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It's Dorn in LF.

From the 2nd.

That's some range!

FAST

That is a DEEP CF.

Burger is "likeable" because the current team is awful. If we had a good team and had Jake Burger starting, everyone would be looking to replace him.

Or the guy is 60 innings past TJS.

They were never getting a top guy for a mediocre DH. It was either take a flaw with some ceiling or take a lesser guy with no ceiling.

Nah see he's got all of these invisible innings that no one saw, he's fine.

And that's what happens when the ump is only calling 2/3s of the plate.

Laz Diaz is hitting the zone about as often as Sox hitters.

I am pretty sure that White Sox fans are smart enough to figure out public transit, and if they aren't, how to use one of the million apps for finding a parking place in an urban setting. Honestly, holding the idea that Sox fans aren't smart enough to use a freaking train is pretty insulting to the fan base.

That is actually really interesting.

There is a better level of talent, and I think even the organic talent is progressing, but it isn't deep at all. From top to bottom, I don't know that any franchise in baseball has less talent or potential than the Chicago White Sox.

He's never gotten an extended period at the majors either.

This is what my red flag is. The things that seem to be learnable, aren't be learned here. Like I said, get some things are beyond teaching, but some things are teachable, and we don't seem to be getting better at them. We seem to be the dumbest baseball IQ team on a year in and year out basis.

Here's the thing. Lenyn Sosa to some extent IS a success story. The Sox spent $350k on him to sign him out of Venezuela. Look any player that you sign at 16 years old, who gets through your farm system to the major leagues is a success. The thing is, for a kid that is fully a product of the White Sox from literally Day 1, you hope to see a much better grasp of the basics. Look I get the majors are hard, not everyone has the skills to hit at that level, and maybe Sosa figures it out. Maybe he is a 4A guy. That we can still figure out over time. What bothers me is his baseball IQ seems to be minimal. After almost 8 years in our system, there are things you CAN control and fix and that is understanding the game. I hate seeing guy come through the system who have no idea what they are doing. I get them maybe not being able to hit a 98 mph fastball, because that is a physical thing that not many can do. But I do expect them to understand how to think the game and make the right mental choices in a play.