They don’t have much to sell.
Really, if they can get something for Andrew Benintendi or Michael Taylor they should sell. Neither player will help them in 2027 or 2028 when they start getting good.
Arguably, one of the “best” players on the Sox’s roster has been center fielder Luis Robert Jr.; he was an All-Star and a Silver Slugger just two years ago, and was widely believed to be on the trade block during last year’s collapse.
But, they didn’t move him (I suspect that the Sox didn’t get an offer they liked), and his value has dropped since then. He hit only .224 in '24, and only .185 so far this season. He’s only 27, but man, he got bad, fast.
Ah! I thought exactly the same thing after I posted that. LOL
Yeah the Robert things is weird.
They owe him 15 million this year, $20 million in 2026 and 2027. He is presently untradeable without eating some of that so they may as well try to figure out how to fix him.
I wouldn’t take Benetendi for a bucket of balls. He used to be a high BA low OPS guy. Now he’s a low BA low OPS guy.
2026 and 2027 are club options with a $2 million buy out. Still, I’m not sure why any club would want him unless they have a fourth outfielder/late inning defensive replacement need and money to burn.
It went well. Misiorowski allowed no hits over 5 innings, then got pulled in the 6th due to “cramping”.
That leaves the ranks of MLB pitchers who threw a no-hitter in their debut at one - the legendary Bumpus Jones in 1892. Jones’ Cincinnati Reds got on the board when Charles Comiskey doubled home a run, eventually winning 7-1 (Pittsburgh scored when Jones fielded a weak grounder and threw the ball into right field). Among the hitters Jones shut down that day was Connie Mack.*
Unfortunately that was one of only two wins Jones recorded in the major leagues before departing the Giants after the 1893 season. He wound up his career in the minors, at one point being the co-ace of the staff for Columbus with Rube Waddell.
Jones’ last start in 1901 came when he pitched for the St. Paul Apostles and lost.
More on his remarkable career here.
*his no-hitter came on the last day of the 1892 season, which also was the last time the pitching mound was 50 feet from home plate (it went to 60 feet, 6 inches the following year).
Indeed so. His debut was as advertised: 0 hits and 5 strikeouts in 5+ innings, a pitch clocked at 102.2 mph, and (consistent with questions about his control) 4 walks.
JC Escarra has started 17 games this season and caught four 1-0 shutouts for the Yanks. Obviously the number of runs scored by Yankees isn’t relevant, but it’s still an oddity. When it comes to framing, Escarra is definitely ‘stealing’ strikes.
When the Brewers brought up Jacob Misiorowski earlier this week, and added him to the rotation, they sent starter Aaron Civale to the bullpen (for the first time in his career). Civale wasn’t happy about that: he said that he wanted to continue starting, and requested a trade.
They granted his request today: they shipped Civale, and cash, to the White Sox, for first baseman Andrew Vaughn. Civale presumably moves immediately into the Sox’s starting rotation; I’d guess that Vaughn (who’s having a lousy season so far) backs up Rhys Hoskins at first base and Christian Yelich at DH.
Civale, who’s currently 1-2 with a 4.91 ERA and at age 30 has a 40-37 lifetime record:
“Whatever’s next, I’m not exactly sure what’s going on,” Civale said. “This is typically early in the season for a trade to go down, but I know what I can do. I think a lot of people know what I can do.”
The Brewers had a pretty good idea at this point.
Civale will be hard-pressed to keep getting the same dynamic results as a starter for the White Sox.
Indeed. He’s a serviceable pitcher, capable of being a bit over replacement level, but he’s not likely to ever be a staff’s ace or stopper.
But, between bringing the rookie Misiorowski up to the majors, and Brandon Woodruff hopefully returning to the rotation in the upcoming weeks, after missing all of last year with a shoulder injury, the Brewers clearly knew that Civale wasn’t in their long-term plans for the rotation. And, given that his contract is up at the end of the year, it probably made sense to deal him, even if they didn’t get much more than a ham sandwich in return.
It looks like current Cincinnati Reds pitcher Wade Miley has been accused of being the man who supplied the drugs that killed Tyler Skaggs in 2019. Skaggs, just to refresh memories, was a pitcher for the Angels who died of an accidental overdose.
Skaggs’ agent said in a deposition that Skaggs told him that Miley had given Skaggs some pills which contained Oxycodone.
Hard to believe, but just four years ago, the White Sox were a 93-win team, and AL Central champions. With the trade of Andrew Vaughn to the Brewers, that leaves Luis Robert Jr. as the only remaining member of that playoff team to still be with the Sox.
Yanks got stiffed by replay tonight. A LeMahieu hit down the line drew chalk and was called foul- replay showed that part of the ball was clearly over the line- thus a fair ball. Replay let the call stand. Worst replay call ever.