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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

Maybe he is a defensive 'log jam' but he is one of the few Sox bats that has produced regularly (except in April), if he would DH next season I would definitely have him back. I would rather see him DH ing than some of the players TLR has trotted out at DH this season.

Yes but how many of those DH/1B players are performing anywhere near as good as Abreu? Getting rid of one of the few productive bats on the grounds that other lesser players play in his position strikes me as odd. Vaughn may well produce better in time but at the moment Abreu is worth another year, because Eloy may well never find it and Grandal is a worse hitter, appears to be fading and more injury prone.

That is just settling for failure 1 out of 3 just prolongs the mediocrity it wouldn't 'keep us in the race'

Those stats are incorrect. For starters he was on the IL from 18th-28th June and since he got back he has 4 hits from 18 AB which is .222 and his stats for the last 15 games have him batting .245. And those figures are inflated by his 5 hits in the blow out game against Detroit when at least 2 were against position players. I really do hope Yoan figures it out soon but he is not looking that good since coming back from injury but that is hardly surprising as he has had no real consistency because of persistent injuries this season.

He was on the IL from 18th-28th June and his last 15 games he has a BA of .245 so I am not sure where those stats you quote are from. But I do hope Yoan does figure it out because a healthy hitting player at 3B would be a massive help, if we could get a 2B who could hit as well then things might just be on the up!

Consistency is the key. This team can beat good teams, they took 2 from 3 off Toronto before losing 3 of 4 to Baltimore. That has been the big issue all season, failing to put together good winning runs because the players are streaky and injuries have disrupted the consistency. But they did look good against SF with even Garcia and Harrison contributing offensively and Zavala has been a pleasant surprise but Moncada is still struggling.

Either that or they are not ladies at all!

So that's why TLR has kept Leury around! Fair play he got the all important RBI and has raised his batting average to the heights of .200. ?

Because the current hitting coach is a joke so unless they get someone who improves players rather than making them worse, then fulfilling their potential will be unlikely.

If this is the sh*t he talks when he is supposedly sober I would hate to imagine the sh*t he talks when drunk.