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Boy I really do enjoy watching 9 innings of baseball, just to finish with that runner on 2B crap. You will never never never convince me that rule is a good idea. It is bullshit, plain and simple. One friggin pitch and a bunt in the bottom of the 10th and the game is over. Arrrghhhhhhh.

Sox lost because of defense, inability to hit with risp, and injured players missing from the field of play. Literally a carbon copy of 2022.

Why is everyone blaming Scholtenz? Dude let up a sac bunt and that was it

I will be in attendance. Go Sox!

That 10th inning was the White Soxiest inning possible.

Convinced that Herm knew magic.

This core is exhausting

Hopefully Sosa plays well these 2-4 weeks and displaces Andrus to a backup roll.

They changed the manager, coaching staff, medical staff and it didn't make a damn bit of difference. Every god damn thing is exactly the same. I'm shocked. Absolutely freakin shocked. Who could've seen that coming. Not me that's for sure. Nope.

I hate that runner on 2nd rule too

I know. Just frustration. I hate that it's 2 weeks into the season and I'm already resigned to their fate.

Baldelli doing the Sox a HUGE favor. Lopez could have stood out there all night and they wouldn't have touched him.

This is getting effen ridiculous. It’s only a matter of time before Robert Jr. pulls a muscle. This is getting to the point of is their really a jinx on this team. JR needs to sell the team and a new FO needs to be installed. We have the most injuries of significantly important players I’ve ever seen. It’s getting to the point of making this an unwatchable team unless Cease is pitching b

Can you ever stop being a dick? It's ridiculous.

Hanser inherited Leury’s voodoo doll I see…

The feeling when you get to post your draft from February.

I’m not sure I’ll be able to stay up for this late start time.

Running the bases, long airplane flights, running in from the bullpen for a possible fight and a blown rundown

He did nothing wrong, it’s just frustrating they have to pitch their AAA long reliever in 10th inning so early in the season because the relief situation is so unstable.

Haha. It's okay to speak your mind. I respect you as a poster. I just don't get anything out of a certain set of meatball posters that have nothing insightful or thoughtful to post. They are an echo chamber of non value added s%*# posts. Luckily most of those people don't have the sufficient attention span or enough interest in following the minors/prospects.

Did nothing wrong

Sox missed a chance to have Cannon pitching for the Cannon Ballers

Bro just make contact, why don’t you just do that

Duran was throwing him 103 mph fastballs and 101 mph splitters lol

If he gets both those pitches he’s unhittable.

Good AB for Sheets

People were calling him a bust in the Houston series lmao

I know it's frustrating, but literally the other team we are playing tonight has a similar amount of injured key players.

There is no one in any of the four Sox minor league teams to call up that are ready or productive at all levels. Again thanks Rick Hahn for a great job of not only building a World Series contender as arrogantly promised from the start of the rebuild, but also keeping a keen eye on the minors and developing a strong farm system. Great job Rick, as the latest rankings for MLB farm systems has the Sox at #26.

Soft player, complacent after getting paid, something something, fire the trainers, am I doing it right?

Except 10 days is about all Robert has left before his IL stint.

The day just keeps getting better and better and better. Only in the world of the White Sox.

Let's keep the boys rested and ready to go deep in the postseason.

Yeah, pretty brutal. A Hanser misplay caused by a Moncada ouchie resulted in this. Hanser actually messed up twice on the play - first by not just throwing it to 2B for the tailor made DP, but then by cutting off Elvis throw for some stupid reason. It really was a pretty simple play - he does either of those two things right and TA isn't hurt. Definitely adds to the sting for me.

I think this injury underscores how important Elvis is, not visa versa.

It's really not a joke. It's players that are hurt all the time, and unfortunately, the Sox plan is fro these guys to remain fairly healthy. Does anyone really think Robert will play 145 games? Does anyone really think Kopech won't be on the IL eventually? Eloy got himself in great shape. People used to blast him for supposedly being fat. He isn't now. Still gets hurt. Kopech and Robert are 2 of the most physically fit MLB players, yet always hurt. Joe Kelly, they signed hurt and had appearance limitations in his contract. Of course he will get hurt more. What they need to do is somehow plug in some players into the core that can actually answer the bell. They had one in Abreu, but it was time to move on. They need guys who can play the season not hopefully 95 games. As injured as Eloy has been, TA averages less than 10 games more per season since Eloy arrived.

