SoxBlanco

I was about to post something very similar to this. Other than Madrigal, it sounds as if everyone will be back before the playoffs. I’ll start to get worried once I hear someone other than Madrigal is done for the year. Get everyone back by September 1, shake the rust off and begin to gel during the final month, and then roll into the playoffs ready to kick some ass.

@Balta1701, @Dick Allen, @hi8is

I disagree. There has to be some level of instincts on the base paths. If Jose hits a dribbler (I’m talking very slow, swinging bunt style), then Yoan should take off. If you wait to see where it goes, then it’s too late.

If the contact play was not on, then I don’t think signs have anything to do with it. With no contact play on, Yoan could have just stupidly reacted to what he initially thought was a ball hit slow enough to allow him to score. I guess this discussion is dumb though. I’m not even saying I think that’s what happened. It was likely the contact play. I just found it amusing that everybody reacted as if they KNEW, when in reality, nobody knows for sure.

I’m aware of how the contact play works as opposed to what you’re supposed to do when the contact play is not on. It was most likely the contact play, but there’s a chance Yoan just decided to run.

Right. It was either the contact play or a horrible decision by Moncada. Nobody knows for certain.

How do we know the contact play was on?

Was it the left calf that he just missed games for?

I wasn’t watching when it happened, but from reading the comments here, it’s anything from a cramp to being done for the year.

Ross Geller

Great post. Thanks for the update and the details.

Intriguing. Are you at liberty to name names?

Interesting that you could read those comments in context and say that he was bitching. I have no problem with what he said.

Good lord, their lineup is AWFUL without those two guys. No excuses, Dylan.

Coming into the year, what were the odds that Brian Goodwin would be batting clean up on July 5? The crazy thing is that I actually like this lineup, other than that oddity.

Huh? He was asking for clarification on the last sentence of your post. What did you mean by “LHP”?

How great would it be if Sheets keeps hitting all year to the point where we need his LH bat in the playoffs? Vaughn and Sheets in LF/RF and Eloy as the DH, with Engel and Hamilton available for pinch running and defense late in the game. Or perhaps Eloy in RF and Sheets at DH.

Anderson SS Moncada 3B Abreu 1B Grandal C Eloy DH Robert CF Eaton RF Vaughn LF Escobar 2B

And he has playoff (World Series) experience. If he’s 100% healthy, I like him as our RF, especially if a righty is on the mound.

A lot of solid takes in this thread.

Eaton to RF and Sheets to DH against righties?

I can’t remember if it was you or @Chicago White Sox who kept telling everyone to calm down because Grandal would probably end the year with the same numbers he does every year…which are the same numbers he put up last year when people were complaining about the signing. Well done. Thanks for being the voice of reason.

That would be incorrect. I remember a Cleveland/Seattle game several years ago where I believe Cleveland scored 3, 4, 5 in the last three innings to erase a 12 run lead and ended up winning the game.

My guess is that Josh went out there and told Lucas that he’s there to say it to his face. Lucas didn’t have much to say and just smoothed it over. Then Donaldson probably complimented Gio and the Sox and all was good.

This is going to be a shit show of injuries all season long, right up until the playoffs. Then everything will come together perfectly for a deep run.