7/18- Astros at White Sox, 1:10

[flavum]

Rodon vs Valdez

[CentralChamps21]

With a lefty on the mound for Houston, I'd expect the lineup to look something like this:

TA 6, Moncada 5, Abreu 3, Vaughn 7, Engel 8, Burger DH, Hamilton 9, Mendick 4, Zavala 2

[ShoeLessRob]

LFG PTL give these cheaters a proper bashing.

[bmags]

I’ll be there

[hi8is]

22 minutes ago, bmags said:

I’ll be there

Can you at least once please tell Altuve or Correa to eat some poop?

[Polar Bear]

#BurgerTo2B soon please 

[black jack]

Which one of you brought the garage can beachball yesterday?

 

That was awesome!

 

 

 

 

 

40 minutes ago, Moncada said:

#BurgerTo2B soon please 

 

Do it!  

Let's see if he can play right too! 

Disregard.  I forgot Engel was on the team in my Burger sweats.  

Edited July 18, 2021 by black jack

[Polar Bear]

 

[Polar Bear]

1 minute ago, black jack said:

Do it!  

Let's see if he can play right too! 

They don't need him in right.   They need him to replace Leury who was seen trying to hide in that trashcan 

[2Deep]

9 minutes ago, Moncada said:

 

Love 1-6 but 7,8,9 hitters are bad....

Lets go get em.....

[bmags]

1 minute ago, 2Deep said:

Love 1-6 but 7,8,9 hitters are bad....

Lets go get em.....

I’ll take Billy vs lefties

[MiddleCoastBias]

Love the new look today of Abreu, Vaughn, Moncada, Burger batting 3 through 6. Be interesting to see how that plays out.

Vaughn just missed a couple last night, could've easily had 2 dingers but for a fraction of an inch on contact

[Lillian]

Valdez has actually been better against RH hitters, in the last couple of years. Not by much, but enough to make an all RH hitting lineup, less than optimal. I would go by who are the better hitters, regardless of handedness. Wow, that will probably shock some of you. At the least, I'd rather see Goodwin instead of Hamilton. As I've often stated, I prefer a balanced lineup. If they get into the Astros pen, there will need to be a lot of substitutions, with Moncada being the only one who can bat left handed.

Edited July 18, 2021 by Lillian

[zisk]

1 hour ago, hi8is said:

Can you at least once please tell Altuve or Correa to eat some poop?

Don't forget the  "and die" part.

[South Side Hit Men]

20 minutes ago, Moncada said:

 

Awesome Lineup! No Collins for Rodon the only concern, but Zavala had time to work with Rodon since Thursday/Friday, so it should work out.  Valdez is tough, so should be a nice low scoring pitchers duel today (Sox -130 / 8 under -110).

2021 OPS Splits vs. LHP: 

1. SS Tim Anderson .695
2. RF Adam Engel .819
3. 1B Jose Abreu .908
4. LF Andrew Vaughn 1.036
5. DH Yoan Moncada .708
6. 3B Jake Burger .347 (only 9 PAs vs. LHP)
7. CF Billy Hamilton .925 (Should play every game vs. LHS)
8. C Seby Zavala None (First game vs. LHP)
9. 2B Danny Mendick .504

[CaliSoxFanViaSWside]

Burger with the 321 wRC+ against RHP so far is very nice. A couple more big hits today and it starts to be very interesting if it isn't already.

His strong suit was against LHP so would be great to see him pound Valdez who is a quality pitcher.

Edited July 18, 2021 by CaliSoxFanViaSWside

[Chicago White Sox]

38 minutes ago, bmags said:

I’ll take Billy vs lefties

He has a 60 wRC+ against LHP in his career over 895 PAs, I’m not sure 33 PAs this year should change our opinion of him.

[Chicago White Sox]

22 minutes ago, South Side Hit Men said:

Awesome Lineup! No Collins for Rodon the only concern, but Zavala had time to work with Rodon since Thursday/Friday, so it should work out.  Valdez is tough, so should be a nice low scoring pitchers duel today (Sox -130 / 8 under -110).

2021 OPS Splits vs. LHP: 

1. SS Tim Anderson .695
2. RF Adam Engel .819
3. 1B Jose Abreu .908
4. LF Andrew Vaughn 1.036
5. DH Yoan Moncada .708
6. 3B Jake Burger .347 (only 9 PAs vs. LHP)
7. CF Billy Hamilton .925 (Should play every game vs. LHS)
8. C Seby Zavala None (First game vs. LHP)
9. 2B Danny Mendick .504

I like Hamilton as a role player, but maybe look at the 862 PAs against LHP coming into the season before saying that.  Goodwin has historically been leagues better against LHP and it’s not even close.

Edited July 18, 2021 by Chicago White Sox

[Polar Bear]

This seems extremely dumb.   The bullpen had an off day yesterday. If they can't hold a lead without Kopech why are they even on the team.   

Kopech needs to start that DH not Reynaldo 

[South Side Hit Men]

11 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

I like Hamilton as a role player, but maybe look at the 862 PAs against LHP coming into the season before saying that.  Goodwin has historically been leagues better against LHP and it’s not even close.

Have to also consider Hamilton's incredible defense vs. Goodwin's terrible defense.

It's the short side of the platoon (1 in 4 games), and only until Robert returns, so we're talking maybe 5 more games, and then perhaps 3-4 more games the rest of the year to give Robert a breather. Sox pitchers love seeing Hamilton in CF.

Edited July 18, 2021 by South Side Hit Men

[pcq]

1 hour ago, MiddleCoastBias said:

Love the new look today of Abreu, Vaughn, Moncada, Burger batting 3 through 6. Be interesting to see how that plays out.

Vaughn just missed a couple last night, could've easily had 2 dingers but for a fraction of an inch on contact. 

1 hour ago, MiddleCoastBias said:

Love the new look today of Abreu, Vaughn, Moncada, Burger batting 3 through 6. Be interesting to see how that plays out.

Vaughn just missed a couple last night, could've easily had 2 dingers but for a fraction of an inch on contact

I have Vaughn hitting a wall-topper today. Vaughn is ready to graduate rookie status and be an anchor in the lineup. 

[pcq]

Chronicle: Fans of team that once threw World Series mock Astros for cheating. 

Uuuhhhh even Rudy G could argue that one. Drunk. 

[ShoeLessRob]

49 minutes ago, Moncada said:

This seems extremely dumb.   The bullpen had an off day yesterday. If they can't hold a lead without Kopech why are they even on the team.   

Kopech needs to start that DH not Reynaldo 

🤡🤡

[gogosox1959]

52 minutes ago, Moncada said:

This seems extremely dumb.   The bullpen had an off day yesterday. If they can't hold a lead without Kopech why are they even on the team.   

Kopech needs to start that DH not Reynaldo 

Long time lurker.  I usually read all of the non-game threads.  Was 12 years old for the 59 go go sox.

Not all the games are of equal importance the way the division has shaken out.  Beating the Astros matter.  Potentially losing a game to the Twins has no importance.

[Heads22]

I was originally critical of the lineup roulette we saw from TLR early in the year, but I do think it's helped a ton in keeping bench pieces ready to go and able to contribute.