Observations of the Farm

The White Sox want another Nick Madrigal — this time, with batteries included

I’ve been wrong about a great number of things, both real-life and baseball related. This isn’t the place to talk about the former, but I’m usually willing to own up my mistakes in the latter. Thinking on the many hot and cold takes I’ve thrown into the ether over the last decade or so, rarely have I ever been more misguided than in my steadfast belief that Nick Madrigal had enough outlier skills not just to be a viable major-leaguer, but a good one.

Some of my reasoning still holds firm. At 5´6´´ with the shortest swing path you’ll ever see, Madrigal looked somewhat as advertised upon his initial debut, batting…