southsider2k5

especially since he even admitted he sandbagged this on purpose.

on it, under it.

I l9ve when Eloy uses right field

That was a great inning for D. He worked ahead and mixed things up.

This also works for me.

Yeah it either has to be the Crosstown series or the El Series.

Don't get dramatic on us before we have even seen a pitch.

It would be the most 2020 thing ever for the White Sox and Cubs to meet in the World Series... and it to be played somewhere NOT in Chicago.

Eloy

Its not about being OK with it, it is about prioritizing the most important things and realizing that spending will be MUCH different this winter than it was last winter. Even with $45 million coming off of the books this year, about half of that is already spent in raises for guys who are getting raises next year, as well as buy outs.

They do, but it is also the third most important hole to fill this winter. 1st is starting pitching 2nd is some veteran relief help to fill middle innings and take some stress off of the kid relievers. 3rd is RF. I know it is a blackhole right, but with the surplus of offense in this line up as it stands now, I could go to war with a Mazara/Engel platoon in RF if it means we got #1 and #2 fixed.

To win in 2021 they need more pitching. Whether that is going outside of the organization to sign a new #1, or getting top end work out of a guy like Cease or Kopech, or getting steps in from guys like Stiever, Lopez, and/or Dunning, that is tough to say.

Personally I really wonder how much of an influence sequencing and counts is having on Cease. He works from behind a LOT. He also throws a lot of pitches that never have a chance of being strikes. Because of this, he loses the ability to throw pitches ahead of the count and pitches that hitters might chase when 1-2, but they won't when 3-1. This article pretty well shows that he has pure stuff, but something in that stuff isn't really allowing the magic to happen.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/dylan-cease-is-having-a-strange-season/

Forget it, he's rolling.

FG = 100% playoff odds, 48.9% at winning the division, 5.6% at WS championship. Bref = >99.9% playoff odds, 55.6% at winning the division, 3.8% at WS championship.

What a miserable POV. This one of the best teams in baseball, and instead of enjoying it,you are worried about an internal conspiracy to make the team worse.