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Chisoxfanmike is a dork. He doesn't represent shit. I bet the venn diagram of Bennetti Fanboyz with Chisoxfanmike Fanboyz is a circle.

Look the Cubs should have taught us the popularity doesn't equal quality. If he is our representative, I will form the revolutionary party starting a coup.

Today would be yet another fine day to fire this guy…

Enters dumb thread wondering how in the world in has 2 pages in one morning. Sees about 75% Caulfield posts. INSERT SIMPSONS ENTER/IMMEDIATE EXIT GIF.

I guess that’s what happens when you have to start making your own spaghetti

Lenyn Sosa 3-4 with a HR & 3 RBI in game 1 of the DH is pretty exciting.

Soxtalk posters: "Eloy is a DH. TLR is an idiot for putting him in the field. He's gonna hurt himself" "Grandal is an embarrassment behind the plate. The guy is a DH at this point in his career." "Vaughn can't play the OF. TLR is a total moron for playing this guy in the OF" "Vaughn needs to be in the lineup everyday. TLR is an idiot for benching him" "Sheets can't play the OF. We're putting a DH in RF. Ridiculous." No matter who Tony puts out there, someone will be out of position. This is a roster construction issue, not a managerial issue. Piss on Tony all you want but he has 5 DHs on the team. He can't make everyone happy.

You've expanded from naming as many players as you can in a single post to naming Soxtalk posters.

Don't get me started on that kid... Although with his hot takes and bipolar tweets minutes apart he'd fit in well in the game threads.

Maybe one day Jarred Kelenic will start seeing them and start looking like a major league hitter.

Got gifted the two runs that they scored, otherwise they're shut out. Five hits. Four singles and a Little League triple. Fire away at me if anyone wants, but on the sac fly mixup between Vaughn and Pollock, Vaughn was in a much better position to make the play and he's an ex-pitcher, so he can throw. Pollock was running away from the play to make the catch and would have had to skid to a stop and reposition his body to make a right handed throw home. I don't care that Stoney kept harping on the opposite opinion. Pollock should have laid off and let Vaughn make the play.

Otto Notes: Features sinker 26% of the time, Slider 24, Fastball 23%, Curveball 14%, and Changeup 13%. By far and away his sinker is his best pitch with xBA of .199. Outside of that? his curve and slider can work from time to time, but not nearly as scary. He likes to work the sinker in on righties, usually up and in. His fastball is wild, but leaves a good amount center. We need to sit on a fastball and be patient. Not that this Sox team knows how to do that. Overall righties have a .315BA this year and a 1.8 WHIP. Patience is a virtue today. The type of game Moncada, Yaz, Abreu, Vaughn should excel in. Anderson, Robert, Eloy need to relax today. Otto will walk guys. He's alked 38 in 72ip. The thing Otto does surprisingly well is control his pitches MUCH better with guys on. Seems to go shift to putting the ball over the plate more. With runners on base he has 30k's against 7bb for a 1.237 whip. With bases empty he seems to nibble a bunch more a 1.73whip. Much like many pitchers his ERA in the first go-round is much lower. 3.70ERA, second go-round its 5.96, and although he hasn't got late in the games very often he's gets knocked around after. Generally normal there. Home splits are 7.50ERA v. 4.00era on the road ... a bit surprising. Final tidbits, xERA is 5.63, pretty awful. Game plan should be to sit fastball, be patient on that sinker inside. If he can't locate that, then we should be in a good position to take his other offerings Cease? We know the story. He's good. Lineup: In no god damn way should Sheets sniff this lineup as a lefty. We have a ton of righties and that's a good thing in this matchup. Sheets can come in for a pinch hit later, but in no way do i want to see his face. Take the defense in Engel in RF. I'm looking for Anderson, Moncada, Eloy, Abreu, Robert, Vaughn, Yaz, Engel, Harrison; I like moving Moncada up for a guy with control issues as long as Yoan knows the game plan is to be patient. Otherwise stick him near the bottom. Although I like Seby, I also think you have to go with Yaz for same reasons as Moncada. I like getting Engel a game here with Cease on the mound and to give him an OF that can field. All goes well and this should be a 6-2 type final hopefully. Go go sox.

