Look at Ray Ray Run

The bat is simply a bonus. The Sox did their homework on McCann. His work behind the plate alone is incredibly valuable. Evaluating catchers value is still so far from being efficient. Turning around just one arm and bettering him into a star will keep you in the league for a decade. Personal catchers exist for a reason. The fact that he's hitting is just icing on the cake.

Glasnow and Giolito can not be compared at all. Everytime glasnow was sent down he was the best pitcher in the minor leagues - even as he struggled with command in the big leagues. Giolitos stuff got worse and worse as technology grew and he got to the point where he was flat out bad in AAA. This whole the stuff was there thing with giolito is nonsense. Glasnow got swinging strikes and strike outs - he just walked people. Giolito was fooling no one - generated bottom 1% swinging strikes and had a k-rate under 6.5 per 9. Those are horrible numbers that do not scream great stuff. His velocity was way down, his breaking stuff had no bite and he was confusing no one. Everyone in professional baseball has talent. Giolito was broken and envisioning anything near TOR outcomes was illogical at the time based on the data we had but the kid has proved everyone (but for Jack, kudos Jack) wrong so far. Good for him.

This. Ye had been trending down soooooo much and for so long. This wasnt a lack of progression this was flat out regression dating back to his final year in AAA with Washington. Tim and Yoan always had the signs and flashes - even with the struggles. There was star talent in there. Giolito didn't just look like he was bad, it literally looked like his stuff was just horrible as was his command and his composure. To rebuild all three in one off season goes so far beyond development.

McCann's work with the young arms can not be emphasized enough. He clearly does his homework and his pitchers trust him and he is getting results.

Crow tastes good when the reason I'm eating it is a good thing for the white sox.

Lol and I couldnt have been anymore wrong about giolito this year. I would have bet it was more likely he was out of baseball soon than a possible TOR starter.

Lol all these coop didnt do it posts are laughable - for how much blame most here places on coaches. As a player you will get opinions and advice from tons of people. Giolito got advice from a guy he trusted but the execution, observation and analysis had to come at the professional level. Guys will make tons of changes and tweaks in the off season - try new things. Cooper deserves as much credit as blame he was receiving for the lack of development. Ditching the sinker and dramatically changing his repertoire vs both lefties and righties was probably analytically driven from within the organization. So much goes into a players development from both inside and outside of organizations, it's why all the blame people pass onto coaches is funny and given all the praise is also funny. Coop deserves as much credit as you can give a pitching coach for a turn around like this. Even if his high school coach and him messed around with shortening his back arm swing and compacting his delivery.

Glad people have moved on from the "take gio out while he's doing good so his feelings dont get hurt" logic. Great game.

Sure if home runs dont count and he hits none. Add 25 home runs and he's up to 250 over 500 PA.

Literally none of this matters. He is not the first person in baseball history to be heavily pull oriented into the shift. That's why the shift exists. He also isnt 40% worse, in regards to pulling the ball, than every other pull oriented hitter who is shifted on in major league baseball. The difference between a hit and an out can be as small as a millimeter on the barrel. He actually has decent ev which makes his outcomes even more unlikely as EV correlates better to average than pull heavy sprays. He should expect your babip - even after shifting - to fall between 250-265 (250 would be low too). He's been unlucky regardless of what your eyes may tell you - it's just basic statistics. Go look at Joey Gallo. Extreme case. Every ground ball he hits is to the right side and he's a extreme fly ball hitter... his BABIPs before this year were 250.

Ftr he still sucks.

This is just wrong. Even with the shift your expected BABIP is 250-260. That means he's nearly 70 points off shift league average. Its more than one SD from the mean - that's very unlucky. So yes it absolutely should normalize.

When assessing someone's performance in an individual game, the outcome is all that matters. He went deep into the game and made a QS against historically good offense through this point.

Giolito is pitching so I imagine it'll be McCann

He had a 3.84 FIP in 2017. Greene is nothing more than a bridge reliever on any decent team. 3.84 is worse than colome has put up in 5+ years.

They compete. That's what having offensive talent will do for you. Compete and be dangerous. Going to be some real ugly losses throughout the year with the pitching inconsistency but their offense is what separates them from the other really bad teams who have bad pitching and bad offense.

Jason is that guy at work that ALWAYS did his homework and assignment and even went above and beyond... and when you showed up and didn't get everything done, he's happy to share his extra work with you to make sure you look good as well. He clearly prepares himself in a very professional manner and has received much respect for that.

Benetti does a really nice job.

I can't do them anymore. I was listening to the game the other day on my way to dinner or something. It was the game where Anderson hit the bomb to center. There were two home runs hit that inning I believe, and I had no idea either was a homer because farmio didn't tell me. He acted like they were fly balls to center... and then suddenly he was like, and it's gone. You never know what is happening in the game with him.

Yeah, I guess I view edgy as someone who acts a particular way with his own guys. I was kind of a competitive dick head - surprising I know - but it was because I wanted to win really badly with my guys. So yes, I think we're just disagreeing there. Eaton is what I would classify as a "ra-ra guy" and no one likes ra-ra guys who are fake. Eaton loves to slide to show that hes playing hard... one of those guys. Eaton was the annoying rara teammate always kissing coaches ass and talking loudest only when he could be heard by coaches or front office people and etc. Nick swisher was another rara guy who was an asshole when things weren't going well and loved to speak loudly in public settings but didnt actually care enough to sit down privately with teammates to Express things.

Lol Eaton calling drake LaRoche the team leader was one of the most embarrassing things I've been in the professional baseball world. Good on Frazier for calling out his bullshit.

Once again, it is derived from some absurd competitive drive. Sale, by all accounts, is a real nice teammate. He doesnt pass blame or point fingers. He owns things personally and supports his guys. The jersey cutting was a fuck you to management, not his teammates.

Buster Posey is the best leader I've ever had the privilege to be around in the baseball world... he is the exact opposite of edgy or tough/mean. He's a selfless teammate in a world filled with selfishness. Buster is a pretty good winner too I'd say.

Sale isnt really edgy. Sale is just uber competitive, there is a massive difference. Being an asshole and selfish dick are not good leadership traits regardless of profession.

Jimmy Rollins walking around wondering why theres a fucking 12 year kid asking him if he wants to play cops and robbers 13 times a day.