caulfield12 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) guy throwing for AZ comes in at 98 99 99...99.7 Juan Murillo was in Dodgers' org previously last pitch 100 Lipcius up was in Tigers and Dodgers organization 2019 draftee Jacob Gonzalez vs. heater walked more than he struck out three consecutive years at Ole Miss Hampson catches what sounded like broken bat flare 8-7 to bottom of ninth Edited March 15 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSox Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 On 3/15/2025 at 10:39 PM, caulfield12 said: Tristan Gray drives one into gap after a deep foul ball...tie game .385 1.126 making bid for SS job if his field could hold up there. Expand Tristan Gray has hit a lot of homers in the minors, including 2 30-homer seasons. It's a longshot, but we sure could use 30 homers...or even 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 One out grounder to J.Gonzalez Schoenle still in 3-0 to Hampson walks to set up for top prospect 3B Jordan Lawlar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) On 3/15/2025 at 11:05 PM, GreenSox said: Tristan Gray has hit a lot of homers in the minors, including 2 30-homer seasons. It's a longshot, but we sure could use 30 homers...or even 10. Expand They simply have to decide if Sox need more offense in Gray or defense in Amaya. As a fan of runs scored in general...prefer offense lol. Schoenle gets Lawlar with foul tip changeup. Mancini last out. And he prompt blasts a walk off two run homer over Tatum to CF. Sox lose 9-8 after courageous comeback. Edited March 15 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Sox 7-14 now 9-20 last spring Venable might want to rethink having no identified closer. Not that he was managing this one they just lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 On 3/15/2025 at 8:12 PM, fathom said: Meidroth has done nothing to deserve making the opening day roster Expand Nothing left to prove in AAA. His success in that league is much more important than anything that has happened this spring. I'm hoping he's the opening day shortstop. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 (edited) On 3/16/2025 at 12:09 AM, Y2Jimmy0 said: Nothing left to prove in AAA. His success in that league is much more important than anything that has happened this spring. I'm hoping he's the opening day shortstop. Expand Then you're going to bench Sosa? If he's Dustin Pedroia Lite as some claim...why throw away an extra year of control when we're deliberately sandbagging the season for 2026 draft positioning? For one month of mostly cold weather baseball? And if spring training play was completely meaningless, Drury wouldn't be making the team. Neither would Jankowski based on last season, but Venable trusts him as a glue player. It's kind of silly to stick Sosa at DH when they still need to decide if he can play any infield position competently...just like Vargas at 3B and 1B. Edited March 16 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 (edited) On 3/16/2025 at 12:09 AM, Y2Jimmy0 said: Nothing left to prove in AAA. His success in that league is much more important than anything that has happened this spring. I'm hoping he's the opening day shortstop. Expand Yup on a team going nowhere fast is especially when should be throwing out spring and going by who has performed as a minor league player and find out ASAP if they are AAAA or legit MLB players backups or otherwise. Lets see what we got in the guy. Edited March 16 by chitownsportsfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 (edited) His arm is closer to Madrigal than Royce Clayton....which is hardly a compliment. Meidroth has only played 199 minor league games (as of last year in late June). He is not a finished product, and it will be years before he is. But, his development and early success are encouraging signs for a Red Sox organization in the early stages of building their next young core at the major league level. https://www.milb.com/worcester/news/chase-meidroth-ascension-through-the-minor-leagues&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwj6l5rWrI2MAxU_LkQIHTCcFxIQFnoECAYQAg&usg=AOvVaw1KKXibDueCqgCuWAvZtNqS "Meidroth comes with just one tool that grades as average or better. He has fringy speed and arm strength, and he's not adventurous on the bases or especially in the range. He may open the season as Chicago's shortstop despite below-average range there, and he fits best at second base because his arm is stretched at third base." 2025 Scouting grades: Hit: 60 | Power: 35 | Run: 45 | Arm: 45 | Field: 45 | Overall: 45 Edited March 16 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 On 3/16/2025 at 12:58 AM, chitownsportsfan said: Yup on a team going nowhere fast is especially when should be throwing out spring and going by who has performed as a minor league player and find out ASAP if they are AAAA or legit MLB players backups or otherwise. Lets see what we got in the guy. Expand There is something to be said for having the rookies go through their growing pains this year and be ready to produce next year. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 On 3/16/2025 at 12:09 AM, Y2Jimmy0 said: Nothing left to prove in AAA. His success in that league is much more important than anything that has happened this spring. I'm hoping he's the opening day shortstop. Expand So fucking true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 (edited) On 3/16/2025 at 4:11 AM, Chicago White Sox said: So fucking true Expand It’s like a month at most, isn’t it? I’d hold him down to gain that extra year of control. Edited March 16 by WhiteSox2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 On 3/16/2025 at 4:14 AM, WhiteSox2023 said: It’s like a month at most, isn’t it? I’d hold him down to gain that extra year of control. Expand I don’t disagree with you…but spring training untimely is pretty meaningless. If you believe in Meidrtoh, it’s because of a full season of AAA at-bats and not a couple spring training ones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerksticks Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 On 3/16/2025 at 4:14 AM, WhiteSox2023 said: It’s like a month at most, isn’t it? I’d hold him down to gain that extra year of