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He really wasn’t that great this year so I could see teams souring on him, but…

Posted by OB25

on July 7, 2026, 12:34:00, in reply to "I don’t believe for a second that Roch is third on their board*"

but I do always laugh at the idea of draft boards and best player available. Commentators act like those things are done with the purest of intentions, teams just manipulate them based on who they actually want and/or can actually get.

When something is happening, young people like to say it’s “lit.”

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Whitesox 2026 Thread - illini81887 May 14, 2026, 21:14:51

went to the game yesterday. while i'm not a fan of domes, it saved the day yesterday - Ari Gold Yesterday, 18:27:05
Sox get one-time C prospect Joey Bart. Needed a body after the Teel injury* - UofIL6 Yesterday, 15:54:43
- For Duncan Davitt* - AintHatin Yesterday, 16:00:26
- Without knowing the return that seems fine. A clear upgrade on what they have right now - UIHuskie Yesterday, 16:00:10
- For recently DFA'd Duncan Davitt* - UofIL6 Yesterday, 15:59:25
  - he got the welcome to the majors treatment yesterday.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 17:49:26
White Sox adding Rockies CF Brenton Doyle* - AintHatin Yesterday, 12:06:05
- For RHP Mason Adams and SS Carlos Vielma - AintHatin Yesterday, 12:16:04
  - Meh. Adams is a nice prospect but not someone to wring hands over - bjl63 Yesterday, 15:35:45
    - I’m sure the GMs have to say it but part of the Luis Castillo trade has an element of - RD Yesterday, 17:55:26
- afraid of montgomery and / or peters hitting a wall?* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 12:11:00
White Sox acquiring Huascar Brazoban for Gabe Davis and Zach Franklin* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 00:47:06
- I was gonna say this feels light for Brazoban (even as a reliever) with 3+ years of control - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 00:52:08
  - Gabe Davis seemed like an interesting arm, but fine price to pay for a few years of control* - UofIL6 Yesterday, 07:39:08
$15 - timmer August 2, 2026, 15:52:35
That was a really nice series win. - AintHatin August 2, 2026, 15:34:51
- 1st series loss at home for the rays since the beginning of june.* - Ari Gold August 2, 2026, 16:23:23
  - Yeah; it's alright. We're.... doing fine. - osklister Yesterday, 12:56:41
Amazing teams still think Kimbrel can still pitch. Was pretty obvious he was washed 3-4 yrs ago* - bjl63 August 2, 2026, 14:18:45
- Tampa Bay DFA'd Kimbrel* - Poldark August 2, 2026, 16:53:50
Dodgers trading for Skubal - bjl63 August 1, 2026, 22:40:19
Per Passan, WSox get Luis Castillo for SerAnthony, Nolan Jones, and catching prospect Boston Smith - UofIL6 August 1, 2026, 20:57:16
- Fedde moving to the pen; Schultz stays in the rotation* - AintHatin August 2, 2026, 14:30:24
  - Fedde has been pitching pretty well and not sure how he fits in relief - bjl63 August 2, 2026, 14:31:51
    - This. While Schultz had a nice start last game, he’s getting up there in innings - UofIL6 August 2, 2026, 14:59:16
      - agreed. i don’t think he’ll make it to the finish line as a starter this year.* - Ari Gold August 2, 2026, 17:22:17
- At first glance, seems good. I’d love them to offload Hagen Smith this weekend too* - bjl63 August 1, 2026, 22:39:01
- Boston Smith has been really good on all 3 levels he's been at this year* - illini222 August 1, 2026, 21:26:30
- Banny’ll fix ‘em - AintHatin August 1, 2026, 21:19:12
- Kyle Davidson approved* - timmer August 1, 2026, 21:09:51
- Seems like a lot of people tweeting about this are in the same boat as me… - OB25 August 1, 2026, 21:08:52
  - He’s been terrible for a while. Bad contract exchange* - CanHartlebHireSnider August 1, 2026, 21:09:52
- boo. his ERA is 5.06 and his contract is through 2027* - Poldark August 1, 2026, 21:08:17
- Cash also involved. Wonder if Sox are sending money to Seattle. Explains return* - DanSaint August 1, 2026, 21:06:41
  - disregard. Sox taking on all money. - DanSaint August 1, 2026, 21:12:46
Roch...1st minor league HR* - UofIL6 August 1, 2026, 15:57:35
