Chicago White Sox

Ok I’m done with Nick Madrigal

Mitch Haniger isn’t commanding Andrew Vaughn

Yeah, he really should be batting 6th most likely

Here we go

Is Lambert hurt?

It’s obviously an unconventional comparison, but the point is Hamilton is getting a lot of rope while Hendriks isn’t. And I don’t hate Hamilton, I just think it’s insane to use him as anything other than a pinch runner & defensive substitute at this point in his career.

My beef isn’t spending the money on Hendriks necessarily (I would have prioritized other things given our salary constraints in hindsight), but his value is tied to him pitching a lot and in all sorts of high leverage situations. Only 1.1 innings in four close games is crazy and not using him last night is simply unacceptable. I hope La Russa has much more aggressive plans for Liam than what we have seen so far or his signing will be a total waste of minimal financial resources we were able to deploy this winter.

Wow...more Billy fucking Hamilton. He’s already at 13.1 innings on the year and should surpass 20 by the end of tonight. Meanwhile, our biggest free agent addition is sitting at a cool 1.1. What a fucking mess.

Does Liam automatically get an inning tonight or will La Russa continue to save his closer for save situations only?

They were able to contend last year with most of these same guys and black holes at DH & RF, so they should be able to again. But this is where the lack of depth hurts. No one is expecting all stars on the bench, but a reserve infielder who can play SS & 2B while not being a black hole against RHP would be a godsend right now. Instead we have to rock Leury out there while Timmy misses time. Unfortunately, when you compound that with a bunch of developing players your margin for error becomes razor thin.

He’s played 60 total games, I get he’s looked ugly, but the kid will likely adjust. It’s just going to take some time. Unfortunately, that puts even more pressure on Jose & Yoan to mash.

Hendriks was Tony’s big offseason addition so probably important to build up his stat sheet.

I think Moncada will be fine as he frequently has bad stretches like this, but when he goes cold so does the offense now without Eloy.

It’s absolutely bonkers and terrifying at the same time. Hendriks should pitch nearly every other day as longs as game are close. We can’t just save him for save situations all the time.

We face two lefties so that should help some, but obviously losing Timmy hurts.

I wonder if La Russa doesn’t understand the new extra innings rules, because I would have gone with Liam for up to two innings and then gone with Marshall in the 11th if it got there instead of squeezing an extra inning out of Ruiz. So fucking stupid.

We could have been 2-2 heading into two games against lefties with a bit of momentum, but hey at least Liam should be well rested if we ever decide to use him.

What a fucking waste...the Angels try to give us this game and La Russa single handily loses it.

Fire La Russa

Hopefully we can get out of this jam, but if Liam only appears once in a series of mostly closely games then why the fuck did we sign him?

Oh boy

This commentary is something

It’s just really late for him, he should be a bit more energetic when we play in the Central or Eastern time zones.

JFC...thank god Tony finally woke up.

Ruiz vs. Trout???