control. Expand Man I just don’t want us to do that stuff to players anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 (edited) Sure...when someone has clearly won the job, that's fine. If he was swinging the bat well but lining into outs all over the place that would be one thing. Why take a slumping hitter into the cold weather to win MAYBE one extra game in April? Will it sell one more ticket? Probably just a handful. There will be more rainouts anyway compared to Charlotte. Meidroth Baldwin Ramos Elko Fletcher Colas and DeLoach can play everyday with Narvaez/Teel/Quero...however they want to divide up playing time. Maybe Omar is traded or DFAed to clear the runway. Edited March 16 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 On 3/16/2025 at 5:02 AM, Jerksticks said: Man I just don’t want us to do that stuff to players anymore. Expand Until we don’t have a scumbag cheap owner, it’s the right play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tray Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 On 3/16/2025 at 6:07 AM, WhiteSox2023 said: Until we don’t have a scumbag cheap owner, it’s the right play. Expand A cheap scumbag huh? OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 On 3/16/2025 at 5:02 AM, Jerksticks said: Man I just don’t want us to do that stuff to players anymore. Expand Historically, Sox haven’t really done that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 On 3/16/2025 at 4:14 AM, WhiteSox2023 said: It’s like a month at most, isn’t it? I’d hold him down to gain that extra year of control. Expand I’m normally against the manipulation, but why not here? A month of cold weather games. Even the Sox road trips are to cold places. IMO, spring training stats are useless, but the team is not trying to win so why not hold it against him? It’s also true he has nothing more to prove in AAA, but so what? If he somehow develops into a really good player, no matter who owns the team at the time will be happy with the extra year of control. Call him up in a month and let him play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 On 3/16/2025 at 12:22 AM, caulfield12 said: Then you're going to bench Sosa? If he's Dustin Pedroia Lite as some claim...why throw away an extra year of control when we're deliberately sandbagging the season for 2026 draft positioning? For one month of mostly cold weather baseball? And if spring training play was completely meaningless, Drury wouldn't be making the team. Neither would Jankowski based on last season, but Venable trusts him as a glue player. It's kind of silly to stick Sosa at DH when they still need to decide if he can play any infield position competently...just like Vargas at 3B and 1B. Expand I don’t think it affects Sosa at all. He won’t be playing shortstop. Try and come up with 13 players without Meidroth. It’s not easy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fielder Jones Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 It's Meidroth. Once Garfien devotes a podcast episode entirely to you, that means you either are about to get a full time job here, or you are about to be acquired somewhere else because we were used as leverage (Hamels) and it's not gonna be the latter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 On 3/16/2025 at 2:47 PM, Fielder Jones said: It's Meidroth. Once Garfien devotes a podcast episode entirely to you, that means you either are about to get a full time job here, or you are about to be acquired somewhere else because we were used as leverage (Hamels) and it's not gonna be the latter Expand So what is your alignment? If it was simply Meidroth 2B, Rojas 3B and Sosa at SS...at least you would have solid/decent defense at 2/4 infield positions...and Vargas is eventually if not already better than Vaughn too. So just DH Vaughn. It's like they cleared SS for Montgomery and now don't have a clue how to close the gap without everyone playing their weaker positions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fielder Jones Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 i love Sosa's style of offense (launch angle) but he is barely 2b. the writeups we saw about his defense have not held up over the years 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 On 3/16/2025 at 3:23 PM, caulfield12 said: So what is your alignment? If it was simply Meidroth 2B, Rojas 3B and Sosa at SS...at least you would have solid/decent defense at 2/4 infield positions...and Vargas is eventually if not already better than Vaughn too. So just DH Vaughn. It's like they cleared SS for Montgomery and now don't have a clue how to close the gap without everyone playing their weaker positions. Expand I'd proffer that most of the teams in the league are playing some form of musical chairs, not playing guys "in their strongest positions" in order to get bats in the lineup, extend careers, or strike a balance of lesser evils. Monty started 3 games at SS this spring. It seems like the team has a couple of options they're deciding between in Amaya (glove-first) or Meidroth (OBP). You don't have to start a Gold Glove winner at each position. You can start a slightly above average glove at SS and still be ahead of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 On 3/16/2025 at 3:44 PM, WestEddy said: I'd proffer that most of the teams in the league are playing some form of musical chairs, not playing guys "in their strongest positions" in order to get bats in the lineup, extend careers, or strike a balance of lesser evils. Monty started 3 games at SS this spring. It seems like the team has a couple of options they're deciding between in Amaya (glove-first) or Meidroth (OBP). You don't have to start a Gold Glove winner at each position. You can start a slightly above average glove at SS and still be ahead of the game. Expand Meidroth will not be slightly above big league SS average without an arm and range. There's already dribblers getting between him and Drury. This will just end up putting more pressure on a pitching staff not designed to be as strong individually as Crochet or even Fedde last season. The bullpen MIGHT be better? That's the best that one can assert at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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