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Uh, did you try and rape someone? These people are all ghouls.

5 full innings in 66 minutes.

Let's strive mightily to win this game.

????? What is so hard about this statement: All Bears QBs have sucked for at least 30 years, if not 70 years. Therefore, all Bears QB's suck until proven otherwise. The bar is so low they have to prove even a minimal level of competence before you can even consider the idea they are or might be good at football. There are 3 steps in the Bears QB evaluation process, rather than two for other teams: Bears QB Evaluation Flowchart: Suck=> Meh=>Good to great Remainder of NFL QB Evaluation Flowchart: Good to Great ^ Meh => Suck This is the K.I.S.S. version On another note, fanbase expectation of winning affects evaluation, so fans are much more critical of a guy like Trubisky than Moncada. With the Sox, t the team and fans can afford to be patient because there is no expectation of winning. Time is ticking with the Bears on Mitch's rookie deal so they must take advantage immediately. Therefore, fans will be more critical of Trubisky than anyone on the Sox.

They shouldn't trade him, especially to the Patriots. I doubt they would actually trade. So, he will definitely be traded.

Lol imagine trading away Khalil Mack

If you are a REAL die hard fan, you value the Sox future over the Cubs failure.

Thank you for your thoughtful and unbiased analysis per usual ❤️

I subtracted 49 Ks (and 49 ABs, accordingly) and added 49 BBs.

I disagree that this is "the umps taking the bat out of his hands" or the stated point that this is something that will turn around on its own. The reason Moncada looks this bad in this number is that pitchers know THIS is an easy way to attack Moncada. They know he's patient enough that if they throw good pitches early in the count, he may not attack them unless they make a mistake. If the pitcher gets ahead in the count, they also know that Moncada will not defend himself if the pitch is close, he will continue looking for a pitch he can drive. Moncada will not foul pitches off with 2 strikes to stay ahead if the pitch is close but unhittable, he will take that pitch. Other players will fight those pitches off or put them in play, Moncada won't. So, if a pitcher gets ahead of Moncada, what do they do? They throw the ball just out of the strike zone a couple times and since Moncada won't defend himself, it's up to the quality of framing and how well the umpire sees it whether or not he strikes out. If they've got an 0-2 or 1-2 count, they can do that a few times and see if Moncada grabs some bench without him ever threatening to do damage. If we replayed this season a hundred times, Moncada would still lead the league in this category. It's not because he's getting bad luck from the umps or that the umps just don't respect him (I guess it's possible there's a little bit of it in there it can't be ruled out completely), this is all about Moncada's approach. This is a major vulnerability for him. Unless there are robot umps adopted, any time he gets behind in the count, he's vulnerable to striking out looking because he won't defend on close pitches. You get ahead of him, you have a catcher that frames the ball acceptably, and you throw a pitch that is close, he'll grab some bench. Until Moncada's approach when behind in the count improves, he will lead the league in this every year.

Wait, how are you doing this? Are you turning all strikeouts into walks?

Literally just correcting this would change his slashline to .247/.387/.431 with a 18.7% BB rate and a 25.0% K rate. In case anyone was wondering how badly the umps have screwed Moncada over this season, there's your answer.

That's a load of crap---all umpires should have the same strike zone. Of course none of them follow the written guidelines: knee high to "letter" high and across the plate. The robo ump info should be used for grading umpire accuracy. Set the standards (90% accuracy?) and then dump the bad umps if they don't improve after a period of time.

Hell no. The plate should swell within reason with two strikes. The unintended consequences of an automated strike zone would prove out to make the game less interesting and longer games...not shorter. Be careful what you wish for. Now if you want to get better umpires that know how to call balls and strikes better than others, I'm all for it. But the human factor of balls and strikes makes the game better. Replay is great for safe/out though.

Anyone for the automated strike zone?

I don't agree. Yes, I am very happy when my teams win, but life doesn't change all that much if the Sox win the WS or are competing for the worst record in baseball. Don't get me wrong, I still care about the results. I still go to more games than most people, but it's not as big of a deal as it once was. The guy I had season tickets with had an accident, hit his head and died. The company I worked for went bankrupt. I was lucky and got a job without missing a paycheck. I know others that almost 7 years later make a fraction of what they made and are really struggling. Those things are far worse than White Sox or Bulls or Bears or Hawkeyes losses. I'd like to think I have gained some perspective. Not a lot in reality, but some.