Chick Mercedes

Fair enough ?

It was a perfect opportunity to let him bring it home in the 9th. Development and winning the game don't have to be mutually exclusive. Just because Hendricks was up doesn’t mean he has to pitch.

Nothing says you gotta play him when the situation changes.

Leave him warm

Kinda don’t think this is necessarily a Hendricks situation. Crochet was good to finish

Keep watching Yoan. Gotta swing to ring.

Percentages are good options to lean on when you finally have a lil flexibility

I hope Yoan was watching. Not that 2 outs is the same as a no out situation. But bloody swing the bat.

JAG righty. Gameplan

Welp, if anyone should draw a walk it should be Yaz

These guys are swinging the bat. How you win Yoan

Vitals?

Old school Yoan

Crochet being used in a big moment. This was odd.

Yup. This is an unfortunate turn of events. Not necessarily because he wants to be in this, but that he may or may not be looking to cash in on what could be more of a flash in the pan career. If he eschewed the contest, I would be more convinced he himself was convinced in his long term. Now with this, I gotta wonder if he is seeing writings on the wall. Dude, concentrate.

At the same time, this team has shown that getting on base by any means still matters. Even if they don’t hit homers or hit in clutch situations. It isn’t just pitching that got them here. It is also getting on base short of hitting homers

Cespedes is a superior player on defense, and the bar could not be lower as a hitter to upgrade the position. It would be a plus move. But you are probably right. They will likely want him to see a certain number of pitches in the minors just as a proper way to develop him all things being equal.

The pull out method works? Damn!?

Its got a dicey history of issues behind it. Would stay away.

https://mobile.twitter.com/scottmerkin/status/1399403833453858820?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1399403833453858820|twgr^|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsouthsideshowdown.com%2F2021%2F05%2F31%2Fwhite-sox-tony-la-russas-base-stealing-comments-mind-numbing%2F sorry I don’t know how to embed this. LaRussa says he has restricted base stealing because our guys are “Ouchy”

Thought it was outlawed

That’s because you haven’t looked at how he is pitching in Charlotte. Forget about that guy.

That should never happen. Dont trade a premium prospect for a rental. Ever. FTJ has taught these people nothing if they do that, which ought to scare the fuck out of us.

Pulling the starter after 82 pitches while he is doing work in a short game sort of means he was predetermined to be pulled right? It isn’t like game managing.

Yoan not dealing with the effects of Covid anymore