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Knock it off, he played 2.5 games in a row. He’s clearly tired.

You’re a hollow core.

Well... there's autocorrect... and then there's that.

I’d stop watching completely at that point. And I say that with confidence as I’m currently sitting outside with zero interest in watching the actual game. Soxtalk is more enjoyable than the product right now. I just don’t feel like spending my time on these guys.

the front office and leadership deserve what is happening right now

I half expected him to fall off the cart as it drove off to be honest.

"Hamstring soreness"... and JFK just had a headache

hes just sore guys

The amount of shitty comments in here making fun of Eloy is embarrassing.

I love how during the middle of the "championship window" im fixated on the daily minor league thread because there's so much that depresses me about the MLB club.

I'll say... imagine watching leury garcia the last 7ish years and thinking... man I gotta give this guy a 3 year extension. It's like watching Patrick Williams shoot a jump shot and thinking... yeah, keep shooting like that. Form is great!

I couldn't care less whether TLR is here or not, I actually would prefer they got rid of him. The point is that there are a lot bigger issues than where Leury is in the batting order, unfortunately I guess you don't realize it.

This. It’s an organizational failure, top to bottom. Players also included.

Tin man

Rick Hahn should be fired. Comes out of the lockout saying pitching will be a priority and adds a guy who was DFAed the previous season and another guy who was going to miss 1/6 of the season at minimum. At least on the pitching side of things, the damage was self inflicted.

2022 White Sox slogan “further evaluation”

You missed maybe the worst five game stretch I’ve seen in two decades for this team.

Wow

Did Tony hack into your account to write that lineup? Blink if you’re in trouble CWS.

The Sox are going to lose again. I have no confidence in this team right now.

Alec Hansen would be an improvement for him. At least Hansen had one amazing season before he fell apart. Kelley has done absolutely nothing so far.

Time to stop fucking around and end this losing streak. Here’s how I approach to today’s game if I’m Tony. First, you must acknowledge that Bundy is both tough & RHP. As such, I’m stacking the lineup with all my left-handed bats. That means Legend, Sheets, Haseley, Grandal, & McGuire all must play. Jose & Tim are vets so they get starts. Eloy had that big hit in the 9th so he gets a start. And hopefully Harrison is ready to go, because I need that Big Energy at the bottom of the lineup. Now setting the lineup gets a bit tricky with so many studs, but you got break up all those righties. Anderson, SS Legend, 3B# Abreu, 1B Grandal, DH# Jimenez, LF Sheets, RF* McGuire, C* Harrison, 2B Haseley, CF* Damn that lineup looks as sweet as a fresh bottle of Goose. Table setters at the top and bottom and plenty of boppers in those #3 to #6 spots. It’s well balanced too with just the right mix of vets & youth. Definitely don’t want them young’uns to have to carry the load against a tough veteran pitcher. Defense in the OF corners might be a little below average, but with Squeze on the mound today I’m not too concerned. He’s been working hard with Katzy and I think he’s ready to pop. I fully expect six from him today, but Severino should be ready to give two or three innings as well if need be. I like that kid’s arm and he just needs the innings to breakout. Overall I feel real good about what the arms are going to give us today. We’re lucky that Hahn prioritized pitching coming out the lockout and got us an extra fire baller in Squeze. He’s exactly the type of veteran pitcher we need to bust the slump we’re in in. Let’s fucking go!

I don't want ANY part of a rebuild again with the team, until new ownership who gives a damn and aren't worried about trying to right a 30+ year "wrong", are in charge.

Sox can let me know when they're gonna a start taking this season seriously. I dont really know what la russa is good at to be honest. Guys go through the motions. He's bad strategically. Plays lesser players. Rests guys too often, injuries everywhere.

I miss guys like Lance Johnson & Tim Raines

Imagine how bad VV’s numbers would be if the wind wasn’t howling in at the home opener. Hahn is a fucking joke.

That’s a massive insult to Vazquez.

