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Abreu I get, but the Engel number is just bizarre. I know his defense helps, but this is absurd.

I can't figure out if TA isn't fully healthy yet, or if he hasn't got any confidence in his leg yet. He really has yet to really let it go, and I think there is something there mentally which is hurting his game.

Which also requires a roster move. I wonder if we see another DLing.

I wasn't even that it was bad, it was so inconsistently bad that it was impossible to adjust to. Its one thing if an ump is giving everyone three inches off of the corner. If that's the case everyone can adjust. But as you can see by the scatter, it was all over the place. The bottom of the zone and the corners were all over the place.

You almost have to sit Abreu today. I can really understand a Sunday line up today.

Let me help. There is more to a baseball player than his batting average. He would lead the White Sox in all of the following categories homers (13 vs 9) RBI (42 vs 35) SB (11 vs 11) SLG (.513 vs .503) Triples (4 vs 2) Runs (36 vs 36) and would be 2nd in TB (106 vs 103) Games (64 vs 55) OPS (.880 vs .813 qualified players) and 3rd in walks.

GOOOOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY!

Come on guys, Tony needs to get to bed.

Vince pretty much has to wear it at this point.

I know it worked, but how the F do you pitch to Vlad there?

Start the fires.

Now THAT was were you use Jake Burger.

Why didn't the Sox sign more relievers this winter?

Gausman is not coming to a stop in the stretch with runners on. It's a balk every time.

I love that there is someone mocking Yoan Moncada's health, in favor of Jake Burgers. You just can't make this stuff up.

Did he slide at 2nd?

Let me put it this way. If Burger has two step range at 3rd on hard hit balls, while Yoan Moncada has three, it just means that more balls are going to get past Burger into RF for either singles or doubles. If he doesn't get to them, they aren't giving him an error on them. It is the same as RF where if Adam Engel has 15 step range, and Andrew Vaughn has 10, it just means more balls are getting down for hits in the OF with Vaughn. It doesn't mean that either is going to get more errors. Besides the reason Burger has been making errors lately isn't because of his range or lack there of, its because his hands are awful. His transition from fielding to throwing is really bad.

You are going to have more options for balls off of your glove with range, versus without.