Chicago White Sox

That fucking works for me!

Hopefully La Russa will finally realize that Crochet should NOT be his extra innings reliever. I love the kid’s stuff, but he’s definitely a bit awkward at fielding his position.

There’s a reason he’s in Arizona and not Schaumburg

Velocity was up a little bit today and he’s pitched in three total games. Did you watch him a lot in Winston Salem? Supposedly his stuff was pretty damn good in the minors.

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So much this...he’s also pitching like scared which isn’t uncommon for a kid with limited experience

Please go back to wherever you were for the love of god!

Stiever time!

Tuesday then

Yeah, clearly not hustling there, but probably not worth him legging it in this game

Save him for tomorrow with Rodon on the mound

Now let Stiever go three and maybe give Ruiz if necessary.

Which will ultimately make or break him, but the stuff looks better this year with improved carry on the 4 seamer and improved Whiff rates on both the fastball & slider. I definitely wish he had shown more progress with the command this year, but at least when he’s missing now it’s much closer evident by his outside the zone swing rate up nearly 8 points vs 2020. He has shown enough improvement to warrant more time in the rotation IMO.

A while because Kopech is still going to be on an innings limit and the Sox aren’t going to pull the plug on Cease as quickly as Soxtalk would since he’s actually shown signs of development vs. last year even if it hasn’t fully clicked just yet.

Not even close to hyperbole. He’s always had a plus plus 4 seamer and slider, but his curveball & changeup are now becoming weapons as well. If he can continue to harness his shit then the league will have no chance.

What happened?

“That was a good piece of base-running by Nicky” - Steve Stone (4/25/2021) @fathom - Where you at brother? You are missing some base-running magic?!

-2.15 before that last out

Seems like the right plan. No reason to push Kopech too hard today with the lead we have.

I laughed

Sliding head-first into 1B is dumb, but just seems like something that would be part of the Yermin experience.

Nice work Jose...had to get at least five off this chump.

His sprint speed is still pretty good TBH

This guy reminds a bit of Shingo after the league learned to deal with his frisbee pitch.

Nicky locked in right now