BamaDoc

Maybe want to break him in easy or maybe he has a tweaked something and they are trying to get him all the at bats possible?

Burger and Sheets look like viable options

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Sheets makes sense if Gonzalez is in a corner unless they are afraid of exposing him and hurting trade value. Personally, I worry about good(hopefully) young cost controlled pieces getting away. Unless they are doing extensive cage work and think Mercedes is about to turn it around, he should go down for Sheets.

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/stats/affiliates?teamId=145&date=06/24/2021 https://www.milb.com/scores/chicago-white-sox/2021-06-24 Ok Ron , guess it is one day off if no no one wins. Thanks to everyone who does this. Don't stop now boys!

Since Ron took a beating with all teams losing and we are thirty minutes to game time, I return! https://www.mlb.com/prospects/stats/affiliates?teamId=145&date=06/23/2021 https://www.milb.com/scores/chicago-white-sox/2021-06-23 Go Sox!

Everyone lost! Ron you know what this means…………….join me on sidelines. Need a ruling when we are eligible to return

With no games today, I will guarantee we lose less but you will gain no more wins than I did yesterday!

Well done Ron. I shall sit on the sidelines for a bit. Also change where I sit, lucky socks/Sox , and beverage.

We have a need to buy some things/players, but I don't like what we have to pay with. Either next wave players that could really hurt or be an overpay or scraps that people may not want.

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/stats/affiliates?teamId=145&date=06/20/2021 https://www.milb.com/scores/chicago-white-sox/2021-06-20 Thanks for some wins yesterday. Maybe where I sit, what I eat, what I wear really doesn't change the outcome of the games or did I just do it better? Lopez for Charlotte

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/stats/affiliates?teamId=145&date=06/19/2021 https://www.milb.com/scores/chicago-white-sox/2021-06-19 I considered banning myself since all our teams lost yesterday. If it happens again, someone else will have to post the games cause ya know it was my fault. Lambert for Charlotte

Anyone have any info on him from this year? 31 years old but having career year at AAA. Stats almost all career best including best K rate and GB/FB ratio. Is it just a AAAA pitcher messing with the youngsters or is he doing something different and potentially useful?

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/stats/affiliates?teamId=145&date=06/18/2021 https://www.milb.com/scores/chicago-white-sox/2021-06-18 Stiever for Charlotte

Just checked his splits. Ops .690 vs rip and .379 vs lefties. Last year a split difference of .400 and .100 for career. Pretty clear to me at this point his performance merits platooning which would also benefit him by getting him rest hopefully keeping him healthier.

Eaton was probably going to do well in a platoon in right with Engel. Our rash of injuries made it necessary to play every day. He got hurt and tried playing through it. Never heard him b**** or use it as an excuse but clearly it has effected his performance. Hopefully when he returns he is healthy and we have options to rest him better.

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/stats/affiliates?teamId=145&date=06/17/2021 https://www.milb.com/scores/chicago-white-sox/2021-06-17 Wright for Charlotte. Not on forty man roster. Would Madrigal going on 60 open a spot if needed?

I think it depends on our managements reading of Yermin's head. Right now he is clearly pressing/confused/slumping. I don't think he is injured. I would send him down to clear his head. He has now slumped for about six weeks. Maybe Sheets can come back up and get some playing time and allow some options when you rest players. As a DH only, Yermin doesn't offer that ability.

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/stats/affiliates?teamId=145&date=06/16/2021 https://www.milb.com/scores/chicago-white-sox/2021-06-16

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/stats/affiliates?teamId=145&date=06/15/2021 https://www.milb.com/scores/chicago-white-sox/2021-06-15 Lopez tonight.

No offense taken. I agree with most of what you state. To a large degree, and this will be unpopular to the antiTony crowd, I think LaRussa has done a pretty good job of playing matchups. Some of the reasons backups have some decent numbers to invoke is because they have been put in good matchups. I was surprised Lamb wasn't in last night.

I worry about bench guys being overexposed with prolonged playing time. there was a reason guys were backups. The injury issues also show up where Grandal and Eaton have played hurt when a IL stint might have helped them individually but the team is so banged up they couldn't take the time off. Now you are getting bigger drop offs to the new backups so starters at risk for not getting rest. Our pitching has been the key to keeping us in every game even when lineups look weaker. We really need our starting pitching to hold up. Our minor league starting pitching needs to step up. Lopez looks lost, Stiever, Lambert etc need to get rolling. All our next wave of pitching youngsters at A are really struggling.

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/stats/affiliates?teamId=145&date=06/12/2021 https://www.milb.com/scores/chicago-white-sox/2021-06-12 Stiever for Char. Kanny hot! Dont stop now boys!!!

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/stats/affiliates?teamId=145&date=06/11/2021 https://www.milb.com/scores/chicago-white-sox/2021-06-11 lets go Sox! Wright for Char. Kanny doing better

I hope Yermin is doing all the little things and big things that got him this opportunity. I hope one successful month didn’t get him caught up in his own hype with sandwiches, yerminator, haircut etc. hopefully he’s just in a slump and will snap out of it.