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Just so everyone knows Timmy hit 2 HR's in today's intrasquad game and now has 3 since they started . Collins followed up yesterdays HR with a double single and walk. Yermin had a 2 RBI single and a diving catch in LF to rob Eloy who prompted flipped him off if that's what Fegan meant by a playfully hostile gesture in his Tweet.

I agree. Everyone is so excited about Robert because of 5 spectacular tools but Yermin went to to toe with him hitting in AAA.

Seems strange to just throw them away. Need those faces for every home game. But then again some may get ruined by rain sooner or later.

3 scoreless against a good lineup is great.

The bullpen could have some surprises for sure if not on opening day surely as the season progresses. Lambert could be in the mix , Dunning too as you mentioned. Fulmer hasn't done anything yet to think he wouldn't make it. I keep hoping he finds it. It's not like he has bad stuff. Quite the contrary he just cant control it. If he ever can he will be effective out there.

Lambert He struck out Grandal but Grandal didn't like the call from the catcher/ump. K'd Eloy, gave up the HR to Mazara then K'd Robert. Cease hard to tell . His 1st inning he gave up a hit to Yermin a bunt hit by Engel then 2 batters I don't know the results . Then a couple of errors by Anderson and Abreu put Madrigal on 3rd base and looks like 1 run scored from the video. Not much twitter news of that inning . His 2nd inning Vaughn, Cuthbert no idea then game ends after K's of Mercedes and Engel.

Gio Gonzalez and Dane Dunning get the starts today So great to see all the injured arms like Rodon, Dunning and Lambert pitching , Such a shame Kopech couldn't be among them. I'm also getting the feeling that the bullpen could have a few surprises to start the season. Is it possible Lambert and Dunning could be in the pen ? I know it's a lot to expect but if Dunning can impress the way Lambert has so far we're all going to be stoked about the possibilities.

https://www.si.com/mlb/whitesox/news/super-joe-speaks-im-smiling-under-my-mask 16 minutes with Merkin, Levine etc after the game. Sounds very high on Mazara also and how the coaching staff tweaked a few things with him which, long ago, after we acquired him I thought they would do. Everyone needs to hear Joe McEwing talk about Robert and the other guys. The Robert falling down HR was perhaps the biggest player performance highight of the day nationally. Super Joe will get you pumped up !

Sox on 35th again with highlights and a recap. If you haven't visited there ., it's very good and easy to navigate website Just a quick few notes here. Yermin Mercedes played LF. Besides the Robert falling down HR , Collins , Mazara, Engel all went deep. Mazara, Engel and Mercedes each had 2 hits in the 5 inning game. The Robert HR was definitely the highlight of the day on Twitter. Late in the game it seems the media got bored or disinterested so it was difficult to learn much more from Tweets. Rodon looked good early . Rodon went 3 innings giving up 1 run on the Robert HR. Remember these guys are just getting work in but results don't mean too much and there are not too many rules. Rodon pitched to 5 batters in the 1st inning and they all made outs. Very encouraging work today from Rodon. Rey gave up HR's to Collins and Engel. Lambert and Cease also pitched. According to Sam Shepherd of SouthsideHitPen he looked very crisp. Sam also seems to like Yermin.

i kinda think its all been in the catch all thread. But that's the kind of enthusiasm i like to see. This place is still a little slow getting back in the swing of things and it's harder to keep up unless people like you step forward . SO thank you.

As if one has anything to do with the other ? Atrocities litter the pages of history , they still do in the present . Kopech is a young man at the pinnacle of his profession. If he chooses not to pitch in a season where you have the choice not too because your employer said it's ok who are you to say he doesn't have any balls ? He isn't a canary in a coalmine.

Don't know about that. There are people who cannot put themselves in other peoples shoes. If a troll is someone who deliberately makes comments to stir the pot then he's not trolling if he truly believes what he just wrote.

Incredibly insensitive. We have no idea what he is going through . You cannot judge a book by its cover. It could end up being the best decision for him when all is said and done.

Both are asymptomatic . Experts say someone could return if symptom free in 10 days and fever free for 3 days . MLB says 2 negative tests to make everyone feel comfortable being around them I suppose. But as the expert said you could test positive for months and no longer be contagious or have symptoms. So basically Yoan could be sitting at home for months waiting for 2 negative tests in a row or be back in 10 days or less while having no symptoms the whole time.

Scooter Gennett is still available but he thinks he's worth $5M so prorate that down and what is it ? Plus he hasn't played too much 3rd base in his career.Bats left throws right .

Buster Posey has opted out.

Maybe, just seems the whole Moncada situation is strange. Back in May there was a story in the Sun-Times about his 1 years old daughter getting sick and being hospitalized with worries of it being Covid. Turns out it was just a cold, https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports-saturday/2020/5/16/21257977/despite-family-scare-white-sox-yoan-moncada-ok-to-play-in-safe-environment Bunch of quotes from Moncada about being scared and the virus could be life threatening. Now combine that with how Moncada was hangng out in some seedy bar in Indiana recently and either his concerns about the virus were just BS and he was acting pretty irresponsibly going to that bar or the bar story isn't true.

March camp or July camp ?

We are all just going around and around here. It could be one thing or a combination of things ranging from mental, physical or personal ; They are all concerns as they should be in a season unlike any other we have ever witnessed. Throw in a young man fairly early in a marriage , social issues, career issues, health issues now it's some kind of retaliation against the Sox ? The poor kid just has way too much on his plate now to avoid it all to play baseball. He might be making very wise and mature choice when we look back on it.

So are we assuming those are our 2 Covid cases ?

There's not a chance Lopez isn't in the rotation. After Keuchel, Gonzalez and Giolito he is the only one with at least a full year of starting under his belt and should be in the rotation. Why screw with him ? He still has plenty of upside as a starter. You can't judge him or put him in long relief just because he hasn't been an All-Star before he was 26 years old. Rodon coming off rehab no innings in ST, Cease inexperience, Gonzalez got nothing done is ST due to shoulder. It's going to be Giolito, Keuchel Cease Lopez and the 5th spot a toss up between Gonzalez and Rodon, with a slight edge to Gonzalez.

Really appreciate you being the conscience of Sox talk but this is what you do on a message board. Stuff happens to an important player and we speculate because there is nothing definitive . Sucks we all sound like a bunch of gossipy old hens but if we don't do it here we're going to do it with our friends so might as well do it here too.

That's what I was thinking. He had already pitched an inning this spring and threw it 101 , 3 up 3 down. Maybe he was really sore after that and subsequent throwing sessions didn't go well.

Poor kid is a mess. I was very surprised he got married so soon after a breakup . It was like the girl he married was a rebound chick. You never marry a rebound chick. Now she's pregnant, maybe a divorce, his mental issues, coming back from major arm surgery, Covid and BLM weighing on his mind.