Greg Hibbard

weird game to go to

now 32-34 since July 10 (extrapolates to a 78.5 win season) without Jose Abreu for most of it with Yoan Moncada still developing and not being as good as he will be with Dylan Covey still starting games with a bullpen that isn't good without Eloy Jimenez mostly without Michael Kopech or with him being rained out of most starts without any quality FA Remember that Ozzie Guillen's "competitive" teams of 2009 and 2011 basically had the same winning percentage....

I just don't see the point of adding a player like Shields for 2019. If Kopech hadn't been set back, there was an argument to be made that the White Sox could have been competitive in 2019 for the division. However, without Kopech, we just don't have the talent to compete without spending a TON on FA to get there. We're not going to do that, as we have a lot of talent at several key positions that will be ready to evaluate at the ML level between 2020-2021, like Robert, Madrigal, Cease, and Dunning. I think the smartest plan is to get innings for as many potential cusp starters as possible in 2019. We need to see who of 7-8 people we want to take into 2020.

Yes, the team will do what it does, but we post opinions on message boards anyway.

I literally cannot believe some think it is more important to win 63 games than to get the #3 instead of potentially the #5 or #6 pick. The difference between the #3 and the #6 pick could be a world championship. 100 losses will never be remembered if the Sox get a world series title because of it.

sitting Moncada to avoid the record seems dumb since he's extremely unlikely to get 13ks in 7 games.

Big Inning Shields is back

also Ortiz' numbers are over 1500 ABs.

I think it's interesting to look at David Ortiz' Minnesota numbers (he was about to turn 27 in his last season as a Twin, same age as Palka now) (this was done sorta of longhand, but I doublechecked and think it's correct) .266/.347/.461/.808 with 58 homers, 108 doubles, 3 triples afterwards we all know what he became when he went to Boston.

Exactly the same, for me. HR are just so so valuable and if you can pile up the numbers Palka can in that few ABs, it's skews things incredibly.

As much as folks have been ragging on the front office / organization for various things, how about a little credit for identifying and sticking with Palka? His September line is now .289/,373/.756/1.128 with 7 HR in 14 games. The other scary thing about his stats is this: Before July 3: 7 HR in 177AB July 3 to now: 19 HR in 205 AB Those seem like absolutely unreal numbers. I never thought anything of this guy until about August, other than freakish power and negative defense. With the recent surge, it's clear to me that the HR numbers are just too good not to give this guy a shot as an everyday DH in 2019,

Why not just call it a year for Jose.

It is funny that Benetti made a very awkward unexpected reference to a popular television show.

Omg did Jason just make a reference to The Wire with that home run call

Anyone else think that Palka is now gonna be the everyday DH in 2018?

I had a hunch it was like this, but the splits are a little unreal Moncada .203/.273/.322/.595 day games vs. .244/.329/.445/.774 night His numbers over the last 24 games are pretty solid .270/.337/.416/.753 with 25 strikeouts

Despite that 7 game losing streak the team is still .500 over the last 56 games. Pretty remarkable given the struggles and injuries to various key players.

Many of Yoan’s strikeout woes were due to him taking way too many pitches, not because he was swinging for the fences, necessarily.

Just 24 strikeouts in his last 103 PAs his weird power outage (1 HR and 1 3B in his last 86 PAs) has rendered him with the bizarre September slash of .293/.356/.341/.697

First 3 hit game for Yoan since like....May?

Would be nice to see our guys feast on a really bad team tonight

Nice hustle by Moncada to get that single and RBI

Arenado after 2019 pls. That's all I want

Mondesi’s showboating last night giving Avi a single, and lack of heads up base running tonight, kinda rubs me the wrong way.

That's a hidden part of my point - nobody would say Joe Crede wasn't an absolutely invaluable part of the 2005 championship. He was a huge part. Moncada and Anderson can be two cogs with Jimenez, eventually Kopech, Cease, Giolito, Lopez, hopefully Madrigal and Robert in the 2022-2024 window we are ramping up to. As well as whatever FA we are bringing in. Could you imagine bringing in Arenado after next year?