southsider2k5

You are really good at putting things into my mouth that were never said. Funny how you threw out both OPS and defense, even though two posts ago OPS was the basis for why Jake Burger should be starting. Why Yoan Moncada is here and how he got here are irrelevant, just as it is for Jake Burger. It is all about who gives us the best chance to win. Looking at TLR era stats like BA and HR doesn't really help that. If you look at a comprehensive stat from this year, Yoan Moncada because he does things other than hit still grades out as a better overall player than Jake Burger (0.6 to -0.1 fWAR)

That is trying to invent a narrative. He has one really good year, one really bad year, and everything else in the middle. Even if you want to believe the Monstars stole all his talent, the assumption that his one bad year is now his normal instead of everything else doesn't even make sense. I mean there is more to indicate a bad season with injuries IS more of an aberration versus it isn't.

It is more like with the rest of the team not really having good options, the defensive drop off was huge.

As of today there is literally no one else unless you want Romy Gonzalez, Leury Garcia or Josh Harrison starting over there on a daily basis.

You just showed all of us that his career numbers show this season as an aberration. Or were all of the other seasons outside of this season the aberration?

So if the expectation is that we should expect roughly the same historic OPS from the two players, why would we play the one that is a huge defensively liability?

Martin has been a steal of a late round pick.

Hopefully as a HS kid, they really don't feel the need to rush Schultz, but I do feel like we do a pretty good job with pitching.

I mean it really could be a slump, but when TA turns into Leury for a month, there is probably something wrong.

Seeing how he has hit for the last month, it wouldn't shock me if this was already bothering him, and it finally fully gave out a few days ago.

In this case it also has to include the floor of what Pallette and Cannon have already achieved, versus someone like Schultz who needs a lot of things to go right for him to even get to the point where the other two are already, let alone to get to his ceiling.

lol, come on. Are you really going to let a slump define his whole career?

Betting that Chris Sale is Justin Verlander is how the Red Sox still owe him $75 million. The Red Sox might be able to make that kind of mistake with their payroll, but the White Sox can't afford that risk.

This isn't even a question. TA in a slump is still Tim Anderson. Leury Garcia even on a good day is Leury Garcia.

Pretty sure Tony never plugged them in.

Protecting their sources.

I am so sorry to hear that. I can't imagine.

Can't wait for injuries being the excuse for why TLR gets another chance.

Yep, no problems on the other end. Kids are still in bed though.

The last 3 seasons COMBINED, he has thrown 47.1 innings TOTAL.

I thought during the season it went by record? Maybe I am misremembering or mixing it up with something else.

Plot twist. After a late flight opened up last night, we made a quick switch and run to the airport to GTF out of NYC. Two hours of delays, including 25 minutes sitting 100 feet from our terminal while they got a gate crew there at 12:30 am to get the gate, and two baggage claim switches later, we got home at 2 am.

If the Cubs claimed him, the Sox didn't even have a chance.