Rusty_Kuntz

Burger is just better than Sheets, as many people have already said. Don't know if you can get anything for Sheets but it's time to try, a mediocre bullpen arm would be an upgrade for this team. You also have to pencil in at least 40 missed games for Moncada and probably for Eloy. He gives Vaughn a rest here and there too. No reason why Burger shouldn't be in the starting lineup 100+ times per year and pinch hitting most other days.

30 pitches in first, 26 I think since then.

Lopez was as filthy as I've seen him, that slider to Taylor was ridiculous.

Get the bullpen in order. That might be a tough one until reinforcements arrive. Be more selective at the plate, especially with RISP. Hopefully that comes with time. Otherwise, this was an impressive opening series and looks like a team that can be good.

He should have had a hard take sign on 2-0.

2-0, swing at a ball 8 inches off the plate.

Hard to imagine what the difference is in the chase rate between these two teams today. Gotta be 5:1 or so, right?

He's not close to 5'11. I saw him at single A in 2019, he was easily the shortest player on the team. I'd be surprised if he's 5'9.

Graveman buried a slider on 3-2 with two out and no one on to one of the worst hitters in the league. Not sure I understand that thought process. Been overall pretty happy so far, great starting pitching, hustle, and Moncada and Anderson look great. Really like Benitendi thus far as well, he gives solid, professional ABs consistently. But the pen is really thin and there's still a glaring lack of discipline at the plate.

Sheets, Grandal, and Colas swung at all the balls and looked at all of the strikes.

Cease threw a spinner in the first at bat, and then I don't think he threw another bad pitch all night. Incredible performance.

Yep, thanks.

Murphy gets $72m/6 years from ATL. Am I wrong, or does that make the Grandal deal seem bloated AF?

Why would NYM trade Alvarez, he's gotta be on pace to be their starting C pretty early in the year. They aren't going to roll Narvaez and Nido out there for long.

1. Sign Rick Hahn to a long term deal. 2. Announce TLR is fully healthy and ready to roll in the Spring. 3. Announce Jerry Reinsdorf has the cardiovascular system of a 30 year old and is lookin forward to several White Sox WS championships before he turns 100. This would be a perfect offseason imo because it would grant me license to stop caring about this sickly, broken organization and let me go root for the Guardians or something.

This game was a perfect microcosm of the season and the rot that pervades the whole organization. Just awful.

.240 slugging. That's really incredible.

Put Kopech on the 10 day IL and let Martin have one or two starts in there with the two off days.

Ceiling something like Edgar Martinez. Probably more like Matt Holliday. He's won me over for sure.

He was getting squeezed all night too.

Just one professional at bat would be nice.

Bad footwork from Ramirez there.

The last hitter for TB in the 7th had a 45% chance to reach base on a 1-2 count.

BUmmer pitched to 3 in the 6th. Even if he didn't once the inning is over the pitcher doesn't have to come back the following inning no matter how many he faced in the previous inning.

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