yah, spring is where it's at.
That's nothing. Last year our Bears were undefeated in preseason, going 4-0, not even a single tie!!! And of course they ended up in the regular season going.....................uh, never mind.
Nice way of looking at it and makes one ponder......Burger vs Sheets when it all boils down. A year ago the decision is already made: Sheets and it's not even close. But as you point out, we now have possibly added two lefties - one for sure in Benintendi, the other Colas, whose likelihood of making the roster seems to be growing by the day. This reduces the necessity of carrying Sheets, altho one can argue you can never have enough lefty bats on the roster. Still, I can see where Burger can win the battle if his bat remains this hot thru the rest of ST. Good stuff as always Mingo!
actually you can. 1/4 of major leagues pitchers are left-handers. figure it out.
Make that two people who didn't have a clue about the potential draft pick scenario.
Leury is going - going gone. Yes, the Sox will eat the $11 million owed. They would eat the $11 million anyway if they kept him, but the Sox can replace him for league minimum and have the prospect of Leury signed by someone else for league minimum which will come off of what the White Sox. Since Leury is a 10 year guy - his league minimum is higher by league rules and therefore the Sox could conceivably recover some money in the deal as every dollar Leury earns discounts what the Sox owe in their guarantee.Here's the tentative roster when the team breaks camp:
Might be looking like Leury as the odd man out for the pine, with veteran Hanser Alberto being his replacement. He's been tearing it up in ST, as has OF Adam Hasely. I think Hasely tho will be ticketed for AAA ball and should be on a short list for making occasional trips to the parent roster when situations dictate.
The waters might be a bit more muddied in the bullpen. Two key contributors, Liam Hendriks and Garrett Crochet are naturally on IL for the time being. Hopefully either or both will be back on the roster by mid-late summer. In the meantime, others will have to step up and hold down the fort.
That way Clevinger is not the home opener starter and Kopech gets more protection in his pitch and innings count.So as expected, the starting rotation is set and no surprise as to our opening day starter:
Cease
Lynn
Giolito
Clevinger
Kopech
Or if there's any "surprise" it might be Clevinger getting the nod ahead of Kopech. But then again, he has a lot more starts under his belt, so if we label this a surprise, it would rank as one of the mildest ones in the game. I'll say it again, if these five stay relatively healthy thruout the season, it can be one of the stronger rotations in the league, realistically even a top 5. But there's that 'i' word again.
Looks like Mingo hit the nail right on the head!!
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