Look at Ray Ray Run

Luis!!! What a terrible play by Rosario lolol

Perez is a terrible receiver

Yermin sees the ball so well it's absolutely insane That's just a natural ability that most don't have

Absolutely is, he tunnels so well I'm sure it's hard to pick up the spin. It's definitely a theory much more easily said than done

Yes, don't swing at his off speed, you're not going to do shit with 95% of it anyway

Maybe Yaz finally adjusting to that one knee stance. Knew it would take a bit, but wouldn't be shocked to see him get it figured out back there. 1 month feels about right

Huh?

You've gotta just let those curveballs go. If he triples you up with three in a row you tip your cap. Sit fastball and pounce. He locates well but the velocity isn't overwhelming. That's your best chance imo

That was too close to take but he wasn't seeing the ball at all last night. Him striking out this much is weird for him. He'll adjust, not worried. Just standard small sample seasonal adjustments

That picture of madrigal on the lineup card had to be a rookie hazing thing lol

Wife out with friends. Ready to pound some Fin Du Mondes, watch Dallas crush a shit lineup, and wish some death on people who don't do what I expect in the soxtalk game thread. Let's go! Also calling a Vaughn yack ball tonight. Luis!!! I hate his back pedal at the wall but if that's his adjustment to the wall monster from last year thars fine

Means over rodom is hilarious. Glasnow is a machine though

Yeah, but you're ignoring that who he was got him to where he was. Why not ask yermin to do those things now? Because if it ain't broke, don't fix it. That's the thought process of a lot of baseball players. Being a chiseled specimen isn't required in this game to be successful. Swings are fickle things. If he was working hard at his craft, in the cage and on the diamond you're less likely to ask someone to change until the success starts to disappear or there's a reason to. And an Achilles injury, better yet two, is really just bad luck.

People are greatly mistaken about the resources and facilities available to kids in places where things like A Ball are played. As a kid you're also very hesitant to change something about yourself that got you into the position you're in as a first round pick. Body changes either way can hurt your career. I know people who bulked up too much in college and lost a lot of flexibility and fluidity in their swings. It's not uncommon for more beefy guys to credit that with their power and torque - not saying it's right or rational but it's not an abnormal thought. Heck mercedes is in the big leagues with that build crushing the ball. I'm not sure what good places in Chicago and Barrington do for a kid playing rookie ball and A ball in completely different places does.

Love to see it. Hope he goes Yak Ball.

He is equally effective vs lefties and righties, for the most part, since 2019. I think the best strategy is to put your best players on the field vs him regardless of handedness.

i honestly just wouldn't have a problem putting Grandal on the IL and letting him sit for a bit. He's certainly been better than his numbers indicate and had some bad luck, but he's obviously laboring on that knee and there's no reason to have him play the entire season hurt. He's not going to get healthier by catching everyday; in fact, it'll probably get worse. Let him sit for 3+ weeks or so, heal up and come back ready to go. If they don't do that i'm worried it's something worse than they've let on and he needs surgery or something and it would keep him out a long period of time so they're pushing it off until the off-season.

Am I watching a different game than some others? Vaughn has been fine defensively, and if he qualified he'd rank 5th in wRC+ among all LF'ers in MLB (I'm not including people like Kris Bryant whose primary position is not LF). Adam Engel absolutely should not play over Andrew Vaughn when he's healthy. Now, Engel playing against lefties for Eaton and giving Vaughn an occasional blow is fine, but he shouldn't be playing everyday over Andrew Vaughn.

I didn't see the lineup yet, but I certainly can't follow the logic that we won't put our absolute best players in the lineup vs the best pitcher in the AL to maximize our chance of scoring. Vaughn doesn't need to be protected, he's not a child. He's a flat out professional hitter who rakes.

No, Vaughn shouldn't be sitting to play Leury Garcia who can't hit left handed and can't hit Bieber. Vaughn will need to face tough righties in his career, and I don't think he is having "confidence" problems given that he skipped two minor league levels and has been absolutely raking in the big leagues. You need your BEST PLAYERS to play even more against the best pitcher in the league, not less. Edit: Bieber is arguably better vs lefties than righties too, so the entire argument makes no sense.

Lol you wrote a 3 paragraph analysis of how you were right and everyone who disagreed with you and mastermind LaRussa was wrong, I responded with one sentence about your unwillingness to admit you were wrong about Vaughn not being ready (which was your initial argument regarding this entire ordeal), and somehow my post was the arrogant one. ? Again, this place is hilarious sometimes.

So Vaughn is succeeding because his manager sits him on the bench for bad players? Consistent playing time, from my history and understanding, are the best ways to maintain offensive consistency. Playing less often makes hitting more difficult. What did I state as a fact? If you want to applaud Tony LaRussa for benching Andrew Vaughn so he could play a guy who is not in the big leagues any longer, by all means go right ahead and applaud that decision making.

Love this move; wishing him the best. Hope that swing takes and he really takes off early.

You complained endlessly about the Sox moving Moncada from 2nd to 3rd base, said the process was broken, said they were a fool to move Moncada to third, even moreso to open up a spot for "bum Madrigal" and that the Sox have no idea how to internally evaluate their own players so the move would blow up in their face. Not going to bump those, but where I give you big time credit is you maintained that Moncada would hit and rake regardless of his struggles and that he would have up and downs but he'd be a stud (this was back when he was abysmal) in the long run and there was never anything to worry about.

This is amazing. Larussa mismanages the guy, doesn't give him consistent Ab's, plays nick Williams over him and despite that some people want to give him credit for Vaughns success and not the fact that Vaughn has hit and would hit if he was just given a chance too. This place is too damn funny sometimes. Imaging giving a young player with a polished bat who was born in rake towns success to a geezer who refused to play him over a guy who isn't even on the team anymore.