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We know this all too well for some of our players such as Eloy and Robert chief among them. But you what you said about his ability to produce at a high level is one of the things always in question around here. That's why I had to post about how he was changing my mind in that regard because it won't change anyone's mind that he sucked at all things except his slap hitting tool .

I'm glad you posted this. I'll be the 1st to say I thought Madrigal was replaceable. I didn't say much about the trade at the time it was made because I wasn't really sure how I felt about it. The way Kimbrel was pitching it made sense but the cost was astronomical in years, money and talent. I only said in the thread there were rumors about Madrigal not fitting in and also wondered if the Cubs ate any money and thought it was an overpay if the Sox had to pay full salary . But back to this highlight reel. It reminds us that Nick was not the terrible base runner revisionist history is suggesting. Sure he made blunders on the bases but most were made out of aggressiveness and he would learn to pick and choose his spots. One thing Madrigal seemed to do is always hustled. He actually had a few hustle doubles and a couple of his triples were to LCF . Those are balls some of our veteran players with speed don't bust it out of the box on and settle for doubles and singles. Anderson had 2 triples in 527 PA's. Moncada 1 in 520 AB . Madrigal 4 in 200 AB. By looking at that one might ask who has more power and speed among those 3 ? He was also killing it right before the injury, getting more selective as a hitter , driving the ball more, hitting .391 .440 .609 in June with 1.049 OPS. If you go from May 17th to when he was injured he was hitting .365 ( 27 for 74 with 6 walks , 5 doubles, 2 triples and 2 HR's). On May 16th he was batting .270 .304 .341 .647 and his last game on June 9th he had raised that to .305 .348 . 425 .774 . The Sox won more with him than without him . Anyone that praises Moncada for his 4.0 WAR season should be praising Madrigal because he was on the same path as Moncada just with a different way of getting there.

Maybe ? but they had better players the 2nd half too.

I never did find out if we paid for all of Kimbrel's salary and gave up Madrigal and Heuer. I wonder what the Sox record was with and without Madrigal. We see plenty of posts that wonder why the Sox played better with a lineup of rejects with good pitching and played worse when the good players came back when the pitching was worse. Was it just the pitching that went south in the 2nd half ?

Truth Dodgers took a long time to finally win last year and they have one of the best franchises around right now. Lots of money great scouting and development. The Braves won the division year after year after year and got 1 championship out of it.

Class !

I don't want anyone on base. Beat them with your bats next inning ! ( in a violent way to the baseball)

come on boys ! It ain't over til the fat lady sings !

I see Altuve standing far away from the plate but Altuve's bat looks almost as long as he is. Maybe a longer bat for Eloy.

SILK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is just beautiful. I hope he can maintain it for 5.

99 K !

1st pitch 93 not bad.

Go Sox , Go Rodon ! Go Go Sox, Go Go Rodon !! Go Go YoYo !! Go Go towels and canes and blackout !!! Everybody's Dogs Go Go !

You can on the mlb app. Just go to Games at the top , then go to the schedule and put it back to Oct. 10 , click on the game and you will see condensed game and recap. Under those are "video" where it says FS1. That's the one to click.

I got a cane.

Wait are you telling me people don't wear underwear for more than a day ?

Time to raise a little Cane !

Even when he was throwing 99/100 earlier this year, he had a tendency to start off easy to get location and then amped it up. I'm going 92.

Hear,Hear !

Hey we agree.

Being a bandwagoner is what I call fan fashion. You go to where you can be seen and root for any Chicago team. It's not such a bad thing. Fashion is just doing what everyone else is doing to be on some kind of hipster list. Hairstyles, tats, clothes, small dogs, the latest social media trend, whatever. I'll take a guy who likes baseball and roots for the Sox even if he's not a Sox fan any time over the rest of the fashionistas.

Truth. Cusack is a baseball fan, he can go to whatever games he wants to and root for who he pleases. Why should he get any grief for that ?

Half assed apology. Not sorry he said it or misused it , only sorry I don't like it. Big difference.

Use it the proper way when Baby boomers are causing millennials increasing economic, environmental, and social anxiety, and I'm ok with it. Use it when an old guy says something stupid that has nothing to do with Millennials and it's ageism. That's how I always see you using it. If anything Gammoms was being quite new agey that Tepera should be sorry for insulting the Astros organization without proof.