I have 2 old-man baseball questions: - Sammich August 1, 2026, 11:29:54
- Every team has some kind of gesture. The Dodgers in particular do, as well* - bjl63 August 1, 2026, 16:04:21
- The average life of a MLB game baseball is less than 3 pitches - CanHartlebHireSnider August 1, 2026, 12:15:44
Winner against the 1 AL seed Rays* - timmer July 31, 2026, 20:39:45
- who were 40-16 at home and had their ace on the mound. don’t stop now boys!* - Ari Gold July 31, 2026, 21:00:31
- 3 games up on the Guardians for division lead* - UofIL6 July 31, 2026, 20:51:38
Sean Burke mowing down the yankees. 10K through 5* - JacobRDaugherty July 30, 2026, 14:46:09
- take series split. beat Tampa Bay* - Poldark July 30, 2026, 16:27:45
  - I hate about everything about the Rays, so I agree!* - bjl63 July 30, 2026, 16:30:25
    - You're right about Montgomery. * - Poldark July 30, 2026, 16:31:27
- The walk-off BB!* - UofIL6 July 30, 2026, 16:27:40
  - Five O'Clock Lightning!!! (Well, it was a walk at about 4:30... ) - osklister July 30, 2026, 17:12:01
- I like Colson but he's the last guy I want up in a clutch situation - bjl63 July 30, 2026, 16:26:41
  - he's got the longest swing I've seen since Joe Borchard* - Sammich July 30, 2026, 16:51:24
- Another OT thriller developing* - timmer July 30, 2026, 16:17:53
- 45 strikeouts and four walks this month - AintHatin July 30, 2026, 15:32:32
- I've seen a lot of Yankee fans downtown over the past few days. They travel well.* - Warrin'_Illini July 30, 2026, 15:22:23
- Offense ain’t supporting him* - timmer July 30, 2026, 14:54:26
  - Entire season has been a bonus, and here I am hoping for a split with the Yankees. * - osklister July 30, 2026, 15:19:58
They probably don't have any other option but Noah Schultz is so clearly overmatched - UIHuskie July 21, 2026, 20:30:15
Ankle sprain for Teel. 10-day DL. Quero recalled* - AintHatin July 21, 2026, 13:00:34
- Seems like best case scenario after seeing him get carried off* - UofIL6 July 21, 2026, 13:01:27
  - Yeah, he couldn't put any weight on it. - AintHatin July 21, 2026, 13:05:01
    - i'd be surprised if it isn't significantly longer than that. remember when some were upset - Ari Gold July 21, 2026, 14:23:33
      - He said he has a high ankle sprain - AintHatin July 21, 2026, 16:29:55
That didn't look good for Teel, they probably need a catcher now* - UIHuskie July 20, 2026, 19:57:05
- The White Sox need to start managing offseason workout plans - OrangeSox July 20, 2026, 20:15:55
  - Tonight was just bad luck.* - bjl63 July 20, 2026, 20:57:53
- achilles?* - Ari Gold July 20, 2026, 19:58:37
one batter in . . . - apusikam July 20, 2026, 19:12:42
- Plesac should be the heir apparent but my guess is - bjl63 July 20, 2026, 20:51:06
  - I'm counting on big things from the new ownership. :-/ - osklister July 21, 2026, 9:45:16
- Methinks the issue is more Shiffrin than his partner, but YMMV. - osklister July 20, 2026, 19:42:15
  - yes - apusikam July 20, 2026, 22:18:59
ESPN has a good article on the White Sox decision and the team actually comes out looking good - JacobRDaugherty July 15, 2026, 23:09:29
Kiley still thinks it's Roch - CanHartlebHireSnider July 10, 2026, 10:38:11
- I agree with your Rodon comp - AintHatin July 10, 2026, 13:23:29
- Also BP posted yesterday and they still have Roch #1 on their big board - CanHartlebHireSnider July 10, 2026, 10:47:34
Keith Law says Sox are leaning towards drafting Emerson and Roch is 3rd on their board now* - OB25 July 6, 2026, 12:57:04
- I don’t believe for a second that Roch is third on their board* - bjl63 July 7, 2026, 10:59:17
  - He really wasn’t that great this year so I could see teams souring on him, but… - OB25 July 7, 2026, 12:34:00
- Seems like it’s been trending towards Emerson since May. - CanHartlebHireSnider July 6, 2026, 13:02:17
  - Just no Lackey. Too much risk with Catchers. Prefer Roch, but Emerson is fine* - UofIL6 July 6, 2026, 13:06:18
    - Just a feeling, but I think Rock UCLA is giving off vibes to the scouts saying "no" to the Sox. JMHO - osklister July 7, 2026, 10:03:39
      - I don't believe that at all. Buster Posey propaganda* - bjl63 July 7, 2026, 14:17:31
        
