chitownsportsfan

the less time guys have in Chicago they seem to do better, if that doesn't indicate a change is needed at the top with the hitting philosophy and teaching what does?

Tigers will leave tonight with a season high in hits most likely.

The only guy on staff I really feel is more useful than detrimental. If we had a staff full of guys as good and analytical as he is the Sox would be much better.

The team is just mediocre even when healthy. Half a dozen guys they were counting on are either always hurt and/or underperforming. If Robert and Moncada aren't combining for like 10-11 WAR this club is mediocre. And there's no reason to think Robert and Moncada are going to suddenly catch fire. Both of them have serious mechanical issues right now in their swings.

Right. And on Twinkietown and other twins forums they knew their club was shit well before the national pundits. we watch this shit every day or close to it, what exactly if the hope for a turnaround, some hypothetical time when everybody is healthy and playing well? The season is 1/3 over, guys keep getting injured and timelines pushed back. there is no full roster coming anytime soon and you'd be a fool to think this oft injured club will sustain health.

that's just the function of a mediocre team. You have good pitching and putrid offense. "good at losing" just means good at not scoring enough runs to make leads hold up or not having enough bullpen depth (despite you know, allocating an insane amount of payroll to it) to make a slim lead count more often than not. Or it means making the critical error (because half your roster is a 1B/DH type) and letting the game get away from you in a big moment. Everything adds up to runs not scored and runs not prevented and you do that enough you start to lose more than you win. I'm really not trying to be pedantic or deep here, it's just how games are won and lost.

He's always given me the impression of a big drinker. Takes one to know one.

This season is over. Trade Gio bring up some youngsters and start looking for the next manager.

Rock bottom

yermin is part and parcel of everything wrong with this stupid stubborn franchise. to demote the guy and then just have him on the 40 man when you're dropping guys like Gonzalez, COME ON. That said, Yermin can go fuck himself too. Guy is a known team cancer.

Lol, thanks. I hope 40 man concerns haven't influenced a single move but for some reason I feel they have.

Wasnt Zevala already on the 40 man?

hitting is contagious.

DICK MAN

you're allowed to score more than 2 runs in one inning?

big energy will double here i feel it in my plums.

cubans smoking.

this cheered me up a bit

we'll be lucky to finish with 80 wins.

Jake Burger has the highest ISO on the team, mercy.

Nobody on this team other than Vaughn and sometimes Burger swings with any fucking conviction. Guys are defeated before they even walk to the plate.

Get Sosa 100 PA in AAA before the end of July and get him up in Chicago if he doesn't fall on his face. He's dominating AA and the underlying stats don't suggest a fluke.

Also shit players tend to make more of both types of error. And thanks to a poor offseason, oft injured players and a manager intent on playing 26 guys every other game, well, it adds up to a lot of mistakes on the field.

Reminds me me one of the best editions of "the dugout" where a chatting "Mr Met" avatar typed "I hate losing it makes me go home and [kiss] my wife right in the mouth". Maybe not PC enough for today's crowd but it still cracks me up. Someone on a cubs forum had it as their signature for a long time.

Why the fuck am I reading about Bernie Sanders?