chitownsportsfan

Cordell and Rondon should be replaced by Jay and Mendick next week.

Please don't insult Yolmer like that. There are few if any big leaguers that have hit as poorly as Engel and were given that many PA. Compared to Engel, Yolmer is Mike Trout.

I'd be pretty pissed going 4 pitches against Nova.

We have one guy on the team that will take a walk when the pitcher is begging him for it and that's Yoan. It's ridiculous. Given how long the problem has plagued the team I'm going to say it's more than just bad players it's a fundamental problem in coaching and talent procurement.

yea for the guy that has to push the strikeout button on the scoreboard. somebody alert OSHA.

I've come around to it. With the strike zone overlay you can see how many horrible calls they make on a nightly basis.

you need to relax man.

I said numerous times on paper the rotation is historically bad. That was when it had Rodon in it.

Andy MacPhail, now that's a name from the past.

I don't blame him it was pretty shitty how he got run out of the North Side for telling the truth about their club.

I agree with everything you posted except after watching Jose lumber around 1B for the last half a decade I think we can conclude he's one of the worst defensive 1B in all MLB and costs the sox about 10 runs every year that a really good 1B would prevent. That's about 1 WAR and it's why Jose's bat needs to be better than just "good" for him to be anything more than a decent regular. The Sox might be in a position where it's smart to pay him like a decent regular. But the market rate for decent DHs isn't much.

Yea that's a good point why not just give up switch hitting for a couple weeks?

Yea hindsight is 20/20. Maybe he'll have a big PH AB this series then get healthy. Here's hoping.

As soon as he wasn't ready to go after the two days off they should have just retro'd him to the 10 day and brought up another body. Especially given the lefty starters that were coming up. I feel like the young latin guys might have a bit of an issue properly reporting their pain levels as well. Yoan seems to try and play through a lot which I respect but it's OK to say you need a couple weeks to get right.

They've handled this poorly to say the least.

Unfortunately it's not something you can "opt into" as you might have a neighbor or something in the section that for whatever reason wants the netting down or needs it down. I get the frustration it's really going to dampen the experience towards the foul poles where you get to interact with the players, lean over the railing, get foul balls and ball thrown to you, stuff like that will be more limited now.

This sucks for the few passionate fans that can and are willing to take the risk but it's the right thing to do and will ensure a safe experience for all fans.

Two main questions are 1) will that power flash (doubt he ever produces a crazy line like that with a ISO of 325 but > 250 would be awesome) and 2) can he play a passable catcher twice a week until he's 30 or so? If he can do both he's a borderline star and a helluva useful player. If he hits but can't catch and is only a DH/1B that limits him but still worth rostering. If he can catch but can't hit then I guess he's the backup catcher long term, That probably is the least likely outcome.

Reading this thread is actually encouraging. It's going to be a long slog the rest of this year but if some money is spent things could look a helluva lot better next year.

I think Collins can be a 230/330/450 type at 1B/C , like a 2 WAR player. Useful guy to have on the roste especially as a lefty bat. That said this year I expect him to scuffle, something like 210/300/400 would be decent as a rookie.

I'd like him back at that price as long as it's with an understanding that 5 days a week he's the DH, not 1B. If someone wants to overpay in a trade for him so be it but given the market for guys like Bruce and Encarnacion that's not going to happen.

Yea a short season level guy with some upside. Offer Jose a 2 year 20 million dollar extension. If he turns it down he's silly.

this sucks.

what is jose doing...