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    Luis Robert to the IL

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    1 hour ago, reiks12 said:

    Its amazing how well the team can elevate the ball when you know who isnt around 

    This is the biggest mystery to me.  It's so obvious that the team has been playing with more intensity and fire, and has been having much more fun since TLR left.  No rational person can possibly want TLR back.  But what I don't understand is the home run boost.  Why are we all of a sudden lifting the ball and hitting it out of the park more frequently now?  Does playing loose somehow correlate to getting lift?  I can't figure that one out.

    EDIT:  I should add that I know people are saying the contact approach was TLR, but that still doesn't make sense. What was going to happen if they tried to hit more home runs? Would they be benched for not following the orders of hitting for contact?  No chance.  If they were capable of hitting the ball out of the park, why didn't they try it sooner?

    Eloy

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    17 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said:

    This is why I’m never trading Eloy. He’s just an amazing bat when healthy. 

    Yep. With all the injury concerns, you’d be selling low every time. I really want to see the numbers he would put up if he played 140/150 games in a season. 

    That's a White Sox 5 run 9th Winner !!

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    3 hours ago, soxfaninfl said:

    3 runs in 6 innings is not bad or good. Gio is just not an ace but giving up 3 in 6 is a serviceable Major League pitcher but, you're right, he should not be pitching in a must win game.

    Not everyone is Cease.

    I’m not talking about how many runs he gave up. I was simply referring to watching him pitch. His stuff is just bad right now. When your fastball is a straight-as-an-arrow 4-seamer, and you can’t even command it very well, you aren’t going to fool anyone. The change-up isn’t as effective because of that, and the slider isn’t very good. He just doesn’t look good. I think a good offense would light him up at this point. 

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    TLR out for the year

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    2 hours ago, Texsox said:

    Is the team better than 2020? Tony still sucks but I don't think the team is better. Maybe I'm just so down on Harrison, Leury, the loss of starting pitching, depth at catcher, etc to see it. I'm with you in that I'd rather have Ricky. 

    I don’t think there’s any question that the team is better now. Just look at the starting rotation. It’s not even comparable. 

    17-10

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    54 minutes ago, flavum said:

    Maybe they should push Cease’s next start to Saturday, and then run him out there every 5th day until the end. That would get him two starts vs Cleveland and the final game of the season. As it stands, Giolito gets the day game in Cleveland on the 15th. 

    This was exactly my plan when I figured it all out throughout the rest of the season. We have off-days to make it work. I think you need to fix it so Cease pitches two of the four Cleveland games.

    So I assume Cairo blasted Elvus in the postgame, right?

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    17 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

    To be fair, the unwritten rule was swinging 3-0 up all those runs, not hitting the grand slam.  After all that is disrespectful,  unlike inviting someone to throw a dangerous projectile at the offending player on your own team.

    Many disagree, but I still think taking a walk is worse than swinging 3-0 in that situation. Taking a walk is like kicking a field goal when you’re up 55-0.

    But to be clear, I’m ok with both (walking and swinging). As I mentioned above, anything should be acceptable when one team chooses to pitch a position player. 

    So I assume Cairo blasted Elvus in the postgame, right?

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    33 minutes ago, greg775 said:

    But are u and is everyone ok with elvis smashing a grand slam off a position player. Apparently it's against the unwritten rules. If the unwritten rules protect position players on the mound why don't teams start position players all the time? They'll throw no hitters.

    I’m 100% ok with smashing a grand slam there. It’s laughable that that even needs to be asked (not directing that at you, greg). If a team wants to throw a position player, they need to be ok with the other team scoring 20 runs and swinging 3-0. Anything goes. 

    So I assume Cairo blasted Elvus in the postgame, right?

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    6 hours ago, Kyyle23 said:

    Do you think a regular relief pitcher or Gordon has a better chance of getting out of that inning faster and unscored upon?  This isn’t hard.  They were losing 7-0, the Sox actually have blown leads like that to division competitors this season so you can’t even say “well there was no chance”.
     

    He iced cease 

    There was no chance. At 7-0 with Cease throwing the way he was, there was literally no chance the Twins were winning that game. I have no problem with them throwing a position player there and playing for Sunday’s game. 

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    9/5 Sox @ Mariners GT, 5:40PM CT, NBCSC

    in 2022 Season in Review

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    3 minutes ago, BigHurt3515 said:

    My only guess why Robert is hitting 7th, Cairo is worried a bit that Robert won't be able to last the whole game and doesn't want the replacement to be stuck at the top of the lineup

    Or he just wants to ease him back into the lineup with minimal pressure. It’s not uncommon for guys to struggle after missing time. And considering lineup construction doesn’t mean much anyway, I don’t mind it. 

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