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I m lso conrnd wth Cdy Heur.

This is a really really good team, they will be contenders for the next few years but guess what, we aren't gonna win every damn game. I hate reading negative comments, especially so early in a game. /rant Great game, let's do it again tomorrow!

The pedant in me thought "Wow, there's a chance he may throw with his right hand tonight? impressive."

There's no reason for Mendick to hit below Hamilton.

Almost 5% of board content is either @southsider2k5 or @fathom.

I think by rule we now need to post dog pics in every gameday thread until the Sox lose.

Where did TLR touch you? I am sorry for what happened,

After tonight's game, Yasmani Grandal has a 123 wRC+ James McCann wRC+ is 48 WhY DiDn'T tHe SoX tRaDe GrAnDaL aNd KeEp McCaNn?!?!

If Hamilton is up in a big spot late in the game we need Cease taking that AB

Leury 4 for 9 against Happ so of course that’s the game he’s benched

Would only be 3,950,000 if the Sox hadn't hired LaRussa.

I kniw the final score is misleading since it was a close game throughout, but I love a blowout win after some posters threw in the towel in the second inning.

Having played ~20% of our total games this year, I figured it would be a cool exercise to see what full season pace that would put them at for fWAR and debate who we think will over or under deliver on those numbers. For each player, the number to the left of the pipe will represent their current straight-line fWAR projection and the number to the right will represent their career high. For 2020 I will simply use a 2.7 multiplier to project what a full year figure would have been. I did make a couple exceptions for rookies who came up mid year which are marked by an asterisk. Hitters: 1B: Abreu (3.5 | 7.0) 2B: Madrigal (2.5 | 0.5*) SS: Anderson (5.0 | 5.7) 3B: Moncada (5.0 | 5.6) LF: Vaughn (2.5 | NA) CF: Garcia (-1.5 | 1.2) RF: Eaton (3.0 | 5.9) DH: Mercedes (5.5 | NA) CA: Grandal (2.5 | 5.8) BC: Collins (2.0 | -0.3) Pitchers: SP1: Giolito (2.0 | 5.4) SP2: Keuchel (1.5 | 5.7) SP3: Lynn (5.0 | 6.7) SP4: Cease (4.5 | 1.5*) SP5: Rodon (6.5 | 2.7) SP6: Kopech (4.5 | NA) CL: Hendriks (0.0 | 3.8) SU1: Bummer (1.5 | 1.3) SU2: Heuer (1.0 | 1.4) SU3: Crochet (1.0 | 2.0*)

Fuck you twins

Somehow Cruz will get traded to a team the Sox play in the postseason

Have a good night.

A guy who can pinch run and play stellar defense is really nice to have. You just can't overplay him.

fathom gets here and we start looking terrible in the field. nature is healing

If the twins were the piranhas were the fucking great white sharks

Hi all

Luis was just holding Billy Hamilton back.

I don't care how many games back they are, if there was a team I wanted us to put it all together against, it's the Twins

That kind of shit doesn't belong on this board

I've placed 2 bets on Vaughn this year. Did a ROY bet in spring training and this one since it was boosted. LFG!

I'm living in SF and no, I could not have named all the Giants' starters

I think that Yermin guy can hit a little

people bitching about lineup construction and don't even realize putting the better hitter 9th to roll over to the top is one of the few things that actually helps create runs.

say it with me Fuck ? The ? Twins ? Let's go eat another lefty today

I don't know why u are so worked up over this. Sox have a good team and roster and capable manager, that if the team is healthy, will win 2-3 WS titles. Just enjoy it. If you want an A at this stage of the season, fine. If I had gotten a B in Chemistry and/or Geometry and/or Algebra I'd have been a happy camper instead of a rotten student.

You get a bill for every name drop that Soxtalk has had to pay royalties on.

Not a looker among 'em

But they didn't lose and spanked the Twins 9-3. It's pretty simple now, the Sox have the fewest losses in MLB and best winning % in the AL and 3rd best in MLB. Not to mention, but I will for you, they are #1 in MLB in runs per game at 5.24/game, #1 in AL in OBP and #2 OBP in MLB, #1 in ERA in AL and # 3 in MLB. Your comment that if they lost last night to the Twins they would go to a D, is just plain stupid. Through 33 games early in this season the team should get some type of an A grade. Again this is based on right now compared to their competition. This isn't about oh well, it's early and let's wait and see crap. It's right now and In a few months if that changes, then fine, we'll have that discussion then. For you to be so harsh on the Sox, makes me think you are either a Cubs fan and Sox hater and on this forum as a Troll, or the biggest wack job contrarian! LOL! ?

