South Side Hit Men

Atlanta has seven hitters with 14 + HRs YTD. The Sox have two Robert Jr. (26) and Burger (19). https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ATL/2023.shtml 12 Vaughn and Eloy 8 Sheets 6 Zavala and Grandal 3 Moncada, Gonzalez, Alberto 2 Andrus 1 Benintendi, Colas, Sosa 0 Anderson, Frazier, Hamilton, Haseley, Marsinick, Perez, Remillard, Rodriguez. 103 Total (Atlanta 169)

4.54 FIP going into today, over 4.60 after his page is refreshed overnight. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kopecmi01.shtml

Atlanta has more walks in the first inning than the Sox will have all weekend (5).

I posted July stats, not past 28 or 30 days. White Sox July OPS through the All Start Break (minimum 5 plate appearances) .627 Zavala .437 Grandal Grandal should catch Lynn and one of the bullpen games for trade purposes, and if he's still here August 2nd DFA his ass and let Zavala and either Perez or an adequate defensive minded catcher finish this season.

He has never been good beyond a few games here and there as a starter. His 69 good innings out of the bullpen in 2021 is really all they have. A legitimate GM would likely either deal Kopech and Crochet or just be resigned to their fate of hoping to get 60-70 quality innings out of the bullpen. It appears that is the extent their body can take, not sure Crochet can take that much.

As bad as Kopech is, what the f*** is Grandal catching him? He Zavala is crushing him this month at the plate and behind it. Showcase him DHing the next two weeks and catching Lynn so he looks like he can catch, since he can still somewhat handle fastballs.

Make Kopech eat 90 pitches, he needs to learn how to suck it up or have him develop a pitching program at Charlotte over the next season or two with Crochet. This is now six years of this bullshit outside of 2021 pitching out of the bullpen. Kopech FIP 2018 6.16 2021 2.97 2022 4.49 2023 5.58 before tonight

White Sox July OPS through the All Start Break (minimum 5 plate appearances) .896 Robert Jr. .860 Eloy .855 Burger .733 Andrus .713 Remillard .627 Zavala .516 Benintendi .500 Colas .473 Anderson .437 Grandal .381 Vaughn .322 Sheets

I hope they go 8-62 the rest of the way so Hahn finishes this season with more loses during his tenure than Kenny Williams.

Let's face it, everyone beyond Luis Robert are not quality MLB starters. They either can't hit, can't field, or can't hit or field.

Northwestern fired their second scumbag coach this week. https://www.mlive.com/sports/2023/07/northwestern-fires-baseball-coach-jim-foster-amid-bullying-allegations.html

That Grand Slam in Oakland that was reversed on appeal could have been a game changer. Hopefully he will have a similar moment over the next week to get confidence and back on track. A bucket load of singles and doubles would work as well.

Source for OG post and this one Baseball Reference. Longest Win Streaks by Season Hahn 2023: 5 Friday, June 2 to Thursday, June 8 2022: 6 Monday, May 2 to Sunday, May 8 2021: 6 Friday, May 7 to Thursday, May 13 and Sunday, September 26 to Saturday, October 2 2020: 7 Sunday, August 16 to Saturday, August 22 2019: 5 Monday, May 27 to Friday, May 31 2018: 4 Thursday, August 2 to Sunday, August 5 and Friday, August 24 to Monday, August 27 2017: 6 Sunday, April 23 to Saturday, April 29 2016: 6 Friday, April 22 to Wednesday, April 27 2015: 7 Thursday, July 23 to Wednesday, Juyl 29 2014: 4 Sunday, May 4 to Wednesday, May 7 and Wednesday, September 10 to Saturday, September 13 2013: 6 Friday, August 16 to Thursday, August 22 Williams 2012: 9 Wednesday, May 23 to Friday, June 1 2011: 5 Friday, August 5 to Tuesday, August 9 and Friday, August 26 to Tuesday, August 30 2010: 11 Tuesday, June 15 to Saturday, June 26 2009: 7 Saturday, June 27 to Friday, July 3 2008: 8 Wednesday, May 14 to Thursday, May 22 2007: 4 Wednesday, April 18 to Saturday, April 21, Wednesday, May 9 to Saturday, May 12, Monday, June 25 to Thursday, June 28, Thursday, August 2 to Sunday, August 5 and Wednesday, September 26 to Saturday September 29 2006: 9 Thursday, June 15 to Saturday, June 24 2005: 8 Monday, April 18 to Monday, April 25, Saturday, April 30 to Sunday, May 8 and Wednesday, June 15 to Friday, June 24 2004: 5 Saturday, June 26 to Thursday, July 1 2003: 8 Friday, July 18 to Friday, July 25 2002: 7 Tuesday, August 27 to Tuesday, September 3 2001: 5 Thursday, May 24 to Monday, May 28, Wednesday, May 30 to Tuesday, June 5 and Friday, July 13 to Tuesday, July 17

