chitownsportsfan

The owner made a good decision.

He'll be an everyday guy from here on out, probably deserves a thread. Former 22nd rounder, tools aren't that loud, but doesn't seem to have much of a weakness and is in his baseball prime at 27. He doesn't do a lot wrong. Takes big cuts, has a good upper cut swing for the most part, and has a strong arm and decent range up the middle. You'd like more contact and maybe a few more walks but in today's MLB hitting 270 isn't exactly mediocre, in fact it might be solidly above average. Again, doesn't do a lot to hurt you as a 2B. ZIPS ROS is insanely bullish on him, basically thinks he's a 3 WAR player and will be worth 1.2 over the rest of the season. Not a Rick Hahn thread but take a bow man, whatever process lead to Danny as the 30th is some vidya game dynasty shit. I don't really see a lot to be down about with Danny. He just fucks, as I've said. He is a guy that fucks. Happy for him he's developed into a solid option and a guy that can fill in and keep this winning season going even as a backup now pressed into full time.

tony said the other day now that Crochett is flashing his full arsenal they want to let him go multi innings. Tony is a keen baseball mind he gets what the Sox are trying to do with Garrett long term and he's not afraid to try it out in real time in a year he has to win to keep his job. That's a key difference from Rickie, who almost certainly would have went to Bummer there in the 8th, which in tonight's game would have been potentially very bad given the rain delay. For better or worse they hired TLR because has has gravitas to make those decisions and not look back.

that was a pretty well played game by both sides throughout. Sox didn't hit well but the defense was pretty solid. I guess the drop at 2B early from Detroit but that was a tough play imo with the runner coming in at the glove.

I'm giving everything that happened after the rain delay a "move on to tmr" pass. That was some strange shit to try and play through. Good job to Mendick keeping focus on that last play.

danny mendick is a 2 WAR player. he's the 30th man.

MENDICK

accurate but not strong throw from the tigers LF.

how about a fucking bomb?

unreal

so is MLB.tv

wonder if Liam comes out.

would make sense field wasn't soaked they just literally couldn't play because it was a monsoon it seemed for 10 minuets or whatever. can't play baseball in heavy rain ball just gets like a rock.

guess the rain is letting up faster than I thought it would, cool.

just call the fucking game

lmao, Bill Murray threw Ricketts under the bus today suggesting Cubs fan "open lemonade stands" to keep the team together because "Ricketts won't pay for everything".

miggy hit one about 355 feet that could have changed the outcome but it didn't go out and Vaughn was able to get to it about two steps in front of the fence.

the dreaded "right flexor soreness"

he was alright, got the job done.

good job liam.

they gotta delay it. it's fucking pouring. this is dangerous.

42/3 K/BB ratio, that is insane.

ah, damn, he'll hit that in a couple more weeks with regular AB. Liam should be up for the job regardless.

thing I like about mendick is he really gives a good AB frequently and does not get cheated.