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6-1 in the 2 infamous trap series.

From Fegan's recap: “I was in another situation and I got out of that, fortunately, wasn’t too happy with how that went,” said Goodwin, who was released by the Pirates in May without seeing any major-league action. “But it helped me to keep that chip on my shoulder. Signed over here in May and I’m still a little pissed off. I’m going to take it out on everybody else that I play against.” alright, I see you Goodwin, keep hitting, we need it.

It really shouldn't be the catcher's job to frame clear strikes.

TLR must have seen that "Is Leury's time almost up" thread and wanted to reassure that he's definitely here to stay.

Just got home from a week long family vacation in New England. Didn't get to see the last 6 games but followed along on Gameday and the Game Threads. Man, people have to stop thinking the sky is falling every time a player has a bad inning. This team is: 5th in MLB/1st in AL in ERA, 2nd in MLB/1st in AL in starter ERA, 10th in MLB/5th in AL in reliever ERA 7th in MLB/3rd in AL in WHIP, 7th in MLB/3rd in AL in HR allowed, 2nd in MLB/1st in AL in K/9, 1st in MLB in K/BB 5th in MLB in OPS, 2nd in MLB in OBP 2nd best record in MLB by only 1/2 game, largest run differential and largest division lead. Enjoy this team. Yes, they do frustrating and/or stupid stuff often but what you apparently don't realize is that other team's players do frustrating and stupid stuff more often. Oh, and congratulations to ron on being my first ever ignore.

Hahahaha another solid post. Isn't Tatis playing or maybe Kelenic? Should probably be watching them “Sox Fan” Feel like you get the most kicks out of this site when the Sox struggle so you can say seeeeeee. “Dr Gloom”

this is such a bad take, it wasnt badly framed for one, and two you shouldnt have to frame shit on a ball that catches the whole zone.

At what point do we stop scoreboard watching a team trailing by 14 games?

He is in the 3rd percentile for xwOBA and was in the 4th percentile in 2019. He has proven himself to be one of the worst hitters in baseball. I get that his versatility is theoretically valuable, but how much is that really worth when it comes with a terrible bat? It also doesn’t help that Tony thinks he’s good from the left side and continually misuses him, but I guess that’s a topic for a different day.

Underrated guy. 18th rounder out of Miami in 2018. He can play CF and SS. Good college production and power. He’s got a chance

win as many games as possible now, because the cold streak is coming one day and its going to be ugly when these are our lineups 2-3 times a week.

The White Sox are very active in trade talks. I know that Arizona was a team they've talked to. I'm not sure about Pittsburgh. They're going to add. I don't know for sure what the targets are though. I'd target Marte from Miami and try to snag Escobar and Soria from Arizona. Then get closer to the deadline and acquire more relief pitching if necessary.

yeah 2nd in the american league in runs scored with one of the best pitching staffs in baseball... yes yes only a good manager could save us... What a seriously shitty post man - that's up there.

3-0 no sweat bring on the Rays .

That was a well researched article. He is right on all accounts. Pitchers and velocities show elbow issues. Baseball only activities when young show an increased chance of injury.

TBH, I was cringing a bit thinking about Carlos throwing 120+ pitches chasing that second no-hitter. Best missed call by an umpire of the season as far as I'm concerned.

Stiever for Staumont Burger for Staumont Lambert for Staumont Dangerous deal for us to trade a potential SP or corner IF/DH for a RP, but at least he is electric. Maybe something like this is possible. I know people are down on both Lambert and Stiever but personally I liked and still like both better than Dunning personally, and Dunning got us Lynn.

3-4 would be absolutely acceptable. With so many guys out injured, this team is not at the same level as Tampa and Houston. Yes, the record and the run differential are on par, but the AL Central is a much softer division. At full strength, which the Sox will hopefully be in September/October, the Sox are as good as or better than those teams. The rotation is capable of beating any team, but there will be much less margin for error against TB and HOU.

Man I haven't been able to watch much the past 3 or 4 games but I would love to continue starting the game thread. My cousin has free tickets from his company for tomorrow so I will be getting to my first game of the season!