You take a win any way you get it...but my god this offense is just horrendous.

1.99 ERA for Cease

I have zero expectation that they make any noise if they get into the playoffs. But the post season is still within reach in August and let's face it, making the playoffs is still a monumental achievement for this franchise. I want them to get there now even if I've wanted it all to crash & burn in utter chaos for a solid chunk of this summer. It is still possible to root for success in full awareness of the many organizational failings and roster shortcomings while also having enough emotional detachment to not let them make you miserable when they utterly embarrass themselves.

You know the team stinks when ChiSoxFanMike is the topic of the day on SoxTalk.

In other breaking news, the earth is round, and Menechino still fucking sucks.

Because the analytical department is just full of buddy hires, none of which have math experience. Your post would be way over their heads

How does Jay Cuda have this much time on his hands?

The whole staff needs to be fired. No exceptions. At what point does a player think screw it I'll do it my way.

Great job by the pitchers! Tied with Guardians now

It’s too bad that high salaries determine who plays. In the past, it would be grab some bench Yaz and Yoan…next man up!

Every win is frustrating and every loss is annoying. It’s been a challenging season a fan.

Yesterday Stone said the Rangers bullpen was not good..you wouldn’t know that watching these first two games.

Are we sure Pollock is faster than a gimpy Eloy

I’m ready for the TA experience to be located in another city, tbh.

Do you throw Cease out there for the 7th?

I wish Tony would use his old connections to roid Yoan.

Moncada probably spends more time on gear and jewelry choices than studying opposing pitchers or formulating an approach.

4 strikes not enough for Yoan. Sadly i don't think 5 or 6 would make a difference.

My 14 year old son had no issue driving the ball there...? nsU_vNtuU6nUw5Hw.mp4

It’s amazing how much luck this team needs to score. If the opposing team plays good defense and doesn’t have a complete bum pitching they are hopeless

Offer us something interesting for Tim and I won't shed a tear if he's gone

he's tangled up in blue.

Burger bomb. There should be a spot for him on the big league roster asap.

Jose Rodriguez with another homer. Locked in.

Why in the hell is Grandal at DH? Vaughn back in RF is a joke.

I feel slighted but I don't have a catchy Soxtalk name

yeesh

How does any of the above have anything to do with the original question of the thread.

Needed more names for the list.

I really hate that Dave Portnoy dude. I hope he flies directly into the sun. Unfortunately I am married, neither rich nor twenty years younger, but Silvana Mojica makes me wish I was retired in Colombia about right now. So I can at least root for her to dump him if all his stock and crypto/gaming advice blows up.

does caulfield know what twitter is

Wait why am I being dragged into this?

Not defending TLR's bizarre line ups but Engel was on the injured list a lot last season and has been on it a bit this season. If he could stay fit then I agree he would be a better all round option in OF than Sheets or Vaughn

This thread keeps trying to drop to page 2 and that just should not happen. Bump it up up up, bump it up up up, bump it up up up....time to FIRE!!!

That's what savages do.

Colas seems to be doing everything you could want to see to get another promotion.

He's always going to be one of those "what if" guys for me. Never really able to put a full season of healthy playing time together and nearing 31 already. I was very excited for him to get some ABs this year after the power flashes last year, but TLR would rather play Leury.

The Sox have a better Jackie Bradley, but Tony refuses to play him. Tony has only started Adam Engel 39 times last season (1.6 bWAR) and 48 this year (0.8 bWAR). There are only four White Sox hitters with a higher war (Abreu, Robert, Anderson and Harrison) this season. With all of the OF injuries and Sheets/Vaughn playing the corners, his defense alone would have won at least a few games for the Sox this season. Tony was starting Pollock over Engel in CF, which is completely ludicrous. Sheets' OPS + is only 9 points higher this season (92 vs. 83), and he ranks among the all time worst right fielders in the 120 + year history of The MLB.