        To restart this with another variable: Rock & the infielder have the same agent: catcher does not. - osklister July 9, 2026, 18:23:09
      - He can give off whatever vibes he wants. He has no leverage. If the Sox want him, he'll be the pick* - AintHatin July 7, 2026, 13:11:02
    - nm* - osklister July 7, 2026, 10:01:54
Helluva bounceback after the way that series started. - AintHatin July 5, 2026, 18:24:16
- Great bounceback. And, will get Mune back soon, plus potential help from some young arms - UofIL6 July 5, 2026, 18:50:18
  - Since Murakami went down, Sox have gone 18-15. - osklister July 7, 2026, 12:03:42
If the playoffs started today, the Sox would have a first round bye. - illini July 1, 2026, 8:45:04
Gonzalez has been great for the last week or so - AintHatin June 30, 2026, 20:58:48
Also, leading the MLB in 3rd inning run differential (+99)+ - timmer June 30, 2026, 20:39:53
Another series win - timmer June 30, 2026, 20:26:14
- ^^^ definition of a fair weather fan ^^^* - Ari Gold June 30, 2026, 20:37:01
  - I do see some dates in Boston and cheap airfares….* - timmer June 30, 2026, 20:39:16
Sox working on that run differential again tonight - AintHatin June 30, 2026, 18:38:32
10 straight home series wins* - Poldark June 27, 2026, 18:36:29
I’m liking the 1983 graphics during the White Sox broadcast today - IlliniOllie June 27, 2026, 17:00:32
ooo - timmer June 26, 2026, 21:25:12
Working on the run differential tonight. Save some for the rest of the series, boys* - UofIL6 June 26, 2026, 21:12:23
Can = cracked - AintHatin June 26, 2026, 19:46:37
Walk-off winner after some really bad bullpen woes* - UofIL6 June 22, 2026, 21:46:47
- Bullpen is so leaky* - MtHoodIllini June 22, 2026, 21:55:46
  - either wild or throwing bp. no bueno.* - Ari Gold June 23, 2026, 5:23:10
    - Dominguez can’t close anymore. Problem is….. - bjl63 June 23, 2026, 7:28:07
      - Agree, but the post-game flashed up some interesting statistics. Dominguez - UofIL6 June 23, 2026, 7:30:41
        
        Seranthony is pretty much a bargain-basement closer; Jerry loves that kind of signing. - osklister June 23, 2026, 9:03:07
        
        The Sonny Gray/Chapman potential deal is interesting. Not sure what you'd have to give up for that - UofIL6 June 23, 2026, 9:47:14
        