All accolades should go to the actual talent doing it, but I have been so impressed with how well prepared these players have been considering the circumstances. Getz really does deserve credit for how well Schaumburg appears to have maintained progression on these players while also getting them ready to play in Major League games - the #1 goal of Schaumburg. AAA is back now and should make things easier, but the returns on the Schaumburg experiment were excellent and a big part of the sox success.

Doesn't Chris Emma know that 670 The Score employees aren't allowed to compliment Tony La Russa? I'm pretty sure Dan Bernstein would rather the White Sox lose with TLR than win with TLR.

I keep saying it but it's insane how much talent this team has. The Twins' radio crew was like "and here is now the Sox' 'mopup' guy Ruiz, who uh, comes out at 97-98 throwing strikes". Andrew fucking Vaughn just keep taking his walks. And Grandal's bat is dangerous, which is why he is rocking a 108 wRC+ despite horrible BABIP luck. And how about that changeup call to Cease in the 5th and then the massive fist bump? Dude wants to win and is contributing, this team has rich man problems.

2nd best win pct in all of baseball. What a time to be alive.

#3, #4, #3 Best run differential in MLB, best record in AL. I bet $100 on the Sox to win the World Series last Sunday +1200 odds. Three days later odds are down to +900. LFG

The pitching was handled very well last night. Maybe TLR is shaking off the cobwebs and will be better going forward.

Low A is going to be very interesting this year, because their are a lot of fairly aggressive placements all around that league. Jose Rodriguez (19 yo, Fangraphs #8 Prospect) is slashing .406/.424/.594 through 33 plate appearances in his first taste of full-season ball, which is by far the hottest start on the team. Benny Bailey (19 yo, Fangraphs #9 Prospect) is just 2/21 with a homer, but that is somewhat expected at this point. As a guy who passionately follows MiLB, he's one of the box scores I check each day. He reworked his swing since his last game action, so I imagine it'll take time to get going. James Beard (20 yo, Fangraphs #22 Prospect) is an interesting watch as well. He's very raw as a hitter, but his .188/.350/,375 slash in 20 PAs is not a terrible start minus the 9 strikeouts. He has 4 walks already compared to 8 in 127 ABs last year. It's going to take a while to see how much he improved during the 2020 season. DJ Gladney (19 yo, Fangraphs #32) is slashing .238/.385/.381 so far this year with a few extra base hits and 4 walks so far. Jared Kelley (19 yo, Fangraphs #5) has had a rough start to the year as he has an 8.10 ERA and 3.00 WHIP in his two starts that covered 3.1 innings. He wouldve have some time at rookie ball last year to work on things if not for COVID, so his start is to be taken lightly. Matthew Thompson (20 yo, Fangraphs #10) and Andrew Dalquist (20 yo, Fangraphs #11) have all held their own this year in their appearances. Bailey Horn (23 yo, Fangraphs #30), who scouts pegged as a reliever out of college, was dominant in his one start throwing 4 hitless innings with 1 walk and 3 ks. If Horn can develop into a starter that would be a HUGE scouting success as he only started 9 games during his two years at Auburn. He logged only 55 innings in 22 appearances with a 4.75 ERA and 1.38 WHIP during college, so he was more of a projectability pick than anything. The Cubs drafted a similar player (Ryan Jensen) in the first round in 2019 with worse professional results at this point. The Sox have a very top heavy farm with most of the top players set to graduate this year. Kannapolis is loaded with young talent and will be an interesting follow all year.

Your assessment of the team usually sucks, so. There's that.

For what he lacks in X's and O's he's seemingly doing a pretty good job of a few things. It would be easy for a young team to lose focus after losing two of your best hitters, but the Sox are playing their best baseball of the year. Whether its solely the positional coaches or not, players are making adjustments and significant improvements from last year. The analytics issues are very easily remedies as Tony appears willing to own up to mistakes. Have a quality control or bench coach more familiar with analytics in his ear during those decisions. Could Hinch or Cora have done this and also won two or three of these bullpen losses? Probably. But not every manager can get what TLR has gotten out of the Sox this year, either. Yes, the game has passed him by in some ways, but he seems up to the challenge. Keep in mind, I'm a Cubs fan that has always disliked TLR.

LOL. Maybe try to get over it and move on.

Bummer is the truth

Ride the hot hand, man. Ride the hot hand. And now we're beginning to see power. In a few weeks we get to trade Jake Lamb for Adam Engel. And then later in the year we get Eloy and Robert. This team is fun.

It’s almost like having supreme talent over almost all teams by a wide margin leads to nice things.

he's got these boys rolling.