Look at Ray Ray Run

what? He didn't apologize for embarrassing Savala in front of cameras. He apologizes because he does something indefensible stupid and is pressed on it by the media and actually realizes it because the players were also baffled so he gives some media apology. How is him doing dumb things negative attention on a player?

Nah, no apology. Kopech is young so LaRussa doesn't care if he offends him.

LaRussa really still blows; that's never changed. He's still out of touch, and still apologizing in post-game conferences. Pulling Kopech was dumb but everyone knew that. At least they won.

Vlad didn't know the rule. He thought the run scored because he crossed the base before he was out. At least that's how I saw that.

Yeah, Tony's brilliant bullpen management has been incredibly effective this year; he's really gotten the most out of his guys!

btw, i dont think Guerrero knew the rule because he looked at home and clapped like... nice, guy crossed the plate so I got the run in.

Tony a genius.

Pulling Kopech is absolutely dumb, in case that wasn't clear.

No one instills confidence in his guys quite like TLR!

Hey, based on this place and twitter you never know.. maybe that was Sox fans chanting overrated at Moncada!

Sometimes McEwing makes some pretty stupid sends. That wasn't even a good throw and he was out by a mile.

I think we all hate Gordon a little more than he probably deserves because of his failure to meet expectations as a player. It still feels too soon

No chance you could start him in the playoffs unless he gets to top 10, obviously.

lol I know you don't like Jason, and he's certainly someone that I get could rub some people the wrong way, but he's not bad at his job; especially comparatively to others in the game.

Sox up 5-1 on the road vs a good team. Check into Sox talk game thread. 1. Wow, Cease gave up a HR, trash. 2. Offense has been shit 3. Benetti and Beckham are the worst thing of all time. Sums it up pretty good.

they have 14 hits.

Yeah, this guy sucks. amirite?

I like Robert 2. But I would be OK with Yoan.

Dylan Cease shouldn't even make the playoff roster because he can't perform against good offenses.

Their weakest position this year is RF.

I would rather have Kris Bryant and Codi Heuer than Craig Kimbrel.. and it would have cost less. That would have been better for the teams chances to win a World Series this year than the current plan. I literally say that Kimbrel is better than Heuer in that post, so while you continue to ignore the things I say and distort them I'll continue to express the frustrations I had with the way the team allocated resources at the deadline. Kimbrel wasn't dominant in Boston in 2018. He was bad in 2019 and 2020. And he was great for 30 innings in 2021. People who keep comparing him to the period of time when he was the best reliever in baseball is like someone bringing up Griffey's Seattle numbers when the Sox acquired him; although I'm obviously exaggerating slightly here as Kimbrel was much better this year than Griffey was the year we acquired him.

Codi Heuer outperformed Craig Kimbrel last year and has outperformed him since the trade. Is he better? No. Can he better over the sample the Sox acquired Kimbrel for, 100%. As per your bolded part, one set of innings was guaranteed to occur when the Sox made the trade, the other set of innings was not guaranteed. The Sox didn't trade for Kimbrel so he could struggle in the regular season and not help their chances in obtaining home field throughout. They acquired him to bolster the bullpen the day they got him, not 2 months later. As for your bolded/italicized part, there's nothing more exhausting than hearing about the White Sox having "one of the best bullpens in the game." No one who actually watches the games would argue this. The White Sox strike out a ton of guys; they're 14th in baseball in ERA, 10th in FIP, and 4th worst in blown saves/games. At some point, the praise for a unit who has not gotten the job done just becomes tiring to read about. And ALL of that is despite having the second fewest innings pitched in baseball because their starters have been so damn good; so they aren't even overworked. They're just overrated and they remain as being the weak point of the entire roster despite them investing more money than any team in baseball on that unit.

I just want this on record, as Tony claimed this last night. So if the Sox get bounced in the first round of the playoffs and Kimbrel pitches one inning, the trade was a loss no matter what? If the Sox win the World Series but Kimbrel has like a 4.5-5 postseason ERA, the trade was a win? Neither of those make any sense, but that appears to be the argument. That the Sox gave up 10 years of team control for, possibly, 2 innings of baseball. Kimbrel doesn't control whether the Sox win or lose in October, he merely is a piece of the contribution. Small samples were always going to dictate the viability of the trade, so chalking up his failures to small sample noise is exactly why the trade was a shit one to begin with, no? You now want the small sample of 9 innings to be considered meaningless, while the small sample of the playoffs is meaningful. You just can't have it both ways.

That's like 33-35% of the innings you can expect him to throw the ROS since the acquisition. That's kind of important. I don't disagree that Seby is bad back there, but the wild pitches - for example last night - weren't going to be caught by anyone. You acting like 9 innings are meaningless when the Sox acquired a reliever with the intent of him being dominant for the end of season push is hilarious. Why do people feel the need to make excuses for Kimbrel? If you have to search for excuses as to why someone isn't doing their job, it's better just to accept they're not doing their job. We didn't trade for Kimbrel for his expected performance, we traded for his actual performance. "Wind blown" home runs and all. They all count the same.

He has a 4.24 FIP, 1.29 WHIP, 5.79 ERA and has given up 2 homers in 9 innings. He also has 4 Wild pitches in those 9 innings. He's also got the 3rd highest contract on the team. Again, the excuses for Kimbrel are laughable. He needs to be dominant, not just another guy.