There’s nothing worse than being halfway in…halfway out. That’s precisely where the Sox spent 2013-2016, even with Sale Q Eaton Abreu Shark Frazier Robertson Dunn Melky, etc. Same exact place we are heading for in 2023. Third place, with a #11-15 draft pick but not a Top Ten in sight unless the wheels totally come off. We are basically the MLB version of the Bulls right now. No Bulls fan in their right mind would bet on them getting out of the first round even if they miraculously made it out of the play-in tournament.

It pretty much spells the death of the rebuild. Of course, it could just as easily be Moncada’s season heading south again with the back, right? In that case, trying to think of any players that WOULDN’T be traded or would likely be the core of the team moving forward. Robert and Cease are the most valuable assets on the roster. Perhaps the only two really premium assets remaining. Surely, Lynn, Giolito, Reynaldo (really team friendly extension possible, but premature…limited time to decide), Clevinger, Graveman, Bummer, Kelly would all be gone…Benintendi’s presence really makes zero sense in a rebuilding situation but 50/50 Hahn would have to keep him after he just signed for five long years. Moncada salary dumped upon the highest bidder. Same with Grandal, Alberto, Andrus. What to do with Kopech if you’re not going to extend him? He won’t be around in time for the next rebuild to gel. What value does Jimenez realistically have if he can’t stay healthy even as a full time DH? Two more big decisions with these two. TA7 (depends on the seriousness of his injury and readiness of Colson), Kopech, Crochet, Hendriks (unless trade value returns in 2023), Colas, Vaughn are players you would expect to still be around for various reasons, Zavala/Perez, Romy, Sosa, etc. Colson Montgomery could be a big league starter by late this year but likelier to be May, 2023, already missing April with the oblique). Burger pretty much would have to take over third for Moncada, and Sheets would stick for DH/1B/PH (need offense from SOMEWHERE) despite both players being increasingly out of place in a speed/defense-oriented game. Seems a decision on Dylan Cease (trade/extend) is really going to be the next domino to fall if things start to go south and attendance craters. And it’s not like they can offer him the same deal Byron Buxton accepted…it would be for at least $125-140 million. For a extreme velocity/stuff pitcher with TJ in his past. Bleak bleak bleak…but hopefully Hahn isn’t allowed to make a single one of these critical decisions moving forward.

And the hits keep coming. I know it's still early and Andersons injury was because of a collision but the Sox are going to have to figure out how much longer after this season they want to continue to pay guys like Moncada and Eloy who spend significant time on the IL. The hard part will be finding buyers for some of our guys.

Jake Burger is an awful defender. Its pretty obvious to anyone that pay one iota of attention. Its like asking if the sky is blue.

Do you actually watch the games?

See: my response above. On a comedic level, it would be fun to see league-sanctioned 1 on 1's like in hockey (note: I'm actually a proponent of banning fighting in hockey). Just imagine something like Oneil Cruz vs. Lance Lynn, with someone like Joe West trying to break it up.

I keep getting confused about people bemoaning Tim's injury as evidence of being weak/soft/the team being pansies/whatever language you want to use. A man pushed his knee the wrong way. That's going to hurt.

That was a contact injury for Timmy, not his fault they can’t do a rundown. The Kelly, Eloy and Yoan stuff is a joke though.

Will people be as pissed at TA for being injured as they are at Eloy? The fact is, there is more than likely no strength guy or trainer that could keep these guys on the field. That is the problem with the Sox roster. They rely on too many guys who are injured a lot of the time. It's not their fault they are hurt. It isn't the training staff's either. Sometimes they just happen. And for some guys, they always happen.

They’ve played 11 games and half of these pansies are already injured or on the IL.

I put that under defend. Plus arm is nice, helps to not turn doubles into triples in RF for once.

He seems to be the rare White Sox signing / prospect this is well rounded. Can hit a bit, run a bit, defend a bit, hit for some power. We always seem to have guys with massive holes in their game instead of finding guys that contribute to wins just by not being a black hole at any given baseball skill.