The first time
Clare called last night she was on the way to getting her nails done for the
“save the date” invitations she and her fiancé Chris will be mailing out
shortly; in case you weren’t aware, simple wedding invitations are so 20th
century. Now, engaged couples let people
know months and months ahead of sending the formal invitations. Anyhow, my daughter alerted me, “They
scratched [soon-to-be-ex-White Sox third baseman Todd] Frazier from the
lineup. You know what that means.”
A few hours
later, nails done, she called again to say, “Frazier, [closer] David Robertson
and [setup man] Tommy Kahnle are going to the Yankees. Oh, wait.
No, I was reading a false tweet.”
This didn’t happen back when we conducted business by carrier pigeon,
let me tell you. But the tweet ended up
being merely premature, not wrong. The
above three are headed to the Bronx for yet more prospects.
By my informal
count, recent trades and draft picks leave the Sox three-deep with supposed prospects
at each outfield position. As for
pitching, the intent looks to be to go with a 20-man starting rotation; that’s
how many “quality” hurlers we’ve acquired.
Only time will tell.
But the really
big news is that Yoan Moncada has passed his “Hahn exams.” The centerpiece of last year’s Chris Sale
trade will be making his Chicago debut tonight against the Dodgers. GM Rick “The Professor” Hahn is satisfied his
star pupil has learned everything he can at Triple A. Now, what Moncada does counts for real, and
Professor Hahn will be judged accordingly.
Get on your
marks….
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