South Side Hit Men

Will Tony even play Engel beyond a game or two over his precious Lamb, Garcia and Eaton outfield?

Nice play by Vaughn.

DJ speculating it’s a hip flexor.

Thank you. Mister, we could use a manager like Chuck Tanner again.

It's not Yermin's fault Freddies isn't open until 10:30 on Sundays. Can't get four hits without two Yerminators!

The legacy media is beyond pathetic. The Daily News was the last decent Chicago newspaper. The Tribune has always been a terrible paper. Is it still in business?

You’re a sadly obsessed person. I’m assuming it’s because they won yesterday and it’s his thread at this point. Honestly did not know. I joined late last season. Any other “unwritten rules” new posters should be aware of?

FIFY. May as well send down Vaughn and Madrigal, put Engel on the 60 Day IL and call up Nick Williams. Tony’s optimal roster choices.

Boom Goes Timmy’s Dynamite. White Sox rescue La Russa again.

How is it managed at Padres Talk?

I agree with your assessment. A smart manager would limit starting their bench players to 1 or at rare times 2 at most per game. Tony's problem is playing 2-3, with a few regulars already out (when Tim and Robert were out). Mendick is better NOW than both Garcia and Lamb, but Tony won't keep him on the roster since he is not a "trusted veteran". Hahn needs to take control here.

Veterans only Rookies must earn their at bats Asleep at the wheel

What number of Jake Lamb and Leury Garcia starts will it take for Hahn to intercede? Is he allowed to by Jerry’s dysfunctional shitshow of an organization? White Sox Math = Tony La Russa Sucks OBP: Madrigal .369; Vaughn .364; Lamb .318; Garcia .220. OPS: Madrigal .790; Vaughn .725; Lamb .485; Garcia .462. In terms of the catcher defense as measured by Fangraphs: 2021 McCann 2.3 (tied for 6th) Collins 0.9 (tied for 25th) Grandal 0.2 (tied for 46th)

Solid critique of La Russia’s pitching staff management, and the risk of pitcher injury with continued outlier usage patterns against league averages. https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/66522/moonshot-tony-la-russa-is-leaving-his-pitchers-in-too-long/?utm_source=Baseball+Prospectus&utm_campaign=b6e3638c30-2021-04-30+BP+basic+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1613350d6d-b6e3638c30-369388677&mc_cid=b6e3638c30&mc_eid=89f998c67e

Due? We’re due alright. ?

He was booed on a regular basis before he was rightfully shitcanned his last stint here. Beyond a few “deranged” sycophants, most see the lineup construction, bullpen, late inning hitting decisions, postgame comments and cognitive decline as major problems. Tony acknowledged his mistakes multiple times in the first few weeks. The players experience these failures firsthand. If they persist, it will cause a major rift in the clubhouse, if it hasn’t already begun. There is too much at stake to allow someone asleep at the wheel to continue to attempt to drive.

Stats heading into today. Leury Garcia BA .211/ OBP .224 / SLG .246 Andrew Vaughn BA .273 / OBP .375 / SLG .459

It means the game has passed him by and games with higher stakes will be blown with Tony's decisions and "logic". Tony is very fortunate writers do not have access to the clubhouse or others in the organization with continued COVID restrictions. He will begin to lose the team, if he hasn't started to already, by putting them in a position to fail by not utilizing the best players on the roster, deferring to "veterans" who have "earned" their at bats, with "earned" based on number of years in the game versus actual production or ability in 2021.

La Russa was asked about pinch hitting Leury for Vaughn. Tony stated he has confidence in Vaughn, that he started him. However, the team worked too hard to battle back, and Leury improves their chances at putting the ball in play. Perhaps Dave Duncan's son is giving Tony "unique" statistics, but here are the 2021 statistics the rest of the world has access to. Leury Garcia BA .211/ OBP .224 / SLG .246 Andrew Vaughn BA .273 / OBP .375 / SLG .459

Keuchel has pitched decent to good his past three starts, they are going to need his innings while building endurance for Rodon, Cease and Kopech.

Surprised, but pleased MLB investigated and acted on an incident from seven years ago. MLB is currently investigating former White Sox minor league manager Omar Vizquel for the reported domestic violence. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-investigating-omar-vizquel-over-domestic-violence-allegations-i-have-never-been-violent-towards-my-wife/ Would also like to see a similar investigation regarding Daryl Boston, Dwight Gooden and Vince Coleman. There was a lengthy article published last year regarding the incident: https://slate.com/culture/2020/01/mets-rape-accusation-spring-training-1991.html

La Russa stated Andrew Vaughn is already an above average outfielder. Not sure how he can state that and continually sit him behind the likes of negative fWAR waiver wire garbage and people who haven’t played in LF in their career, simply because La Russa deemed said veteran a “franchise type player”. Perhaps more incredible than the fact La Russa is here in the first place. Going back to fWAR, a good portion of Eloy’s offensive excellence is negated by his OF butchery. A majority of the roster save for Lance Lynn and perhaps Yermin are better LF defensive options. Grandal has the same fWAR as McCann (1.7 2020-2021) since he signed here, at a far greater financial cost (years and $s). He shouldn’t finish with his 0.0 April fWAR, but on the flip side he’s not going to be seeing 4-5 fWAR or 120 + game caught seasons in the decline stage of his career that they are paying him. Yet another unfortunate reach on an overpriced external FA signing in the Hahn era.

Definitely have a point if they go to an automated strike zone. However, similar to being stuck behind Parrot last season, Yermin will be in his 30s by the time Grandal drops off the books. Can't blame Jerry, the money has unfortunately been spent.

Tony choose to forfeit with his previous lineup against Bieber a few weeks ago. Thankfully, the Sox have the talent to overcome their manager including Game 1 yesterday, so anything is possible. Typically when the fans are most pessimistic, the team surprises (and frustratingly, vice versa like the Tuesday game).