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Please a little Love for Ryan Burr! 4 games, 1-0 record, 0.0 ERA, 5.1 innings pitched, 4 Strike Outs & 0.38 ERA.

Not sure but I assume you'll find something wrong with it

Tony has left the dugout to yell at Yermin. Not once to have his player’s back.

Just imagine bringing in Marshall to face a righty when they have an OPS near 1.000 off him.

Boston 2-2 Yanks 0-3 (two walk offs) Jays 2-1 Rays 2-1 I'll take that. Get healthy.

Yeah, skew it all you want. After 25 minutes of the first game of the series your mind was made up, but no one is surprised. It's your gig after all. Keep up the bad work

I think Tony drank Jobu's rum or something.

Some times you're in such a hurry to disparage the Sox . Did you know TB is 2nd in MLB in runs scored per game on the road barely behind the Astro's ? Astro's 5.78 and TB 5.77.

*nods head in agreement at realistic addition of Escobar* (secretly keeps researching trae turner stats)

Yes...it will get you an early ejection.

I want a semien/mendick “DP” combo. Tim at catcher, naturally.

That ever happened to you?

Ok cool I thought you were just talking about guys who would ve started today. I really can't think of one guy who hasn't had some nice contributuions in a lot of games. When you add them all up its a lot. Mercedes was huge for a while, Hamilton had a nice little run for some games and always contributes defensively and on the bases when he gets on. Vaughn kills LHP and while he'll never be an above average fielder , he's steady. Lamb has hit some HR's got some walks. Goodwin comes up gets 5 RBI in his 1st game, adds some speed and can play all OF positions well enough. Leury does Leury things , Speed and defense inf. and OF and good enough hitting. Engel finally back robs a HR and hits 3 HR's in a short time. Mendick has a big dick and big balls. Grinder extraordinaire . Sorry if I have left anyone out . Edit: OK I forgot Collins and he's the backup catcher and Giolito and Rodon both like throwing to him. He's probably the 2nd most polarizing guy on the team behind Madrigal because his pitch calling and framing get scrutinized to death by those who don't like him . If its good enough for Gio and Rodon he's good enough for me. Always nice to have a guy who can hit RHP with power on the bench.

lol really.... you came here to read for tony hate? That is your goal after a big series win? yeah my bad - tony pulled all the right strings with the bullpen up 7-2 Don't know what I was thinking - thanks for putting us in our place.

That bat drop is just beautiful.

Please don't. We do much better when you are in melt down mode.

Dare I say that I have moved to......cautiously optimistic??? I'm probably staying there until I see what Robert and Jimenez look like when they return. Go get some bullpen arms and a RF.

We could be getting Kopech, Hamilton, and Fry back in the near future. Robert and Jimenez by August. Oh my.

So the last two teams that came to Sox park in first place each lost 2 out of 3 games to the White Sox.

You mean 4 starters, Yoan, Nicky, Eloy and Robert...what this team did to TB by winning 2/3 with basically half our team out is nothing short of amazing.

Formerly

What I would give to see this team fully healthy. Mercy.

"lol, TB is better" -- @joesaiditstrue, 6/14/21, 7:30 pm

100% Despite the injuries this team has been a joy to watch this season.

A team with no depth, and a ‘one ply offense’ has the best record in baseball on June 16th, after beating the other best team without half their starters.

Sorry, that isn't on AV. That was absolute trash, Culbreth.

It's the bullpen that is baffling.

This ump has given the outside left of the plate to TB and not the Sox

Too bad the white sox cant beat good teams!

Eaton really should go on the IL. He’s doing no one any good trying to play through his issues.

It's shocking where this team is at all things considered. Everyone involved deserves a ton of credit.

LOL everyone losing their sh*t calling for Eaton and Mercedes to sit. Eaton and Mercedes sit. Damn this lineup sucks. 18 games over .500 after today. If not, the team has still done exactly what they have needed to do this far. Don't stop get it get it.

Me reading this thread and watching it disintegrate into chaos and minutia.

This thread is about acquiring Escobar, not about "replacing Madrigal". The rumoured Sox interest in Escobar doesn't emanate from a perceived hole at the keystone position. Mendick would be fine, if this team didn't have such a dearth of LH power. Remember, even if the Sox got both Eloy and Robert back, they still would not have a single really big LH power bat. Moncada has not proven to be a big home run threat and Grandal is,....well Grandal. He's a very good OBP hitter, with decent power, but he's not suited to be a #3, or clean up hitter. If one wants to talk about acquiring someone other than Escobar, please try to limit your suggestions to a LH power hitter. You may disagree, but you can be sure that management is more interested in fixing this roster imbalance, than they are in finding someone to simply play second base. Even if they weren't satisfied with Mendick, they have other internal options. There is Leury, Tim Beckham and even Marco Hernandez. The problem is that none of those guys provide that much needed LH power.

Can't believe we stole a game with so many starters out, but I guess it's not that hard to do when your pitching is absolutely nails

Lot of desire for Trea Turner, where there is smoke there is probably fire.

Also gonna be there. As a teacher off for the summer, love during the work week day games. Gooooo Sox.

I think this team is starting to figure it out grandal average doesn’t matter when his ops is so high. Abreu is papa pito I expect him to start hitting soon and Vaughn has so much talent I have no worries about him and the rookie wall.

The team is 22nd in home runs - but has the 3rd best offense in terms of fWAR and the best run differential in the league. They're probably the best offense in the league at manufacturing runs.

Time will tell if after the substance ban (and if it's enforced) if nearly every other out is a K. That said, OF defense will still be a factor come playoff time. Having Adam and Robert as starting in RF and CF, respectively, and Billy a defensive replacement in the 8th or 9th for Vaughn makes for an elite defensive OF. Couple that with their great infield (Moncada, Anderson, Mendick and Abreu) and the only worry is Grandal or Collins (or Crochet) catching the baseball. Team defense is an overlooked factor in terms of White Sox pitching success this year already, with a huge upgrade in LF and RF overall an upgrade.

I know some will never believe in him even after hitting righties well ins a SSS and chalk it up to BABIP luck but any time you can combine great defense with a power hitting offense you have to give him an extended shot. I nice percentage of his hits going back to last year are extra bases and he hits the ball hard. He is the type of player Tampa bay would covet.

Talk about late game defense with a lead. How does a ball find grass with Billy and Adam in the outfield?

We aren’t going to trade any major prospects for Escobar. We seem to be doing fine with our internal options. Mendick has done a very good job. We have Engel back and soon we will have Kopech and Billy Hamilton back

Or it can move on when you stop bringing him up every post. Pretty much everyone agrees he should be part of a DH platoon and dropped down in the lineup until he proves he can start hitting again, but you insist everyone must say he sucks and should be off the team. If you don't, then that means you're defending him and blaming Tony instead. You don't like him. Cool. Stop trying to coerce others into what you think of the guy.

he'll be at .5 fWAR after tonight. He's actually on a 3 WAR pace. I've said it a million times but this roster Hahn has built is incredible. People want to crown the rays while they should be enjoying what is right on front of their face.

Mendick might not have an amazing WAR but he’s contributed on some huge plays this year that had a massive impact on the final score.

Krogman with 3 walks. Strikeouts are high, but his statline is super impressive otherwise.

He better step it up then, and soon. If not, his ass will be DFA'd real quick