        Is Chapman also on an expiring deal? If so, probably won’t cost that much* - bjl63 June 26, 2026, 22:09:38
        
        No, mutual option for 2027* - Poldark July 7, 2026, 10:05:33
Teel back, Quero optioned. - AintHatin June 22, 2026, 11:11:03
- Yeah, Quero needs consistent ABs to get back to last year's productivity* - UofIL6 June 22, 2026, 11:25:55
5-3 vs Braves, Dodgers and Yankees. Good stretch. - AintHatin June 18, 2026, 20:51:56
- ended a 9 game losing streak at yankee stadium to boot.* - Ari Gold June 19, 2026, 7:22:04
  - Man, after getting blasted in the first two games I woulda been okay with a normal sized loss. - osklister June 19, 2026, 9:07:37
first series win against the dodgers since 2014!* - Ari Gold June 14, 2026, 15:47:56
- Hi nephew! These are the days! - Poldark June 14, 2026, 16:06:16
  - they’ve also won 8 home series in a row and 20 of the last 24. don’t stop now boys!* - Ari Gold June 15, 2026, 7:09:35
    - The sound of drums, beating in my heart; the thunder of guns.... - osklister June 15, 2026, 8:11:36
Jose Ramirez out for a month at least with a broken hamate - bjl63 June 13, 2026, 20:45:01
- without a doubt. bring me more pitching please.* - Ari Gold June 13, 2026, 22:21:19
Let the 8 run 9th commence* - timmer June 13, 2026, 17:48:49
Mookie flubs an easy grounder. Perfecto over but no hits yet* - bjl63 June 13, 2026, 17:38:37
- That chain screwed him up* - timmer June 13, 2026, 17:39:37
  - That had to be an awkward return to the dugout* - timmer June 13, 2026, 17:40:43
Yamamoto perfect through 6* - bjl63 June 13, 2026, 17:02:29
- Perfect through 7* - bjl63 June 13, 2026, 17:20:37
- More like Yamanono, amirite?* - timmer June 13, 2026, 17:20:08
Burke throwing meatballs today* - AintHatin June 13, 2026, 15:21:10
Introducing your 1st place White Sox* - UofIL6 June 10, 2026, 21:19:48
- Kickin' azz and taking names against the team with the best record in MLB. :-) - osklister June 11, 2026, 9:01:09
  - Let's schedule the victory parade for July-take advantage of the good weather. - osklister June 13, 2026, 8:52:40
    - Parade route: from Schaller's to McCuddy's (watch the underpass). - osklister June 15, 2026, 8:16:16
First place! How about that* - bjl63 June 10, 2026, 21:19:46
- How about that !! - osklister June 11, 2026, 8:53:38
The Sox will end up with a better record than the Cubs. - TarheelIllini June 10, 2026, 9:44:44
- I don't think they will. - AintHatin June 10, 2026, 10:54:02
  - This* - UofIL6 June 10, 2026, 10:57:27
13-6 in one run games. 17th comeback of the year.* - Ari Gold June 10, 2026, 6:12:46
- Oh, datz it !! We're goins all da way. START DA PARADE!!! - osklister June 10, 2026, 9:41:32
OMG* - AintHatin June 9, 2026, 21:50:40
- just a small town girl…* - Ari Gold June 9, 2026, 21:51:24
