chitownsportsfan

Chicago is 94-65 over its last 161 games.

can we not clutter the game thread with a million gifs in one post? spoiler that shit.

It's a good lineup. I like it.

apples to oranges.

lol vaughn can't play 3B. goodness. you guys are creating problems WHERE NONE EXIST.

Goodwin is a solid 4th OF and is very useful against RHP. He has some trade value imo. He's not a bad player at all. Not a starter on a good team but he's not a scrub either.

Don't overthink it. Jake will go back down to get seasoning and they will hold onto Goodwin as long as they can and possibly try and trade him for something mildly useful like cash or just a 40 man spot.

I miss Sano.

damn.

True. During college I was a server. Those were def my glory days. I was surrounded by talent and was able to take advantage of my opportunities. Now I'm just a dad bod without the kids 30 something on Bumble begging for some tatted up mom of 2 to buy me a coffee.

Yea but you get better ladies playing ball.

It wouldn't be fair to the 25 men on the roster to promote Yermin and hurt the team. Part of being a baseball player is having defensive value. Zeby can't hit for shit but he is a decent receiver. Wouldn't be fair to the pitching staff and everybody else to have a guy that can't catch on the roster. And again, it's not like he's on some A ball team toiling away. He was in AAA, on the 40 man and as Stone said one phone call in September from being right back in the big leagues. Quite a few of us, including myself, wondered what all the fuss was about Yermin being a bad team mate. Well, here it is.

Wow. The Sox gave him a long rope and kept betting him high in the order even when he was in that horrible slump. TLR was his biggest advocate. He's still on the 40 man! He was making around 100k pro rated down in AAA plus his per diem and shit. It's not like AAA on the 40 man is that bad of a lifestyle for a 28 year old. He's just a complete headcase. I would just release him. Give him what he wants. See if any other team wants to bother to add him to their 40 man.

Great now we are talking cubs.

Frank was a guy that was one a AA from the south and two a guy that was naturally huge and blessed and had to deal with a bunch of bullshit because of those things. Maybe he can reach out to Yermin and talk to him about how to ignore the circus and just do you. TA I'd imagine could help as well. But you know we all carry our own burdens and sometimes reaching out feels like a bridge too far. I really hope Yermin can find peace.

I love how arrogant young people are when people with more life experience attempt to give guidance.

Yea but we can guess. Something is off with him. I think we can say that and not make a value judgement.

Look I'm all for giving people grace and space. But at a certain point you gotta grab the wheel and drive for all you're worth. Their is a spectrum from "toughen up pussy" to "I'm full of anxiety and can't get off my couch".

I'm honestly kinda shocked how similar it looks to low level college ball at times.

part of a rape allegation with Dwight Gooden and Vince Coleman. Nothing ever came of it legally, not that that means much.

I really just hope he didn't do something stupid with some girl.

you just broke twitter. if you have one, pin that shit on your account.

That's fair. I am a tough love guy for pro athletes so I really DGAF about what Tony said but I can understand other POV on that.

There's two points I'd argue on that: 1) this is pro sports. guys get publicly thrown under the bus all the time. 2) Law is arguing in bad faith as he knows as well as any other scout, long ago fired or not, the flaws in Yermin's game.