chitownsportsfan

There we go.

Everybody is gassed gotta fight through it.

Come on guys, finish strong. Some bad ABs so far.

Good, Ramos isn't even a JAG. No standout traits. At least Vargas has shown some ability to be a decent regular.

You just "smooth" the data. It's like when people say "oh you know guys out of the top 100 always pop up as legit talents" -- well yea, but it's not as LIKELY and that's the point. You have to have a critical mass of prospects as individuals will always fail no matter how talented they were at prior levels. The Sox have pretty good depth in the farm overall imo but it's not on the pitching side at the moment.

There just is not a lot to do in Denver proper in summer. It's a very sleepy town from what I saw. Chicagoans have a multitude of things and have a competing franchise obviously. I don't think it's hardcore Rockies fans as much as just the reality of entertainment options in the Denver summer season.

why is a 31 year old nobody with an era of 5 still pitching? We have nobody more promising at any level in the farm?

Yea I tend to agree. He's graded out pretty well as a catcher too. No reason to move a guy down the defensive spectrum who is doing a good job.

Not a huge fan of that quote. But if he wants to work in in a corner OF the offseason would be the time to try it.

genius adding "of the staff" too. Gave yourself just enough wiggle room.

Tendonitus is something that comes and goes for most young athletes. Probably just needs to adjust his training routine a bit. Maybe do some different lower body lifts for awhile.

Not bad.

The amount of degenerate parlays based on HRs this dude has completed the last month certainly makes him a better's favorite.

I know as a facility it has issues but it would bum me out seeing the Bears move out of the water front. To me that is just an iconic view with the park, museums, stadium and skyline. It's one of my favorite views of any city in the world and I know I'm not alone in that.

Sox passed the Pirates in position player fWAR so they now rank 28th. Moved into a tie for 26th in wRC+ at 90. The Sox are a staggering 51 runs below average defensively. Walk rate is nice, but the holistic view is a bit grimmer.

need to go 8-10 to avoid 100 losses. Hardly a lock but looks doable.

Overall agree but in order to develop talent you gotta first ID it. Can't turn chicken s%*# into chicken salad and all that. So I'll give Getz a job well done for IDing guys that have a good batting eye. I never wanted to believe it but Moncada didn't have a good eye he just took a shitload of pitches and when he got to MLB that wasn't going to work anymore.

It's still hard to believe Wilson was part of that trade. Getz earns a A for that Crochet trade so far and an F for this one. Overall a straight C imo.

Yea power can come from DH and the corner spots. I'd like to see Beni as the odd man out more next year and give all of his 30 or so DH starts to Teel and Quero and Sosa. Park Vargas at 3B, Colson and SS and then work in Chase at 2B with Sosa while making sure Sosa starts 5 times a week at some rotation of 1B, 2B, DH.

The greatest trick Getz ever played was anchoring expectations of 120 losses in year one. I'm not kidding. As I said I'll give him a solid C+ for this season but dude since he took over we're like 90 and 200.

Are those run values (or at least some approximation?) That's fucking insane. That's a 4 win difference between worst umped and best umped. Holy s%*#.

I like Ron but he's really old now and his heart didn't seem to be in it this year with his leave of absence. What's the angle here just a young hitter whisperer?

No reason not to allow him to try and prepare as a SP next year. The worst thing that happens is he's JAG we have another throw away season next year to find out. Hopefully it will be the last for awhile and we are ready to start competing again, but one step at a time.

You can scream about taking walks until you're blue in the face but you gotta have the right mix of guys. Getz got pretty lucky that Colson is hitting his 99th percentile projection (and even if he regresses he's still a solid starter next year) as otherwise the lineup doesn't have much pop -- but he did a nice job bringing in guys with a good approach. I tend to think you need a "critical mass" of good swing decisions in a lineup otherwise guys start to press. It's easier to hit when the pitcher is constantly going deep in counts.

I'm just piling on but you'd think that ball scraped over the fence from that dufus' call. It's hitting the fucking ivy 20 feet beyond the fence and he's like "it's gone". Just conveyed zero of the 451 feet.