South Side Hit Men

Did Weekend at Cooper's have any input? Still haven't heard why he's still here after 32 years.

Detroit just tied the Twins. Anderson is within .003 of LeMahieu after his 0-4 night.

He will likely be worth more. Not a Hahn fan, but acquiring Eloy, Abreu and Robert were his the best moves, even if the White Sox do not win another game this season.

EDIT: Ricky stated Colome was not available due to back spasms. I too have issues at times with Rick Renteria's decisions, but the only positive I can say this decade for Cooper is he didn't try to stop Giolito after Lucas said enough is enough with the Cooper way, and worked with his High School pitching coach and James McCann.

Battling back was the only good take away today, Parrot got two hits, so hopefully he can build on that. Ricky should start both Engel and Dyson tomorrow, let Eloy DH and give Grandal another day off to heal, as he likely won't be 100% this soon. Give Giolito the best defense to win. These are the types of games the team won as recently as a week ago, just a bad stretch of baseball at a very inopportune time. Glad it's this week and not next.

Robert needs to practice with the wall before games. Looked like Eloy out there.

Well he is no Dan Pasqua or Nicky Delmonico, that's for certain.

To be fair, the White Sox also had with one out and Nicky at bat. #Team McCann hoping for a hit here.

Anderson 1-4 so far, but gained ground on 0-3 LeMahieu after 7 in Toronto Buffalo. LeMahieu .358 Anderson .353

The Sox have Kopech for the latter, perhaps a future year for the former.

Not only was today Lopez' most effective outing, it was also his longest in terms of pitches. Hopefully he can pitch well Sunday, and be counted on in the playoffs when a long man is needed. 7/26: 2/3 IP / 31 Pitches / 4 Earned Runs (Min) 8/22: 3 1/3 / 50 / 2 (@ CHC) 8/28: 4 / 70 / 2 (KC) 9/2: 1 2/3 / 53 / 1 (@Min) 9/12: 5 / 75 / 0 (Det) 9/17: 5 1/3 / 83 / 3 (Min) 9/22: 5 / 85 / 1 (@ Cle)

To be fair, Andy Masur also started the call as though it was a deep fly ball, until it wasn't. Hard to call the game off of a computer monitor.

My vote was Anderson until the past few games, Abreu has overtaken Anderson with four games to go. Anderson is still the player the White Sox can least afford to lose, comparing the alternatives, but Abreu had the better season. Still want to see Anderson win the Batting Title, though the past few games have turned the race to a come from behind task.

Way to pick yourself up! Jose comes up LARRRGE!!! Thank you all who replied to my question about the fielding play, much obliged.

What was Abreu doing on that play? DJ critical on the radio broadcast.

He’s been their best pitcher since being called up (Keuchel good in his line start). All have one more tuneup, hope they take advantage of their final opportunity before games really matter.

This. The only two starters they can count consistently were developed elsewhere, or eliminated 100% of Cooper’s White Sox input to work with his high school pitching coach.

Don’t see a transaction as of now on the website and WGN pregame didn’t address Grandal’s injury. Hope McCann or Grandal’s mitt fits Yolmer’s hands if Grandal can’t go, don’t want Anderson used this close to the playoffs, regardless of how badass fun it would be to watch him gun down a runner. The Sox have a good chance today, hoping for a third consecutive good start from Lopez, and a multi hit game from Anderson.

This^ Could see teams resorting to more revenue sharing to get through next season, if they choose to hold it. Owners stated they lose $640,000 by every game played, highly suspect, and wouldn't put it past them to cancel the next season and beyond between their "losses" and the CBA, if fans aren't allowed in at or near capacity. And I don't see that happening by Opening Day 2021; by year end is a possibility. In terms of strictly baseball: Best case scenario: A full season (I suspect owners will try to weasel out of paying players for lack of attendance, just like this year when they demanded additional cuts beyond pro-rated salaries). A return to the prior postseason format (not 16 team every team sniffing .500 is in). I wouldn't hold my breath on this one. Postseason will be played, and fans will be able to attend at home stadiums, at a rate of 50-100%. Worst case scenario: Owners lock out / players walk out due to owner demands for additional salary cuts. Season and or post season not finished / conducted, or another slashing of 60-100 games to hold a second straight farcical season. 16 team playoffs (or more, NHL increased the count to 24 teams). Another off-season of collusion, this time with COVID as an excuse, forces a walkout. 1994 occurred without COVID, but with Jerry. Anything can happen with either between now and a year from now. I think the more interesting question is as a fan, would you be willing to attend games without a vaccine? There are many die-hards here, but I don't see a large portion of the populace willing to plunk down money to sit in a packed ballpark, with or without masks.

