South Side Hit Men

Here comes the 8th again, Falling on my head like a memory.....

I used the 2020 vs. 2021 winning percentages through yesterday. Perhaps you were mistaking .571 with his White Sox (.513) or entire career (.537).

I've been calling for this since Spring Training. RH Starters: TA, YM, JA, EJ, LR, YG, AV, CH, AE LH Starters: TA, LR, JA, EJ, YM, YG, AV, CH, AE

Can see Collins catching until Grandal returns, followed by Seby getting sent to the cornfield to join Mercedes after last night.

Where they tanking in the 80s? 1997 is the only other year under Jerry I remember white flags waving from the owners box. Tony has a full rotation and Ricky had two, and still finished with a better record, despite Tony's alleged "schematic advantage".

Cesar, Goodwin, Leury and Jake are trusted veterans who have earned their place in Tony's lineup, Rookies and youngsters like Luis, Andrew and Yoan need to wait their turn. If Tony got Jerry to sign off as his medical power of attorney, perhaps the trio will earn Tony's trust by the time he is closing in on Connie Mack's win total in 2031/2032.

Moncada should bat 9th.....

Seems more legitimate to discuss Sox teams which in theory actually attempted to field a competitive team. Ricky played an instrumental role in developing the current core roster. If you don't acknowledge that, I don't no what to tell you.

I agree, but tell that to Tony, he's brought it up multiple times postgame this month, once to cover both Craig and Liam when they were brought in during a tie game. "It's not a save opportunity,"

Perhaps Jason Benetti is in the stands.

Nice to see Robert is OK, just a missed base to start the game.

Thank you for your service, Leury. Thoughts and prayers.

DJ says he is concerned with Robert not taking 3rd on Yoan's hit, says he may be hurt/doesn't know what the problem is. Could folks tell on TV? Won't have a problem scoring on Jose's home run! 3-0 Sox.

Yep. Houston we have a problem. Not sure what say Hahn or Kenny have at this point, Another problem.

Tony has enough sense not to play Lamb in the OF in a meaningful game barring a roster catastrophe. Fear Tony will sit Vaughn / Engel to get Goodwin's strong side platoon bat into playoff games, poor defense be damned.

Dude, it’s 70 games caught, and it has nothing to do with McCann, he got Cohen Mets funny money I wouldn’t have paid either (years or AAV). The point this entire time is the club had far more pressing needs than attempting to upgrade at catcher for $76m, despite the fact they had three holes in the rotation, and an annual hole in RF that remains open. It’s poor roster management and allocation of resources. If the Sox have a much higher payroll than when he signed ($127m, or 15%), it won’t be as an egregious hit. Would still rather they carry two decent catchers, than dedicate so much to an aged catcher, with his worth primarily locked into walking in front of a shitty bottom third of the order, and pitch framing, a combo not enticing enough to make Lucas or Rodon want to throw to him. He was never on pace for 120 games since the two young aces rejected him outright, and split time with McCann in a short season. Ironically, I have Grandal in the SoxTalk fantasy league not as my starter as I have Will Smith who is better (and this is an OPS league), but as a backup for C and 1B.

Feel better about Tim’s future availability: https://www.twitter.com/JRFegan/status/1430262449278791689

Dylan has been much better at home (.628 OPS, 2.61 ERA, 3.48 K/BB) than away (.727 OPS, 5.86 ERA, 2.92 K/BB) this year. I foresee calls to demote Cease from the playoff rotation (at least until Dallas’ next start) and pages in the game thread with complaints regarding pitch framing.

Here is a non cherry picked list. 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers 8-5 2019 Washington (Wild Card) 48-48 2018 Boston 41-33 2017 Houston 18-15 2016 Chicago Cubs 31-25 2015 Kansas City 47-43 2014 San Francisco (WC) 27-31 2013 Boston 53-43 2012 San Francisco Giants 44-42 2011 Saint Louis (WC) 30-30

Sorry you were unable to will Tim into existence. The only thing I felt was 100% certain was Collins starting after Tony’s temper tantrum last night.

I was told by Hahn his manager search would consist of interviews of candidates with recent postseason experience. I was told that Tony would never be “outmanaged”, that he and his teams would always come prepared. I was told he (.571) was better than Rick Renteria (.583). I was told a lot of things.

And no amount of crying and backtracking doesn't make up the fact that Grandal is a part time catcher, he is in his 30s and will never come close to catching 120 in a season as a White Sox. Crowing he is a better option than Hahn's other shitty three alternatives, hell even Nick can't limbo under that low bar / threshold. Plenty of other options entering that offseason, Hahn went all in on a guy who will be lucky to average 70 games a season, or hit above .220 when all is said and done. Sees the crap he has and doesn't pick up another guy at the deadline to fill in for yet another failed first round draft pick.

Who is Tony crappin'? Real time, mouthbreather standing there like a comatose statue. Could have visited the mound, motioned to the umpire for a walk, or sent Katz to the mound if he couldn't be bothered doing any of these things. If it was an unwritten rule he would be on the top step screaming his lungs out, perhaps he would have run down and shoved Zavala like he did the Guardians' catcher (Perez). Cost the Sox the game, do nothing. Compare and contrast:

If they lose a few more and it pushes him over the edge to leave, it will all be worth it. Feel bad for the Toronto batboy, hopefully Tony's saliva didn't hit him. The link below includes the full video and commentary by the Toronto broadcast. I don't believe Jerry's Sox Network broadcast any of this last night. Announcers and the production team are not in Toronto to save Jerry a few bucks, so perhaps they can't see Tony going apeshit, but my understanding is they get the same feeds as the home team in the Jerry Springer studios in the NBC Tower. I don't recall Len or DJ mentioning it during their broadcast, and they were at the game. Perhaps they didn't see, perhaps they self-censored. https://thumbs.gfycat.com/BetterCraftyKingfisher-mobile.mp4

Top 16-30 featured in the link below. Nice to see Yolbert Sanchez doing well with his promotion to AA. Perhaps he can be a factor in 2023. https://www.futuresox.com/2021/08/24/top-white-sox-prospect-rankings-midseason-2021-16-30/