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GAMETHREAD 4/28/22: KC Royals at ChiSox (Keller vs Kopech) 1:10 pm CDT


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4 minutes ago, maxjusttyped said:

Famous last words and all of that, but the lineup is too talented to underperform like this for an entire season. Robert, Abreu, Grandal, & Pollock are all going to be good going forward. I think it's fair to question their depth (I have been doing so for 2 years and won't be stopping anytime soon) but the lineup will produce and there's enough pitching talent to make sure that doesn't bottom out either.

But I also don't think they're a lock for 90+ wins like most on here would have thought 10 days ago.

There's no guarantees on any hitter at age 34 like Pollock, especially with this baseball.

The depth of that Dodgers' lineup simply makes the complementary players look so much better.

Like Harrison, peak fWARs last year masked struggles or injury problems in earlier seasons.

Also no guarantees with Grandal and Abreu either.  Only Robert and Moncada are solid bets.

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Just now, caulfield12 said:

There's no guarantees on any hitter at age 34 especially with this baseball.

The depth of that Dodgers' lineup simply makes the complementary players look so much better.

Like Harrison, peak fWARs last year masked struggles or injury problems in earlier seasons.

Also no guarantees with Grandal and Abreu either.  Only Robert and Moncada are solid bets.

Vaughn is solid to continue 

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Just now, fathom said:

Tony needs to go first. He’s such an anchor on this team’s momentum.

We all know this, but Tony will have to quit because Jerry won't allow him to be fired. 

Only because of the unceremoniousness of getting fired. If they can convince Tony to go back to the home in a couple weeks, then maybe this group can be salvaged. But it looks like another rebuild is coming. 

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5 minutes ago, fathom said:

Three of those guys could easily be on the wrong side of the age spectrum

The only one I have concerns about there is Abreu. Pollock will be fine IMO, this was only his sixth start of the season and he clearly should've gotten a rehab stint to get his timing back. I know this forum generally hates Grandal, but while it's unlikely that he'll be as good as he was last year (I'm not sure if we'll ever see that kind of output from a White Sox catcher again), he's streaky and starting to make better contact at least over the last few games

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Just now, Jose Abreu said:

The only one I have concerns about there is Abreu. Pollock will be fine IMO, this was only his sixth start of the season and he clearly should've gotten a rehab stint to get his timing back. I know this forum generally hates Grandal, but while it's unlikely that he'll be as good as he was last year (I'm not sure if we'll ever see that kind of output from a White Sox catcher again), he's streaky and starting to make better contact at least over the last few games

I think Yaz and Pollock might have hit the age wall too. Father time comes for everyone.

The ball might be affecting Yaz negatively because his whole offensive game is based on 2B and HR. 

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