Chick Mercedes

Well I am looking at keeping guys that can still pitch in the normal spin rate era. Rodon and Lynn yes. Probably Kopech.Not so sure about Gio. Don’t really know about Cease either, but he’s cheap atm on the back burner. Thats the way to build a staff right now. If anyone is a suspect under pressure it is Gio.

How do you go from a “calf injury” to a torn knee tendon. back of knee?

Don't get it. Even for the price of his rental, it would be too high to let him walk. They must would have plans to sign him?

Calf injury

Burgertime

Jon Heyman said after a couple close calls with Escobar, talks are ongoing with Pirates (Frazier)

I mean, they haven’t been wrong when they think a guy is ready to handle it. Maaaaybe Collins was a little early. Its not like a Jo Adell situation has happened recently. So I almost don’t have a concern about Burger at this point. The Sox have done well.

I’d leave him in left. He can clearly play there. If Eloy can’t do it, develop Sheets to take over at first base in a couple years. Sheets with an ideal big lefty physical profile makes me feel way better than Vaughn at first. Getting ahead of myself with another hypothetical, but hopefully Sheets sticks and stays in the firstbase pipeline.

Well, we’re still talking about Jake Burger too. I like the guy, don’t get me wrong, but he’s not nearly the most interesting guy on his own team. The Michael Kopech story has a lot more going for it if anyone makes it to the silver screen as an inspiration for a script. Just on their professional lives. I know next to nothing about them prior.

If the movie gets centered around his depression and battle throughout to save his life, now that sounds like a movie with the right script and director. The injuries, thats pretty boilerplate. You’re really turning me around on this.

Hey, if the screenplay works for you, I can’t hate. Probably wrong. Often am.

Post was about Merkin dude, not Burger. Overhype. Which is a basic issue in sports. Sportswriters incidentally have in my experience listening to them talk pop culture..taste in fine music and movies is really weak.

The White Sox model is the fast track though. Prospects are chosen specifically for this capability. Lack of experience is less of a concern anymore than the talent and maturity. I haven’t enjoyed the draft approach myself, but they have been served well recently, and had good judgement on what the team needs to see from these guys in the minors. He looks explosive in the box. Cespedes as well. Different.

You know what was a good movie not much spoken about? Blue Valentine. Heartbreaker, so well acted. Anyway, Scott Merkin can probably get the financing off the ground as the idea man, but he’s got to fill in the story around Burger. The full vision is probably more avant-garde than he is letting on. The bones are a little basic.

Kind of seems like Yasmani Grandal is the whipping boy quite often. I can’t think of too many guys that have been actually been Sox ‘whipping boys’ in a true sense. Adam Dunn was mentioned, he fits somewhat. Adam LaRoach lol. May as well throw James Shields in there. Mine was always Kenny Williams the GM.

I love the story. Huge Burger fan. Peace.

I can see a good Indie movie being made to cover just about anything or anybody with good character development . Sports movies are the worst for the most part. Many actually cover good topics, and unfortunately have abominably executed plots and bad directors with low ambition. Other than rake it in. To sell one like that you would need the name recognition and big story. Woods, Lemieux, Manning, Bo Jackson. Anyway, Maverick is coming, brace yourself.

I was angrily told not to make a federal case out it. *insert Homer Simpson gif*

Yeah I remember when Giolito got a cut on his finger and the trainers were all over him keeping him out of action. For an infielder, Im thinking if its a normal cut without stitches he can play with a bandage on it. Especially the glove hand. Unless it is the throwing hand at a grip point. All bets are off then.

Im light man. You lighten up. Its the internet, where things said get discussed and reacted to. Have you noticed, like the internet?

Impressive. We still talking movie though.

Another headfirst slide. Stoney will not be amused.

We talking a movie. What is different about his story than countless others in his situation. That is the movie question

A little dramatic. Guys have overcome all sorts of catastrophic injuries to play pro sports. What else is there to the story? I know he was depressed. But you kind of need more than getting a cup of coffee before you get a movie lol