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Reinforcements on the way.

Mcdougal getting called up is really exciting. Here’s a video of him fanning 8 earlier this year. Absolutely nasty movement with high velo. He has that bulldog presence on the mound.

The Chicago White Sox currently have a +52 run differential. That is the 2nd best in the AL and 6th best in the MLB.

“The Chicago White Sox are also expected to be buyers ahead of the deadline and are "willing to be relatively aggressive" on players under club control, per Rosenthal. Chicago isn't inclined to "overpay for rentals," though.”

Getz with another fantastic move. I know many people are questioning it but I called this back in May before Gonzalez’s debut when he was raking in AAA. The reality is that he is an average SS playing out of position in a system that has better gloves behind him and bats that can be just as good as his. To add to that we are likely drafting a SS at 1.1 tomorrow and Gonzalez is too good to be in the minors. Even if we draft Vahn, he doesn’t have a spot behind Montgomery, Carlson or Bonemer. Without Mune’s injury he would not have gotten a look in the MLB, it was a silver lining.

Adding the 34th overall pick tomorrow is huge. It gives us the largest bonus pool in MLB history and opens up options so we don’t have to commit to one strategy or another. There are a few college pitchers and position players that would have fallen off by 77. Now we can get one of each plus one of the many high upside prep pitchers or position players.

Jacob Gonzalez was blocked by the amount of competent middle IF depth we have. I loved the guy myself but I knew early on he’d likely be trade capital for that reason. I’d rather us add a potential future contributor than keep a guy stashed in the minors in case of an injury. We are also selling high so it’s an all around great move. My only reservation is if we don’t extend Mune, but we’ll cross that bridge when we get there.