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Never thought I'd hear the words pitching lab used describing the White Sox. So great to hear they finally are messing with this data.

Sox fans gonna Sox fan I guess. Great deal for a guy who had a Britton-level sinker last year.

I don't believe the Gomez reports. This has to be a plant by Puig's camp to try and get interest out of someone. I think Puig literally has no market right now.

Good to hear that JR is still not fully 100% committed to winning.

I didn't know where else to put this, as there isn't a minor league catch-all yet. Feel free to move this to the other board if need be. Apparently, the Sox signed RHP Christian Friedrich and RHP Connor Sadzeck to minor league deals. Sadzeck is somewhat intriguing as a possible pen option. He was a top 30 prospect for the Rangers back in 2015-16, and throws high 90's. Has issues with walks though. Friedrich seems to be more rotation depth for Charlotte. They also brought in OF Trayvon Robinson and IF L.J. Mazzilli. Robinson has major league experience as well.

I think he is too. I think it’s far more likely the Sox name is being floated out there to try to drum up more interest.

Thanks, I was too lazy to bother looking back for that bit of info.

Is Mota the same idiot that said the Sox signed Ozuna in December?

I went with Adolfo. He has the most upside out of all of them IMO and it would be great to see a power bat threat emerge as depth this season to use as trade bait or act as a possible replacement for Mazara in 2021 should he fail to take the next step this season. I think Basabe has 4th OF all over him right now, he just needs to develop the ability to hit right-handed pitching.

1. Games 2 of the 2005 ALCS. 2. May 20, 2006 - Pierzynski vs. Barrett. 3. August 14, 2008 - Back-2-Back-2-Back-2-Back HR's by Thome, Konerko, Ramirez, and Uribe.

A shame really, both Palka and Delmonico are awesome human beings.

I get what you're saying, but I don't think he's earned it yet. I don't see any harm in letting him start 2020 in Birmingham. He was terrible for most of last season. I know he was hurt, but I'd give him a month to build confidence and promote him after that. You currently have Palka, Delmonico, Brugman, Hernandez, and possibly Booker as your Charlotte OF right now - with probably one guy released entirely before the season starts. That's a whole roster worth of AAAA players that should be forced out when guys prove they are ready for the next step and can actually serve as depth for the MLB team. Totally my opinion, but I just don't see much from Basabe in the stat lines that says otherwise.

Charlotte needs a CF'er. Allows Basabe to repeat at Birmingham until he proves he's ready.

You will be able to start a franchise on release day if you choose. Which is awesome. I wouldn't go so far to say they will never be made again. The need for new, additional players is always going to be there. Regardless, I got you covered for the Sox - I always post guys to the vault individually.

This is my own guess, but I believe this has more to do with an agreement between Sony and the MiLB. So it’s probably a clause in their contracts.

Extension would definitely be nice. Whats crazy is out of out of Moncada, Abreu, Robert, and Eloy, he is the least paid. I wonder if that could be a factor to motivate him to sign an extension knowing full well he is the best player out of that list (at this point).

Posting this case anyone didn’t see this yet. I can confirm that we collaborated with San Diego Studios on the rosters. Definitely watch the live stream tomorrow for full details. If you weren’t planning on getting the game I would seriously consider changing your mind now.

Miller wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. A lefty bat off the bench with pop that can play 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF and RF. I think people forget he hit 30 bombs back in 2016.

This all looks good on paper but there is a very big aspect missing. It seems to me that a lot of people are automatically assuming that Puig has interest to come to Chicago and play for the Sox. Let's just say he was willing to take a $5M MLB deal - why would the Sox be his only offer at that value? I'm sure there are many teams that would be willing to take the same risk/reward with Puig on such a deal, but be able to offer him much more consistent playing time. From a career standpoint, at least in my opinion, Puig would be a fool to take a prove-it type deal to sit on the bench. Especially when he is statistically a reverse splits player and the majority of his playing time would come against LHP. If Puig suddenly decided $5M is the best he can so, other teams can and will offer the same low-cost deal as the Sox to get him and actually allow him to re-build his value back.

Definitely top 10 territory then, at least in my opinion (I consider both Dalquist/Thompson in that range). Sox farm system may not be all that bad come the end of the year after top top graduates with additions of Vera and whomever they get in the draft.

This is great, thanks for this. Man I really love what the Sox have done this offseason. They really seem to be implementing quite a bit of the analytic side of things into the player development system. This is great. Here's hoping it pays off.

I never said it was worse - don't twist my response. If you don't think that proves that he has issues being a professional, then I don't what else to say regarding the matter. You obviously have your mind made up about him. He's a problematic personality with incredibly replacement-level production.

Puig was fired by his own agent back in 2018. Do you know how hard that is? Other notable players fired by their agents: Johnny Manziel (2x) and Antonio Brown.

Not sure where you heard that, but Ridin is still overseeing everything. He doesn’t really post anymore on OS. But I can let you know we’ve been working on the Full Minors roster the same as we always do this time of the year.

That would be me. Typically it gets released a week or two after the game drops.