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Is the defense better than two years ago? Some positions yes, some a tie, some no. Hoping the starters return soon. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI201908040.shtml Starting Lineup August 4, 2019 @ Philadelphia CF Leury Garcia (Goodwin) SS Tim Anderson 1B Jose Abreu RF John Jay (Sheets) LF Eloy Jimenez (Vaughn) 3B Ryan Goins (Moncada) C James McCann (Collins) 2B Yolmer Sanchez (Hernandez) SP Reynaldo Lopez

You can check out the Hockey Hall of Fame as well, though wish the Expos were in my favorite Canadian city. San Diego is a great place to visit as well, and a rare venue for White Sox baseball. Added bonus, you may bump into Caulfield.

Sox were to play the NL West in 2020 before the schedule was adjusted. They are likely fortunate to face San Diego the final weekend after playoff seeding has been decided / perhaps one or both teams will be resting their regulars. It's only the second time the Sox have played in San Diego (2005 the other). While the mathematical odds are 1 in 15 the Sox finish a season with an interleague game, and 1 in 5 they don't finish with an AL Central opponent, discounting the bastardized 2020 60 game lockout schedule (the Sox were originally slated to finish vs. Detroit in 2020), this will be only the third season since the creation of the AL Central in 1994 the Sox are not scheduled to finish against an AL Central opponent (2011 Toronto & 1994 Oakland) and first ever closing against a NL team. Not sure why they knocked out two of the six Cubs games, but I like it.

Think Tepera will work out fine, just want a low leverage situation or two to get his legs / mind set for the stretch drive.

Yep, meets my criteria.

Cease answers in kind.

Wonder if Kopech is in track to pitch 1-2 innings tonight, or they are saving him for Wed/Thur. Lopez likely unavailable after 40 Sunday, everyone else should be available. Don’t want to see Tepera again until a game margin is 6 + runs either way.

Tim Anderson reads Sox Talk.

Great play by Abreu! Still 1-0.

When you do the math, you choose McGrath. bWAR (2020-2021): Lopez 2.8; Madrigal 1.7 fWAR (2020-2021): Lopez 2.1; Madrigal 1.5

Not impressive, against a lefty. White Sox 1 Royals 0

Hawk has TWTW. Tony has TWTSL - The Will To Start Leury. I expect Leury to continue to play most days (down from everyday) after Robert returns. Tony likes his guts, and will continue to rotate him across all the OF, and 2B/3B in the infield, to give guys days off and keep that "valuable" switch hitting (i.e. Tony pleasing RLRLRLRL puzzle piece) player in the lineup. I'd prefer to keep him as infield reserve only and 1-2 starts per week once Robert returns (with Engel and Vaughn the other primary OFs).

If you read the attached article, most media outlets do not enforce a code of ethics when it comes to gambling, even bets on teams the media employees cover. The SEC enforces rules on investing, there is no equivalent for sports gambling beyond statutes covering the fixing of the results of games. MLB has partnered with gambling companies, the Ricketts are opening a sports book, the RSNs are branded by a casino company (Bally's), media companies are morphing into gambling info services.

This is the first time this year Yoan has batted lower than 5th (he did this eleven starts combined the previous two seasons). We'll see if Eloy can make it through a full game tonight.

And welch if you lost.

Not surprised there is no adherence to a professional code of conduct / ethics at the four letter network / disney,

I'd say 2022, which for whatever reason was not a poll option. This assumes there is a season and also the owners get their wish and expand to a garbage 16 + team playoff. 75-83 wins will be the cutoff under this scheme, where the regular season is trash, similar to the NHL and NBA, and any team with a pulse will make it. The Cubs got flexibility with these moves, only have $41M committed for next year (Heyward the last garbage contract), and I expect the Cubs to field a minimum $100M level payroll on Opening Day. They can always trade pieces off in July if it's going poorly. Kimbrel was the only player they traded under contract beyond 2021. If MLB retains the current 10 team playoff scheme, I'd say it would take to at least 2023-2024 for the Cubs to earn a spot.

Perhaps Nick confronted The Stone Pony for his pornographic past (Playgirl). This may explain Steve Stone's post-trade comments trashing Madrigal on the Score. https://www.audacy.com/670thescore/podcasts/parkins-spiegel-show-63/spiegel-rongey-steve-stone-intervew-hour-3-601202086 Starts at 15:45 mark. I actually thought the comments were fair and accurate, but many here took umbridge at the following comments: "When you're making a trade, the best trade you make is when you might know something about a guy, that other people don't know." "You see how close they are to their ceiling, and know that that ceiling is not going to advance beyond where it is now." "I believe that he was over-drafted at first round, fourth pick in the draft. I think that's too high for him, because I think he's an adequate, at best defender. I thought he would run the bases better, he didn't. Look, he's a really good hitter who is not going to be impactful. Because of his size, everybody wanted to liken him to Pedroia, or Altuve. He's not going to be Pedroia or Altuve. That's just not the way he swings." "When you're 1-4, you gotta be a stud. Nick is not a stud. Nick is a good player, but again, you're going to have some situations defensively where you're going to look and say "you know what, the arm isn't all that good. The judgement might not be great."

Can you give an example of an "affluent sportsmen", because I believe I speak for a lot of us that we don't know how you are using this term. Are the hedge fund owners of the Dodgers and Mets affluent sportsmen? The Steinbrenner Family? Mark Cuban? The fleabag Rickett Family? Any other affluent sportsmen in MLB ownership suites? All signs point to the Reinsdorf children taking over when Jerry steps down or passes. If the Reinsdorf children take up fox hunting, sailing, or equestrian sports like showjumping, steeplechase or polo, would they become affluent sportsmen/women, and would that improve White Sox fortunes? Can we expect Grey Poupon at concession stands?

No, 1.7. Players over 2 were listed. If players between 1-2 were listed, the gap between the White Sox and the teams above would have grown much larger, since each of the four have several 1-1.9 fWAR projected players with IL time. Liked the graph you posted, showed the Sox had a wide circle with high projected players, but the number of player days lost was on the low end, consistent with the other analysis. And no Bama Doc, Madrigal's injury time was included in the OG post, was excluded in my latest to isolate "high impact players" with projected fWAR over 2.0.

Cleveland ownership so cheap they opted for an intern instead of competent trademark attorneys. If they were smart, they would use this opportunity to change to the Spiders or another decent name over the tattoo coverup, but I expect them to double down on stupidity and battle harder for this name than they do to retain baseball talent.

Well, with the debt structure and service for not only with the purchase, but also all of the hotels and renovations that went unused for 1 1/2 seasons, would be interesting to see their cash flow and p & l statements. The Sox were handed a taxpayer funded stadium, significant upgrades after the initial stadium was built, and have no debt service, so it’s a completely different ballgame. Ricketts personal wealth could cover more, but most owners stop doubling down at some point. The kids don’t have “stupid” personal money to play around with like a Cohen, which is why Jerry fought tooth and nail to prevent Cohen to purchase, and drive up player payroll.

Hahn said Friday several teams were interested in Kimbrel on Thursday, so it made sense to finalize the Tepera deal and let the Kimbrel deal work itself out before the deadline.