Chick Mercedes
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Just now, Chicago White Sox said:
Tepera has delivered tonight
Lol, think Kimbrel is gonna pitch? TLR should kill the good times
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Eloy catching balls with flair like ricky Henderson
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3 minutes ago, Heads22 said:
Amin with a shoutout to voodoo cane guy
Big gun Sister Mary Sobieck will be here next game to finish them
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The white Sox adjust launch angle to worm level
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2 minutes ago, Paulie4Pres said:
I love this announcing crew. They have been awesome. High energy, just loving the game.
There’s a good reason you like them so much
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Grandal’s play was as much Rodmanesque as AJesque.
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Never really seen such an awesome ground ball rally
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Grandal channels his inner AJ 😎
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Night game. Of course! Those day games were the problem
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9 hours ago, JuliusO1274 said:
Will they go to Rodon if he struggles early? What is the back up plan?
Saving Kopech for game 5. So yeah.
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10 hours ago, greg775 said:
We're gonna be fine. Those were road games we lost.
How many more home games we got?
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“Professional hitters, good hitters down the lineup,” La Russa said. “They run the bases well. They play good defense.
“Must be an Astros thing.”
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10 hours ago, TaylorStSox said:
Kimbrel sucking doesn't mean Madrigal is good. It's a bad trade because Kimbrel sucked, not that we gave away a ton for him.
Part of the evaluation is based on the results. I disagree on the Madrigal opinion, but agree on the results oriented evaluation of the deal. This deal was always done because the Sox expected it to push them over the top to win the ‘ship. You had better win it all if you make this kind of deal. But unfortunately, the Sox specialize in this sort of miscalculation. Over and over.
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7 minutes ago, Tony said:
It sounds ridiculous because it is. Kimbrel can go pound sand if the reason his ERA has jumped 5 runs(!!!) is because he’s been mostly pitching the 8th instead of the 9th. Are you kidding? He’s been coming into games in arguably bigger situations than closing a game…if he can’t get mentally prepared for that, that’s totally on him.
Eh, I don’t think you project what you think-a player *should* be able to do when making an acquisition. You get him for what he has proven he can do. Doing the former is asking for trouble. Thats on Hahn, not Kimbrel. If you do cowboy trades like that, you don’t give up a major asset that’s for sure.
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2 hours ago, SoxSteve said:
The TEPARA trade looks pretty good so far. He has done a very good on for us imo.
Well yes. But he also didn’t cost a major piece
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8 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:
Kimbrel still has a shot of redeeming himself but it is not looking good. The funny thing is Hahn has made a couple trades so bad the Semien and Bassett for 1 year of Shark never even gets mentioned in his blunders.
Well I was hoping Kimbrel would be able to rehab his trade value in the post season at least. Best laid plans and all that. Kimbrel has never been a good pitcher until he became a closer. If Sox plan was to alter his success pattern, ridiculous. Whoever said we can’t blame the FO is being generous.
yeah, I mean, the Sox get blown up in asset trades to aquire veterans, yet the beat goes on and on. They will do it again next year, mark my words.
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4 minutes ago, The Grinder said:
Like the Sammy Sosa trade. The Cubs saw us coming. Totally fleeced
Kimbrel
Eloy
Cease
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Codi Heuer
Madrigal
Quintanna
we are still ahead, but they made up some ground. We could not help ourselves I guess. Maybe Hahn should take note that he wins trades when HE is the one trading the veteran. -
38 minutes ago, YouGottaBeBleepingMe said:
Just sad. All of the posters who clamor for guys who have the physical skills but lack the ballplayer instincts make me sick. When you watch the Astros, you see guys like Altuve who just know how to play the game. Guy is 5'6 and weighs 166 lbs according to baseball reference. Yet, all of you people who marginalized Madrigal who was of similar physical stature were so happy to dump him. Makes me sick to my stomach just thinking of his contact rate, batting average, solid glove, and baseball instincts and knowing he was deemed expendable. You need guys like Madrigal more than you need guys like Moncada.
Scouting report aside, we wasted an asset. 2 assets
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going with Rodon is assininine. Read the situation guys. In an elimination game, Lets start the biggest question mark we have left why don’t we
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1 minute ago, joesaiditstrue said:
Abreu is fine at 1B, Eloy is a full-time DH on any properly run team, TA is serviceable at SS, Moncada above average with a questionable arm, CF is locked down, RF = hole, C = DH playing out of position
Abreu is more than fine. But there is a logjam behind him and the organization has to move forward. Its not working.
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5 minutes ago, Dominikk85 said:
The team is just not constructed very well for defense.
The white Sox are one of the worst defensive teams in the majors (25th on fangraphs).
Jose, eloy, Vaughn, sheets, Collins are all distinctly negative defenders only moncada, Robert and Tim are above average (leury about average).
The question is what are you doing about it?
Jose, Vaughn, sheets, burger are all talented hitters who should play nowhere but first or DH but there are only two of those spots.
They have to make some hard decisions. I think the Abreu era is over. A solid direction is needed, and it has to do with defense and the little things like baserunning. Some sacred cows may have to be sacrificed. The baseball character of this group is fatally flawed
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Start Cease and Kopech now. No holding back.
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5 minutes ago, Tnetennba said:
Is he drunk? Serious question.
At this point, you don’t blame him as much as you blame the owner. Owners suck at decision -making for the most part, especially when they butt-in in front of baseball people. JR’s read on the team is wrong. They were not ready to go from point B to C.
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Give me Theo
ALDS Game 3 - HOU @ CWS - 7:07pm CDT
in 2021 Season in Review
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He’s starting to look like he has a mental approach problem. Wonder if he resents being coached sometimes and wants to show people up. Maybe the DH thing has unleashed a beast.