Rule 5 Protection tomorrow

[CaliSoxFanViaSWside]

18 minutes ago, TaylorStSox said:

Montgomery was a 22nd overall pick out of HS who climbed to a top 20 prospect on pretty much every ranking, struggled in AAA while being among the youngest players in the league, and the Sox screwed him up? Explain.

People get antsy when top prospects development declines no matter how you choose to rationalize it. It might be top notch rationalization too but despite the warnings that development isn't linear, panic sets in when when a downward line appears.

Edited 3 hours ago by CaliSoxFanViaSWside

[Tnetennba]

2 hours ago, Quin said:

Ron McSubmarineSandwich

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[WhiteSox2023]

2 hours ago, TaylorStSox said:

Montgomery was a 22nd overall pick out of HS who climbed to a top 20 prospect on pretty much every ranking, struggled in AAA while being among the youngest players in the league, and the Sox screwed him up? Explain.

If he can get back to his 2022 - 2023 numbers this year, that would be great.

Any idea what happened with his strikeouts last year?  They were way higher than his norm.  I just read that he got much more aggressive in the strike zone.

[Timmy U]

I feel like between, Anderson, Scholtens, Varland, Wilson, Chuckie Robinson, Amaya, Sheets, Shewmake, and Corey Julks the Sox have plenty of flexibility before you even consider the possible non-tenders of De Los Santos, Sheets, and Vaughn. They can add anyone to this roster that they think is an upgrade all winter long.

[southsider2k5]

2 hours ago, TaylorStSox said:

Montgomery was a 22nd overall pick out of HS who climbed to a top 20 prospect on pretty much every ranking, struggled in AAA while being among the youngest players in the league, and the Sox screwed him up? Explain.

You didn't see him regress last year?

[Bob Sacamano]

11 minutes ago, Timmy U said:

I feel like between, Anderson, Scholtens, Varland, Wilson, Chuckie Robinson, Amaya, Sheets, Shewmake, and Corey Julks the Sox have plenty of flexibility before you even consider the possible non-tenders of De Los Santos, Sheets, and Vaughn. They can add anyone to this roster that they think is an upgrade all winter long.

Julks is immediately expendable with the Slater add.

Edited 1 hour ago by Bob Sacamano

[WhiteSox2023]

41 minutes ago, Timmy U said:

I feel like between, Anderson, Scholtens, Varland, Wilson, Chuckie Robinson, Amaya, Sheets, Shewmake, and Corey Julks the Sox have plenty of flexibility before you even consider the possible non-tenders of De Los Santos, Sheets, and Vaughn. They can add anyone to this roster that they think is an upgrade all winter long.

Definitely.  It’s a bunch of awful players and then a trio of very bad players taking up roster spots.

[TaylorStSox]

32 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

You didn't see him regress last year?

I see him ahead of where he should be given his draft position and history - Indiana HS player -  while being in the Sox organization the entire time. I'm curious how the Sox ruined him while having him pretty far ahead of where the vast, vast majority of 22nd picks ever end up being.