Chicago White Sox

I literally was going to post this exact same request Someone please look into this

The ghost Leury Legend is haunting the basepaths for us

Unfortunately this is likely the truth

He does unfortunately. And Hahn decided to stop extending guys for some reason, so it will be an even bigger long-shot. But I’d much fucking better with Cease anchoring this staff for the next six or seven years.

Romy going to get a rally started here

Extend this man!

I did…not sure I buy that is he these guys are. The only player I have legit concerns about is Grandal and that’s due to his beat up knees.

Grandal runs like he’s stuck in quick sand on a planet with hypergravity

Time for Benintendi to start earning that franchise record contract ?

Cease looks fucking good

I was mostly joking, but would be nice to see more fly balls and line drives early on, although Framber is going to induce a lot of groundballs to your point.

It’s been two innings…

The curse of Menechino continues…

I think his back may be more jacked up than we realize.

Fully agree, but Romy should be utilized against LHP regardless. Not as a full platoon partner for Colas, but to help us against really tough lefties. The kid legit destroyed them in AA in an admittedly SSS, but his handedness makes it seems less fluke-ish.

That is a super small sample size and he wasn’t facing major leaguers. I’m hopeful he’s not a platoon guy, but let’s not act as if he’s a proven LHP masher at this time. There will likely be an adjustment period for him and it’s very reasonable to sit him tonight.

Kudos to Grifol for making the right decision and not the emotional one. No doubt playing Colas on Opening Day would be more fun, but Romy against a tough lefty when we won’t face another one for some time is the right call.

Good lineup all things considered

Here are our hitters’ splits vs. Valdez in the past: Player | PA | BB % | K % | ISO | HR | BA | OPS Andrus: 17 | 6% | 0% | .063 | 0 | .250 | .646 Vaughn: 14 | 7% | 29% | .230 | 1 | .385 | 1.044 Moncada: 14 | 7% | 14% | .384 | 1 | .232 | .901 Anderson: 12 | 8% | 8% | .272 | 1 | .273 | .879 Grandal: 7 | 14% | 0% | .000 | 0 | .333 | .833 Benintendi: 7 | 0% | 14% | .000 | 0 | .286 | .571 Robert: 6 | 17% | 17% | .000 | 0 | .600 | .1267 Jimenez: 6 | 17% | 0% | .000 | 0 | .400 | .900 Average: NA | 10% | 10% | .119 | NA | .345 | .880 These are tiny sample sizes obviously, but on average we have seen Valdez pretty well vs. the rest of the league. And that makes sense given Valdez is primarily a sinker-curveball pitcher, which our core guys hit well overall. I feel like we should be able to scrap together three or four runs off him today. Ultimately this one feels like it comes down to Cease. He hasn’t been good against the Astros in the past and even last year he was bad in his one start against them. We really need five strong from him tonight and then pray the bullpen can close things out. Regardless, this should be a fun way to kick of the 2023 season.

We’re going to destroy Valdez tomorrow. I’m predicting slaughter rule …11-0 White Sox. At least three bombs for us including one by Vaughn. Cease goes six strong with 10 k’s. Lopez pitches a perfect 9th to close things out.

f*** yes!!

What happened?

Don’t you burn the option by sending him down?

Those guys are all bad, not major league ready, and/or potentially not even in the organization. I’d probably rather go with Eloy & Sheets than any of that group on a regular basis. That’s the point and probably Grifol would do. There is a reason they keep playing Eloy in the OF, he is likely part of a contingency plan for better or worse.

My point was if Robert is out for an extended period of time, you either play Colas in CF with Eloy or Sheets in RF or you have to call up a AAAA CF type from Charlotte. Not sure why Haseley is that much more appealing than playing Eloy or Gavin out of the position. Both scenarios would be really bad for us IMO.