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Fire Tony. Keep winning. Thanks.

Note to Eloy.....never do that slide in the dugout like Jose.....never ever.

These kind of posts about athletes are so unfair. As an older adult you should know that projecting what you perceive an athletes personality to be without truly knowing him is "stupid and lazy". It requires no compassion, no understanding and no willingness to do anything except express bitterness over your disappointment with their underachievement. We all do it from time to time. Moncada gets it a lot with the whole he doesn't care and he's got no passion for the game stuff. I'm guilty of it myself. I know this isn't a real diehard sports message board without meatball fans takes and hostility but it's much better to just take a deep breathe and say he's just an athlete in a long line of athletes I've watched my whole life who I don't know anything about except they play for my favorite team.

I'm watching Kimbrel labor through a 20 + pitch 9th with a 4 run lead on tv2 while Pollock pops out on tv1. Need a 3rd TV in this room to watch Madrigal and Heuer sit on the IL.

Popeye keeps hitting and keeps stealing bases. 29 stolen bases for the year, 17 now over the last month. .384 average with a 135 wRC+ over the last 30 days.

Montgomery single in his 4th AB

MLB Owners when asked why player living conditions aren't better:

I wonder if this lineups up with Colas being seemingly unhappy with the Sox a week or so ago? And his promotion…even tho he obviously deserved it via his play

I continue to be just in shock that Eloy has busted like this. Had never seen a player like him in the minors (Robert happened post-) for the Sox. Just absolutely crushed each level with ease. No K rate issue. Fine BB rate. Huge power. I still worry we’ll give up on him and he becomes Schwarber on another team. Because for whatever reason Hahn feels like we should have an offensive philosophy that plays against our hitters strengths. What DH play even is there? He’s bad offensively.

Gross incompetence by the entire organization's medical and training staff. Fuck this org.

Damn if there was only some way the Sox could have had more pool money or something.

A laugher! Kick Celestino's ass! Sweep these losers! EXTEND TONY!

Year 4 and Jason's HR calls still suck.

Popeye walked it off for the Barons.

SWEEP THESE PUSSIES INTO OBLIVION

"get the fuck out of here" is what Zavala said

I did not like the acquisitions of Josh Harrison or Johnny Cueto when they happened, but they have become two of my favorite players on this roster.

Get another run or two and it'll even be safe to use Joe Kelly.

My mom doesn't watch a lot of Sox games. She just walked into the room during Cueto's last windup and shouted, "what the fuck is that?"

Typical soxtalk, no one gives credit where it's due. Tony called the "hit a grand slam" play and all we want to talk about is Robert. Where is Tony's credit? Extend Tony.

First of all, Dallas Keuchel is hypocritical scum Second of all, Dallas has tossed his teammates, coaches, and managers under the bus since he arrived at Spring Training in 2020. He has pitched like absolute horseshit outside of a couple of weeks in 2020, sucked so bad the Sox paid him millions to GTFO, and he continues to suck with his 10 ERA in Arizona. He is the worst form of clubhouse cancer, the player who sucks ass, is way overpaid, and does nothing but b**** and suck his entire time here.

Didn’t know DSL played 2 today. Chappeli homer in game 2

Jose Abreu putting up one of the best seasons of his career at the ripe young age of 35 ? very Nelson Cruz-esque.

And we wonder why 1) The Sox always seem to have trouble developing player through their minor league system and 2) why no big name free agents will ever sign here. I'm not saying this is the sole reason or even a big reason but this is just a small part of how the organization is run.

Has anyone done a well check on Ron after this thread?

Spotrac calculates something called "production points" which they describe as similar to fantasy points calculated across all production categories. In that ranking, out of veterans (excluding early career guys/first contract guys) Abreu comes in 15th in the bigs and best on the White Sox this season. https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/valuation/batters/gmpct-60/veterans/

The five possible scenarios (assuming no rain outs) are: Sox 1 GB of Twins Sox 3 GB of Twins Sox 5 GB of Twins Sox 7 GB of Twins Sox 9 GB of Twins Being 5 GB feels like the absolute bare minimum for salvaging this season. They have to split this series at a minimum. Winning 3 of 4 and getting to 3 GB would feel like a win at the ASB, given how rough this first half has been.

Hahn deserves the criticism for this, absolutely. Having said that, I was optimistic about the performance for most of this list in 2022, aside from Leury and Keuchel. The rest of these guys have just been so disappointing compared to expectations. But it's Hahn's job to find market inefficiencies and exploit them, not be a victim of them. No excuses.

Holy shit they’re actually going to play a man down the entire series against the Twins and then IL him for Grandal after the break and I was too cynical to believe they’d actually do it enough to come post that.

"i just love that the players are entitled and soft for wanting reasonable pay and living conditions, but said poster can't even read posts on the internet that he deems mean without getting his feelings hurt leaving the thread and blocking people." - Ray Ray

Jose Abreu OPS + by year. 2014-171 2015-135 2016-124 2017-141 2018-117 2019-118 2020-165 2021-124 2022-141 Weird definition of "one of the best", but sure slugger, keep swinging for the fences.

When you hover over the Hawk emoji it should say "You gotta be bleepin' me!" and the TLR should be "huh?".

I like to think that the standard for minor league living conditions can and should improve over time. Is that pampering?

I'm just saying it seems indicative of how the system is run and it's a bad look for an organization that has been historically known to be run by an owner that's doesn't like to spend money. From the article:

Please no. I'm still trying to figure out what the Hawk and Tony reacts are supposed to mean and then to use them haha

That is the only person he needs in his corner though. The rest is pointless.

But what is the price per TWTW on this roster? ?

I am glad the Sox came back to win the last two from the Guardians, but I don't feel all that good about this team. The name of this thread is appropriate. The team is nearing the 90-game mark and is still trying to get to .500. Even in this bad division, .500 doesn't get it. A lot of things are lacking here, and it will take a real long winning streak to make me feel optimistic.

And the bolded is precisely why a change in the dugout needs to be made. I agree TLR probably stays the manager through the season, but you cant ignore the clear narrative change the last week or so. Tony has legitimately no one left in his corner besides JR.

Yes it taxes the depth but Pollock in LF and a Sheets/Engel platoon in RF isn't any worse than Eloy in LF and a Sheets/Pollock platoon in RF.

One of the healthiest teams in baseball under Herm Schneider and then Brian Ball. Tony was given carte blanche over the clubhouse, and Brian Ball was forced out the week they announced Tony's hiring. It's been a shit show since. 2020: Zero Hamstring Injuries 2021: Nine Strained Hamstring Injuries 2022: Five Strained Hamstring Injuries

Once a hamstring goes it will always be a weakness but with proper management and conditioning that risk of re-injury can be minimised. But Eloy clearly didn't have a good rehab as he kept having to rest his leg, and looked more out of condition than usual when he came back. You get the feeling that he was brought back too soon and then played in LF rather than DH and the occasional LF to give him time to strengthen his leg back up.

Just wait until he miraculously starts producing for another organization...

Savage Baseball Scouts ranks him #1

Interesting how the antivax players don't have an issue trusting medical experts when their elbows blow out or they pull a hammy.

I do appreciate how Liam does not, in any way, fuck around

Bye mom! ?

STOP PLAYING HIM IN THE OUTFIELD. HEELLLOOOOOOOO

So uh, BPro has him #40 overall. Do not fucking trade him Hahn.