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That’s why he shouldn’t be promoted. Those 2 games are more important than the rest of the body of work.

What’s his k rate

Welp now it turns out that signing Santana wasn't very dumb at all. Rolled the dice, he didn't work out, hardly any money wasted especially given the potential upside of the deal when it was signed.

I’m gonna get a Hostetler dart gun for when people insist on comparing 1 to 1 with the cubs

Wow - so basically the Sox only owe him the pro-rated amount of $4.3M, which should be about $425-450k. Not nearly as bad as $4.3M. Also, that was really dumb of Santana.

From practicality standpoint, what exactly does Robert has to gain by beating up inferior competition and putting video game numbers. It stunts his development more than it helps to be frank. If you’re so much bette than your peers at work at what you do, do you actually need to get better at it? Between Fall league, ST, the 20 game sample so far, and scouting videos it’s no question he’s significant better than A+ pitching. Elite MLB prospects has proven themselves in smaller sample size.

he literally had a 6K streak coming back from the time off

McCann has been a pleasant surprise so far. A good Rick Hahn signing.

Never mind. At least, to this point, Manny doesn't make me want to break things.

Or his splitter will catch up to him and he’ll be injured constantly.

That is what everyone thought. Turns out he signed the 45 day consent form. Probably why Hahn was somewhat coy when asked about dropping $4.3M on Santana. Basically he said (paraphrasing) that's not for sure. Everyone thought that meant Hahn was saying someone else could pick up Santana, but (obviously) Hahn knew about the advance consent. FWIW - it is not 100% clear to me if Santana accepted his assignment, if the $4.3M would have still been due to him. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/04/white-sox-designate-ervin-santana-for-assignment.html

the weather was nice on a saturday afternoon. and they gave out free hoodies. don't be cute about why home game #2 was a near sell-out

If Rutschman and Vaughn are gone and the Sox pass on Jr they would be the laughing stock of baseball. I'm confident there is someone in this dumbass organization that will step up and make the right decision.

I'm surprised there hasn't been more conversations about yesterday's game. Friday's come back win was awesome, but what Lopez and the bullpen accomplished was something special. The Sox tied the all time MLB record for strikeouts in a 9 inning game. Lopez set a career high with 14 strikeouts. He's only the third pitcher in history to strikeout at least 14 and give up no earned runs in 6 or more innings. What we saw from Lopez is very encouraging. I obviously don't expect him to come out start after start and pitch like that, but it's got a be a huge confidence builder for him. He certainly has the stuff to be an ace. He had his best stuff along with excellent control yesterday. 70 fastballs thrown, 34 swung at, and only 3 times was the ball put in play. That's pretty damn remarkable.

You keep calling your three reasons solid, and they just aren’t. 1. Anderson is not getting thrown out at second if he tags. Zero chance. Terrible first reason. 2. This reason sucks, too. That ball was not going to fall in the field of play. Was 99% a mythical number? Absolutely. But I was trying to get the point across that that ball was either going to be a home run or be caught. I’m not sure how you could watch that play and think otherwise. Did you notice how Anderson started by going halfway? Then as the LF was starting to settle at the wall, he ran back to tag. That’s because Timmy has baseball instincts, which you clearly don’t. 3. You saved the worst reason for last. And that’s saying a lot, considering how terrible your first two reasons were. You actually think a baserunner should consider whether the runner behind might pass him when determining what to do? Ridiculous. The funniest part about your post is that you said, “Learn baseball and think.” You obviously have no baseball sense.

Back end of our pen is becoming nearly automatic with Herrera and Colome. Great to see.

Mcann batting 400 with no runners on. 167 RISP

Now is not the time to make Eloy a DH. The Sox can always do that later. Please stop banging this drum for the time being.

Did you missed the part he was dealing with multiple injuries. It not was reflective of his talent or development. Take a look at what he did against better competition in fall league and spring training after he has healed from injury he has proven capable of handling pitching above A+. His current supernatural performance backs that up.

He was essentially swinging with one hand last year.

Agree on the second part but let Robert develop more. If anything, just let Tilson replace Engel.

100% agree

Yes, he’s been fine. 95 wRC+ with a .172 BABIP which is well below his career average. Meanwhile, Manny has a 92 wRC+ with a BABIP perfectly in line with his career average...

Come on dude, do you actually believe he’ll sustain an under .200 BABIP?

You can just look at his career numbers to know he isn’t keeping this up. His best season was a .733 OPS.

Yeah Walker hasn't been getting enough love either. They're both too talented for their current assignments.

The money will be spent!

Rick should have assured us that James McCann would be the best hitting catcher in baseball

Herrera, Colome, and McCann all look good — $19 million well spent so far. But the $22+ million he spent on the guys below? Not so much. I guess we will have to circle back to all of their numbers at the end of the year. Nova Alonso Jay Santana

Could be our next version of Q.

Nothing like burning a reliever for 2 pitches in the 6th inning

Last thing the Sox should do is move Moncada around again defensively. He is hitting way too well right now.

Not that it’s any surprise but Bruce Levine refuted this story on The Score this morning.

Time to promote Robert and Madrigal. Move them together. Mitch Roman certainly isn’t blocking anyone in AA.

It's the elbow he had TJ on, I believe. Yes, that was him, but after some time with that he ended up just getting the surgery edit- and this year, he has been exclusively DHing as well

He is facing the Orioles. Let's not get ahead of ourselves

Who are you kidding? Hahn had a pathetic offseason, regardless of saving a few bucks on his awful signing of 36 year old Ervin Santana, whom every other team knew was done. Try to tell me how good Hahn has been with his free agent signings, especially this past offseason please. It’s not trolling when it’s true. The Sox would be on the hook for $4.3 million if Santana wasn’t a moron. I’m waiting...

Yes please.

This dude passes the eye test. Love the early trend of him taking walks. He's a plus athlete.

Not gonna lie, feeling pretty smart right now. ?

He finishes his delivery the same way, his set position in the stretch is the same. And he does the same thing where he walks around and stretches after each pitch. If he can be half the pitcher Q was. ?

Insane. Didn’t even look like he got it well. Just kind of flicked his bat out there and took him out to RF. Kid has insane power. Dare I say he could end up an even better MLB player than Yoan?

Sox should just put him in a cryogenic freezer for a few years. Best way to preserve value.

Collins is literally the only hitter worth keeping an eye on for Charlotte. When he's off it's like... what the point of checking the box score?

Robert triple.

Let's hope the Raiders do suck this year. Would love for their second round pick that we own to turn into pick #33.

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Darn there's 5 xbh out of the lineup. My condolences on the injury however.

I agree with calling trolls out and asking posters who aren't trolls to apologize for premature, un-researched, off-the-cuff. thoughtless, provocative remarks, I'm waiting...