Dominikk85

Yes, there are rare cases when a delivery change works. Halladay did that too and became great. But it feels most of the time a player does that he gets hurt or performs worse. Verlander also supposedly had a new super healthy pitching motion and he got hurt quickly.

I think that could be the end of it, maybe he gets a shot in Korea or Japan. I think it was a big mistake trying to change the delivery. Maybe his body would have broken down but maybe he could have been a good reliever with that delivery. Really 9 out of 10 times delivery changes don't work because the body was used to that for a decade plus. I would never do delivery changes, either you just let the guy pitch with that (like sale) or you don't draft wacky deliveries in the first place if you don't like them.

Yeah that would be a huge health risk. Even if he threw some pens that can't compare to throwing under game stress. Ramping up to full intensity and start of the season are usually the biggest risk periods.

Especially not as long eloy is in left. Can't have two bad fielders even though robert covers a lot of ground.

Mazara definitely has a lit more range than vaughn. But sure the overall package wouldn't be worse than mazara but then again mazara never has been that bad. Just because mazara is very bad it doesn't mean it's a good idea to stretch vaughn to the OF. Mazara is not really playable either. But the sox seem to be committed to ride it out with mazara otherwise they would have made a deal at the deadline.

I think vaughn is a ballplayer which means his athleticism plays a bit up. Vaughn is a below average athlete even for first base (probably a slower runner than abreu) but he has some instincts so he won't butcher the easy plays. You could see that when he played third in the intrasquad games, he has no range but he would make the plays on balls hit right at him because he was calm and focused unlike yermin who messed up half of the throws. I think pretty much the same would happen in RF. He wouldn't embarrass himself out there and basically catch everything in a 30 ft circle around him but not get to everything else, I.e if it is near the sideline, a blooper or at the fence he won't get to it but he also won't drop balls hit right at him. So I do think you could put him there for 3 or 4 games a season but definitely not full time or even real part time, more like an emergency guy

With vaughn you either need to bring him up now or wait those 15 days in 2021. The worst thing would be to keep him down this year and then bring him up next opening day, that would be a total waste as both means the same for his service time. He already is guaranteed a white sox player until 2026 so either bring him up now or leave him down until he is under contract till 27.

The sox starters have been really good. They struggled in the first week with like an 8 era but since they have been dominant being 5th in the majors with a 3.5 era

I think scouting is mostly dead, they use mostly trackman data, videos and stuff like that now and maybe a bit of scouting. Teams have fired a lot of scouts. Also I think HS and int players will do more training early on and less games. And long term mlb might want to use college ball as a free dev system like football does. That means most draft guys will be college with a few very talented HS exceptions.

I would just keep vaughn down until 2021. Maybe he could help the team but there already is a roster crunch at 1b/dh. No need to start his clock now, let him earn it in the minors next year. I would just start him in AA next year and if he starts hot you call him up after a month. That way you get the extra service year plus super 2 and the crunch should be resolved a little as EE option won't be picked up. Start collins or yermin at DH for that month and then call up Vaughn,trade collins and enjoy him until 2027.

I think that is a good deal for the Padres. Naylor can hit but he is more of a dh stretched to OF and doesn't get to his power because he hits on the ground too much. Quantrill has potential but is 25 and has not performed that well in the minors. From the Indians side quantrill makes sense because they have extremely good pitcher development and could find an extra gear. They should have gotten a legitimate outfielder though and not a guy that likely is a DH soon. The Padres could of course regret trading quantrill, with the right coaching he could become really good. Trading cantillo and Owen was smart though because they are rule 5 eligible after 21 so better trade them now as long they have value (they are unlikely to be mlb ready in 22 with the lost minor league season this year.

Many of those guys put out tons of rumors but only remember when they occasionally get one right. If you predict 100 trades and 10 of them happen you predicted a lot but you got 90% wrong. But many operate that way even some pretty well known journalists.

Coop leaking that mental health thing really hurt the sox here. Teams will leverage that in trade talks to suppress his value. Really dumb by coop unless he is a genius and knows kopech is the next randy johnson and he wants to force the FO to keep him:).

