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Meh.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 25, 2017 -> 08:34 PM) OTOH, there's only so much you can do. Phegley had defensive question marks from the moment he was drafted. Flowers, however, after the AFL with the Braves, came over as a potential big-time hitter with lots of defensive question marks surrounding him. That they turned Flowers into a fine defensive catcher is promising. At a certain point you can only blame the coaches so much. Players play. I'm not really that high or worried about Collins. Anything he produces is a bonus. Catching is so thin at the MLB level and so few teams really have a stud 3-5 WAR catcher that a platoon surrounded by guys like Moncada, Eloy, Rutherford, Burger etc will work just fine.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 25, 2017 -> 07:43 PM) Lou Brock said it best - "Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time." well said, reminds me of the end of my playing days.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 25, 2017 -> 06:43 PM) I don't care if he chases first pitch, but at least have a plan and swing hard. He rarely hits anything with authority anymore Hopefully this is the lowest point of his career, today. His swings are just so half assed. It's one thing to not have a plan. It's another thing to go up there half swinging the bat. I hope Todd can convince him to just look fastball the rest of this season and to go up there and take a pitch most AB just to see it and then SWING LIKE YOU MEAN IT.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 25, 2017 -> 07:42 PM) Dude has some of the best stuff in baseball, of course he can be a quality starter. Obviously his stuff is nasty but until he learns first pitch strike he's going to have days like today where his ERA and xFIP diverge by 10 runs.

Jinxed him, christ.

Abreu has had some good swings today. He's having another nice season. Glad to see it.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jul 25, 2017 -> 05:48 PM) I can't watch because its a damn day game again. I see 4 Sox have been HBP. Abreu twice. Someone said both of Abreu's look intentional. I asked if he did something to deserve it. Admittedly its a bit tough for a position player to do something to deserve being beaned, but seems a bit odd. Just curious cause I can't watched. Explained. No, Lackey's dumbass was just trying to "pitch inside" and because he has little command he kept hitting guys. It was the classic "non intentional intentional hbp". After the 2nd time to Abreu and the 4th overall a message needed to be sent.

Tie goes to the runner, except in replay I guess.

He's safe.

This team is really good at sucking.

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ Jul 25, 2017 -> 04:11 PM) Moncada is just rough wasn't a strike, again.

Avi is going to finish below 290 isn't he.

QUOTE (StrykerSox @ Jul 25, 2017 -> 03:15 PM) How can you be so unendingly positive? After watching asshole Lackey hit three guys, showing either poor command or poor temper, TA grounded out on the first pitch. He didn't have to do it intentionally for it to be pathetic. He deserved the benching. +1 Get a clue. Pitcher is on the damn ropes. He's all over the place. The bases are juiced. Unless you see 1st pitch fastball in your wheelhouse DO NOT SWING

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 25, 2017 -> 03:09 PM) Anderson is a joke...let the excuses fly I'm as done on the guy as anybody and I have no excuses. He just has no plan.

jack one TA.

f*** OFF LACKEY, YOU POS.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jul 25, 2017 -> 02:52 PM) Kris Bryant looks overmatched against Rodon When Rodon spots his fastball and gets ahead he's a very good pitcher. When he can't throw anything for a strike he stinks. I get that he's coming off injury but this has been the theme of his entire career.

Haha get rekt loser.

Good AB from Moncada.

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So MLB is letting guys re pine tar their bat in the middle of a PA now? No wonder the damn games are so slow.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 25, 2017 -> 02:41 PM) I get that you don't like him. It doesn't make this any more fun when every pitch you are saying "arm side miss, arm side miss." You did this last week as well. I can post what I want. It's a game thread. I don't not like him. I want him to succeed and find myself badly disappointed. Get off your imaginary high horse where we can't vent in game threads.

Of course he's getting squeezed too.

When you can't consistently throw a single one of your pitches for a strike you're going to get rocked. This has been the story of his career so far.