Grandal's Injury Has Hurt The Most

[Soxsi75]

I would say Grandal's injury has hurt the most by far. Because we had no answer for a replacement. When Eloy began the full year hurt, Yermin Mercedes came along and helped plug that hole in the lineup. At least for awhile. When Robert got hurt he was not as easily replaced because for a good part of it, his main backup, Engel, was also out. But the White Sox were able to get by for a couple of reasons. One, Billy Hamilton's speed and defense helped the Sox in some ways and the Goodwin pickup helped out more than I thought it would. But most importantly, at this time our starting pitching was outstanding. We were throwing 5 excellent starters out there everyday. But now......Rodon has worn down some so he went from being possibly the best pitcher in the AL at the time, to having some weery, tired outings and also now being rested all together. Keuchel is now pitching poorly. 

This happens over the course of the season. So you have to win in other ways. If your pitching goes through a period where it isn't as strong, you make it up with your offense. Especially at this time of year when your pitchers might begin to wear down. But then Grandal went down in early July. So for 6 weeks now we've had to get by with a couple of guys who are backup catchers at the very best and are worthless offensively. We basically have been playing a man short since Grandal went down. 

Hope Grandal comes back soon. And when he does, he'd better catch every game in the playoffs, as someone I saw post on this thread say. 

 

[zisk]

Yan gomes is a free agent next year. Think about it.

[fathom]

I don’t know, Robert’s seemed extremely painful