The Sox have now gone four consecutive days without losing (July 10-13) and with a win tonight will hit a major annual milestone under Rick Hahn. So let's take a moment and celebrate if the Sox overcome significant odds and win tonight. Five plus calendar days without a White Sox loss under Rick Hahn 2013 (1 6-0) August 16-22 (6-0) 2014 (1 2-0) July 14-19 (2-0 including All Star Break) 2015 (3 17-0) May 12-18 (6-0) ; June 30 - July 4 (4-0); July 23-29 (7-0) 2016 (3 16-0) April 9-15 (5-0); April 22-27 (6-0); September 24-28 (5-0) 2017 (2 10-0) April 23-29 (6-0); August 7-11 (4-0) 2018 (1 1-0) July 15-19 (1-0 including All Star Break) 2019 (3 9-0) April 25-30 (3-0); May 27-31 (5-0); July 7-11 (1-0 including All Star Break) 2020 (5 26-0) July 29 - August 4 (6-0); August 16-22 (7-0); August 24-28 (3-0); September 3-7 (4-0); September 9-15 (6-0) 2021 (6 29-0) April 20-26 (4-0); May 6-13 (6-0); June 27 - July 2 (5-0); July 6-15 (5-0 including All Star Break); August 29 September 2 (3-0); September 26 - October 2 (6-0) 2022 (4 16-0) April 9-13 (4-0); May 2-8 (6-0); July 17-21 (1-0 including All Star Break); August 12-16 (5-0) 2023 (1 5-0) June 1-7 (4-0) Total Five + calendar days without a loss stretches under Rick Hahn (30 137-0 1.000) All other games 601-871 .408 Rick Hahn needs 61 more losses to surpass Kenny Williams' total loss total. Kenny Williams 1,014-931 .521 - 1 World Series Rick Hahn 738-871 .459 - What the little boy shot at

I'm glad to see the AL Central has a chance at back to back under .500 "Division Championships" with the balanced intra-league/inter-league special. Hoping for max chaos.

This is the same Jerry sycophant who bitched about Ricky Renteria on the bullshit Reinsdorf Pre/Post Game show, so in the words of Mike Ditka "Who you crappin'?.

I wasn't following the team closely during Ventura's managerial seasons, and did not know that. Thanks, is par for the course. I believe the three amigos (JR, KW and RH) had similar roles / decisions for all of these managerial hires beyond Tony. Hahn played the primary role on most player trades / acquisitions / drafts, and for that reason, I've been out since 2015 (including his inability to handle the La Roche incident, having to go to Kenny to take care of the situation). Definitely wanted a baseball person to conduct the rebuild and "championship window phase", turned out somehow even worse than expected.

Larry Bud Melman for GM! The problem is the 12 team playoff scam that makes the 162 game season largely irrelevant. They need to fit in the garbage four round playoff in order to start the World Series before November (This year it's October 27 - November 4).

I agree, but hearing Ozzie going off got really old back in the day. Allowing Hahn to make his fifth/sixth managerial decision (1. Extension offer rejected by Ventura, 2. Ricky Hire, 3. Ricky pre 2020 Extension, 3 1/2. Fired Ricky for Jerry's Tony, 4 1/2. Hired Grifol, 5 1/2. Fire Grifol for Ozzie or XXXX) once again whitewashes his primary role in the failure.

Shake things up to do what? Win 69 games instead of 65. Ozzie is going backwards in time. They are not losing because of Pedro. They are losing because Hahn has no RF or 2B for yet another season. They only has 3 active starters including Lynn. They have no closer, no bench, no minor league depth, no more money, and Hahn has no clue as to how to fix the gigantic hole he dug since he was hired. This team is a losing team since June 2021, and a losing team 2013-2019. It had 3 1/2 good months total (late July through late September 2020 and April through the May 2021 Yermin incident) during Hahn's entire tenure.

He said he loved Fidel Castro, in the most Anti-Castro city in America, or World beyond Havana. He is a fucking idiot and should have zero responsibility or management over other human beings. The Sox have enough fucking idiots on their payroll and they don't need to add another one.

Joe Espada literally came in here and said thanks but no thanks, rather continue as a bench coach in a competent organization and wait for a promotion than to step onto Jerry and Hahn's dog s%*# covered baseball field / organization.