Greg Hibbard

Finally La Booza back from the bar

Maybe Tony could come out and pitch a couple innings and look good after he’s done ruining Giolito’s arm

The only person who had no idea this was possible was the White Sox manager

Is La Booza just taking the night off and drinking at this point? Why is Lucas still in there when he is laboring so much and at 106 pitches

Grandal is so done

Does Yasmani hit the same groundhog's day ground ball every at bat, now?

Leury Garcia, white sox phenom

Jake Lamb, white sox phenom

Per Garfien just now on the pregame...

I understand the whole "if you have guys on the bench, you need to play them once a week or so" but for fuck's sake we just had an off day. Play the damned studs tonight, and play the scrubs when guys are pressing after 10 straight games. Step on the jugular. Don't get cute trying to get Jake Lamb and Leury in the mix while we are trying to kick a dog while he's down.

Do you see him getting 9100 ML at bats? That’s 500 a year for 18 straight years. Especially some years out of the 9 spot?

So the league average BABIP is .300 and Yermin’s BABIP is at .455, if we were to take 8 in play (non home run) hits - including 1 double - away from him to normalize to a .309 BABIP, it yields a potentially “luck-normalized” line of .300/.355/.586/.941 still seems pretty damned blistering to me. yes I know, sample size. Still encouraging!

I think we can predict that if Madrigal walks at a rate he currently is, if his home run power stays at or close to zero, if his base running and defense remain at plus but not exceptional, there is no chance he will put up numbers to make him a hall of famer, even if he hits .330 for his career. Madrigal’s high floor is defined by all the things he can do that literally no one else can - which are amazing by the way - but unfortunately his low ceiling will also potentially be defined by all the things he cannot do that many others can.

I understand making these comparisons, but do you think Madrigal has the potential to win the Gold Glove multiple times as well as an MVP like Fox did? Do you think Nick can walk 87 times per 162 games or hit 45 career homers like Appling did? Because those are parts of those players skills sets, and part of the high ceilings they enjoyed during peak years. Yes, both are high batting average/low power players, but both had so many other aspects of their game that made them hall of famers, and Nick hasn’t demonstrated that level of ceiling. I can’t see him ever getting to 5 or 6 or 7 WAR in a single season - can you? I could see him putting up 3-4 consistently, though, if he continues to play at his best.

What I like the most about Yermin is his eye, his ability to foul pitches off with two strikes, and that pitchers haven’t identified a glaring weakness yet IE a tendency to chase certain breaking balls. He’s only struck out 11 times in 76 plate appearances - only Madrigal is better on our team.

I feel like this article distills a lot of what we have all been saying on both sides - an acknowledgement of his freak bat control skills but also an acknowledgement that if his walk rate and power do not significantly improve he will be a very reliable, good or very good player, but never great.

I hope he does continue to prove my skeptical ass wrong. Being wrong is way better than the White Sox having a bad second baseman!

Man, when Leury gets a hit like that, just call it a slaughter rule and head back to Dallas.

Leury “rally killer” Garcia strikes again ?

If Leury takes a walk it will be a miracle

Loving this zone for Kopech ? better be swinging today boys! That ump looks cold

For what it’s worth this seems like a pretty good defensive line

5/37, 5 BBs to open the season 10/33, 2 BBs since I do think there is some truth that Yoan needs to focus less on walks and more on being aggressive earlier in counts

Ok, I’ll bite - how is Yoan = Joe Crede? Crede generated about 2.5 fWAR per 162 and Yoan is significantly better. I don’t understand the comparison. Yoan has almost as much career WAR as Crede does and will likely pass his career totals this season or early next season.

1.1 fWAR in 62 games is playing like a backup???? That’s 2.9 fWAR per 162.