chitownsportsfan

I'm kinda with you but better late than never. Sometimes you gotta learn what you got to appreciate it I guess. I'm pulling for him despite my comments about him in the past, it can only help Chicago to have an interesting trade bait candidate. I say trade bait because I have no idea how he'd fit into the already log jammed 1B/DH spots.

Grandal would have had around 3.5 fWar in a full season in 2020. He had a 116 wRC+ he’s not a star but he’s a solid above average regular there is no evidence Zach is better other than backup QB syndrome I guess.

What a dumb fucking thing for Stone to say. As bad as Grandal has been at times Collins hasn't proven anything either and is almost certainly a career backup catcher.

I mean of course you are. You're making me look like a housewife on a drug cocktail with a martini in hand as she greets her husband after work. Cheer up this team is fucking stacked. Even if Leury plays the Sox are more than likely good enough to win most nights.

My god you are obsessed with Buxton. He's been a 2 WAR player so far in his career. He's basically been Avi Garcia to this point. Yea he's rocking a 298 wRC+ so far, good luck keeping that up. Even if he puts up a 6 WAR season he's hardly lived up to his billing as the #1 overall when he was a prospect.

There aren't many elite defense, difference making 3B in MLB anymore, Moncada is one of them. Even if he's "just" a 125 wRC+ type for his career his defense will carry him well into his early 30s if he doesn't have chronic health issues. I don't think people talk about how good is he defensively. I thought he'd be a good defender at 3B but he's arguably the best in baseball. I mean look at this: https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=3b&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2021&month=0&season1=2021&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2021-01-01&enddate=2021-12-31&sort=21,d

This team is fucking stacked.

Welcome to winning and giving a frick, been a minute Soxtalk.

This son of a gun now has .4 fwar and a 131 wRC+. Maybe TLR is setting him up for success.

He’s got his fingers on the pulse when he’s not checking his own.

He’s an A plus so far almost offsets the TLR hire. Maybe they are grooming him for the gig.

Nasty pitch

If he can turn cease into a strike thrower he can probably also walk on water.

Ozzie of all people, just yikes. I mean he's right but talk about shitty lineups.

Sox win!

People got pretty butthurt when I suggested Abreu was cheating on fastballs most of last year and that the league had the book on him now. Well, after rolling over on yet another pitch maybe some will come around to my POV. I hope he manages to be a 2 WAR hitter this year, that's really my only hope.

What a wuss rub some dirt on it and pitch -- Jake "I ripped my entire lat off" Peavy.

It's also fucking April. If guys aren't ready to play 14 innings today then they aren't MLB players, full stop. Does he think, ah, nm, he isn't thinking.

I'm done with TLR. I apologize for even advocating for him as mildly as I did.

Tigers stealing signs? Gio has to get that cleaned up with Grandal I suspect Boston was as well.

I have found gen z lacks critical thinking skills. I blame the Internet and Twitter where being loud and confident pays off more than being humble and reflective. There is a Finnish proverb I think about often as I get older: "life, if nothing else teaches us to walk slowly".

I've been saying this for years. If you don't like the visceral reactions in real time just don't come into them, they are there for venting and celebration and off the cuff remarks. It's why quite a few forums isolate them and then lock them up when they are over and have special moderation rules in them, usually a little more lenient on rough language and such. edit: changed this after a personal and well thought out reply from the poster. time to move on.

yea that was fucked up. get a grip.

What a mess. I'm too pissed off to bother watching today. The TLR doubters are right today and last night and hopefully something changes one way or another.