JoeC

Too bad he's not hitting in the 9 spot so Grandal has someone on base in front of him.

Thank you Danny.

Let's just be thankful he was able to hit the ball to the right side of the infield....

Question.... Whenever I've had groin injuries, doing anything that involved a deep flexing (knee tucks) has always tweaked me, and riding a bike has always been something that I have to work up to. Generally attributable to bad form ("you're doing it wrong")? Or is this common?

Good news is that there is no good option right now, so we're all equally correct.

Phew.

Sorry - hyperbole.

I 100% agree with you logically and rationally. It's my Sox-induced neurosis that is posting these thoughts right now. Until he's gone, I will always have this fear in the back of my mind.

...or to put it another way, until Keuchel is DFA'd and released (or ends up anywhere else other than our roster), I am concerned he'll hit 160IP.

I understand the unlikeliness, but the fact that he's still in the rotation tells me his leash is super long. He can give up 6 runs across 6 innings each start the rest of the way while TLR give him time to "figure things out." Is it likely? No. We've done dumber things though, and I guess I'm more scared of the depths of this organization's stupidity than of anything else.

I still am worried he'll hit his option... for more reasons than before.

Yes - I am aware… however, you state that steroids are used for recovery (not increasing strength, and therefore velocity) in the case of pitchers. Former gym rat myself (now just a runner because I’m lazy) I guess my questions are: 1. Would “not losing velocity” not count as an increase of sorts? 2. Wouldn’t you be able to increase velocity through all of the other forces that would be able to increase (leg / core strength, etc.)?

https://twitter.com/ckamka/status/1529646191230828552?t=Rzk7Oaw0RYccGlT721OGKQ&s=19

Had to look it up myself to make sure it was an actual positive test vs. just symptoms

Maybe this is our way of getting revenge on the Yankees. give their archnemesis easy wins.

Seconded. The second Cease gave up run #1 we lost any chance at winning, so might as well just act like it. Time to see what Mr. Energy can bring from the mound.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/white-sox/ct-chicago-white-sox-lucas-giolito-20220517-oipeqcs7jfeufklmpkdsail6wm-story.html

Dylan Ceasecury?

Luckily we had an off day yesterday + Thursday + next Monday... so not like the 30 games in 20 days or whatever it felt like.

Engel. Pollock in LF / Vaughn in RF.

Still curious to see the breakdown of costs for $2K for travel baseball for a kids’ team. I have a hockey background, and the fees for a local travel team were about $2500… for a U16 team. That included ice costs ($250 / hour X 3 hours / week) and uniforms.

Is it better to shut down Kopech a couple of times for a couple of weeks, or is it better to have him go out every 5 days and only throw 40~50 pitches for those starts?

Fatigue recovery can lead to longer sustained velocity (less velocity reduction over the season), no? I'm quite curious about these sorts of topics (they've always intrigued me), so if you have any sort of formal expertise I'd love to learn more.

If he regains his form last year (or something close to it), Lynn may be the best option in the playoffs. Right mentality, and he'll have the freshest arm of any of the comparable alternatives.

Unfortunately that 13-7 record is tied with the Twins over that same span.