Greg Hibbard Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 I excluded pitchers from this discussion because they don’t make as many appearances, and I’m not really referring to who has been injured / out of the lineup. Players like Anderson, Jimenez, and Robert are plenty valuable when they play. My question really is - who has been the least valuable player who has appeared in at least 70 team games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScootsMcGoots Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 I like Yaz, but it's definitely him. Team would have been better off keeping Narvaez or McCann (yes I was one of those not thrilled about the Grandal signing). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox59 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Too many to list, thb, but Pollock and Yaz take the cake for me on the offensive side. Just brutal seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Leury by a mile. It's not just the fact that he's barely hitting better than 2021 White Sox pitchers (.458 OPS for 2021 pitchers vs. 505 OPS for 2022 Leury). It's the fact that he's somehow forced his way into the everyday lineup and/or clutch hitting situations this year time and time again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grinder Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Hard pick so many choices, the entire roster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 (edited) Leury becasue LaRussa puts him in positions to fail. He is a nice defensive player but has zero offensive skill. His home run in the playoffs last year is equal to Kerry Wood's in '03 I think it was. He is terrible but gets lucky once or twice a season. Edited August 29, 2022 by Harry Chappas 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralChamps21 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 10 minutes ago, JoeC said: Leury by a mile. It's not just the fact that he's barely hitting better than 2021 White Sox pitchers (.458 OPS for 2021 pitchers vs. 505 OPS for 2022 Leury). It's the fact that he's somehow forced his way into the everyday lineup and/or clutch hitting situations this year time and time again. Leury by a lot. Yaz, when healthy, is at least catching and working a good pitching staff. Leury is so bad on offense it far, far outweighs his minimal defensive value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnin' two Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 I understand your parameters, but this list needs to have Giolito on it. With that said, I'd say Yaz. Yoan has at least played defense. Harrison was only supposed to be a guy, not a difference maker, Leury, well same thing. Engel is a 4th OF, Sheets and Pollock haven't been good, but not nearly as bad as Yaz. He's just been awful. Like the other guys are bad, but Yaz may be the worst player in baseball this year. Especially for a dude making the money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnin' two Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 18 minutes ago, JoeC said: Leury by a mile. It's not just the fact that he's barely hitting better than 2021 White Sox pitchers (.458 OPS for 2021 pitchers vs. 505 OPS for 2022 Leury). It's the fact that he's somehow forced his way into the everyday lineup and/or clutch hitting situations this year time and time again. Leury has been bad enough. Don't put Tony's problems on him. And yes, he hasn't done anything good. But I don't think that anyone expected him to be more than a supersub. And a guy sucking at supersub isn't as impactful as a guy sucking at C'/DH, or 3B, or SP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEANS Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Sorry couldn’t bring myself to vote for just one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hibbard Posted August 29, 2022 Author Share Posted August 29, 2022 12 minutes ago, turnin' two said: I understand your parameters, but this list needs to have Giolito on it. With that said, I'd say Yaz. Yoan has at least played defense. Harrison was only supposed to be a guy, not a difference maker, Leury, well same thing. Engel is a 4th OF, Sheets and Pollock haven't been good, but not nearly as bad as Yaz. He's just been awful. Like the other guys are bad, but Yaz may be the worst player in baseball this year. Especially for a dude making the money. I considered Lucas, but as bad as he's been in the bad starts, it seems like he's only had 7-8 games that were really out of control terrible. To be clear - he's not been good this season but his FIP is wayyyy below his ERA. Would you believe 8 of his 23 starts have been QS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 12 minutes ago, turnin' two said: Leury has been bad enough. Don't put Tony's problems on him. And yes, he hasn't done anything good. But I don't think that anyone expected him to be more than a supersub. And a guy sucking at supersub isn't as impactful as a guy sucking at C'/DH, or 3B, or SP. Disagree. Yes, Tony's got a Leury problem... but that has contributed to Leury's being the least valuable player. Leury's got a -1.0 WAR. That's twice as bad as Yaz (-0.5 WAR) in essentially the same number of PA's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 I'm going off list with "Glass Joe" Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Side Hit Men Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 1. Rick Hahn and 1A. Tony La Russa, these players didn't just show up here out of the blue on their own. Bottom line is Lynn ($18.5M), Grandal ($18.3M), Moncada ($13.8M), Pollock ($11.0M), Graveman ($8.0M), Kelly ($8.0M) and Garcia ($5.5M) have a combined net fWAR of 0.0, and all but Grandal and Moncada were signed/acquired between July 2021 (Lynn) and Opening Day 2022. