Look at Ray Ray Run

I dont see giolito, cease and kopech on the 21 twins.

This is why good teams don't just stand pat in off seasons in their window. Eloy injury not shocking, sadly.

The Sox were 3rd in baseball in OBP in 2021 and 4th in BB rate.

I'm team Matt Ruiz.

My new guy Ruiz getting it done again.

Vaughn just hits everything hard.

Vaughn should maybe play as much as possible.

Confused about sox trolling twins with that stat. Don't the sox have even fewer playoff wins since 61?

I'd link you to the smarter national accounts/stories but we're in positive time.

Alright. We got kopech time then bulls mania, so positive thoughts only.

You realize the leury decisions have become so egregious that it's become a national story, right? It's honestly the first time in my entire life watching baseball that I've seen a bunch of smart baseball minds saying what the ffff is going on with the white sox lineups... because most of them understand that lineups typically mean nothing.

He bobbled the ball because a f'ing runner was barreling down in his view.

The 5th error wasn't an error though. It was a terrible call by the umpire. I watched knoblach being incapable of throwing a ball to first base. Tim was bad but I thought 2 of those errors were rough rulings.

I've seen worse but it was bad. They changed that one play to an error, when he got trucked, which is a joke.

Ozzie said if I was the manager "garcia be seating next to me" lol

Chuck shows team eras and says are sox not hitting or are they facing tough pitching staffs... completely ignoring that it's such a small sample that the sox not hitting is why those teams have low eras lol

The amazing thing is lineups really don't matter most of the time; it's almost like Tony heard about that from stat "nerds" and wanted to challenge it. So he's gone out of his way to harm his team by throwing out bad players and bad lineups that deprive his best players of getting the most AB's.

Lineup would be OK imo with Engel in there. Move Pollock up to 2nd: Tim SS Pollock RF Abreu 1B Eloy DH Vaughn LF Engel CF Leury 2B Burger 3B Reese C It's right handed, but this team is heavily right handed. You just can't put two first baseman in the outfield with an aging CF'er. It's just not smart.

He's fine in center but he's old and has lost a step. Engel is better in CF and should start there and Pollock should be in right field. Also, why is our worst defensive player in right field again? Does Tony understand that LF is much easier than RF?

Also, why does Adam Engel not play?

which in modern analytic terms is where you should actually put your best hitter. this shit is so goddamn funny.

Stretches, both good and bad, at the beginning and end of a season are often times magnified much greater than they should be. They're not different than a sweep in July or August but because fans are more invested and watching more diligently early and late, the bad stretch is magnified. Bad series will always happen. The most concerning thing for me is that La Russa learned nothing from last year and is still obsessed with garcia, distrusting in Vaughn, and oblivious to optimal lineups - instead content with going with his stubborn, illogical and ignorant gut. Strategically this team will have to overcome his incompetence again which is disheartening.

Gavin Sheets has 3 fewer PA's than Vaughn. Someone needs to tell TLR that Vaughn needs to be playing everyday.

Not concerned at all.

Good thing they rest all these guys to keep them fresh and safe from injury.