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If that’s not a slogan for White Sox Baseball, I don’t know what is!

If he is truly hurt then maybe we can back off the dick ripping at the white sox for not signing him.

I try not to pile on, but he makes the team so much less enjoyable than it should be. It's brutal.

Isn't that how most contact is made ? You make it sound like the batter swings on the same plane every time and only makes contact if the pitcher accidentally throw it there.

#hugwatch

This is probably the most exciting pitching matchup we'll get all spring, so good thing none of us are able to actually watch it

Every time this dude opens his mouth he tops his previous bullshit he said.

I like how Hahn took a lot of the heat off La Russa by having a terrible off-season and TLR had to say some shit to disparage fans to remind us that he's still here.

Oh it 100% is racist. The history and the origins of the term, along with how we applied to to entire populations regardless of their actual tribal and political histories to dehumanize, subjugate, and conquer them over our 500ish year European history here in the Americas is unequivocal. There were definitely times of acceptance for these types of terms, but them being accepted doesn't change the history behind them. If we were talking about actual tribal names, we could talk, but this term isn't that.

If all it takes to fix Kimbrel is making him the closer, and he's going to be on the roster anyways, not giving him the closer role would be insanity La Russa isn't the manager to do this, but Hendriks would probably be more valuable as a high leverage relief ace rather than a traditional closer, assuming that it's something he would be willing to try

Sorry, but a long standing misnomered nickname for an entire indigenous people group with no relation to the Indian subcontinent based solely on similar color of skin is in fact racist. Being in common usage doesn't make it right.

The problem with trading Kimbrel now is you are only going to get pennies on the dollar. If he's doing well, a team will want him, but then, why give him up? A contending team isn't going to give up a contributor. If he is doing poorly, it would be a salary dump. Total market misread amateurs like me saw coming from miles away.

Injury or not, Conforto was never part of any plan for the Sox. Steve Stone confirmed this also. I don't know why we can't get over this already.

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I'm young and invincible. Wasn't that pretty much all of us in our 20s though? I know I did stuff then that fell into that category all the time. Us old people have the advantage of looking back and going "dumbshit."

As someone who works, but doesn't go to weeknight games, I love this. It means I can watch a whole game without getting to bed late.

Has anyone done a breakdown of the 2021 Seattle Mariners? They went 90-72, but their run differential of -51 runs should have left them at 76-86! So they were 14 games better than where they should have been. The Sox? 93-69, with an expected 97-65 record. I was looking at Stathead baseball, part of Baseball Reference, on the White Sox scoring and leads summary. I was thinking about whether a better bullpen might improve the Sox' record. In Stathead, there's a chart for Inning-by-inning W-L record. You can see the team record when ahead, tied, or behind by inning. The Sox record didn't look very good, so I started searching for a comparison. I first looked at the Tampa Bay Rays. But then I found the Seattle Mariners!! Look at this chart. Tied Sox Mariners Rays 6th 11.-15 15-9 18-15 7th 5.-14 16-6 13-10 8th 5.-13 18-5 13-12 9th 5.-8 14-4 8.-17 10th 5.-6 13-7 7.-12 11th 1.-0 4.-2 2.-6 12th XX 0-1 1.-1 The White Sox had a losing record when tied in the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th, then went 1-0 when tied entering the 11th. The Rays had a winning record when tied beginning the 6th, 7th, and 8th, but losing records for the 9th, 10th, and 11th, with a 1-1 record to start the 12th. But the Mariners? Winning records when tied from the 6th-11th, with a 0-1 record to start the 12th. And these weren't just slightly over .500 records like the Rays. The Mariners won a very hefty percentage of their games when tied in the 6th inning or later. Now one note should be added here. You can't total the columns. If a team is tied after the 6th but wins the game, that goes down in the ledger. But if no one scores in the 6th, that same game will be tied in the 7th. And so forth. So there is some carryover going on here. Still, combined with the skewed expected W-L numbers, it seems curious to me. Is there any kind of lesson here? Is there any chance that an improved bullpen could improve the Sox' record when tied late in games? Interestingly, the Sox had a better record than the Mariners when ahead from the 6th inning on. But they also won a lot fewer games than Seattle when behind from the 6th inning on. This is shown in the 42 comeback wins for Seattle v. 32 for the Sox. (The Rays had 46). So, if the Sox and their bullpen did well with leads, why did they do so poorly with late ties? The Sox did much better percentage-wise in 2020. I don't have the answers, but I'm putting this here to see if anyone does.

IF IF IF healthy...

I just don’t understand why they didn’t just sign a legit SP if you had $46M to spend?

Since no one can see it, let's blame Leury on taking a bad route on that HR charged to Kopech.

