BFirebird

That is what I would do.

I don't have a problem with the amount he uses them...he just needs better bench players. Losing 2/3rds of your OFer and your 4th OFer doesn't help. It is a long season with a DH coming up tomorrow and the start of a LONG stretch of games. Batting Lamb 2nd is inexcusable no matter who else is in the lineup.

He is still -0.3 WAR and 77 RC+ which is just dreadful.

I’m pretty sure it was. A really good one too.

Yeah they are all by themselves over in that extreme area of bad.

I am going to have agree with this. Sox were super careful with Sale and he was definitely not throwing max velocity all the time like he did in Boston. I think the combination of throwing more max velocity and extended playoff run ruined Sale's arm, not what he did in Chicago. Unless you want to make the argument it was the accumulation of innings in Chicago and then what he did in Boston, but if that were the case that would happen to any pitcher. He did not have a ridiculous amount of innings here.

His swing kind of reminds me of Kole Calhoun. I like the aggressiveness he swings with.

Or Robert

I am guessing most of those LHH that had success are better hitters than Hamilton, Lamb & Garcia....but I see what you mean. Hard to figure out any kind of thought process from LaRussa.

So Lamb batting 5th, does that mean Hahn DFAs him tomorrow like Nick Williams? LaRussa needs to check himself before he wrecks himself. This lineup has to be the worst possible lineup given our current roster.

Great for Carlos. Everything he went through what a moment for him. What a play by Abreu too....wow. Not bad for the Sox 4th/5th starter.

Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't the start of MiLB delayed? So would it be longer than 2 weeks? Or does only MLB season timeline matter for service time?

Thanks @ptatc. You are the best.

So, if true, this is better than shoulder I take it? Seems like it to me but I am no expert.

This trade has to signal the end of Markannen, no? It would be a bad idea to have him and Vuc on the floor together I am guessing.

Got it. Then I am hoping there are trade protections.

If there are trade protections. But that means the Bulls are bottom feeders again. Unless I am not following.

Vucevic while 30, is a top 20 player in the NBA this year. He is signed for 2 more years I believe? If they can get a real PG along with this it is for more than just this year, this is a 2 year type plan. Hopefully the '23 1st round pick isn't that good....that means the trade worked.

I used to be in that boat until I became more educated on scouting and what he is looking at. People like to point to guys like Sale as to why he hates the WS, but all KLaw was saying with Sale was he didn't like his violent delivery and thought he would be a RP or his arm would explode. Most of the time he probably would have been proven to be correct but Sale is just a freak of nature. No one scouting is going to get every prospect right, it just isn't possible. I agree with your previous post that I think he is among the best in business.

Agreed. He would be better as a bench coach. His bullpen decisions alone would have got him fired.

I know this comment wasn't directed at me, but for the record..I personally wasn't trying to gang up on you, I just think that Blown Save is a flawed stat especially when you start to include players that are pitching not in 9th inning and like southsider2k5 mentioned, not all save oppts are the same. I would also not worry about defense with Hendriks as much as I would with Colome because Hendriks strikes out nearly 2x the number of batters. Hendriks 12.09 K/9 career (13 K/9 last year) vs Colome 8 K/9 career (6.45 K/9 last year). Colome does a lot with smoke and mirrors which is just harder to count on over a long term vs a pitcher that misses a ton more bats. Hendriks is a big risk given his age, but as long as it doesn't preclude the Sox from making additional moves this is a plus addition, not a minus.

Looked deeper into the blown saves. 2 of those blown saves were as an 8th inning or earlier guy not as a closer. He became the A's closer in June of 2019. So that knocks it down to 6 blown saves as a closer vs 4 for Colome. This was also a brand new role for him moving from 7th/8th inning to 9th inning. 3 of those 6 blown saves happened within his month of being a closer in July over a 3 game stretch looking at the game log, one of those being a multiple inning affair. Taking out a single stat in isolation without the full picture is why it is a bad take. Looking at the full body of work over 2 years in which he was clearly the best RP in all of baseball is a clearer look at Hendriks vs. Colome as a closer. For reference Hendriks game log from 2019: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/players/player/gamelogs/2019/1756629/liam-hendriks

I would like this...we have 1/3 so far. I would prefer Richards/Kluber over Q though.

Sorry, but this is a bad take. Colome hasn't even been the most valuable White Sox reliever over the last 2 years, that would be Bummer. Over the last 2 years Hendriks has been the best reliever in all of baseball and it isn't even particularly close. Could he fall off a cliff by year 3? Most definitely he will be 35 by that time. But the Sox have safeguarded themselves against this with the buyout. Top RP last 2 seasons: His contract is also right in line with what Fangraphs crowdsourcing put him at: But I do agree with everyone saying that hopefully this doesn't preclude them from making additional moves (SP and/or lefty bat). I would prefer if they still address both.