Chimpton

You seem to have left out Garcia just when he is coming into form! Surely some mistake! ?

Mind you he did hit a 2 run homer so we will cut him some slack for once.

Would that good reason be that TLR thinks he is smarter than everyone else, or that he just wanted to see how the weaker bullpen arms would cope having already used the others in the game one loss for some reason.

Mind you the whole team only has 38 home runs at home this season which is only 2 more than Aaron Judge has hit home and away this season, so Sheets and Burger are not exactly tearing it up.

At least they still managed to hit 4 home runs, that would take the White Sox a week to do.

Thank you for an such a detailed analysis and I understand Abreu being your MVP, just think he was another one who some on here were all to keen to get rid of earlier on this season!

Simple really, who is your best hitter and best pitcher so far for the White Sox, and who is the MVP overall? Hitter: Andrew Vaughn the way he is performing in the last 10 days and pretty much all season is very impressive and remember he is still only 24, and to think some people were in favour of trading him in the close season. An honourable mention has to go to Jose Abreu who after a typically slow start is once again producing, if it is his last season as a WS player then it looks like a good one. Pitcher: Dylan Cease, how he is not at the all star game I don't know but he has become the star pitcher in this line up. Again an honourable mention for Cueto for his steady performances when not many expected much from him MVP for me is Cease simply for the way he is leading the rotation now and producing pretty much every game.

Can't agree with those giving McGuire a B or C grading, he was brought in as back up to Grandal but is now back up to Zavala who was back up to the back up . McGuire is ok but just that ok and you wouldn't want him behind the plate regularly.

I meant the team atmosphere in general was better last year, but I stand corrected about him blaming defensive shifts.

Might be true but the shitty attitude and bad results continued long after Keuchel left and he was on the team last year when they all seemed lovey dovey when they were winning.

But he did come back looking noticeably chubbier facially, he certainly hadn't spent his rehab time on a strict diet and working out hard. And carrying that extra could have a factor in injury recurrence.

And that isn't partly down to bad management and coaching? One or two players underachieving could be down to the players but 6 or 7 players underachieving at the same time suggests it is more down to management and coaching, especially when the manager keeps trotting out the same underachieving players, sometimes even as leadoff hitter.

Once a hamstring goes it will always be a weakness but with proper management and conditioning that risk of re-injury can be minimised. But Eloy clearly didn't have a good rehab as he kept having to rest his leg, and looked more out of condition than usual when he came back. You get the feeling that he was brought back too soon and then played in LF rather than DH and the occasional LF to give him time to strengthen his leg back up.

Certainly not TLR holding up that sign.

And if I picked the right numbers I would win the lottery every week.

Well that was predictably bad. Take the first ball strike then swing blindly at everything else.

The bigger question is will they score over 4 in total today!

Underperforming teams often develop a poor clubhouse atmosphere as the pressure mounts and blame for the poor performances can create cliques with different players blaming others. But that is one of the key jobs of any manager and coaching team to ensure the clubhouse atmosphere is good whilst maintaining clear professional standards. A team where the manager has lost the clubhouse will develop cliques and play sloppy games where they appear disinterested, especially when that manager clearly has favourites and bizarre line up decisions. Not saying I want him back but at least under Renteria the players seemed happy whilst at the same time Renteria tried to instill in them basic standards of professionalism.

Well you had better tell MLB.com because their headline says about Cueto and I quote; "Veteran righty becomes first 2022 White Sox starter to pitch into 8th inning"

Cueto the first WS starter this season to make the 8th inning! After 82 games that goes some way to explaining why the bullpen has been so overtaxed at times this season.

Our current 12-16 record against the Central would need to dramatically improve if the Sox have any chance 2nd half of the season. And the 1-4 and 1-5 record against Minnesota and Cleveland.

We have just lost 2 out of 3 to Detroit at home so I'm not quite sure where your optimism about the schedule comes from, it might be on paper a good 2nd half schedule but on the field this Sox team are not performing anywhere near as good as on paper they should and have shown against Detroit and previously against Baltimore that they are just as capable of losing to poor teams as well as good teams. That said IF they can get a good run of wins before the ASB the Central Division is eminently winnable IF they can find any consistency after the break.

Even more scary is the thought of Jerry replacing Hahn with TLR ?

I'm not sure anyone would go for that trade, a bucket of popcorn may be a bit high an asking price.

As are we all but there is a difference between older and old and past it, a one or two year extension if he was prepared to DH would be ok but he is unlikely to want to DH