Indians lose, Sox up 5.5.

Hahaha I’m sure it’s for a reason, probably has a Tatis jersey or SD hat on in every pic lol

Indiana Jonesin all over these deadly traps

I’m going to guess you’re under 30 years old, right? 35? Those who have been Sox fans since the 70’s and 80’s never allow themselves to become too overconfident like Millennials. I mean...it’s not like we don’t have a century’s plus worth of sky is falling in the history of the franchise.

And they're 5th in blown saves, which is why they catch a lot of flack.

Mariners up 5 in the 9th and threatening to score more. Unless they choke again Sox are looking at a 5.5 game lead.

That was on Collins as much as it was on the umpire

I would bet a substantial amount on a K

probably saw leury batting 1 and eaton batting 5 and said fuck this

Most miserable 100 win pace fans in existence. Mercy. Ride the wave bros.

If you exclude guys not in the lineup today, there are only 8 better options to lead off.

You clearly have no idea how good Marte has been this season. He would be a massive upgrade in RF even though he doesn’t walk that much.

More simply, it is called Specificity. So yes, specificity is king. However, there is something to be said for increasing capacity at a joint in question in terms of stability. Let's say I have a client with an ASL range of 80 deg and a passive range of around 105 deg. This tells us that the athlete has stability up to 80 degrees, but instability from 80-105. So we know we have a software problem. The reason why this might be necessary is say an athlete is trying to leg out a slow chopper in the infield or stretch a single into a double. The increase in length of stride will facilitate increased demand at the glute and hamstring from a contractability perspective and at a length perspective (hamstring). So take the example athlete and if he consistently ranges past 80 degrees of hip flexion without stability, he could have an increase an injury at the joint in question. Now, running as a modality has a lot of different components to its execution much like pitching (see Eric Cressey). So, with an athlete, I would want to evaluate his symmetry from side to side. Running as a demand for rotation at the T-Spine and Hips along with dynamic, on demand stability at those joints while producing force at said joints (making biomechanics a cool topic of conversation). A more likely predictor of injury is an asymmetrical presentation in both length and stability of a particular joint. Now, some of this could be an adaptation to demand (say a Pitcher), but that is all the more reason to stay on top of specific care in order to manage the asymmetry. Pitchers have a greater need due to the nature of force production from one side of their body (where as a position player would not have as great of a demand). We know this due to volume. A starting pitcher for example produces 70-100 high production reps per performance whereas a given position player only produces a fraction of those attempts per game in terms of rotation (both swinging and throwing) and not at near the same intensity levels. This is one of the reasons why pitchers must have increased body care and increased rest in order to recover from such. The care for the position player is built around managing relative stiffness. These players increase their stiffness in order to move more explosively and quickly to either cover their position or in terms of running bases. This is why the majority of position players will have issues with backs, hips, knees, and less shoulder pathologies. So the athletes need stiffness to perform, but the big key is managing stiffness symmetrically AND find out if they gross discrepancies at a given joint that may increase their risk of injury. One of the pieces I find very interesting is how everyone likes to point to studies assessing hamstring ROM and injury risk, but fail to find references that look at the relationship between hip IR and available thoracic rotation. Not everything happens in a vacuum. We have to explore beyond one joint as the body works as a system. Imagine if I have an athlete with limited hip IR and a super stiff t-spine. When an athlete cannot get the extra force production from one area of his or her body, he will find it somewhere else increasing demand at that joint or muscle group. I have no insights into Nick's injury specifically, but these are the elements I look at with my athletes.

The funny part is that there is probably so many contending teams around the league wanting a guy like Leury. He is not THAT bad guys. Cut it out.

Ho hum, dominant victory to pad our best in mlb differential. Come on everybody, get in here—pretend we lost!

Not due to this injury but he seems to one of those guys that always has issues. Similar to Robert.

What’s a Southside color crew?

Love having Leury superglued to the bench. He deserves a year or two off after all that hard work.

