Look at Ray Ray Run

This forum loves blaming everyone but the people who actually blew the game and the lead. The Bullpen was given leads and makes a ton of money/% of their payroll and they didn't do their job. The point of having a great bullpen is to cover for a shortcoming or a poor offensive day. The bullpen has been a disaster.

Scouting has not changed in the way that would have changed how Trout was seen imo. Kids today still suffer because they're northern kids, although not as badly as Trout (showcases continuing to grow has helped) but it was very obvious that Mike Trout was the best high school player in the country but people questioned his competition.

Hey Buck Showalter: "There’s a reason why he’s moved around,” former Orioles manager Buck Showalter said Monday night on MLB Network. “Trust me, it’s not just pure baseball. I remember when he was taken in the (Rule 5) draft, we were glad they took him. “It doesn’t mean he can’t play. You trust your people. I saw the numbers. He could hit a little bit. (But) I remember talking to the farm director, talking to the general manager: ‘What do we got on this guy?’ They did not think his ability would override the other challenges he had.” Chew on a few more Yermin homers you old bag.

Vaughn another day off. Someone tell me again why he's on the team?

It's not political at all; couldn't care less what party someone is a member of. Just saying in general we tend to put people in important positions of power when they're well past their cognitive peak.

What's hilarious is people who deny the deterioration of one's mind and body as they get old, 70+ nearing 80. It's science but for some reason people want to act like it's discriminatory. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2596698/ It's also why electing a near 80 and beyond POTUS is flat out idiotic.

He's running a 20% walk rate. He hasn't hit the ball well, sure, but he certainly looks like a professional to me.

I mean, not sure why Hamilton is playing over Vaughn again. What's the point of Vaughn being on the team and losing that year of eligibility again? Pretty confused if he's only facing lefties for the most part.

I'd bet a lot of money against there being only 60 points of separation between vaughns BA and OBP.

Robert has honestly looked much better. He spit on a slider out of the zone there setting himself up to get the mistake. He's fighting himself a bit early in counts as you can tell he wants to swing but his approach is improving game to game. The reward for that will come.

Robert. Crushes. Mistakes.

Why would the white sox want to acquire the worst player in baseball?

He'll find his release point. I'm not at all worried about the guy.

Not gonna troll me with this ron lol He has had nearly 10 starts past two years at this same avg fastball velo https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?date=4/6/2021&gamePk=634609&chartType=pitch&legendType=pitchName&playerType=pitcher&inning=&count=&pitchHand=&batSide=&descFilter=&ptFilter=&resultFilter=&hf=pitchVelocity#634609

He hasn't had his fastball command in either start to begin the season, it's what has killed him. He's at least thrown some good sliders tonight which he didn't have in the first start .

Eaton and Vaughn are both going to be awful. It's a lot to ask of robert. If madrigal stays who he's been, which is all we can go off of, 3/8 of the starters are flat out bad at defense.

Being the worst defensive team in baseball is concerning and if they're anywhere near this bad it's going to be a huge impediment on their goals

It's really not. No idea why people keep saying this. His avg fastball is right around where it was for 3 starts last year and 7 the year before that.

Meanwhile mccann had another ball get away to score a run today. Agree with you 100%. He's been fine,

He's lived here many many times in the past two years. Not concerning. Velocity is typically lower early on in the season and he's had multiple starts with an avg around 92. His fastball plays up due to his size and extension with the back spin

What? They've given them 3 extra outs lol

He pitched to Grandal opening day. Not sure what you're going on about.

Our manager is bunting up 1 in the 4th inning with first and second. It worked but this is unbelievable

The rays barely let anyone see a lineup for the third time through last year and were one of the best teams in baseball.

It was 5.2 innings in 2019 and has been trending down for over a decade. 2020 wasn't that unexpected. 5 is normal now.