South Side Hit Men

Michael Jordan’s Minor League OPS .556 (at age 31) Tony La Russa’s Major League OPS .542 Pretty sure Michael would have finished with at least a decent Major League career if he played baseball full time instead of basketball.

The extra game makes it an 11 game road trip in September, and a stretch of 17 of 23 games on the road between September 3 -26. Terrible way to schedule the end of the season for the White Sox.

Agreed. Really wish the inter-league scheme was never concocted. The game attracts many drunken assholes, caters to the lowest common denominator. Still listen or watch, since the games count in the standings, but stopped attending decades ago. The charity games played in the 1980s and prior were a much more enjoyable atmosphere, family friendly events.

And when you read Jose Abreu, POS comes to mind.

Had to laugh at the officer calling Tony La Russa “like the Michael Jordan of Baseball.” https://www.tmz.com/2021/06/02/tony-la-russa-arrest-video-arizona-officers-hall-of-famer-mlb-white-sox-manager/

American League Era: 1. NY Yankees & 2. Cleveland AL West Era: 1. Kansas City & 2. Oakland AL Central Era: 1. Minnesota & 2. Cleveland

It's true the wild card shifting Eloy to DH is his ability to hit in the role, a role which is difficult even for veterans to adjust. I'd disagree with the assessments on Burger and Sheets. I'm not saying they can't be valuable players, just saying at age 25 they are not the same type of prospects as Vaughn, who was promoted at least 2 years earlier (Age 23). Along with Yermin (28 in August), Burger and Sheet's their windows of production are much shorter than elite prospects who can perform above average in their early 20s. Cespedes (23) and Colas (22) are also higher rated, since they are also expected to be productive major leaguers before age 25, the same age all three were lingering in the minors.

Original Post Above ^^^ You did not "clearly" write or mention in the original post that his ratings are based on a "singal" (sic) season. You stated that you have "always" said Jose crumbles under pressure and in the cold. The stat you used to support this theory indicates Abreu is actually "clutch" the past three seasons, the past two of which are the only seasons the White Sox team around him were actually playing games of consequence which "clutch" hitting actually mattered. Jose's rating during the first two months of this season, conducted, wait for it, during the "cold" April and May months (0.33), is the same as last year's rating played in August and September (0.33). Furthermore, your "cold" theory holds no water. Jose is a slow starter. His September/October Splits (w/OBP .372, OPS .884, wRC+ 138) are higher than every month except August. Jose performs better in the second half, because of timing and being immersed in the season. If his performance was weather induced, his September / October splits would be lower than his June and July splits, performed during warmer weather.

The difference being Rodon is likely out of here in 2022 unless Jerry passes the baton, and Lucas in 2023. Cease and Kopech are under control through 2025, would wager Kopech will out perform Cease over the next four seasons.

He leads the bullpen in innings pitched. He has done everything asked of him, and is one of the most valuable pitchers this season. If you hold the birth of a first born child and Jerry's dangling 37 cents on the dollar of a league minimum salary to risk his family's health against him for skipping 2020, than that's on you, not Kopech. Even with a major surgery, he is within a 1/2-2/3 of a season of Cease and Rodon, and just over a full season behind Giolito. Kopech will likely finish with more White Sox IP than the three currently above him, and will have much better pitching statistics in the process. Innings pitched through Age 24, Current Roster since Michael Kopech was acquired (2017-2021): Lucas Giolito 524 Carlos Rodon 429 Dylan Cease 416 Michael Kopech 306

Find it laughable, but if it's "real stat", Jose Abreu has carried a positive "clutch" stat rate each of the past three seasons, the last two the only teams the White Sox actually fielded an above .500 team since Abreu landed here. He won an MVP last year, is 2nd in RBIs this year, and above average in "clutch" at bats the past three seasons. Not "gut or eye" observations, but rather actual production from the consensus American League MVP.

Per Soxtalk statistics, Ron833 carries a 100% bet welch rate.

"This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/video/billy-hamilton-s-95-1-mph-throw

You're going to hate the 2020s then, because Kopech is real, and he is spectacular.

Would be bad sportsmanship. Written rules are meaningless, unwritten rules are all Tony is concerned with, besides giving Hendriks a save opportunity.

He knocked in 10 last week to be named AL Player of the Week.

Like that Crochet is getting tested with a second inning. Glad Hahn stepped in and corrected Tony’s earlier comment.

Hoping the game is called tomorrow and Lynn works on 4 days rest Thursday, with everyone else getting an extra day.

Grandal what? Luis who?

Andrew Vaughn is awesome. As you were.

Nobody give Tony no break Police give Tony no break Only Jerry will give Tony a break Not even Tony's own family gave him no break

Rodon now has 8 starts with Collins, 2 with Grandal. Why would Tony/Katz use Collins as Rodon's primary catcher if he isn't a better option at this point based on Rodon, Katz and or Tony's perception?

Big picture, the Sox should not allow Eloy to play OF again. Multiple injuries and IL stints over 167 games, among the all time worst defensively when he is healthy enough to play. Sure Eloy can injure himself running the bases or celebrating, but removing him from the OF will vastly increase his availability doing what he does best, batting for the Chicago White Sox. Mercedes is likely the odd person out, unless he can make adjustments and produce at a higher rate than he has in May.

It wasn't a smart contract, but it’s a sunk cost at this point, and it’s not going to be better if you catch him 80% of the time and he is trashed physically come the end of the season. He’s also not contributing much offensively beyond being pitched around to get to Leury. I’m still not sure how he got hurt this off-season, if he has recovered fully or is still recovering. Perhaps I’ve missed the updates, but I don’t recall any since the start of the season.