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I kinda want to do an old school deep dive into this now based on the publicly available batted ball data. Try and do it tmr at work to kill some time on a Friday. It certainly feels like pitchers have attacked him with fastballs on his hands to get ahead and buried him with junk away and fastballs up in late counts. I'd also like to look at his stat cast data for speed. Tim is a guy that relies on BABIP and quick hips. When your body ages hips are gonna slow and speed as well, hurting BABIP. Good post good thoughts.

Well, they are back to 11 under and around 4 back. Think this is the like the 4th time they've approached this "turning point" in the last six weeks only for the "turning point" to turn into a U Turn. Keep winning series and get it to 5 under and a game or two back by the ASB and at least give even the most cynical fans a couple weeks to dream on.

Hell, if that's what it takes to get him motivated, how about putting this spread next to his stall in the clubhouse for every QS made?

He took Jose's mild indignation at occasionally having to hit with a runner in motion way too seriously...

He also leads our team in not making outs per plate appearance. Funny how those two things are aligned.

Chicago: won't sign any starting pitcher to a long term deal. Also Chicago: consistently manages to pay below replacement veteran starters.

You can IL for mental health as well. Clearly he's not in a good spot, he's hurting the team trying to play through whatever it is.

Burger is down to a 113 wRC+ and over the last 30 days is hitting 182 and rocking a 234 OBP and a 600 OPS. Frankly, it looks like he was a flash in the pan and has been figured out. Nice story, but a hot 4 weeks doesn't make a season or career. On this sad sad team he stood out for a minute but now he's hitting like a poor man's rob deere.

just saw the 444 ft bomb, what a laughable call from Jason. "In the air, center field..."

You're talking about winning two in a row like it would mean anything. I'm not trying to yuck your yum but dude the season is over. All that's left to figure out is how many games they will lose, 90, 95, or 100.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroo_Onoda

Stop caring, season changes soon enough.

this ballgame (season) is ovah!

Nothing creates a bigger contrast in sports than a bad baseball team over 162 games and a forum that relies on 24/7 posts.

I have fairly big hands for a short guy, can palm a basketball and never had any problem slinging a baseball 80 mph from the OF into home in my athletic prime, but imagine doing this and having it called a "drop": Dude was literally dropping the ball like you or I would drop a ping pong ball and was penalized. Calvin was also a talented HS baseball player, and would have went in the top 5 round of the draft had he come out. There is video of him hitting easy wood bat HR at Comerica during batting practice when he was with the Lions. An incredible athlete. He's up there for me with Woodson, Frank and a few others as the best I have ever seen in person.

Ohtani is the closest thing I've seen to a transcendent athlete in MLB. It's like if Calvin Johnson decided to stick with baseball after HS. Robert is nice, but he can't sniff that.

You really sold him bro.

Grifol:

I don't begrudge anybody optimism but the reality is the season is 50% over and every shred of of evidence is saying this is a bad team. Bad teams don't go on 7-3 stretches very often and they certainly don't recover from being 13 under .500 in late June.

Another problem with the overall construction of the White Sox is that they have failed for years to find left handed mashers that are DH/1B types. They found...Sheets. Who hits like a 2B and fields like a DH.

Well if there's one org that can help him stay healthy, it's this one...

No offense to anybody posting it but it's sorta amazing that in 2023 you're still not aware of the defensive spectrum and how it affects value. I mean, maybe it's 'cause the team you follow doesn't seem to realize it either, to be fair.

If he has a grievance it's that the Sox wasted a year having him take reps in the outfield instead of focusing 100% on 1B and hitting. While ultimately it's on Vaughn to develop his skills it could not have helped his development focusing on learning the OF at the MLB level as a rookie.