wow. groundbreaking stuff.

how about the 2nd baseman doesnt break the strikeout record

Per Mlbtraderumors and Bruce Levine:

Fresh off his second straight 20-home run season, one which featured unspectacular overall production (104 wRC+) across 496 plate appearances, White Sox DH/corner infielder Matt Davidson would like to do more pitching in 2019. Davidson, who chipped in three scoreless innings of one-hit ball as a reliever in 2018, will spend the offseason working to become a legitimate two-way player, Bruce Levine of 670 The Score reports. The White Sox have okayed Davidson’s plan and will be able to monitor his progress in the offseason, given that he lives close to their Arizona-based complex, according to Levine. Davidson was a high school pitcher, notes Levine, who writes that Chicago’s coaching staff sees “decent movement” in his 92 mph fastball. Should Davidson achieve his goal, the soon-to-be 28-year-old would work out of the bullpen – albeit not in high-leverage situations – as a way to help keep the team’s conventional relievers fresh, per Levine.

Next year is gonna be a breakout year for Yoan.

Seriously, its a good idea. The problem with Davidson is that he has like zero utility, a good offensive bat is a nice thing to have (especially on this shit squad) but if he cant play defense, or run, or help in any other way its very mediocre. If Matt Davidson finds a way to even be a decent backend piece of a bullpen, basically a guy you can trust to pitch 2 or 3 innings with a 4-5 run lead if the starter hits his pitch limit early, that's something. On the off chance he is actually good at it now you're in some weird territory.

It's sad that if this works out his value to the Sox will still be in dealing in him for prospects because they are still horrible.

Next year is gonna be a breakout year for Yoan.

Next year is gonna be a breakout year for Yoan.

Ready to start the "MonKAda's 2019 MVP campaign" thread?

Maybe Darvish could be a one way player.

This idea is an elbow surgery waiting to happen. Dude, just work on your hitting and fielding.

There are literally hundreds of actual trained pitchers out there to get a couple outs from the bullpen.

A stupid move. Even stupider for the organization to green light it and use team resources for this endeavour.

This is stupid. Develop your starters to get at least 18 outs per game and this becomes a non issue.

With any kind of scouting on him, teams are going to rip him to shreds. Right now, it is a novelty, although the trend towards having bench guys throw is speeding up.

But the White Sox are still going to get blown out an awful lot in 2019, and the Charlotte Shuttle is going to get clogged at times with the 10-day minimum stay in the minors unless there is a DL stint. So if Matt can pitch 1 1/3 once every 12 games in a blowout, that's probably 10-11 appearances a year excluding the ASB and September callup season.

The question is can he consistently get through 1 1/3 innings in 25 pitches or less?

How about working on becoming a better hitter?