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Still 90 % sure no Vaughn . They have no reason to bring him up. If they shock us and give up EE then Collins and the catchers rotate DH. If they need another one they try Yermin. No need whatsoever to screw with Vaughn's service time when they got a guy like Mercedes whose service time means nothing.

The sick power numbers came in AAA and in spring training and bringing up the juiced ball with him is just the type of resistance to him I'm talking about. Its not like only he hit with a juiced ball. Robert had the juiced ball too as did all MLB player. YM also led in ST HRs with 4 had a .955 slugging and 1.400 OPS. Every major opportunity he got he raked. He hit slightly better than Robert in AAA with a better K %. The Sox could do something bold and dump EE . I'm not suggesting they will but between Collins and Meredes thats a lot of power and I think youd get decent OBP from both of them too Just my musings.

Not only that but judging/scouting any player ,young or old ,accurately is extremely difficult. Everything to our hitting coach couch experts here is explained away so easily and smugly like they are the end all be all hitting gurus. Personally ,especially with young players ,I hate calling anyone a bust or saying they suck . Sometimes all it takes is some small thing that allows them to adjust to the highest level, be it physical or mental. Some never find it, some it takes years. I want to see a guy like Mercedes get a legit shot to be a DH somewhere. I have never seen him fail as a hitter at any level. Even in the SSS of this years Spring Training he was raking. Just sick power numbers . But one of our resident stats analysis experts said he cant hit a curve to save his life. I don't care how long it's taken him. (The tried and true career minor leaguer bash ) .Obviously his defense held him back but the older he gets he has to produce or it keeps setting him back more. He wont have the luxury of getting chance after chance if he doesnt hit the ground running. Collins being LH and with 1st round pedigree will always be given more opportunties even with failed early attempts. If Mercedes looked as bad as Collins did when 1st getting a look he might never get another shot. That's not an indictment of Collins but more recognizing that different paths are travelled to reach the same destination.

There's a few regular guys in game threads who regularly use the cheating on fastballs line. You know once one respected guy says it others pick it up as the go to phrase to explain how a slumping older guy is through . Or any struggling hitter along with his swing too long, bat speed is so slow. I have no idea how anyone identifies such things from their couch or we had so many major league scouts here. But who knows ,maybe they are using stop watches and have detailed ultra slow mo footage at home in their advanced metrics basements .

Something is off with Mazara . He's having trouble squaring it up. Could be the late start. Could be trying to incorporate changes to get more loft. One little adjustment and he could start raking. Close the stance a little bit, check his vision, hold hands in a different place , stride, leg kick ,timing mechanism. Rooting for him to find the key soon.

Slightly better numbers but yes very similar.

Only 2 Homer's given up during the win streak. 27-2.

It's not all about you my friend. It wasn't you I was referring to.

One particular poster and a good poster but always hard on Abreu was ripping him in a game thread. He said something about Abreu looking old and slow and only being effective because he's cheating on fastballs. My response was if it was so easy to lead the league in hard hit balls (95mph +) by cheating on fastballs he wouldn't be leading the league. There are just so many good fastball hitters in MLB that all look fastball 1st . I told the poster that reason was a reach. He responded smugly when Abreu K'din his next AB . I have not seen him praising Abreu in this thread.

Randal Grichuk is still in MLB and recently had a 6 homer in 6 games stretch.

Ron buddy ! I'm so glad you're Ok ! I thought you might've been gagging on that big black crow shoved down your throat last night.

I already pointed out he had 1.1 bWAR in only 110 PA so that sounds about right though fWAR is generally given more creedence.

If if if Free Yermin !!

Can you see some song like Marilyn Mansons "This Is The New Shit " being the current Sox theme song ?

Those are definitely not Bop Till You Drop songs!

I d have to make it a high energy fast paced song if I'm going to be out there. Early Elvis Costello ( Radio, Radio ) Ramones ( Teenage Lobtomy ) , Pretenders ( Cuban Slide definitely )

If it was me I would have played some punk music and turned it into a mosh pit or pogo'd to some B-52's.

MLB top headline: JOSE ABREU'S 3 HR GAME AND MLB RECORD 27 HR's IN 7 GAMES POWERS WHITE SOX TO 7TH STRAIGHT WIN Just making that up but that's what it should be.

Carbo loading . Winner winner spaghetti dinner !!!

Thank goodness I balanced out the bad juju with the California Good Vibrations and Instant Karma. I'm pickin' up good vibrations ! I wonder if 50 year old rock song references are as foreign to the young pups here as Bones n Thugs is to me. Yea yea my boomer is showing , yea yea but my flasks overflowing I'm still standin' yeah yeah yeah!!!

Jose's performance is telling Eloy " Son, I'm just not going to let you walk away with the team lead in HRs and be the only Cub killer. You got to bear down if you want to beat me ! "

Conspicuously absent or just a coincidence ?

Games over be happy .We beat the Cubs 2 in a row, 3 Abreu bombs. A Robert tater. Not terrible pitching. 7 wins in a row. Why focus on the negative ? Colome isnt Mariano Rivera but he's been a very reliable guy for a while when BP arms are shaky year to year. You guys shit your pants at the slightest hint of trouble. Time to believe !

He better own a White Sox onesie already !