Guest: Dan Szymborski, Fangraphs
The Rundown:
- Our best friend of the podcast, Dan Szymborski, joins the show to share his thoughts about the 2018 White Sox season. How players like Giolito and Moncada are not providing enough clarity with their play, why it might be best for the White Sox to stand pat this off-season, and how the Sox may have already lost the Chris Sale trade.
- We recap the Orioles series where we see Reynaldo Lopez continue his quality pitching in his last five starts. Daniel Palka keeps smashing home runs, but is he evolving as a hitter? Is 2018 finally the year that Avisail Garcia hits 20 homers in a season?
- Finally, we tackle your questions in P.O. Sox:
I imagine that Nick Madrigal will be the Sox 2nd baseball in early 2020 so wouldn’t spring training be a good time to move Moncada to 3rd and Sanchez could play 2nd until Madrigal arrives or Yoan could attempt to learn centerfield.
Do you think G-Rate could ever allow for/encourage a rowdy fan section similar to those seen in soccer stadiums? Songs, chants, drums, etc.? I believe Miami has designated a section for similar purposes. The 108 guys seem to do a good job bringing the party attitude to the games, even in lost seasons. Think Sox fans would ever be able to take a step further and inject more life into a stadium that has long been criticized for lack of fans/character? Would it even be a good idea or rather an off-putting distraction like the wave?
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What do the September absences of Fulmer and Jordan Stephens say about their roles in the ‘19 team and beyond?
The Sox continue to look like little leaguers with their defensive play on many occasions, like Sunday's game against Baltimore. Ricky Renteria is supposedly a manager great at player development, but I'm not seeing much of a trend line upward in that respect. What gives, and what needs to change?
As far as position players go who currently on the 40 man is least likely to be on the 40 man for opening day 2019?
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