Look at Ray Ray Run

at this point, i think the sox are more worried about not using arms in the bullpen and already were pushing foster. they're more worried about being fresh next week. judge that however you wish. i think they still are trying to win but they wont stretch guys to do it.

colome was hurt. he wanted to stick with him. didnt want to push fosters pitch count higher. shit happens in one baseball game, that's why there's no point in judging or throwing a fit. Ruiz is awful, he also wont be pitching in the playoffs. shit happens.

Colome was hurt. Weird, everyone here told me he should have stayed out anyway,

i learned not to take the result of one baseball game for much.

Since August 31st, Robert has played in 20 games. He has had a positive wRC+ in 7, and a negative in 13. That's been his huge slump. He's had 13 bad games. Hilarious to read the takes here. A send down lol. He's in the top 40 in position player WAR. The takes here are so stupid it's honestly breathtaking. .Luis Robert has the same WAR as Eloy.

Since August 31st, Robert has played in 20 games. He has had a positive wRC+ in 7, and a negative in 13. That's been his huge slump. He's had 13 bad games. Hilarious to read the takes here.

another meatball. yes, he's been a total bust. lol. you deserve a losing product.

yeah, he sucks and the team sucks. so turn it off and stop watching. move on. i can tell youve never learned how to lose at anything in your life. the world is ending every time.

he's still an overall plus offensively and nearly a 2 WAR player. struggles happen. no one would be getting demoted.

so do i think if the slump went on twice as long as he's been slumping they might consider it? uh... i guess. do i think that's likely because he's slumped for 14 games, no.

oh and rickys fault when he wasnt managing. game threads are like watching a people with the emotional composure of a high schooler.

lol honestly sometimes i think a lot of fans here don't even deserve the sox to be good because they make fools of themselves either way.

lol

lol yeah, they're toast. they should just quit.

lol you crack me up, jack.

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You constantly refer to Kenny/Hahn as GarPax but Kenny/Hahn have a ring on their finger. Maybe you forgot.

Additionally, if we want to talk about LEAGUE WIDE evaluations, that same GM (Rick Hahn) found McCann. In the same off-season that Yasmani Grandal got 18.5 million from that heralded Brewers GM you proclaim superior to Hahn, Hahn signed McCann for 2.5 million. That means the Brewers could have had the better player - according to you - for 16 million less but chose to overspend on a player they "internally didn't like as much" according to you. I'm trying to keep up on your logic here, but I'm having a hard time. Logic is important in debates.

So the Brewers decided they didn't want Grandal and not that they couldn't afford him? Interesting take. Here's the thing about using pace/rate with Grandal - it ends up he's on the same pace he's been on the past 5 years, meaning it's reliable that he'd achieve that. McCann is on "pace" to achieve something he's never achieved, which is why I'm not going to cite his rate stats. Listen bud, I get that you can't refute the actual substance of the post. That's fine. All you can do is "defer to authority" as the basis of your opinion, but that also has lead you to conclude things without any evidence. While I agree the Dodgers let Grandal go and had high hopes for their catching prospects, I don't agree that the Brewers did. Your inability to grasp the fact that McCann has played in situations in which he's more likely to succeed which has enhanced his value is why you overstate his success. McCann hasn't had to play vs tough righties and match-ups in which he likely is a negative. Grandal has to play everyday, he's going to play vs good and bad match-ups. That's the difference in their two seasons.

Coop doesn't give info to the media or press ever.

Robert has been fine the past couple days; protection isn't Robert's problem imo.

https://theathletic.com/1188532/2019/09/06/now-its-all-in-house-white-sox-pitchers-tout-a-leap-forward-in-data-usage-this-season/ If you want to be critical of someone and make a lot of assumptions, make sure you read up about them beforehand.

Grandal is on pace for a 4.2 fWAR season and a bunch of clowns on here are calling him a terrible free agent signing because an analyst who has never worked in a front office in his life has an infatuation with the back-up.

This obsession with James McCann - which starts with Steve Stone's absurd love affair with McCann, where he constantly excuses all McCann mistakes - is just nauseating. Yesterday, McCann struck out looking on a STRIKE in the 9th. Stone goes off for 2 minutes how it wasn't a strike and McCann never argues and blah blah blah. It was very clearly a strike. Then Stoney was critical of Grandal leaving his right hand exposed when catching after the injury; yet Stone never mentions that McCann doesn't even move his hand to the side, instead he keeps it right in front of his chest when catching which is much more dangerous than holding it off to the side. Stone clearly likes McCann and they bonded last year, and he has done everything to justify his mistakes by being overly critical of Grandal.

I have never read or heard a single criticism about Grandal calling games. In his tenure with the Dodgers, Grandal's catcher ERA was .1 below the team ERA despite Kershaw being caught by someone else for some of that time.