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Anderson is the least of the Sox concerns. Could be be better and improve? Hell ya. But he's not a utility player. If Anderson is what he is, the Sox will do just fine with him at SS and batting 9th for the rest of his contract. Obviously it'd be great to see him develop a bit more in all aspects, but if he doesn't, he's still a very useful player on a winning team.

Yah, I know. I misspoke. Besides Rodon, who has been pretty good to this point. Guys like Burger and Fulmer and Collins were not top 3-5 picks and its harder to find elite talent there.

Why do they still run Tomshaw out there? Dude must be terrible.

The Sox haven't had a top 3 pick (Bryant - 2 and Correa - 1), so its a little tougher to find stars in the 8-12 range. Rodon was the highest pick, and I'd say he's turned out pretty well and the only thing holding him back to this point has been injuries. Madrigal and our pick next summer will be a better test.

I really do like Yolmer, and he's a great guy to have around that can play a ton of positions and fill in full time for a few weeks if a guy goes on the DL. But I will be fairly disapointed if the Sox plan on Yolmer being the everyday 3B or 2B in 2019 or 2020.

The White Sox cause you so much angst. Try having a positive outlook - you'll probably enjoy what should be a hobby quite a bit more.

Moncada, Anderson, Lopez, and Giolito are really the only guys on the 25 man that are critical to the future of the organization. Don't necessarily need any of them to be stars.

the guy responding to him has been just as bad recently, IMO.

They *may* be interested in Avi. But you sure as shit aren't getting Welker for 1 year of avi.

Me thinks Rockies would be more interested in our OF prospects than 1 year of Avi if the return Welker.

Exactly. The Sox have a ton of depth in the OF. I like Rutherford, and I don't want to get rid of him. But if we can turn him into a legit 3B prospect, I don't see why you wouldn't do it.

Didn't fit his narrative.

Lol, I didn't say that at all. I said 7 of the top 15 Sox prospects are OF, AND the Sox have a ton of fringe OF guys. I would be comfortable trading Rutherford for a similarly regarded prospect at a position of need (3B), because I feel between Eloy, Robert, Basabe, Adolfo, Gonzalez, Walker and a potential FA add, our future outfield will be fine without Rutherford. Depending on the return, Rutherford may be better use to the organization by flipping him for a guy like Hayes, India, Mountcastle or Welker.

I am a big Moncada fan and I do think he'll be fine eventually. But only a small portion of that post was cherry picked. The following is not, and its still really bad. What concerns me is that it has just gone ridiculously south on him. Moncada is 9/74 with 33 K since the ASB. That is absolutely putrid. It isn't just 18 games. In May he hit .197 In June he hit .205 July was .231 .107 through a week in August. His April props up his entire season, in which he hit .273. Since May 1 he's below Mendoza. Roughly half of a season. Also, He hit .188 in July and August last year. Evidence is mounting he's either nowhere near ready or completely overmatched at the MLB level. His wRC+ is down to 89 for the season.

Machado will be playing 3rd with his next team. I guarantee it.

Yikes. Gotta admit that is pretty damn ugly when reading through it.

I was being generous.

Have you watched him back there? He's visibly bad. Terrible at blocking pitches in the dirt (tries to backhand everything), literally frequently just misses bad pitches that are in the air, he's a bad framer (he frequently catches balls right down the pipe with so much arm movement they're called balls) and he's below average in caught stealing %.

The Sox are 6th in MLB in catcher fWAR this season.

7 of the Sox top 15 prospects are OF. They also have several fringe OF in the bigs and AAA (Engel, Delmonico, Tilson, Cordell, Palka). I see absolutely no reason why trading from an area of organizational strength (OF prospect depth) for an area of weakness is a bad idea. You can hate it all you want, along with all the other things you hate. Hahn specifically mentioned these types of deals less than a week ago. It merits discussion.

The Yankees and Cubs are the only two teams that have a long term catcher. Not sure how you can define that as "most" with any qualifier.

That's right, forgot they get the 2 week period.

How many teams in the the league would be able to tell you who their 2020 catcher is going to be with any confidence? The position is generally terrible league wide. The Sox are fairly well positioned with options there with Narvaez, Collins, Zavala and Smith.

True, but I would think a Rutherford for India swap may be a little easier to pull off. These trades don't happen often, and the Hahn even noted as such in the Garfien podcast, but the Sox do have a glut of OF and it makes a ton of sense to try to flip one for a 3B. Easier said than done though, no doubt.

80 games and was busted May 24th. So he should be off his suspension and able to go on a rehab assignment late August. Minor league season ends in August, so they may have to send him to a team going to the playoffs. Or just throw him on the September big league roster and give him minimal at bats. Doubt its of much concern to the Sox.