JUSTgottaBELIEVE

The only problem is the Sox signed him to be their catcher for this season and the next three, not the past five.

The one trait other than OBP that everyone talked up about Grandal was his pitch framing. That should be a loud trait because you’d see him stealing strikes/strikeouts for our pitchers regularly. But I’m still waiting for that to happen.

The advanced stat nerds hate Colome but his save percentage with the Sox has been great and that’s what I care about most from a closer. Pretty sure most people would consider Josh Hader the top closer in MLB right now. Josh has 8 blown saves in 53 opportunities since the start of last season. Colome has just 4 blown saves in 41 opportunities.

Agreed

In the postseason and even at the start of this season (because of the circumstances) I get but not right now.

I’d rather earn the wild card and advance to the World Series than win the division and get bounced in the first round. Now of course I’d rather win the division than not but this season of all seasons it provides very little advantage in the postseason. I’m just happy to be watching meaningful White Sox baseball in September/October again.

Grandal stealing strikes again

You’re building it up as more than it is. Both teams will look different next season. Maybe it’s just me but I’m not overly concerned about the Twins next year if the Sox are relatively healthy and improve this offseason the way I expect them to.

Odds are pretty low that the Sox face the Twins in the playoffs.

Nah. There’s little to no advantage to winning the division this season. The Sox have a better road than home record too.

Why is this a HUGE game? The Sox are basically already a lock for the playoffs barring an epic collapse this month.

Is it though?

Mazara played that terribly

Unbelievable defensively but his bat leaves much to be desired.

It’s not like Donaldson and Garver were setting the world on fire before they got hurt

This Twins offense suddenly looks pretty ordinary. Quite the turn of events from 6 weeks ago and the 2019 season.

Great feed by Yolmer and lightening quick turn by Madrigal

Problem is he’s on the wrong side of 30

Well, he’s not getting any younger

Last weekend Ricky started Grandal at catcher for a day game after he caught a 4 hour game the night before. Nothing like keeping Grandal fresh. Not surprisingly, Grandal had a brutal game (Saturday I believe it was).

For sure but that post would have been mocked and laughed at just a couple weeks ago...

The fact that this post did not receive multiple critical posts in response tells me that the fan base is starting to come around on the McCann/Grandal debate.

He looked really bad. Like his career is basically done bad.

Why is this so complicated? Force out at second, everyone else is safe.

Me too. Just fearful of what we give up.