought he could be which was the best player on the Sox on both sides of the ball.

They couldn't even escape the off season without 2 major calamities . Part snake bitten part same old Sox.

I actually made one before it was announced by the Sox. His agent made a post about the signing a couple of days ago. And I got it from a CHGO podcast on youtube.

Moncada pretty high on the list behind only Arenado at 3rd.

Colas is who I am looking forward to watching most. Yes he has flaws but very quick bat who has an idea of how to hit against LH and RH pitching. Probably would have put up Robert type numbers in AAA without the stolen bases. Last year really couldn't have gone any better for him considering how rusty and he must've been. He got better as the season went on. MLB pitching will be a challenge but I have no doubts that he will be a quality player offensively and defensively soon.

Sox signed Chris Shaw to a minor league contract. Basically a 29 yr old who's played Indy ball the last couple years. LH 1st base, LF and RF guy. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=shaw--000chr

Accountabilty ?! Accountability !?! Come Anyway !!

You have to factor in Liam but not Clevinger since you can't lose what you never had.

Plus they lost a hot hitter for 43 games in Elvis Andrus. I saw the Sox winning percentage with Andrus in the line up was .528 and that's with him being in the lineup every day of the 8 games losing streak from Sept 20- Sept. 28. Only in 3 of those games did he have a hit. He may have contributed more than even Anderson at his best would've in that time span that they had him, both offensively and defensively. He basically gave the Sox close to 2 fWar in only 43 games. From Aug 19th when they got him to the end of the season, he arguably was the Sox position player MVP.

It's just Jerry sticking to his budget. He'll probably wait to see if Clevinger is suspended to free up any money. By then it'll be too late unless he gets a heads up from the league that a suspension is likely coming. The team being in a position to succeed is, has been, and will continue to be, secondary.

01/30/23 Chicago White Sox signed free agent 2B Nate Mondou to a minor league contract. Almost 28, LH, 2B, 3B, LF .299, .388, .388, .776 Career in minors.

Mon Dieu ! LH 2nd, 3rd, LF. Almost 28 , .299, .388, .388, .776 Career MiLB. So LH with a good eye.

he couldn't pitch till May 9th

Colson Montgomery moved up from their last list from 57 to 38. Oscar Colas moved up from 95 to 85. https://www.mlb.com/prospects/2022/top100/ Guardians have 7 in the Top 100, Twins 3 , Tigers 3 , Royals 1 The guy I find most intriguing is Andrew Painter 19 years old ,wasn't in Top 100 last years list that came out in March then went to 24 in the August list and is now 8th and the Phillies are talking about opening the season with him in the rotation. Also Tim Anderson is #9 in MLB Networks Top 10 SS. He fell out of the top 10 in fan voting.

I'm counting 24 hitters and 19 pitchers - 3 position players that pitched which would be 40 but some probably already had been promoted to get to the 36 you said. That's a lot of guys and then you add another 20+ . I would assume some who may be on their 3rd or 4th DSL season will be let go but when you're talking 16 years old and up on those teams I would think you have to give them time to learn and physically grow . SOme will also be promoted too but it just sounds like too many for 1 team.

With the chances of the Sox IFA signings perhaps reaching as much as 20+ this period eventually, do you think there's a chance the Sox actually add a 2nd DSL team ? I don't know how many players are allowed on the rosters of DSL teams but if its capped at around 25 wouldn't that mean a good amount of DSL players get promoted to A ball to make room for the new ones. Isn't it pretty normal for most DSL players to spend more than 1 year in the DSL ?

I think it's 18. BA had Hernandez and Ysalla on their list which made it nine and Hernandez and Ysalla are on this list also so it would be 9 from BA + the 11 announced here - the 2 who appear on both lists Hernandez and Ysalla. Or you can go by the Sox announcements which listed 7 earlier signings + the 11 here.

Nice ! Baseball America hasn't updated their page on those signing yet. If I am correct I believe the total is now 18 players signed by the Sox so far and some Cubans still left .

It wouldn't be a bold prediction if I limited him to just being better than Sheets.