KipWellsFan

This seems inappropriate, no??? Or am I missing something?

Yoan gets a bit of a bad rap re: health. For example, he has consistently played more games than Tim Anderson, but no one is doubting Tim. That being said, Yoan does tend to look injured more often (e.g. grimacing, limping), so that doesn't help his cause. Makes you appreciate the ridiculous level of toughness from José Abreu even more.

Ummm, if he "sucks" a team isn't going to pick up much of his salary, which would kind of defeat the purpose of trading him. Presumably we want to keep a mediocre starter and pay him, rather than trade a mediocre starter and still pay him. And again, if it is so obvious to GMs that "he sucks" we won't get much talent in return. I also don't accept your theory that he stinks or wouldn't have playoff value. He was 5th in Cy Young voting last year, and I'm willing to give him a bit more leeway this year before writing him off. He got bad luck in the most recent start that you reference with Billy Hamilton's botched play, and bad ball/strike calls on Ryan Burr with Keuchel's inherited runners. I don't think there is a ton separating Giolito, Cease, and Keuchel at the moment. They will probably all have ups and downs.

We have no regulars with an OPS over 800. The Pirates have three. Hopefully the starting pitching can stay strong for our team and a couple of guys pick it up on the offense.

It is a little odd how little work Foster is getting. But his ERA is under 2 since the beginning of May.

I don't mind Escobar as depth, or a platoon bat while we deal with so many injuries, but I'm not actually convinced he is much of an upgrade over Mendick. I think he has 5 seasons with a sub .300 OBP, and he is working on a sixth. His big power seasons almost seem like an outlier. Not sure about his defence.

Living in Canada these games are blacked out on MLB TV. A real Bummer.

Okay fine

Can we just not with the TLR reference in the subject... does everything positive/negative about this guy gotta be the focus of Soxtalk? I realize this was probably done with tongue in cheek. But c'mon! Bad mojo for the game thread!

Because it may be COVID related does this mean it may only be a couple days/games?

Been great to see him step up as Robert went down and Yermin hit a rough patch. He's been putting the team on his back. However, I think his BABIP is the highest in all of baseball so it wouldn't be surprising to see him cool off a little. Hopefully others step up when/if that happens.

Delete your account.

Hasn't Fangraphs or someone done a definitive lineup analysis or something so we can put these endless debates mostly to rest? And I mean analysis of lineup construction in general. Not of the White Sox specifically.

Goosebumps when the music kicks in and Yoan comes in.

Seems unlikely that Foster is going anywhere. In his last 7.1 IP he has only allowed 2ER. In the same period his ERA has declined from 12.79 to 6.59. And he was obviously quite reliable last year. Does a rehab assignment automatically mean someone is getting called up?

Interesting that Collins gets the day game after catching the night before.

The last time this board was moping about Nick Madrigal and speculating that Danny Mendick should replace him, Madrigal got hot and raised his BA about 100 points. Let's hope that happens again. The team has a lot invested in Madrigal. Unless he goes on a major cold streak I imagine they will be sticking with him. Nothing suggests Mendick has a higher ceiling than Nicky.

This didn't age well.

Me when Moncada slid into first base tonight: I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed.

Why does this threat title have "lack of effort and interest" in quotations? That's not what Stone said. That aside, I don't think Stone's comments are ridiculous. He was a sympathetic voice in support of Moncada last year while he was dealing with COVID, and I don't think Stone has a history of beating up on Moncada unfairly. There have been a few instances in the past couple weeks where Moncada didn't run as hard as he could out of the box. He got caught being a spectator on his deep flyball the other day, and he doesn't always keep on the jets on singles and balls toward the gap in case there is a bobble that allows him to take an additional base. To me those are examples where he isn't maximizing potential positive outcomes. Nonetheless, these weren't major things. And for all we know if he played to the absolute limit all the time he might miss a lot of time due to injury. Instead, he is actually quite reliable. I think it was the running issues combined with Stone's anger about all the strange pop up plays lately with Moncada. I'm not surprised it boiled over for Stone a little bit. Doesn't help that Moncada has that natural cool demeanor that players like Madrigal and Eaton don't have. Moncada can make the game look easy sometimes. If Moncada raises his game a little more he comes pretty elite. I love all the walks he is able to take, and I think he's reached base safely in 25 of the last 26 games. And outside of his weird play on pop outs he is very gifted at third.

Meh. I don't mind flipping Madrigal into that spot, but the difference between Eaton batting 2nd or 9th seems marginal. Also I wouldn't be doing anything to mess around with Moncada hitting 3rd, and Abreu hitting 4th in the lineup. That seems to be working nicely.

Or just his little goatee thing maybe?

Juggernaut?! I just hope we can win a game!

Bennetti is great. Stop.

Are these 7 innings today?