Jake

Vahn Lackey vs. RPI Top 25: .186/.333/.326 in 12 games

Across professional sports, there's about 30-40% rate of reinjury within the same season with hamstring injuries. Even higher when you add in other injuries to the same leg that may come from compensation. It is not necessarily an indictment of the White Sox if a guy has a nagging issue with the hamstring (especially Austin Hays of all people). Let's wait and see what we hear on Teel. In context, Venable's comment about a setback seemed to just be acknowledging the fact he wouldn't join the team in Seattle as they originally expected. Whether this costs him a couple days, a week, or more is TBD. Although they could be hiding the ball, if the knee injury was serious (like an ACL) the trainer would have known from a physical exam the moment it happened.

I'm glad we can still find some things to argue about. Shall we discuss the LouBob trade as well?

Would appreciate if Cleveland would stop winning every game. They practically look like a juggernaut right now

Before CHSN fully cements this as the greatest game ever, bear in mind that El Caballo hit a 12th (?) inning walk off grand salami against the Cubs. There might be some other competition too. But this was a great ending for sure

2 games above .500, didn't embarrass ourselves against the Cubbies

All it took to get him to homer was putting him into a fly ball situation

My man!!!!

Didn't know Benny could do it like that

I will say that the thing about our all-bunt team is that their success rate isn't exactly the reason I call them that. More the attempt rate

Nice job to hold it together for Davis. This guy is like 18 months removed from indie ball.

Isn't it the all-bunt team? Not the worst thing for the situation lol

Keep it to 1 and you have a reasonable target to get yourself 1 as well

More lucky results for the Cubs

I'm a little nervous about walking the bases loaded given that Davis is not a reliable strikethrower and Bregman is a pretty patient hitter

PCA went out of the baseline and they didn't call him out right away. Kind of annoying as it gave them more time to take 2B

Too busy throwing I guess. I saw the other day an ump didn't allow a challenge after a throwdown although I don't think the ump was technically in the right

Stolen base made the ump miss the strike call as well

Hope Davis does well but I'll have a hard time being mad at him if he doesn't

I like the idea of turning and burning on a fastball in, it was just a little too far in so he didn't catch enough of it

They might be able to get another inning out of Palencia with just 14 pitches. Not sure how he's normally used.

Just looking for a single here, I'm not sure that the decision of Chase vs. Colson is as obvious as Counsell had it. Chase hasn't had a good day though, really chasing a lot (pun unintended)

To me, while it's correct to give Vargas the error there, it just didn't seem like a hard ball to catch and I think it got there on time

Vargas's throw left something to be desired but throwing it into the ground on deep balls to your backhand side is very much what they teach you and has worked well for him this season. Bear in mind also that he was throwing it into a howling headwind.

That one's surprising to me, assuming it stays 7-7