Definitely not both. Hader is worth a 55-60 fv and then say a 45+ as a second piece. Two 55s would be way too much. So a fair price would be say kopech plus sheets or Rutherford, maybe a 40 as a throw in too.

That post is a bit contradictory. The post you quoted said "no more mediocre players" and you agreed with it but at the same time you don't want to part with the key prospects. Either take is very understandable but you can't have both. Either you get just ok filler pieces for the second rate prospects or you get stars in their prime but then you have to give up some top prospect. So you can't have both unless you want the sox to not make any trades at all.

I would not trade vaughn. I think he basically will be the new abreu and post a 120-130 wRC+ every year. Abreu is still good but he gets older too and even if he doesn't there still is a DH spot and I think collins is not the answer there. Keep vaughn and trade away collins, Mercedes and sheets and you get some talent and still have a DH/1b duo in jose and vaughn that is one of the better ones in the AL. Of course hader on the open market is easily worth vaughn but while hader has control left relievers can lose it very fast.

Extremely dumb to steal third by the royals guy. That guy scores probably 70% of the time anyway with 0 out, so it is quite stupid to take like a 25% chance to make an out and lose the runner. Very negative expectancy play.

Their pitching isn't that good but their lineup also isn't that bad, Santana, lindor and mercado have clearly underperformed their projection. Don't get me wrong, they don't have a great lineup and the bottom is very bad but usually their first 4-5 guys should have been ok.

I would like getting lynn or bundy as long none of kopech, madrigal, Vaughn, stiever, crochet and Kelley are traded. You don't want to sacrifice the future but one year or the window has value too and if you give up a 40+ or two that is worth it because many of those will end up getting rule 5ed later anyway.

I think you need to find a solution for collins. He is 25 now and having him as a third catcher/second DH is neither helping his development nor helps the roster a lot. Either you find a spot on the roster where he can get at least like 400 PAs in a full season by for example trading McCann and make him second catcher/second DH or you just trade him now as long he still has any value. The sox made a huge mistake by not giving him a full go in 2018. The just should have given him full ABs and make it sink or swing, either he makes it or he is a bust but you can't let him hit twice a week for 3 straight seasons.

That would still be pretty high. Top40 is a 55 fv prospect which is only half a grade down from his 60 preseason rank at fangraphs. That is about what andrew vaughn (37) or madrigal (41) are ranked at fg (both 55s). Do you think you would get a prospect of that caliber on the market now after the injury and the other concerns ? Would you do that trade? For example to use other guys in the range of vaughn and madrigal would you trade kopech for mitch keller or Brandon marsh? And would you get that? Kopech won't have pitched in 2 years next year (except those few spring innings), I think you still get a lower ranked top100 and a throw in (40 fv) but not sure you would get top40 value at this point.

Definitely unfortunate and you wouldn't make that pick again but burger has raked in college and his bat would have projected at first too. He wasn't vaughn or torkelson but he averaged a 1000+ ops in college which was better than the first basemen white and smith who were drafted ahead of him. I was always sceptical that he could play third but I thought as a first baseman with an outside shot to play third he was an ok pick. He was really a rather low risk pick, nobody can predict an Achilles tear, that is not a very common injury in baseball (maybe like 1 in 50 guys or so get it during their career?)

I like them too and I think it is good that there is a change albeit I'm sad for hawk that he had so many bad years in the end and now they are good again. I think hawk was past his prime but his style of announcing also works better with a fun and winning team.

Why not just sign puig? With 30 games left just offer him a 1 year deal, prorated that can't cost more than like 2 mil at best if not just 1. Puig isn't that great but projections have him at like a 110-115 wrc+ which is a solid number 6 hitter and a big upgrade over mazara and engel. Now he likely is rusty but the playoffs seem to be almost locked up anyway so just let him play simulated games at Schaumburg a couple days and then use the season to ramp him up and you get one hole less in the lineup for the playoffs.

His value is still hurt because possible makeup and mental health issues are looming, there even were rumors he would maybe quit the game. Not having pitched in two years also hurts value. He still has decent trade value but his value at this time certainly is compromised. His value could drop more (if he gets hurt again or doesn't perform) but it also could get a lot higher of he comes back and shows that he is healthy and performing.