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Elvis and Romy sparking a multi-run rally ??? or a High School Reunion ?

Great play by Yoan !

At least Sheets is doing his job. STill nothing but singles but a 2 run lead is better than 1.

It was a line drive that had a chance to be caught on the fly so if Zavala's 1st move isn't back towards 2nd base he get's doubled off if it's caught. No way too many catchers score on that.

C'mon Jose pass Mendick for bases loaded RBI's this season ! LOL nope .

It always looks that way. I don't like it much.

Come on ump Baker's all over the place and you give him that ?

You'll get one right sooner or later.

Zavala trying to fill the Grandal walk void getting a few of them lately.

Pretty much wrong about everything.

Sox have 3 more innings to get some extra base hits. ISO for the month might dip below 100 soon.

Clearly not enjoying the game.

Nice 5 innings for Gio. Need more runs .

this year. 25 games leading off 116 AB's.

.327 .371 .505 .875 leading off

A few have mentioned it. But I know I have seen another or a few organizations talking about their major farm talents all growing together. Learning together and being promoted together. Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Dodgers , Tampa Bay , Houston to perhaps . Not quite en masse like this but with deeper systems it's harder to do. By the time the wheat is separated from the chaff there could be 3 or 4 guys following the same developmental path to MLB. I also think Colas might be going to AAA soon. Maybe Cespedes too.

I can't find team ISO for the month but as I said HR's are down for this month and even worse are the amount of doubles.27 games in June 55 doubles, July, 25 games, 50 doubles. August so far in 22 games,32 doubles with 7 games left. 18 doubles behind July with 4 more games than in July. Edit: Found the team ISO for August .109 lowest month of the season so far.

Then there's my own made up stat of how the Sox do in low scoring games which I define as: The winning team can't score more than 5 runs. I think at one point near the end of July the Sox were something like 30-17 in those games. In August they are 7-7 . That means in any game where the winning team scores more than 6 runs the Sox are around 13 games below .500. This is where they lose a lot in run differential. It also means that that trend of being above .500 in close games isn't working as well lately which has coincided with the HR drought in August. They have 15 now with 7 games to go. Their low for a month was 19 in April, June: 20, May: 22, July: 27

Ok if that's the case I guess a full option if defined as bringing someone up and then sending him down again ? Because if Balta is right about it being 5 times already than the 6th time means he has to stay up.

If you remove a pitcher for an injury the relief pitcher gets as much time as he needs so it really doesn't matter if someone was warmed up or not.

So you're saying Davis Martin cannot be on the Sox the rest of the season since his 5 times has already been used unless he clears waivers which won't happen.

I'll answer this again too just so you know that you are arguing stats and I am arguing baseball sense. I'm not some anti sabremetrics guy. I value them as tools but that doesn't mean I follow them blindly and without thought or question the validity. I understand that questioning their validity might require an advanced degree in math which I don't have so the only way I argue is common sense. Because the Sox lead the league in singles they are not as bad at getting on base as someone might think. I think we can all agree a single is better than a walk without me explaining why. If I blindly look at the team OBP leaders I see the Sox are at 13 out of 30 at .315 so not even close to worst in the league. If I then look at each team's OBP there are only 10 teams above the White Sox. There are 3 other teams with the same .315 team OBP as the Sox ( Braves Mariners and Red Sox.) There are 3 other teams with a team OBP of .314 (Brewers, Guardians and Phillies). Lot's of good teams with the same or nearly the same OBP as the Sox. If I look at team Slugging Percentage the Sox drop down to 18th at .385 (tied with the Guardians and Mariners) If I check team HR's only 2 teams are worse then the White Sox (Guardians and Tigers). Team ISO is 29th .126 only Tigers worse. For fielding I use the Fielding Bible which places the Sox 26th . They use team defensive runs saved as the measuring stick ,http://www.fieldingbible.com/TeamDefensiveRunsSaved The only worse teams are Phillies, Royals, Reds, Giants and Nationals. 2 positions in particular hurt the Sox defensively SS ( -11) and RF (-11) where they are - 22 DRS. Since the Sox as a team are -19 that means the rest of the team positions players are not bad except for a -6 for the pitchers. They get an 8 over all on positioning in shifts and non shifts. The only other thing that sticks out is DRS saved by shifts . It appears the Sox are the 2nd worst with the Guardians being slightly worse. The Sox are a 6 while many teams are over 10 with the top team at 27. In non shifts the Sox are tied for 9th with a 2. UZR has the Sox dead last by a large margin. Basically its defense and ISO//lack of HR's hurting the Sox the most if you had to pick just 2 things they are the worst or near worst at. Team wRC+ is 100 which is 15th

Or getting thrown out at home which we also are great at.2nd base is considered scoring position. Can't score on a single from 2nd base and keep getting thrown out at home.

I've watched them being bad at OBP and slugging this year but a few more HR's and extra base hits would be better than a few more walks. They have the most singles in the league by far but it's not translating to runs . More walks with those singles would mean some runs here and there but more HR's and extra base hits drive in more runs. Big innings happen with extra base hits. Throw 2 walks and 2 singles with a DP in between doesn't get you much with a bunch of base cloggers.1 walk 2 singles a DP plus a HR gets you more assuming the inning doesn't end on a DP.

It's basically my objection with how WAR places a bit too much emphasis on walks and fielding. I believe slugging percentage is a better indicator of hitting ability.