Bob Sacamano Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 21 hours ago, Greg Hibbard said: I kind of think Benintendi still has some upside, looking at his advanced stats. BABIP seems low and hard hit seems about 90% of what it was. I don't think he'll be a .270 hitter, but a .250 hitter with 20 homers/20 doubles a year would be fine. He's only done this one time and it was exactly 20, back when he was 22 years old, his first full year in the league in 2017. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R U Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 1 hour ago, Bob Sacamano said: He's only done this one time and it was exactly 20, back when he was 22 years old, his first full year in the league in 2017. Seriously, he has 23 HR's total in the last 3 seasons combined. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 The wrist, the wrist. “Pull ze strings Eddie, pull ze strings!!!” Bela Lugosi/Landau to Depp/Ed Wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Left Field at Fenway was perfect for him, both offensively and defensively. It's not surprising that his best years were there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 (edited) 7 minutes ago, oldsox said: Left Field at Fenway was perfect for him, both offensively and defensively. It's not surprising that his best years were there. I thought about them as a bad contract swap but the only comparable deal is Yoshida so it's not exactly a match: trading one overpaid left-handed hitter for another. Edited August 15 by Bob Sacamano Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tray Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Every third base coach in the league loves Benintendi. He can't throw runners out from shallow left field. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 37 minutes ago, tray said: Every third base coach in the league loves Benintendi. He can't throw runners out from shallow left field. He makes their jobs much easier every time he lobs a lollipop to the cutoff man. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 18 hours ago, tray said: Every third base coach in the league loves Benintendi. He can't throw runners out from shallow left field. I'm sure that's why neither KC nor NY were interested in keeping him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Mite Posted August 17 Author Share Posted August 17 On 8/16/2024 at 7:52 AM, oldsox said: I'm sure that's why neither KC nor NY were interested in keeping him. That’s the difference between good organizations and organizations like the White Sox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy U Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 (edited) On 8/16/2024 at 6:52 AM, oldsox said: I'm sure that's why neither KC nor NY were interested in keeping him. But NY were interested in keeping Benintendi. They just didn’t want to give him 5 years. https://clutchpoints.com/white-sox-andrew-benintendi-opens-up-on-ditching-the-yankees-in-free-agency Edited August 17 by Timmy U Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 I guess I stand corrected. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falstaff Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Introducing MLB's 2024 All-Overpaid Team | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report Benny made the list also they snuck Sassi in there, I forgot about him. Plenty of current White Sox and ex Sox. I don't have any optimism that Getz can figure it out and build a team, but any glimmer of hope will peak my interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 1 hour ago, Falstaff said: Introducing MLB's 2024 All-Overpaid Team | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report Benny made the list also they snuck Sassi in there, I forgot about him. Plenty of current White Sox and ex Sox. I don't have any optimism that Getz can figure it out and build a team, but any glimmer of hope will peak my interest. I will say this much, there was a definite camp of people pissed off when we let James McCann walk away, but holy crap did we play that to perfection. We got him to .276/.335/.474/.808 114 OPS+ His career averages .241/.293/.377/.670 82 OPS+ Since he left .222/.278/.338/.616/ 73 OPS+ The only two times he had an OPS+ over average in his 11 year career? With the Sox. Same with Jose Abreu's and Lucas Giolito's career move after the Sox. That Rick Hahn is a genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falstaff Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 On 8/19/2024 at 9:26 AM, southsider2k5 said: I will say this much, there was a definite camp of people pissed off when we let James McCann walk away, but holy crap did we play that to perfection. We got him to .276/.335/.474/.808 114 OPS+ His career averages .241/.293/.377/.670 82 OPS+ Since he left .222/.278/.338/.616/ 73 OPS+ The only two times he had an OPS+ over average in his 11 year career? With the Sox. Same with Jose Abreu's and Lucas Giolito's career move after the Sox. That Rick Hahn is a genius. You nailed it on McCann. I was in the camp of keeping him, boy was I wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox59 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 On 8/19/2024 at 7:52 AM, Falstaff said: Introducing MLB's 2024 All-Overpaid Team | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report Benny made the list also they snuck Sassi in there, I forgot about him. Plenty of current White Sox and ex Sox. I don't have any optimism that Getz can figure it out and build a team, but any glimmer of hope will peak my interest. The Sox paid Stassi the MLB min of $740k, btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 (edited) 6 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said: The Sox paid Stassi the MLB min of $740k, btw. Which the author acknowledged in the article below, but also which makes Stassi a stupid inclusion. Getz wasted far more money on bums that actually played and were negative value. Stassi missing the season was no huge loss, other than it leading to more playing time for the horrible burnt toast Martin Maldonado. Quote The Braves did agree to pay the majority of his salary in sending him to Chicago for a player to be named later. But he missed all of last season and will miss all of this season because of a hip injury. Edited August 20 by WhiteSox2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 On 8/19/2024 at 7:52 AM, Falstaff said: Introducing MLB's 2024 All-Overpaid Team | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report Benny made the list also they snuck Sassi in there, I forgot about him. Plenty of current White Sox and ex Sox. I don't have any optimism that Getz can figure it out and build a team, but any glimmer of hope will peak my interest. Actually, plenty of ex Chicago players in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinky Stanky Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 On 8/12/2024 at 7:13 AM, Falstaff said: I think Benny is going to get packaged with Crochet in a trade this offseason, Getz will get jack in return. Ruins the chances of getting anything for Crochet. Better to keep him, now that he's back to mediocre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 9 minutes ago, Stinky Stanky said: Ruins the chances of getting anything for Crochet. Better to keep him, now that he's back to mediocre. Mediocre would at least be useful. The problem is he has been the worst LF in baseball when O and D are both factored in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrathofhahn Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 On 8/20/2024 at 2:35 PM, ChiSox59 said: The Sox paid Stassi the MLB min of $740k, btw. Yeah it was a buy low option that didn't work out. I liked the trade. Stassi numbers have varied wildy but when healthy he is usually pretty good. It was worth a flyer. Had we backfilled the move with another buy low bounceback candidate it would have been much better. But we signed Maldonado that was the real problem. You sign as many of those guys as possible and hope one of them has a bounce back year or is decent enough he brings back something at the deadline. You don't sign one guy then when he doesn't bounce back pretend there was some sort of problem with the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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