caulfield12 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Meidroth gunned down on the basepaths trying to go second to third on a FC... Still not seeing what he does besides walks and a few singles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 On 3/19/2025 at 9:56 PM, caulfield12 said: Meidroth gunned down on the basepaths trying to go second to third on a FC... Still not seeing what he does besides walks and a few singles. Expand I'd prefer he start in AAA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleAleSox Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 On 3/19/2025 at 9:37 PM, Heads22 said: I wouldn't be shocked to see Clevinger be the closer. Also, after starting 0-5, this team is 8-10-1 in spring; 6-6-1 in the last 13. Starting to get my hopes up they won't set a new loss record this year with these random bouts of competence, even in the spring Expand They aren’t setting another loss record. I’m not worried about that at all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 On 3/19/2025 at 9:56 PM, caulfield12 said: Meidroth gunned down on the basepaths trying to go second to third on a FC... Still not seeing what he does besides walks and a few singles. Expand Over 1100 PA in the minors .425 OBP. Over 550 PA in AAA last year, about 4.4 years younger than average there, .437 OBP. Might want to give the kid a few minutes to acclimate to MLB. .337 would be a decent OBP on the Sox. Today he only got on base 2 of 3 times.Single and a walk RBI. Picked a strange game to say you can't see what he does. Solid if unspectacular fielder. Solid body says 5'10" 190. Wouldn't be surprised if he's shorter than that though. Can play 2nd ,SS and 3rd .Pretty useful guy. Wasn't Hank Aaron about the same size ? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Eisert gives up a 3 run bomb .Sox behind now 5-4 heading into their last ABs in the top of the 9th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 With 2 outs Cal Mitchell tripled. Colas walked but Hackenberg grounded out on a 2-0 pitch .Game over Sox lose 5 - 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 On 3/19/2025 at 10:21 PM, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: Over 1100 PA in the minors .425 OBP. Over 550 PA in AAA last year, about 4.4 years younger than average there, .437 OBP. Might want to give the kid a few minutes to acclimate to MLB. .337 would be a decent OBP on the Sox. Today he only got on base 2 of 3 times.Single and a walk RBI. Picked a strange game to say you can't see what he does. Solid if unspectacular fielder. Solid body says 5'10" 190. Wouldn't be surprised if he's shorter than that though. Can play 2nd ,SS and 3rd .Pretty useful guy. Wasn't Hank Aaron about the same size ? Expand Hank Aaron and Meidroth in the same sentence? He's much closer to 5'9" even 5'8"... like a mirror of Fletcher. At any rate, anyone contributing to this Sox offense in April is going to be pulling off a minor miracle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46DidIt Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 .337 OBP would more than decent these days. League obp was .312 last year, compared to .337 twenty years ago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 On 3/19/2025 at 10:21 PM, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: Over 1100 PA in the minors .425 OBP. Over 550 PA in AAA last year, about 4.4 years younger than average there, .437 OBP. Might want to give the kid a few minutes to acclimate to MLB. .337 would be a decent OBP on the Sox. Today he only got on base 2 of 3 times.Single and a walk RBI. Picked a strange game to say you can't see what he does. Solid if unspectacular fielder. Solid body says 5'10" 190. Wouldn't be surprised if he's shorter than that though. Can play 2nd ,SS and 3rd .Pretty useful guy. Wasn't Hank Aaron about the same size ? Expand Madrigal had a .386 OBP in the minors. Not saying Meidroth is like Madrigal in any way, but the small guy slap attack definitely works in the minors but fails miserably in the majors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 (edited) On 3/20/2025 at 1:06 AM, WhiteSox2023 said: Madrigal had a .386 OBP in the minors. Not saying Meidroth is like Madrigal in any way, but the small guy slap attack definitely works in the minors but fails miserably in the majors. Expand You know damn well Meidroth has more power than little Nicky. From college to the minors. Give him alittle more credit than that. Edited March 20 by SoxAce 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 On 3/20/2025 at 1:06 AM, WhiteSox2023 said: Madrigal had a .386 OBP in the minors. Not saying Meidroth is like Madrigal in any way, but the small guy slap attack definitely works in the minors but fails miserably in the majors. Expand These Madrigal comps are fucking lazy. Nick’s one full minor league season was built around an insane 3.0% K rate and a good not great 8.3% BB rate. Chase’s BB rate was an insane 18.8% last year with a good not great K rate of 12.7%. I get neither hits for a ton of power, but Meidroth isn’t a tiny little b**** who is looking to slap the ball every single at-bat like Madrigal. Only at Soxtalk are we so butt hurt over selecting a no power 2B prospect with the 4th overall pick that any prospect who doesn’t hit for a ton of power is suddenly somehow a Madrigal clone. 4 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 (edited) On 3/20/2025 at 2:48 AM, Chicago White Sox said: These Madrigal comps are fucking lazy. Nick’s one full minor league season was built around an insane 3.0% K rate and a good not great 8.3% BB rate. Chase’s BB rate was an insane 18.8% last year with a good not great K rate of 12.7%. I get neither hits for a ton of power, but Meidroth isn’t a tiny little b**** who is looking to slap the ball every single at-bat like Madrigal. Only at Soxtalk are we so butt hurt over selecting a no power 2B prospect with the 4th overall pick that any prospect who doesn’t hit for a ton of power is suddenly somehow a Madrigal clone. Expand He has been closer to Madrigal this spring, unfortunately. Nevertheless, Chase will have plenty of time this year to sink or swim at the major league level. Let's see how he adapts to life outside the Red Sox position player production line...just like Vargas seemingly went into temporary shock, psychologically. Maybe he's just now finally emerging from that haze which descended upon him after departing the Dodgers. Edited March 20 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac9001 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 There's something unique about Chase. He had an absurd 30% swing rate (lowest in bigs is Soto at 37%) and a microscopic 3.2% swinging strike rate. The dude doesn't swing the bat and when he does he pretty much always makes contact. The only reason he strikes out is because of the absurd amount of pitches he takes. His EV and hard hit rates were pretty comparable to Benintendi's. He'll probably be fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 On 3/20/2025 at 3:18 AM, caulfield12 said: He has been closer to Madrigal this spring, unfortunately. Nevertheless, Chase will have plenty of time this year to sink or swim at the major league level. Let's see how he adapts to life outside the Red Sox position player production line...just like Vargas seemingly went into temporary shock, psychologically. Maybe he's just now finally emerging from that haze which descended upon him after departing the Dodgers. Expand It's been reported that Vargas just wore down as the season went on. That's where the whole "20 lbs heavier" thing comes from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 On 3/20/2025 at 4:14 AM, WestEddy said: It's been reported that Vargas just wore down as the season went on. That's where the whole "20 lbs heavier" thing comes from. Expand I will say this — if you looked at Vargas last season, he looked more like a CF than a 3B. Dude was a stick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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