Braden Fvcking Montgomery* - UofIL6 June 9, 2026, 21:50:12
- just the 5th player in mlb history (2nd in last 50 years) to do that and i can’t imagine - Ari Gold June 10, 2026, 6:09:21
STOP FUCKING BUNTING* - bjl63 June 9, 2026, 20:39:48
- trying to impress costas.* - Ari Gold June 9, 2026, 20:40:09
it appears costas isn’t a fan of the chsn production team. lol.* - Ari Gold June 9, 2026, 19:47:13
- What was he saying about them?* - timmer June 10, 2026, 6:52:08
- For us olds, this is a pretty fun broadcast though* - UofIL6 June 9, 2026, 19:59:44
  - A 'where's the beef' and 'time to make the donuts' commercial. Committing to the bit* - UofIL6 June 9, 2026, 20:00:43
- can we keep him* - apusikam June 9, 2026, 19:53:47
  - anybody is better than schriffen, but costas talks way too much.* - Ari Gold June 9, 2026, 20:16:30
Rumor of Montgomery being called up* - illini81887 June 9, 2026, 11:07:44
- No longer a rumor* - bjl63 June 9, 2026, 13:46:28
- Team is getting really interesting. When Teel, Schultz, and Mune get back, they may be - UofIL6 June 9, 2026, 11:14:37
  - Of course they get interesting right before a lockout * - AintHatin June 9, 2026, 17:58:09
  - Already outpacing Spring Training predictions AFAIK. - osklister June 9, 2026, 16:45:09
Greetings from Minny! - KingTalkyTiki June 3, 2026, 14:28:47
Sweep! - AintHatin May 31, 2026, 15:38:05
This season reminds me of 1977 - jfinsocal May 30, 2026, 15:41:08
- Ye olde "South Side Hitmen". - osklister June 10, 2026, 9:43:36
Another W. Put it on the board* - UofIL6 May 30, 2026, 15:37:14
Murakami will be out 4-6 weeks* - UIHuskie May 30, 2026, 11:41:35
- let’s hope that’s true vs. teel.* - Ari Gold May 30, 2026, 13:49:42
- terrible * - Poldark May 30, 2026, 11:57:45
Vargas comes through* - illini222 May 29, 2026, 21:14:58
- This teams got vibes* - AintHatin May 29, 2026, 22:49:55
- just a small town girl…* - Ari Gold May 29, 2026, 21:57:04
Murakami's got a hammy.* - SurfTheBoneyard May 29, 2026, 19:47:07
- Remind me not to post any of his stats again. :-( * - osklister May 30, 2026, 9:08:58
- Jacob Gonzalez coming up. Mune out a few weeks. - AintHatin May 29, 2026, 22:23:39
  - Was at the game Wednesday... - SurfTheBoneyard May 29, 2026, 22:28:48
What a fun fun game to attend!* - Taz May 28, 2026, 13:00:49
Great debut for David Sandlin* - UofIL6 May 27, 2026, 20:38:58
#20 for Mune* - AintHatin May 27, 2026, 20:36:17
- Some stats last night about how many times someone has had 20 before June 1st.. - osklister May 28, 2026, 13:20:10
nishida!* - Ari Gold May 26, 2026, 21:19:54
- Even I would’ve got that runner out* - timmer May 26, 2026, 21:21:09
  - right.* - Ari Gold May 26, 2026, 21:21:22
    - Even I could lay down a bunt in play* - timmer May 26, 2026, 21:25:10
      - right.* - Ari Gold May 26, 2026, 21:29:33
        