Eloy is a total dufus. He was more embarrassed for the fall than he was hurt. Sox need to trade him as soon as he is back playing. He is not an athlete. He was supposed to be a hitter but we see now he isn't. He can't field or throw or run. He is injury prone and clumsy. Not a good combination. Trade him before the rest of baseball figures him out.

Eloy and Yoan were the wrong guys to try to build the team around.

I call him Fatrigal

Haha, I had typed out "he's the left handed version of what we were told Madrigal was" but decided I didn't want to anger the Nick stans on a day like today.

Eloy might turn into the biggest, "What could've been" question in recent White Sox history.

Burger / Sheets platoon at DH when Moncada comes back.

Hahn and Tony have fucked things up so much. I fucking despise both of them.

Why oh why did I do that yard work earlier today instead of now?

Abreu looks broken

I believe it goes well beyond Leury, though he may be the most glaring issue. Vaughn's usage, or lack thereof, is certainly pissing Hahn off. I'll say this, if you were to ask me what a team that just had a blowup in the clubhouse before a game would look like on the field, it was most definitely that game 1 in Cleveland. I was literally watching that game and wondering to myself which player got caught fucking which other player's wife? It was THAT pronounced, imo.

I think it is a sign that the Sox love McGuire behind the plate. And he is very good back there.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

All the lefties we got and no Vaughn and Pollock and Leury 2nd ? When does Anderson's 1 game suspension start ? I'd be trying to get Pollock back into a groove asap since he's one more power bat and I would probably just keep playing Burger and Vaughn and Sheets too. I do admit it's difficult to keep Eloy, Sheets and Vaughn all in the same lineup. That line up is way too slappy. I'd put Leury 8th at 2nd base instead of Harrison. And maybe Grandal batting 2nd. Edit: Ahh I see you were making a little joke , reverse psychology and all that with that post. I didn't think it sounded much like you leaving Vaughn out and Sheets in and the rest of the questionable stuff. Although Sheets is starting to come around now.

I'd go: 1. TA -SS 2. Vaughn -LF (GASP!) 3. Pito -1B 4. Grandal -C 5. Eloy -DH 6. Pollack -CF 7. Engel -RF 8. Burger -3B 9. Leury -2B

Alright, for real this time, we need to stop fucking around and win some ball games. I’m sick and tired of fucking losing to mediocre clubs like the Indians & Twins. Today isn’t going to be easy with Velasquez on the mound. For those who dislike the color blue, I’d advise not looking at Vince’s Statcast page. I’d love to make a case for the dude today, but there simply isn’t one to make. We have to assume he gives up three or four in five innings and plan our lineup accordingly to overcome that. So to start, no B squad dudes in the lineup. I need all my core guys who are healthy in there today. That means Abreu at 1B, Tim at SS, Grandal at C, Vaughn in LF, Eloy at DH, and Pollock in RF. And as much as I’d love to fit Sheets in there somewhere, we can’t completely sacrifice OF defense with Velasquez on the mound. As such, that means Engel gets the start CF in today. To add some power potential I’m going with Burger at 3B. And since death is not an option, I see no choice but go with Legend at 2B (curse you Hahn for it having to come to this). In terms of sequencing, here’s how I’d arrange the lineup. Anderson, SS Pollock, RF Abreu, 1B Grandal, C# Jimenez, DH Vaughn, LF Burger, 3B Engel, CF Garcia, 2B# I think that lineup gets you five today. With Velasquez likely giving up three or four as mentioned above we got to hope the bullpen can give us four quality innings. That will be even more challenging with Graveman likely out pocket. Just gotta hope that some combo of Lopez & Ruiz can get you to Bummer & Hendriks. Would be nice to have Kelly right about now, but unfortunately when Hahn talked about prioritizing pitching he wasn’t really concerned with the first month of the season for some reason. Execute the plan as outlined above and I think we win 5-4. If Tony continues fuck around and set the lineup after a few too many Goose & water’s well then god help us all. Either way, let’s fucking go!

Graveman does not deserve that loss and he knows it, and he knows that we know it. Glad he's being a team guy about it though.

I do appreciate your unwavering optimism....let's hope they strive more mightily to win the rest of the weekend.

VV Mega-Crush aside ??