wegner Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Can anyone start a gamethread? I guess we will see. Beautiful day for baseball. Let's start August with a 2nd major league win for young Mr. Cease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox59 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 This game on national tv or something? Getting blackout on my mlb.tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySox Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Let's get it Cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GermanSoxFan Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Cease looking good early on. Hitting his spots with the fastball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Great inning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted August 1, 2019 Author Share Posted August 1, 2019 Watching on Gameday....looked like a very nice top of the 1st for Dylan!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTruth05 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Goins continuing in the 2 spot is so damn sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GermanSoxFan Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Thought he hit that one off the label at first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GermanSoxFan Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 AJ Reed hitting cleanup is just a sick joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Stay hot offense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTruth05 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Aug.1st and 80% the lineup are guys who shouldn't even be on the roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 On 8/1/2019 at 6:34 PM, GermanSoxFan said: AJ Reed hitting cleanup is just a sick joke Expand I like to believe they’re actively trying to tank now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gusguyman Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Poor Mets. How can a team with this much pitching be this bad? Reminds of our 2016, except with an even more incompetent front office and ownership group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 On 8/1/2019 at 6:39 PM, TheTruth05 said: Aug.1st and 80% the lineup are guys who shouldn't even be on the roster. Expand Which makes you wonder how they think they have a prayer of contending next season. Last off-season was the time to start adding some core players via free agency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mqr Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Today would be a nice day for TA and Eloy to refind their stride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTruth05 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 On 8/1/2019 at 6:40 PM, fathom said: Which makes you wonder how they think they have a prayer of contending next season. Last off-season was the time to start adding some core players via free agency. Expand Yup, with the Stone tweeting the "5 years to build a house" and consistently making very stupid roster decisions. 2020 is really starting to look like another "developmental year" which would be quite the shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mqr Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 (edited) On 8/1/2019 at 6:40 PM, fathom said: Which makes you wonder how they think they have a prayer of contending next season. Last off-season was the time to start adding some core players via free agency. Expand The fact that they're intentionally not fielding their best lineup and their best player is hurt probably has something to do with it. Edited August 1, 2019 by mqr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 (edited) On 8/1/2019 at 6:39 PM, gusguyman said: Poor Mets. How can a team with this much pitching be this bad? Reminds of our 2016, except with an even more incompetent front office and ownership group. Expand They’re almost back in the WC hunt...look at the standings. Unfortunately, after next series, their schedule turns really difficult. White Sox outscored 100-55 during this 4-15 stretch since ASB. Abreu 0 for his last 31. Edited August 1, 2019 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 On 8/1/2019 at 6:42 PM, TheTruth05 said: Yup, with the Stone tweeting the "5 years to build a house" and consistently making very stupid roster decisions. 2020 is really starting to look like another "developmental year" which would be quite the shame. Expand Things would look a helluva lot better with a 4-6 WAR cornerstone at 3B or RF already in the mix. But no, that was too much to ask. Their short sighted stupidity just leverages this offseason even greater and most likely it's a make or break year for the rebuild. There's not much coming up in the way of production after 2020. Holes will need to be filled via FA smartly this coming winter. Good luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GermanSoxFan Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 On 8/1/2019 at 6:44 PM, mqr said: The fact that their intentionally not fielding their best lineup and their best player is hurt probably has something to do with it. Expand Yeah I see two obvious holes in the future linuep (3 with Abreu), the future pitching staff is what worries me. Finding out if Lopez is for real will go a long way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTruth05 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 On 8/1/2019 at 6:44 PM, mqr said: The fact that their intentionally not fielding their best lineup and their best player is hurt probably has something to do with it. Expand At some point finding out what you have in Collins, Yermin, Mendick and having your future CF, 2B getting their feet wet in MLB is more important for next year "contention" instead of a moving up a few spots to get a player that might be trade bait by the time you're supposed to be contending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 On 8/1/2019 at 6:45 PM, chitownsportsfan said: Things would look a helluva lot better with a 4-6 WAR cornerstone at 3B or RF already in the mix. But no, that was too much to ask. Their short sighted stupidity just leverages this offseason even greater and most likely it's a make or break year for the rebuild. There's not much coming up in the way of production after 2020. Holes will need to be filled via FA smartly this coming winter. Good luck. Expand You’re forgetting another Top 4-6 pick in 2020...seems we say that every year now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Cease must get to 2 strikes on something like 60-70% of the hitters he faces before losing a startling amount of them. I would be interested in any numbers on this. He has been horrific pitching with two strikes on batters. It's been a little better today thus far. However, you can clearly see why his pitch count is always jacked up, going back to the minors. Even when he gets guys out after getting ahead, the amount of foul balls he throws is quite something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 On 8/1/2019 at 6:46 PM, TheTruth05 said: At some point finding out what you have in Collins, Yermin, Mendick and having your future CF, 2B getting their feet wet in MLB is more important for next year "contention" instead of a moving up a few spots to get a player that might be trade bait by the time you're supposed to be contending. Expand The White Sox/Hahn apparently don’t believe in any of those three or Mendick would be up now and Castillo/Reed DFA’ed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mqr Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 On 8/1/2019 at 6:46 PM, TheTruth05 said: At some point finding out what you have in Collins, Yermin, Mendick and having your future CF, 2B getting their feet wet in MLB is more important for next year "contention" instead of a moving up a few spots to get a player that might be trade bait by the time you're supposed to be contending. Expand I don't disagree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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