        Down third base would be preferred* - timmer May 26, 2026, 21:31:10
mune!* - Ari Gold May 26, 2026, 20:44:46
Mune!* - AintHatin May 26, 2026, 20:44:45
- knocks in nishida to boot.* - Ari Gold May 26, 2026, 20:46:20
Luis Robert moved to 60 day IL. Some things never change - bjl63 May 26, 2026, 19:58:39
- it’s amazing how bad that entire core ended up being.* - Ari Gold May 26, 2026, 20:34:52
Anyone else going to Illini night on Wednesday?* - Taz May 26, 2026, 2:55:54
- I am but I didn’t even know that it was. - bucktownillini May 26, 2026, 20:53:33
Chicago baseball has been fun lately - jfinsocal May 25, 2026, 17:28:49
- Ishida gets called up and has a hit and a put out from right - AintHatin May 25, 2026, 17:34:31
Watching tonight’s game. NBA-level calls in the 3rd. These umps are smoking crack* - Desert May 18, 2026, 21:38:33
Watching tonight’s game. NBA-level calls in the 3rd. These umps are smoking crack* - Desert May 18, 2026, 21:38:33
- 2 in a row that were pure ridiculousness. Total screw job* - UofIL6 May 18, 2026, 21:39:45
This team, man. Fun stuff. - AintHatin May 17, 2026, 16:44:42
GLOATING. BEAT SEATTLE * - Poldark May 17, 2026, 16:35:02
- beer!* - Ari Gold May 17, 2026, 18:25:52
I'm trying to enjoy this as much as I can and refusing to let Schriffen bring me down* - OrangeSox May 16, 2026, 20:01:23
- He’s such a phony* - bjl63 May 17, 2026, 10:05:05
Benintendi!!!!* - timmer May 16, 2026, 19:57:02
Montgomery!!!* - timmer May 16, 2026, 18:51:04
Murakami!!!! - timmer May 16, 2026, 18:49:28
- And again!* - timmer May 16, 2026, 19:36:35
ooo - timmer May 15, 2026, 13:38:16
I don’t mean this as a dig at the White Sox, but man is the AL pure trash. Playoffs could be had - OB25 May 15, 2026, 12:54:58
- I do mean this as a dig at the White Sox, or rather their fans... - IlliniSax05 May 15, 2026, 13:08:01
  - The Knights of the Round Table never did conquer that French-held castle* - timmer May 17, 2026, 10:19:13
  - Hahahaha* - TarheelIllini May 15, 2026, 22:14:50
I want a return of old hostilities circa 2003 this weekend. Fights in the stands, beanballs, bat - Warrin'_Illini May 15, 2026, 9:59:48
- first time since ‘08 both teams are over .500 heading into a series against each other.* - Ari Gold May 15, 2026, 13:24:41
  - It's always more spicy when both teams are good. Hopefully an eventful weekend.* - Warrin'_Illini May 15, 2026, 14:04:40
- When I think of Cubs/Sox, this is still the first image that pops into my head. - OB25 May 15, 2026, 13:04:10
- May, 2006. Maybe no fights in the stands, but home plate was a different story. - osklister May 15, 2026, 11:13:03
  - I chose 03 because it was before either team had their WS and we were the - Warrin'_Illini May 15, 2026, 11:18:16
- ah, the days of Maggs, El Caballo, and always losing to the mfing Twins* - Sammich May 15, 2026, 10:30:43
  - Fucking El Caballo always killed the Cubs.* - Warrin'_Illini May 15, 2026, 10:41:51
    - he did seem to love hitting at Wrigley* - Sammich May 15, 2026, 10:43:29
- Eat shit, dude* - AintHatin May 15, 2026, 10:13:06
  - Yes!* - Warrin'_Illini May 15, 2026, 10:40:46
Dear Chris Getz - bjl63 May 15, 2026, 9:22:35
- Just take Roch. Don't get cute. Have plenty of slot $$ still to allocate* - UofIL6 May 15, 2026, 10:01:20
  - Yep* - MtHoodIllini May 15, 2026, 18:49:54
Sell the team, Jerry. * - OWWDig May 15, 2026, 9:18:06
- He is, slowly......................* - illini222 May 15, 2026, 10:15:45
First time this deep into a season since Sep 2022* - timmer May 14, 2026, 21:35:09
As a skeptic - AintHatin May 14, 2026, 21:26:01
- They’re still shitty - bjl63 May 15, 2026, 9:21:10
- Likewise, some young guys and retreads still grindin'* - MtHoodIllini May 14, 2026, 21:40:38
One of the hottest teams in the league. 1 game back of 1st - UofIL6 May 14, 2026, 21:24:22
- Oh, we're goins all da way my frent. Get ready for da parades-is. - osklister May 15, 2026, 9:16:50
ooo - SurfTheBoneyard May 14, 2026, 21:21:06

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