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No there are plenty of guys who are good players who are essentially bench players. Marwin Gonzales last year was one. Brock Holt is a free agent this year and he's a very valuable bench /depth piece. I have mentioned him and Scooter Gennett plenty of times before. Gennett would be a helluva bench piece but it all depends on if he can make or has made a full recovery from a severe groin strain. Just look at his stats from 2017 and 2018. He's going to have to accept the best offer and I doubt it 'll be very high because he looked so bad this year. They both play multiple infield and OF positions.Then there's Moustakas who may be perfect for DH and as a bench piece at 1st 3rd and 2nd. If for some odd reason Jose ends up on another team then he is your starting 1st baseman, but it's possible the Brewers keep him since there's an option for 2020. I'm sure if I looked harder at other teams I could find more like Zobrist and Howie Kendrick , both free agents.

So do more complete players . Billy Hamilton has a great glove and great speed but who wants him without power and ability to reach base A bench is just not a bench. A bench needs to be able to fill in for long periods in case of injury with slightly less production then is expected from the injured player . You cannot lose a starter and then only have a fill in who only is speed and glove.

He'll still throw it occasionally. Someone mentioned that he's throwing the slider more now in place of the curve. Probably Fathom since because he hates Cooper and thinks that's a Cooper trait since Gio also had a curve and ditched it for slider /changeup as Cease is now doing. Perhaps if this is a coop trait then it might be because the curve and fastball are 2 radically different pitches and for guy who need to improve command, especially fastball command ,that the slider is more like a fastball and they play off each other better since a slider looks like a fastball until it breaks. Once you establish fastball command the curve might be more of a weapon like Verlander basically uses fastball slider curve changeup.

So you want Leury, Yolmer and Engel back ? That is not a good bench. There's no power or OBP . Sure Engel and Sanchez are good gloves but along with the other more obvious needs the Sox need more depth in order to field a good team. Basically it comes to this do you want to win or keep guys you like personally ?

You left out Cease.

Hah Palka deserves a little love for 1 game and you just can't leave out a 4 hit game by anyone.

Eloy Jimenez continued his hot hitting by falling a double short of a cycle while hitting a Grand Slam (HR 29) and going 3/5 with 4 RBI. Yoan Moncada continues to be even hotter going 2/3 with a walk and HR #24 and 2 RBI. Daniel Palka entered the game with 2 hits on the season and exited with 5 , all singles. Yolmer Sanchez embraced the lead off spot in the lineup going 4/6 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI to pace the 18 hit Sox attack. Zack Collins extended his hitting streak to 5 games going 1/5 with a double and an RBI. Tim Anderson went 2/5 with a double in pursuit of the AL Batting title. He is hitting .336. He also has an 8 game hitting streak in which he has 14 hits. Dylan Cease pitched 6 innings giving up 1 run on 5 hits 2 walks and 8 K's. White Sox 10 Tigers 1 .

This was a game to empty the bench in the late innings. No big deal.

Yolmer also with 4 hits tonight. What's in his jock ?

OMG 3 hits for Palka . Palk Smash !

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility:

ManBan making an appearance .

Nah Sox need to forge their own identity. It was bad enough Renteria managed the Cubs now Maddon ? No.

Ump says, 9 run lead swing the bat. as McCann is wrung up on a pitch out of the zone.

C'mon Zack if Palka can get 2 hits in a game so can you !

No in the other thread after I said Cease had his ERA under 6 he promptly gave up a run and it was back over 6 and he blamed me for jinxing him. So now I said it again but I can't jinx him this time because he's done pitching for the night.

2 hits in the same game for Palka ! Palk smash

And lowered his ERA to 5.79

Great job Cease . You are done.

ALROY for ELROY ?

I'm wondering the last year the Sox had at least 4 guys with an .800+OPS.

DSomebody merge the threads I called that ELOY slam in the other one !

Is there an echo in here ? or did everyone go to the other game thread >

Ha jinx that mofos