chw42 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 I wonder what kind of voodoo magic the Tampa Bay front office has come up with. Cause this Rays team ended last season terribly. Now they look nearly unbeatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Just now, greg775 said: What a boring, long game. I bet the Sox announcers said the Sox lost a thriller. Sox hitters too many Ks too few walks and homers. The last pitcher was the one who failed again. Cease goes 100 pitches, five innings. Sox I've said it before are ill equipped for the modern game. Somebody posted on here recently the Sox are going to lose a gazillion close games. Only wins they'll have are a few blowouts here and there on nights the offense is blazing. Hahn and Jerry and Pedro and his coaches better stockpile the headache medicine this season or keep the fridge full of beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 6 minutes ago, HOFHurt35 said: Hire a legit outside the organization talent evaluator who can tear this organization from top to bottom, and weed out all the junk that zero salvation. Players, coaches, scouts, front office. Everyone goes. How old is Dombroski. Bring him back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcq Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Robert and Yo are Sox captains of industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 1 minute ago, greg775 said: Cease is not an ace if he only goes 4-6 ip each time and destroys the bullpen slowly over time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Mite Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, chw42 said: I wonder what kind of voodoo magic the Tampa Bay front office has come up with. Cause this Rays team ended last season terribly. Now they look nearly unbeatable. They just stopped hitting in the playoffs. Josh Lowe is becoming a MLB player, someone worked with Taylor Walls on his swing in the off season and he’s not any easy out anymore. Brandon Lowe and Wander Franco are both healthy. Every position player on the roster is a Major Leaguer unlike the Sox who are loaded with AAA players. Edited April 22, 2023 by The Mighty Mite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Minn 11-10, Cleveland 11-11... Guardians have lost 2022 mojo as Rays stole it away and bottled it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kids Can Play Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 20 minutes ago, HOFHurt35 said: Rays make baseball look so easy. That's what a great front office does in the last 15 years when they have one of the lowest payrolls in baseball every year and actually have to be smart in their FO decisions. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, The Mighty Mite said: They just stopped hitting in the playoffs. Josh Lowe is becoming a MLB player, someone worked with Taylor Walls on his swing in the off season and he’s not any easy out anymore. Brandon Lowe and Wander Franco are both healthy. Arozarena is streaky but extremely dangerous too... presence in. that lineup. Former Cardinals farmhand. StL usually doesn't let studs get away, either. See Walker, Jordan this year. And Yandy Diaz playing out of his mind, too. Edited April 22, 2023 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 5 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Minn 11-10, Cleveland 11-11... Guardians have lost 2022 mojo as Rays stole it away and bottled it. Scoreboard watching when the Sox suck? Does it matter? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autumn Dreamin Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 2 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Minn 11-10, Cleveland 11-11... Guardians have lost 2022 mojo as Rays stole it away and bottled it. Everyone talks about the balanced schedule hurting the Sox, but...they had a negative record in the ALC last year. The only division season series they won was Detroit. The Guards on the other hand were something like 18 games over .500 in the division. I suspect the schedule change winds up hurting them more than anyone, since that's where they really racked up wins (Sox were 2 under, Twins were 2 over). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 (edited) White Sox Champagne of Baseball Franchises... https://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance Now have all five Central teams in the 20th through 30th attendance tier with CLE sinking by the moment... Edited April 22, 2023 by caulfield12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kids Can Play Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 5 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Cease is not an ace if he only goes 4-6 ip each time and destroys the bullpen slowly over time. I am concerned too how bad he has looked the last couple of games. Too bad we don't have a pitching coach that could look at his pitching mechanics on past video when he was dominant and maybe work with him to fix the couple of bad pitching bad habits he picked up. Dylan is the biggest class act and humble player on this team and he deserves better coaching and mentoring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Just now, Autumn Dreamin said: Everyone talks about the balanced schedule hurting the Sox, but...they had a negative record in the ALC last year. The only division season series they won was Detroit. The Guards on the other hand were something like 18 games over .500 in the division. I suspect the schedule change winds up hurting them more than anyone, since that's where they really racked up wins (Sox were 2 under, Twins were 2 over). They were just amazing with both their pen and clutch hitting... late rallies at home and RISP. Naylor has been terrible and they're down two starters replaced by young rookies who are both struggling to find their footing in. the big leagues. McKenzie was great down the stretch last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry McNertney Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 The White Sox should thank the powers that be for not playing in the East division. If they were in the East, they would 11 games behind Tampa Bay already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 2 minutes ago, The Kids Can Play said: I am concerned too how bad he has looked the last couple of games. Too bad we don't have a pitching coach that could look at his pitching mechanics on past video when he was dominant and maybe work with him to fix the couple of bad pitching bad habits he picked up. Dylan is the biggest class act and humble player on this team and he deserves better coaching and mentoring! I was kind of joking because he still has a very respectable ERA. But not sure his value will ever be higher... they won't extend him and he won't be around for the next rebuild either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Being only 4 games back at 7-14 is remarkable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kids Can Play Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 2 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: White Sox Champagne of Baseball. Franchises... https://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance Now have all five Central teams in the 20th through 30th attendance tier with CLE sinking by the moment... Times are tough for many Americans today and if MLB teams want to earn the hard earned money of their loyal fans, then damn it, they you better earn their dollars through quality baseball and not expect entitlement and assume your fans will just be loyal and keep wasting their money on mediocre baseball. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBJ03 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 21 minutes ago, The Mighty Mite said: But who replaces them? Well Moncada and Anderson will be back. You cant replace all of them but its hard to have Andrus, Sosa, Burger/Sheets, and Colas all in the lineup at the same time. Having one or two is something you can live with but not all of them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kids Can Play Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 2 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: I was kind of joking because he still has a very respectable ERA. But not sure his value will ever be higher... they won't extend him and he won't be around for the next rebuild either. There is no doubt Dylan will command huge value in a trade. Most great organizations with great scouts, coaches and front offices will see the huge potential and talent of Dylan and give us a lot in a trade. It's just pitiful the Sox won't be smart enough to be able to see that and nurture that awesome talent and desire, in what is arguably one of the most likeable and well grounded great guys in baseball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 3 minutes ago, The Kids Can Play said: Times are tough for many Americans today and if MLB teams want to earn the hard earned money of their loyal fans, then damn it, they you better earn their dollars through quality baseball and not expect entitlement and assume your fans will just be loyal and keep wasting their money on mediocre baseball. This Midwest/Rust Belt trend goes quite directly back to 2007-09 in terms of crippling economic impacts... Other than A's/Miami/TB anomalies. Cubs Cards Brewers on the other side of the ledger with unusual fan bases... Brewers with built-in advantages provided by Selig family/commissioner's office. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshPR Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 This feels like the Donnie hill at second and Tim hullett at 3rd days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kids Can Play Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 1 minute ago, CBJ03 said: Well Moncada and Anderson will be back. You cant replace all of them but its hard to have Andrus, Sosa, Burger/Sheets, and Colas all in the lineup at the same time. Having one or two is something you can live with but not all of them. Will they? TA and Moncada should be high on the list of trade bait in a rebuild to get back quality prospects. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 30 minutes ago, greg775 said: How old is Dombroski. Bring him back. No budget to spend on FA solutions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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