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QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 18, 2017 -> 09:02 PM) Ball was in front of him. Needs to know where the fielders are and that Leury is going to beat that out. This team's base running continues to get worse. That's just unrealistic. There is no way you can process all that in the split second after contact. He ran hard on contact with 2 outs, that's what you do.

Great play Moncada.

oh FFS

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 18, 2017 -> 07:40 PM) And continues to show no baseball iq not really sure what he was supposed to do there...

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 18, 2017 -> 07:29 PM) Haha at Texas bunting with Shields on the mound watching shields pitch reminds me of this: I do like Yolmer's defense though.

haha, f*** off Odour

Why is Yolmer batting 6th? It's been said but Ricky's lineups are just bonkers.

Come on Jose.

Moncada from the left is going to have no problems. It's really just a question of how long they give him to try and "figure it out" from the right. Another great AB from him.

Moncada missed a cookie.

QUOTE (Sleepy Harold @ Aug 18, 2017 -> 03:35 PM) Chicago White Sox @whitesox now RHP Lucas Giolito will join the White Sox on Monday and make his debut as a starter during the doubleheader vs. Minnesota. Chicago White Sox @whitesox now RHP Michael Kopech will be promoted to Class AAA Charlotte and make his Knights debut on Monday night at Norfolk. sweet.

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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 18, 2017 -> 02:38 PM) Said his side was sore when he woke up that day, isn't sure what it was, said he expects to make his next start. Yea it sounds very minor from the quotes today: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0817-story.html

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 18, 2017 -> 01:02 PM) eh, i wouldnt go that far. Just like 3 days ago he was on a streak of 8 straight games with a K. He is an adventure in left(at best). He is basically Sox adam dunn right now Sorry for the derail, but he's OPS'ing 959 post ASG. He's been tearing it up. Fangraphs doesn't hate his defense in LF. I've hated on the guy quite a bit but he's turning it around and it looks like he might be a MLB regular again. That really wasn't the case for 4 months. Anyways, a guy on the Rangers, Gallo, is another good example of a guy that came up really young with a lot of raw talent but holes in his swing and who took a couple years to figure it out. For every Buxton there's a Robin Ventura or Gallo. We can only take it one day at a time with Yoan and as enjoy the ride.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 18, 2017 -> 10:59 AM) We're are such an emotionally damaged fanbase when it comes to prospects. Cubs are being rewarded right now for sticking with Schwarber. He's not exactly lighting it up overall but the last few weeks he's turned it around and is looking like a quality MLB hitter again. Patience is key. Moncada, for all his struggles, has a wRC+ of 90. That put things in perspective. A couple more of his rockets fall in and he's basically a league average hitter, at 22, as a 2B. He's fine. There will be growing pains and he might *only* become a 3-4 WAR 2B and not a 6-8 WAR superstar, but hey, let's enjoy the ride.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 18, 2017 -> 10:27 AM) Some guys are more versed in the machismo culture and don't honestly know that it is OK to say that you are hurt. The guy is super young, and this could be a great teaching moment. Plus, it's a minor muscle tweak. Anybody that has ever tweaked a muscle in the middle of a competitive event is loathe to stop as the pain and "injury" really isn't that bad -- and most of us aren't in pro sports. Obviously for a pitcher, the problem is a strain can lead to bad mechanics and more arm stress so good on Jose and Reynaldo for talking it out and being sensible. He should be back in 3-4 weeks if it's just a minor core problem.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 17, 2017 -> 09:10 PM) Just to stress, I've never seen that before, and apparently our pitching staff trusts Abreu more than the coaching staff. Abreu may have just kept him from hurting himself worse. it seems like a tweaked muscle in his core, s*** happens. I'm just glad it's not an arm. He'll be back in a couple weeks most likely.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 17, 2017 -> 09:06 PM) Assuming it's just an oblique injury, at least it explains the velocity drop. If that was how he typically maintains velocity, he had no future as a starter. or it's a part of being a pitcher.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 17, 2017 -> 09:04 PM) Lopez has an oblique injury it seems. What game were they freaking watching last inning Was he favoring it or something? At least it's not his arm.

f***

Needs a ground ball badly.

Wegner is a POS

Lopez has found his groove.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 17, 2017 -> 08:40 PM) Huge velocity drop for Lopez. Fastball at 90-91 this inning. Hope he's not injured I think he's just trying to pitch instead of throw, which is good long term. Two really nice changeups for the K there.

Lopez has nothing on his breaking ball tonight.