15 HR's would be 1st on the Sox and his .463 Slg would be right behind Abreu for team lead. Of course he's also a switch hitter and can play all infield positions mostly 3rd and 2nd . The problem with Escobar is he hits lefties better than righties just like the rest of the Sox. His splits are a little more dramatic this year than his career splits but he still has 10 of his HR's against RHP. Someone else said his fielding looked good statistically this year at 2nd base but I believe it's only 20 games so not much to go on. There's still time before the TDL to assess the most glaring holes but most would probably agree there is a need for a relief pitcher or 2. When you have 3 RP struggling and Kopech and Crochet on pitching limits and all starting pitching having a good chance of being fatigued due to the short season last year (especially Rodon) it would be wise to load up on relievers. I would think every playoff caliber team will try to do this so it could be a sellers market for relief pitching so my 1st move would be to get ahead of the market and try to get a good one now. I think these factors are often overlooked because it's always more glamorous to dream about more hitting . In summary ,go after relief pitching 1st and foremost striking asap. Keep reassessing the biggest need among position players as long as you can but be ready to pounce when the time is nigh. I anticipate either 2nd base or RF to be the most pressing need but one never knows when someone else may go down. Keep in mind this may be the best year the Sox have to win a World Series so talking about having faith in Mendick , Goodwin , Engel or the pen guys to turn it around won't get the job done. Make the team as strong as you can now. The 2nd half is going to be a bear to all pitchers .

I like to think it's TA7 leading that charge with his "I'm the best in the league and I'm going to prove it attitude". Not cocky, just confident. Billy Hamilton has mentioned multiple times how TA's attitude has rubbed off on him and look at how Billy has been playing this year. End of the day, these guys all have pro talent. If we can tap into some of that unrealized talent and get the most out of these guys, all the better for it.

Uh, yeah, sign me up for that.

Romy is now up to 9 dongs in 96 at bats - which is a good pace according to documents I have checked

White Sox 15 Tigers 2 Brian Goodwin , in his 1st start ever for the White Sox went 2 for 5 , including a run scoring double , a 3 run HR, a walk and scored 3 times as the White Sox cruised to an easy victory. Dylan Cease, the recipient of the offensive outburst , improved and 8-0 lifetime against the Tigers and 5-2 on the Season. Cease became the 1st White Sox pitcher to win his first eight career starts against an opponent . Cease is the first major league pitcher to win his first eight starts against another team since Jamie Moyer started 10-0 against the Marlins in 2006-08. Yermin Mercedes chipped in going 2 for 6 with 3 RBI. The White Sox are a season high 16 games over .500

13 runs already:)

Cease has 1.7 fwar, a 3.18 fip and 11+ ks per 9. You guys sure are a tough crowd.

James on the money as usual...definitely my top two targets for the offense

Pot meet kettle.

The Sox are on pace to win 100 games. Relax man and trust the plan.

I 100% do not support the Sox draining what is left of the interesting guys on the farm just to acquire some guy who is maybe an equal or lesser version that the guys we already have here or who are coming back. E.g. why give up a ton to try to replace Robert? Same with Eloy. Why give up a lot for a RP also who is probably worse than Codi Heuer if/when Codi gets it back together? Etc. Mendick is fine as a Madrigal replacement. Eduardo Escobar is a great add and probably inevitable. Someone who can be acquired cheaply, add pop, cover a few positions, etc. that is a great get. Also a spot starter to replace one of the garbage men is a good call, but only if it is really cheap. Lambert IMO looked good overall last time out in MLB. He might even be an answer. Burr might even be an improvement over Marshall. We already might have some help here It's not like we are playing in a division with the Rays, Red Sox and Yankees. Or with the Dodgers and Padres, etc. The Twins are the guppies and CLE's cheapass FO is still just hoping to hit a swoon and dump salary. For all of the bad fortune with injuries this year, there is a lot of good fortune in playing in a division where 2 teams aren't trying at all, 1 is half-assing it at best, and the other who was supposed to challenge us fell on their faces right off the starting line and still haven't gotten back up. Of all of the years where there is reason to hold onto the better-looking/more interesting pieces, this is one. That said I expect a couple smaller deals. Eduardo will come back here as one of them.