The logic is simple. Which of the three GMs would you hire based on their GM track record? Hahn's moves from 2013-2015 put the team into tanking mode, and under Friends of Jerry logic bought him another 10 years of job security. The other two GMs turned around three clubs without tanking, two of which are in much smaller markets (TB and Milwaukee).

Bulls Gar Pax had a winning record before being shitcanned, White Sox Gar Pax were effective 2013, White Sox Gar was George Costanza before 2013. Maybe you forgot. By your logic, Mike Ditka should still be coaching the Bears, Joe Maddon should still be with the Cubs, John McDonough should be President of the Blackhawks. Most people are held accountable in their jobs. The rest are Friends of Jerry.

.There are 12 million excuses for Encarnacion's existence, each and every one is owned by Rick Hahn. “The numbers speak for themselves in terms of continuing to be a dangerous presence and an outstanding source of power for the last decade-plus,” general manager Rick Hahn said Thursday after the Sox announced they agreed to terms with Encarnacion on a one-year, $12 million deal that has a club option for 2021. “We feel he’s someone who’s going to not only improve our run-scoring, but be a significant positive within our clubhouse, as well.” Also, you have it backwards. Mazara's only saving attribute over Parrot is the fact that Mazara owns a glove and can play an acceptable RF (he is better than his counterpart in LF in fielding). If anything, they should DH Jimenez, and platoon the three corner outfielders. They really should have signed 1 or 2 corner outfielders, and passed on Mazara, Parrot and "Elite" Grandal, but our front office sucks except for tanking.

The Sox sucked whether they were tanking or not under Hahn. Hahn's trades and free agent signings sucked when he was attempting to win. Keuchel looks like the only possible good 2020 acquisition. And the Sox had "One Shining Moment" for the decade plus he was an assistant GM. Unless you are a government employee or a Friend of Jerry, if you suck at your job for extended periods, you are gone. White Sox Gar Pax say hey, our team sucks, let's suck for five more years so we are not accountable for another ten years, five years for a rebuild and five more years to allow their "plan" to play out. So 13 years guaranteed regardless. The Hahn apologists here are legion. If the Sox go 90-72 the next eight years, Hahn still have a losing record under White Sox Gar / Pax. Anything good that happens, Hahn is genius. Anything bad, oh that's Kenny Williams' fault. Trade away future MVPs? Oh, that's Kenny's Fault. Sign ancient free agents? Oh, Kenny made Rick do that. Sox lose, oh it's Ricky's fault. Sox win, oh, they won despite Ricky. Who signed Ricky, oh, that was Kenny's fault. Who extended Ricky? Oh, that was Kenny Williams fault. Even "Elite" Grandal would have trouble framing Hahn's two decades with the club as successful.

What is McCann's pace, using fWAR, bWAR, or BP's WARP? Oh yes, McCann is the superior catcher this season using any of the three, all of which account for pitch framing. What did the Dodger's internal metrics say on resigning Grandal? Oh yes, that's right, don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. What did the Brewers internal metrics say on resigning Grandal at the White Sox' price? Oh yes, that's right, don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. Andrew Freeman's Accomplishments: Three playoff appearances with the micro-payroll Tampa Devil Rays including an American League Pennant. Division Championships every single year with the Dodgers, Two National League Pennants, two World Series losses to cheating scandal teams (perennial cheaters Boston and Houston). David Stern's Accomplishments: Rebuilt small market Brewers with Free Agents signings that, wait for it, actually helped the team. Won Division title within three years of taking over, losing in the NLCS to Andrew Freeman. Rick Hahn's Accomplishments: Became a Friend of Jerry permanent employee for life (Jerry or his) in 2002. Since his promotion before the 2013 season, his teams have a 491–642 record and had no post season appearances or winning seasons until they clinched a playoff spot in 2020.

Cleveland pushed Bieber to Wednesday vs. Giolito. They are starting Quantrill tomorrow. Liked how Lopez has pitched his last two outings, hope he has another in him tomorrow.