chitownsportsfan

speed kills

lol TLR genius.

that was really nice by nick hanging in there.

Great turn!

if you're fucking getting hit by a ball at that spot in the park you're a fucking moron, that is just something I will never agree with, we don't need netting all the way down the line.

I HATE THE NETTING

Sano's swing is so fucking long, jesus.

Yermin is a pure hitter, what a beauty.

does that guy know anything about ZIPS?

I like that. Give them Stiever.

In keeping with his doppelganger Cano he's contractually obligated to be the super athletic guy that is moving like he did a hard leg day and then pulled his back shooting hoops.

people bitching about lineup construction and don't even realize putting the better hitter 9th to roll over to the top is one of the few things that actually helps create runs.

Thanks for that. Seems prudent. I'd imagine Kopech is available in case he needs more time as well.

They totally need to trade Mitch. It's likely they will hold him too long however and he'll get hurt again. That's just kinda what they do.

It's complicated because they are sorta the "lovable losers" of Seattle at this point. They don't really have any assholes on the club and in fact have some cool stories like Kikuchi and Hanniger and Seager but they also are one of the worst run franchises in all of pro sports and their former CEO Kevin Mather made some at best incredibly frustrating comments (from a fan's POV) about how cheap they are and at worst they were mildly racist towards Japanese players -- you know, one of the only fucking good things they have done the last 20 years is that pipeline, why not try and trash it! All that said, nobody really expects them to do much this year or anytime soon and people are clinging to Kelenic as a reason to keep tuning in this season. At best I think some people might be optimistic they could form a decent 88 wins or so club in the future. Their "hot start" was really just flukey bullpen pitching and now that they are 18-18 the warts are showing up. It's a mediocre lineup at best and a pretty bad pitching staff. Defensively they are decent but that's not nearly enough. I'd expect them to once again finish around 75 wins.

That was so nasty. Def one of the best pitches I've seen him make, in a big spot too. Maybe he is turning the corner.

If the Mariners can figure out a way to ruin this guy, they will do it. It's absolutely pointless to bring him up this year, but it appears they are going to do it.

I still can't believe the Mariners gave Evan White 24 million guaranteed. He looks like a guy that will be out of baseball in a few years. -.8 fWAR now in his career and a wRC+ of 56. Just another horrific evaluation by their scouts and staff. At best he was always just going to be a 2 WAR 1B there was nothing in his profile that screamed "buy out this guy's arb years". In fact, not only did they stupidly buy out his arb years, now they almost have to keep him on the MLB roster when he should be demoted to AAA to try and salvage something of his mechanics.

woah I feel old now.

I'm not really sure it's that easy. I don't think Eloy is capable of playing any position in the field other than maybe a really shitty 1B. He can't play LF without hurting himself imo and that severely limits his value. He's basically a 24 year old DH and Yermin for now is on a better contract! Both of them are assets and the Sox should be thrilled with how this "problem" has emerged. Right now I think the thing is to just do nothing, usually these things work themselves out.

The scouting team as well. Vaughn and Madrigal both look like 10 year regulars that will give an average or better performance. That's not easy to find, at any spot in the draft.

The org so far gets a strong pat on the ass. Success has many fathers as they say and these guys have earned it 20% of the way around -- keep it going.

Eh Jose wants to play 1st ever game let him he's earned it, he was show limping at the end there, for the umps and other team more than anything else.

hardly anybody makes that work but I guess it's our year.

yermin's 2 strike gimmick where he holds his powerful bat in the zone for a good half second seemingly seems to actually work. I like it. He is showing some adjustments to the adjustments on him and a part of it is selling out early in the count while using all fields late in it.