Chicago White Sox

Man this bullpen will be insane come October...just need to get there first

100% agree. For a team with serious World Series ambitions, we are relying on a lot of young, developing players.

This I agree with. I have zero problem with people saying Vaughn looks bad right now or even question if he was rushed, but if the core dudes are hitting like they should we’d able to survive his struggles.

The problems in the past are very different from his problems right now. He’s made changes and his whiff rate on fastballs is much improved. He may ultimately be a bust offensively, but the desire of otherwise good posters here to be the first one to write off a young player is infuriating.

People overreacting to 51 at-bats from our #8 hitter and our backup catcher. Never change Soxtalk.

Young players take time

Did that seem like a lazy effort from Robert on the throw in?

Need to get out of this without a run given up

That's unfortunate

2020 Cease back in full form!

Oh boy

Can’t keep stranding guys and expect to win

Remember last week when Caulfield asked if someone would even take on his contract?

Vaughn is going to do something crazy here

Jose!! Heat the fuck up bro!!

Spanky!!

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Let’s fucking move up the tankathon standings!

A lot of good points here, but I also think a lot of people struggle with the concept of a maturity curve for young players (see Robert, Vaughn, etc). Yes, some guys come up and light the world on fire, but most young players take time before they hit their stride. The reality is outside of an elite ability to make contact, we don’t know what Nick will look like as a finished player. He almost certainly will never hit for 15 to 20 HRs like some speculated at time of draft, but the defense, base-running, and basic gap power remain TBD. I think he eventually improves in all three areas, but how much will determine whether he’s a second division starter or a non-flashy but plenty valuable ~3 win player. It’s totally fair to be disappointed with him so far and in particular for passing on guys like Kelenic to select him, but it’s way too early to draw too hard of conclusions on the bulk of his game.

Terrible April guy

Exactly...I’ll be much more concerned if the ship hasn’t been righted by mid May.

They should probably just retire

Eloy might have actually died on that Vaughn play

What happened?

Cy Civale just working the offense today.