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Texas hasn't had a home game. The Cubs had one at the time of your post. The increases in cases are not related to something that happened after the increases occurred.

The point was we can't be blaming things that haven't happened yet for the increases in cases that was already occurring.

You think that Cubs game yesterday is leading to the COVID increases?

If you're Mendick, you should just ask for your release if they bring back Yolmer. Leury can play the infield. Moncada/TA/Madrigal have holds on the 3 spots. Lamb know the back up to Moncada. They already brought in Tim Beckham who while an afterthought to many (his suspension doesn't help), he was a target of the Sox going into the offseason. Adding another utility infield type would just show they don't believe in Mendick in any insignificant way.

IF, and this is a huge if and by no means do I believe it is the case, BUT, IF Vaughn were a decent-below average LF instead of 1B he'd be a top 5 prospect in the game right now. The bar, being Eloy, is very low. This is a low risk move with a nice potential payout.

I am aware. It was 58 plate appearance sample buoyed by a BABIP far above his career norms. He struck out 27.6% of the time and walked 3.3% of the time Over the course of his career he has a .588 OPS against RHP.

He was saying that Vaughn and Engel are equal hitters if you take away the OBP. A lot of players are similar when you take away their best attribute. Paul Konerko in current form today is Billy Hamilton except for the speed. I would never look at things this way.

When you refer to positivity as toxic things get bleak pretty quickly.

I wasn't being snarky but there is no legitimate comparison between Engel and Vaughn. I provided you all the numbers that show Engel really wasn't as effective against righties as it might seem and you just said agree to disagree even though that is what the numbers would show any objective analyst. OPS, OPS+, etc. are all inflated by an unsustainable BABIP in a small sample so they don't negate the luck he had. Additionally, his peripherals are awful further supporting the unsustainability of the SSS BABIP. You're comfortable using his splits over a 60 game sample to support your point (58 PAs), but you won't use the statistics over Engel's greater body of work because they would show he's ineffective against RHP as I said. I don't really need to address that argument because the holes in it are pretty straightforward. If you're not someone who is willing to use stats in your analysis, I am not going to try and change you. I also don't think bmags echoed your point at all. He seemingly responded to the topic at hand and basically said "Engel is preferable to Leury, Vaughn is largely unknown as a defender but seems like the most likely answer to the thread." That doesn't run contrary to my point or support yours and I think most would agree with his post. If pressed on the issue, I think bmags would side with my side of the argument over yours because he is willing to use metrics in his analytical process.

So bet the under then...Vegas is it 89-91. You have them at 84. Seems like a pretty easy win.

Why do you only use those two? Why don't you use an average all of the prognosticators? What about Vegas?

Keith Law said he's not a catcher in the MLB.

Madrigal may be the equal hitter of Abreu except for power.

Yeah Engel had a nice combination of taking a step forward and luck last year. I still like him to continue to improve but there is no evidence he belongs in the lineup against RHP as you basically said in your other post.

Beckham is suspended for the first 31(?) games of the year. Sox like him as the backup to TA if TA goes down. I am not sure on the number of games Beckham is suspended but 31 is the number that comes to mind.

He really wasn't. You can manipulate small sample sizes to make a point. He has less than 60 PA's against RHP last year. Against RHP, He struck out 28% of the time and walked 3% of the time. If his BABIP wasn't .380, he'd be awful. He has a sub 600 OPS against RHP in his career.

But you're unwilling to bet on it?

Even if what you say is true, he has still never hit right-handed pitching. Until he does that, he's a really nice role player / 4th outfielder.

Let's put money / sig bet on the line. I take the over 84. You take the under.

This is a good thought. I wouldn't be surprised if he's gone by May.

This but without "or Williams" It may have been procedurally but once he's on the MLB roster its an MLB deal.

I am not overly opinionated on the back up catcher spot. Didn't say anything about Lucroy being some savior. I think Mercedes is absolutely awful at receiving. I think Collins lacks a lot of athleticism and fluidity back there. I have been arguing for Collins to make the team all spring though - but that's because of his bat. As for the bolded/italicized, you have to be kidding. Ever since he was drafted every major publication's top writers have discounted the possibility of him being a capable MLB catcher. I am not sure what has occured since 2019 (when he last caught consistently in games) that leads you to believe he's all of a sudden not a liability at catcher. I would absolutely love to be wrong, but the people who have confidence in his ability to stay behind the plate all have one thing in common - they work for the White Sox.

Show me someone who will publicly say he's a catcher at the big league level. He may have improved over the offseason or last year at Schaumburg. We don't know that though. He hasn't proved anything behind the plate.

I believe he could reject the assignment.

Good on you for doing the work and reaching an equitable situation for you and your kids.