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Moncada Moncada 3 for 3 with another HR, 2B tonight, BA .667, OPS 1.964 Colas 1 for 4 , HR : BA .407, OPS 1.188 Clint Frazier 1 for 3 , double: BA .385 , 1.323 OPS All 3 doing very well with Charlotte

This game is a farce.

Bum

Can't leave Cease in to face lefties.

Bummer time ?

Great AB Gavin !

Need some runs here. Time to knock Greinke out.

Come on Cease where's the upper part of the zone FB's ? Lefties just killing him.

It didn't sink.

Yes ! Bedard will be a superstar.

Cease might want to take a cue from this ump and throw some fastballs up in the zone.

Just what I was hoping wouldn't happen tonight, a LHB hitting a HR that wasn't solo.

There aren't too many fast catchers.

He's having a pretty good season hitting so far.

You really think he won't play in any of the KC games ? I mean it's certainly possible considering how long he's been off . He's already been in 3 games and is 5 for 9 with a HR and 2 walks. He also has played 3rd in 2 games although as you said not full games. 10 innings in 2 games. DH the other game.

Grandal , Vaughn and Andrus have hit Greinke best in the past. Robert is hot. We get 2 of those guys having good games ans we should win today with some help from Cease.

Grandal

He played yesterday and went 3 for 3 with a walk and HR. He's nearly ready. I'd say he's back in the lineup tomorrow. Editing this to say since there are no Minor League games today and it's close to game time and he's not in todays lineup that maybe they want him to play in another game before he comes back so maybe Wednesday he'll be in the Sox lineup. I think he would've been back already considering the Monday off day.

Nice post Richie. Despite the obvious flaws in the bullpen it would help immensely to either sweep or take 3 of 4 against KC. Of course just when we start to think they can put a little run together injuries and inconsistency rear their ugly heads. Have to win the 1st game against KC.

Congrats @Harold's Leg Lift ! You took a lot of s%*# sticking by Kelenic. I don't think any of it came from me. As a matter of fact I suggested the Sox try to trade for him this past off season among my many young LH OF suggestions over the last couple of off seasons. It's still early but so far so good for him.

As of yesterday Outman has 1.7 fWar which is tied for 10th in baseball and is playing CF without any errors. LH, Power, speed, defense, high OBP . Precisely why I wanted the unranked rookie. The highest White Sox position player is Luis Robert, Jr. 1.1 fWar who is 49th in baseball. https://dodgersway.com/posts/can-dodgers-james-outman-miguel-vargas-go-toe-to-toe-in-nl-rookie-of-the-year-race-01gzh4m9paqz https://dodgersway.com/posts/can-dodgers-james-outman-miguel-vargas-go-toe-to-toe-in-nl-rookie-of-the-year-race-01gzh4m9paqz

I was thinking that myself. Unfortunately. Someone else would have to break that down. They'd have to find 5 key position players on each team who have similar injury histories over either a 2+ or 3+ year period. That by itself would be difficult. That's 5 of 9 starting position players and we all know how bad RF and 2nd base have been in that time so it's effectively 5 of their best 7 position players. But that 2 of 162 in 2022 where they all played together is ridiculously low. The best ability is availability.

There's a ton of blame for the rebuild crumbling and deservedly so. Also a lot of blame for the team looking terrible so far this year and also deservedly so. However, besides Hahn and management's refusal to build any kind of depth, I'm here to remind us all that near the top of the list is injuries. I know, I know ,a lot of teams have injuries and building depth helps good teams survive it. However I will throw some injury stats at you concerning 5 key players to the Sox rebuild, Moncada,Grandal, Anderson, Jimenez and Robert that I stole from a CHGO episode after the 17-4 win. Games Played from 2020-2023 Moncada 308/418 74% Grandal 268/418 64% Anderson 267/418 64% Robert 255/418 61% Jimenez 219/418 52% 45 games all 5 played together or 11% 25 games in 2020 (Covid 60 game season) Record 16-9 12 games in 2021 Record 9-3 2 Games in 2022 Record 1-1 7 games (so far) in 2023 Record 5-2 If we eliminate the Covid year in the last 2+ years those 5 have played together 21 times in 358 or just around 6% of the time and went 15-6 . The podcast wasn't sure if the total number of them playing together was 45 or 46 games from 2020-2023 but the overall record of those 5 playing together was 31-15 and most of that time Eloy and Robert never were at their peaks together. Eloy is also out for 4-6 weeks now so those 5 won't be playing together any time soon but they've already eclipsed the 2 whole games all 5 played together in 2022 and despite the piss poor pitching and record this year , amazingly enough, they are 5-2 when they are all playing together in 2023.

Charlotte won 18-11, Moncada 3-3 with a HR. Colas 10 for 23 since he was sent down although it looks like the Sox have coached all the HR's out of him. He does have 5 doubles in his 10 hits. Still seems like he's not barreling up balls that much. He just muscles balls all over the field. Hendriks pitched an inning , gave up 2 hits and a run.