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Oh I'm definitely not arguing the Sox are better positioned. The Sox are in hell. Like, quite possibly only the A's are in a worse spot at the moment. But the Padres are in a very not-good state. They've spent insane amounts of cash and Tatis thinks the baseball gods are punishing them. And Trout and Ohtani are on the Angels, not the Padres. I would also prefer watching two of the most talented baseball players of all time instead of the White Sox. I would also be just as livid at Arte Moreno as Jerry Reinsdorf for squandering them.

The Rick Hahn philosophy: But I didn't check the publication date, cause this was from two months ago. I'm sure at FriarTalk there are definitely some people arguing with the talented group at Petco Park currently. Again, they have one more win than the current White Sox.

My thought process: "Harold what are you doing, there are no Monday games..." Sees DSL and ACL Hell yeah! Sees Jimmy's note on Colson! HELL YEAH

They learned what last year's White Sox did. Don't post stupid memes early in the season.

Preller's gonna have to trade it all to save his job, because despite spending fat stacks of cash + three superstars + several other All-Star caliber players, they only have one more win than the White Sox. Baseball is wild.

Au contraire, I think it takes a lot of talent to overcome the White Sox developmental staff.

He currently has more of a pulse than the AL Central.

Man, I get it, but f*** Badoo.

There's something amusing about MLB TV using Hanser Alberto as "White Sox second baseman" in a promo.

Kopech looks real good right now.

How Dalquist got his groove back.

Was kind of heartened to see TA and Haase were checking on the ump immediately.

Umpire RBI???

LIAAAAAAM

We're eating good tonight.

Sir, it's called innovation.

April 2nd works.

May 13th recent enough?

I mean it unironically couldn't hurt.

Also, let's look at this: 1) What pushed Abreu over Ramirez for MVP was the RBI stat. They were 1 (Ramirez) and 2 (Abreu) in fWAR that season, but Abreu had 60 RBIs in 60 games for a playoff team vs. 45 for a non-playoff team. 2) Despite Caulfield repeating it ad nauseum, no analytics guys are ragging on it? It'd be one thing if it was 2016 Jedd Gyorko with 30 HRs and 59 RBIs (.757 OPS with RISP that season, WRC+ of 101). Well the dreaded advanced stats tell us that Andrew Vaughn with RISP basically becomes a monster - 1.374 OPS, 259 WRC+

Bro I very much like the RBI stat.

Was honestly hoping Seby would get him to 100 pitches just for the lols

Romy's burning.

Vaughn with RISP literally hits different.

Rest in Peace Duke Ellis.