chitownsportsfan Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 On 6/11/2019 at 5:04 PM, Greg Hibbard said: Any update on the injury today? Expand questionable for tonight is the official word from the Sox and Moncada "downplayed" the injury in his post game comments according to a pool report from rotoworld. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 On 6/11/2019 at 5:14 PM, chitownsportsfan said: questionable for tonight is the official word from the Sox and Moncada "downplayed" the injury in his post game comments according to a pool report from rotoworld. Expand For reference, if he had to be taken out last night, he should sit today, but bah I can't think of any other recent examples of a person pushing themselves to come back from an injury and then something worse happening. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 On 6/11/2019 at 6:05 PM, Balta1701 said: For reference, if he had to be taken out last night, he should sit today, but bah I can't think of any other recent examples of a person pushing themselves to come back from an injury and then something worse happening. Expand lol. He should just sit today they have an off day tmr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Officially questionable for tonight. If he misses a 3rd day in a row I'd suggest maybe just putting him on the 10 day retroactive to Tuesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hibbard Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Wow, wonder why they downplayed the injury if he's still questionable for tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 I like his bandana 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 On 6/13/2019 at 6:00 PM, oldsox said: I like his bandana Expand He makes the panties drop for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorStSox Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 On 6/13/2019 at 5:49 PM, chitownsportsfan said: Officially questionable for tonight. If he misses a 3rd day in a row I'd suggest maybe just putting him on the 10 day retroactive to Tuesday. Expand Hopefully White Sox management notes your suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofaRoache Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 On 6/13/2019 at 6:44 PM, TaylorStSox said: Hopefully White Sox management notes your suggestion. Expand Hell no. I'll be there Friday and Saturday so he needs to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppysox Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 On 6/13/2019 at 6:00 PM, oldsox said: I like his bandana Expand I like his bat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 On 6/13/2019 at 7:15 PM, SonofaRoache said: Hell no. I'll be there Friday and Saturday so he needs to play. Expand I was thinking about going to a Sox Cubs game next week (friends I don't see often live in Wrigleyville so I can kill 2 birds with one stone, plus they are Sox fans ha) so I'm in the same boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 130 wRC+ after last night. 2.3 fWAR. Run positive defensively. Other than a couple minor injuries and maybe some lack of development as a baserunner this season has been a smash hit for Moncada and really puts him back on a path to superstardom in his mid and late 20s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 On 6/20/2019 at 4:42 PM, chitownsportsfan said: 130 wRC+ after last night. 2.3 fWAR. Run positive defensively. Other than a couple minor injuries and maybe some lack of development as a baserunner this season has been a smash hit for Moncada and really puts him back on a path to superstardom in his mid and late 20s. Expand Yeah it just doesn't look like SBs will be in his repertoire, but he can still turn a few more singles into doubles and get 1st to third well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hibbard Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 28.15% strikeout rate - 13th in total strikeouts for all of MLB which is nice to see him come down from the most or one of the most. This has been an "A" season for Moncada. I never would have dreamed he could hit for this high of an average / OPS over an entire half of a season. I was thinking .270/.820ish this year. Yoan is my favorite Sox player, and the advanced stats look good and look like this is for real, but it's still too early to tell what type of total package he'll be with the sample size. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 On 6/20/2019 at 5:40 PM, Greg Hibbard said: 28.15% strikeout rate - 13th in total strikeouts for all of MLB which is nice to see him come down from the most or one of the most. This has been an "A" season for Moncada. I never would have dreamed he could hit for this high of an average / OPS over an entire half of a season. I was thinking .270/.820ish this year. Yoan is my favorite Sox player, and the advanced stats look good and look like this is for real, but it's still too early to tell what type of total package he'll be with the sample size. Expand He's put it all together offensively. Even starting to become a bit of a threat from the right side, at least if nothing else he's not an automatic out and isn't as susceptible to a lefty reliever late innings. In June, granted super small sample size, he's at a 10.5% BB rate with a 21.1% K rate. If he sustains that the sky is the limit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorStSox Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 He still has a lot more untapped potential. He just has so much going on at the plate that's its going to take longer to develop than most other hitters. He also has more upside than the vast majority of hitters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetman Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 maybe he should take up hot yoga to try and limit his muscle pulls, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 On 6/20/2019 at 6:21 PM, TaylorStSox said: He still has a lot more untapped potential. He just has so much going on at the plate that's its going to take longer to develop than most other hitters. He also has more upside than the vast majority of hitters. Expand Keith Law thinks his timing mechanism means he'll always be susceptible to off speed stuff. He could be correct but you could say that about most MLB hitters facing 95mph gas all game long. In 5 years we might not even see more than a dozen or so 300 hitters in all of MLB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorStSox Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 On 6/20/2019 at 6:32 PM, chitownsportsfan said: Keith Law thinks his timing mechanism means he'll always be susceptible to off speed stuff. He could be correct but you could say that about most MLB hitters facing 95mph gas all game long. In 5 years we might not even see more than a dozen or so 300 hitters in all of MLB. Expand Lost me at "Keith Law says." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 On 6/20/2019 at 6:52 PM, TaylorStSox said: Lost me at "Keith Law says." Expand He's a bit of an asshat but he is a former pro scout that puts in the time. And he's said nice things about us lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raBBit Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 On 6/20/2019 at 7:05 PM, chitownsportsfan said: He's a bit of an asshat but he is a former pro scout that puts in the time. And he's said nice things about us lately. Expand Yeah, I don't like the way Law acts publicly sometimes but when he's talking baseball he's a great evaluate. In the past, he was off with his analysis on pitchers but It seems like he has evolved away from bucketing pitchers based on their mechanics. I do have some doubt with his draft reporting because a lot of people don't like him but in terms of just evaluating players - with consideration for of his knowledge operations/labor/etc. - he may be the best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mqr Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 On 6/20/2019 at 8:04 PM, raBBit said: Yeah, I don't like the way Law acts publicly sometimes but when he's talking baseball he's a great evaluate. In the past, he was off with his analysis on pitchers but It seems like he has evolved away from bucketing pitchers based on their mechanics. I do have some doubt with his draft reporting because a lot of people don't like him but in terms of just evaluating players - with consideration for of his knowledge operations/labor/etc. - he may be the best. Expand Yeah, if there's a person I trust more in terms of player evals I'm blanking on them at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorStSox Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 On 6/20/2019 at 7:05 PM, chitownsportsfan said: He's a bit of an asshat but he is a former pro scout that puts in the time. And he's said nice things about us lately. Expand I like Law. Too many people on the board tend to use him as an absolute authority though. If Law was an authority, he'd be in a front office somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 On 6/20/2019 at 9:32 PM, TaylorStSox said: I like Law. Too many people on the board tend to use him as an absolute authority though. If Law was an authority, he'd be in a front office somewhere. Expand Pretty sure he had chances but turned them down to spend more time with his daughter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mqr Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 (edited) On 6/20/2019 at 9:48 PM, fathom said: Pretty sure he had chances but turned them down to spend more time with his daughter Expand Yeah if Jeff Sullivan has an FO job Law has definitely had more opportunities arise after the Jays. And this isn't a shot at Jeff. Edited June 20, 2019 by mqr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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