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bighurt574 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Leury. It’s shocking he continues to get so many ABs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnin' two Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 19 minutes ago, JoeC said: Disagree. Yes, Tony's got a Leury problem... but that has contributed to Leury's being the least valuable player. Leury's got a -1.0 WAR. That's twice as bad as Yaz (-0.5 WAR) in essentially the same number of PA's. But what WAR did you expect from Yaz? What did you expect from Leury? The team wasn't counting on Leury to be valuable (well at least we as fans weren't). But this team needed Yaz to be valuable. And Yaz is -1.2 in bWAR. Yaz makes 13 million more this year than Leury. There has to be a sliding scale in how they are measured. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 I wouldn't even waste time talking about a guy like Leury Garcia or Adam Engel. How can you be in a conversation about value when no one values you to start with? This list has to be between Grandal and Moncada based on them having actual expectations for this season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 -1.2 WAR season for Yaz has to be it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy U Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 31 minutes ago, South Side Hit Men said: 1. Rick Hahn and 1A. Tony La Russa, these players didn't just show up here out of the blue on their own. Bottom line is Lynn ($18.5M), Grandal ($18.3M), Moncada ($13.8M), Pollock ($11.0M), Graveman ($8.0M), Kelly ($8.0M) and Garcia ($5.5M) have a combined net fWAR of 0.0, and all but Grandal and Moncada were signed/acquired between July 2021 (Lynn) and Opening Day 2022. I was aware they wasted a lot of money, but $85 million for 0 WAR? Sox never pay top dollar for FA but for the same dollars they could have had Harper, Machado, AND Wheeler. Giving big bucks to mid-level players and relievers is always stupid. Pay top dollar for impact players and then fill in with a deep farm system and smart waiver wire transactions. This number alone justifies getting rid of the entire front office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 16 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: I wouldn't even waste time talking about a guy like Leury Garcia or Adam Engel. How can you be in a conversation about value when no one values you to start with? This list has to be between Grandal and Moncada based on them having actual expectations for this season. Exactly. It's either Moncada or Grandal and because I could only pick one I went with Grandal. Both guys were expected to produce 3-5 WAR and both have basically been replacement level. That's a lot to overcome. If the stars produced this season -1 WAR from a Leury type wouldn't really have mattered. An argument could be made for Giolito as well but as a pitcher he's just not going to contribute as much as a position player to good or bad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: Exactly. It's either Moncada or Grandal and because I could only pick one I went with Grandal. Both guys were expected to produce 3-5 WAR and both have basically been replacement level. That's a lot to overcome. If the stars produced this season -1 WAR from a Leury type wouldn't really have mattered. An argument could be made for Giolito as well but as a pitcher he's just not going to contribute as much as a position player to good or bad. Giolito and Lynn are more victims of their defense than themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOFHurt35 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Come on, let's get real here (those voting for Leury). Despite dumbass Hahn giving him a 3 year deal, it's for $5.5 million per season. Grandal is making $18.5 million It's not even debatable here. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: Giolito and Lynn are more victims of their defense than themselves. Giolito's avg exit velocity is up almost a MPH and he's walking another guy per 9. xFIP is sorta broken these days given how much batted ball profiles have changed since it was introduced to I'm inclined to pencil him in closer to a 5 ERA than 4 like it suggests. He hasn't had a great year, but he's not the least valuable player. That's either Yoan or Grandal. More I think about it the more I might go with Yoan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREEDY Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Least "valuable"? Some reliever. Relievers aren't valuable. Most disappointing? Yaz & Moncada. Both will end up 4+ WAR below where we'd hoped they'd be. 4 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: Giolito and Lynn are more victims of their defense than themselves. Is there any chance Giolito streams 200 hours of MLB The Show this offseason without blaming his season on the defense? It could get uncomfortable with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 1 minute ago, GREEDY said: Least "valuable"? Some reliever. Relievers aren't valuable. Most disappointing? Yaz & Moncada. Both will end up 4+ WAR below where we'd hoped they'd be. Is there any chance Giolito streams 200 hours of MLB The Show this offseason without blaming his season on the defense? It could get uncomfortable with him. Giolito hasn't said anything about his defense. I think you are confusing fans who watch the games, and the statistics that agree with them, with Lucas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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