It drives me nuts. It's 2022. You can literally setup an iPhone behind home plate without any commentary or camera changes and many people would be happy with that.

Lol...TLR can't make up his mind. First it's anyone who doesn't like what we have in RF isn't a fan and now it's I know we have chicken shit instead of chicken salad but somehow we'll deal with it the best we can. Sounds like he's not a real fan to me. I will give him credit for having the unique ability to create endless PR crises for the FO. Nice work, JR. You really know how to pick em.

The legacy of where that name came from is also pretty racist too.

I am someone that believes routine does matter quite a bit for relievers. But the idea that kimbrel is magically solved in the closer role just seems like such a farce. He was still eaten up in the playoffs, was that not enough adrenaline?

I don't need to provide context to it. You need to determine the best answer given the information you have. Information is intentionally left out so you can think critically and determine the best answer. You need to answer the question as given. For the Sox information that you gave and everything you think you know about the entire team and organization answer the question.

Then don’t vote in the poll, nobody gives a shit.

TBF, they'll always be the Indians to me. Just like the Sox always will play in Comiskey.

I'm over RF at this point, but would be stoked for a Manaea acquisition.

You have called the Guardians the wrong name at least 3 times in 24 hours.

The White Sox are definitely one of the worst franchise in MLB history. Still my favorite team and still love them regardless. They have been around since 1900 and it took 121 years to get to the playoffs in back to back seasons. That's.... not good.

The White Sox are absolutely a top 6 team on paper and the best team in the AL central on paper. The White Sox also could have used this offseason to make themselves a top 2 team on paper, and did not do so by their own choices. The idea that no one is allowed to be annoyed or complain about the second point because the first is true is a stretch. The idea that any complaints about the second point means that people think they are a bottom ten team is the type of straw man people reach for when they have run out of realistic ways to defend the set of decisions the team made.

Wait, people are still subscribed to The Athletic even after it was purchased by the Failing New York Times? Just lol.

Do you really need a poll to know how this board will vote?

As someone who already doesn't like going to weekday games, I like it. And if I were to go, I would arrange to leave work early. This actually makes it more likely for me to go.

I would move vaughn for reynolds, it's pretty clear we will not have a long window, so optimizing through 24 is a good idea.

I tend to be one of the more positive posters around here, but as this roster stands right now, I voted no. We're still way too right handed heavy, and this lineup will get carved up more often than not against elite RHP. Usually that is what you're going to see in the playoffs. No one is starting non-elite LHP against the Sox in the playoffs - saw the Astros avoid it last season, and we'll continue to see that happen until the Sox address their weakness. Sox pitching is good enough to compete in the playoffs, but we need big steps forward from Cease and Kopech in order to have true ace potential at the TOR. Gio and Lynn are more like rock solid 2s. That being said, there is no reason this team cannot win a 5 game series against the likes NYY, Bos, TB, TOR, and LAA. But I don't see the Sox as the favorites as things stand currently.

Does a bye in the first round count? ?

Hell yes. The games are way too late during the week. Work is becoming more flexible for most. Traffic on our expressways has become so unpredictable that the days of being able to take a 45 minute drive to the park, leaving one hour before game time hasn't been feasible for years. It has become a "take a half day or leave early" for many already.

I'll let you know next year. Even so, if I do dumb shit in my 20s, I probably won't be risking tens of millions of dollars doing it.

Was just thinking that. I won’t say another word about them not signing Conforto if he’s truly hurt. Still wish they would have done something with RF though.

Second time hurting the same shoulder. Could be a red flag on him being a long term outfield choice. The Sox have plenty of offensive potential. The biggest need is a solid #4 starting pitcher

Yup

barf Sheets is so overhyped here.

It's been a popular refrain on the board this winter, despite the Pirates existing.

0.3, -0.6, 0.3, 1.5 It's almost the complete opposite of Michael Conforto. We're totally ignoring his age 30-32 seasons (because that player has zero value for those seasons), then banking on a repeat of his age 33 season. I miss the days of extrapolating Madrigal numbers into 2-3 fWAR-ish seasons.

Wasted so much money on Leury and Harrison when Romy can probably provide similar production.

I kinda wish Romy was starting at 2B over Harrison.

And, by the way, we are talking about 5 games here.

Appears this is just for April. I'd go as far as to extend it to May as well. It's a smart move in so many ways. a) school - kids are in school. if you want to increase the chance of kids/families at the park this type of move helps. b) weather- the earlier you start, the more sunlight you get, and the more warmer innings you get c) kids - kind of under the first point, but if games are 3 hours+ this is perfect. now you can watch a game all the way through. build your fan base.