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It is just amazing how bad this team is at catching throws.

Thinking back, didn't Colas kind of do similar to get himself out of his deal in Japan? Claimed it was unfair or something and then fought for his release?

I mean we all know Chicago sports media is a bunch of lapdogs. They are the bitches of the ownership groups because they are afraid of being blacklisted.

That's fair. I will add the caveat, if true.

You almost can't promote him now. Why would you reward him for a temper tantrum?

I have no idea if this is true or not, but this was my first thought as well https://twitter.com/slydanno70/status/1542241292956192769?s=20&t=08XixX8M8r5TSKg9eIPblQ

Is there any feel or idea for who the Sox seem to be getting identified with at this point?

yeah, Hernandez is a guy that got a LOT of attention even before he signed. Bailey is a guy no one had heard of who did some positive things at the lowest levels.

Literally the first thing I said was I DON"T KNOW IF IT IS A FLUKE OR NOT. And as I said, it was more a comment about the swings he was taking, versus the results.

I don't know if it's a fluke or not, but Yoan had more on his swing than he had in a while. Hopefully that 10 days off fixed whatever was wrong with him, because we could use last nights version of Moncada if we have a chance of turning things around.

Not at all. It's a great time of life, and it is the time where we are all the least sure of ourselves. It is 100% normal.

They are the ultimate boom or bust roster. Such a weird mix of absolute superstars and dumpster fires.

Nah, when you are dumping crap in there about not knowing where everyone is going to hit it everytime as some kind of intellectually honest argument against defense while completely ignoring the fact that the exact same thing would apply to not knowing exactly what offense you are going to get from hitters every single time tells me you aren't really trying here. But sure. Turn it into Vaughn or whatever other baggage you want to drag in here while ignoring that it applies to everyone else.

Lol, you are just looking for reasons to be upset here.

Well at least they would be looking for more power.

Would agree with that, but who knows whose stupidity that actually is.

Here's the difference, no one else suffers from bad offense. If Yoan Moncada strikes out on three pitches, that doesn't hurt anyone else. If Jake Burger boots a ball at 3rd, the pitcher now has to pitch over it. It adds to their pitch count and gets them out of the game earlier. It forces another bad reliever into the game, or forces a good reliever into throwing even more pitches. It can cost us needed relievers for the next days as we cover the extra pitches and innings. We have already seen the results of horrible team defense with relievers being hurt, sore, and unavailable for days at a time. I would argue guys being sent in risky situations by the 3rd base coach is the downside result of a bad offense. Because we can't score runs in bunches this year, the coaches, are pressing guys into tough sends. Again no one else suffers because of this. You make extra outs, that is it. As for the Vaughn mention, I will simply note that Adam Engel was playing RF a lot more often before he got hurt, and I am sure his defense was fully the reason why.

If they aren't going to play him every day, I am glad then sent Sosa to AAA.

I imagine board meetings looking something like

That defense behind him cost him all three of his runs. He did well against a really good offense last night.

The point is that we have horrible defenders all over the field, and they are costing us runs. We have somewhere around 3 guys who are truly good defenders at their positions. Every time we stick Jake out there, maybe he hits, but he gives it all back on the field. We can't afford to have a whole line up of this, and we quite literally lost the game last night for this exact reason. Also if we don't get Yoan Moncada back on track, we aren't winning anything anyway. But for the record, on their careers, their numbers are remarkably similar, even with Moncada's huge injury related problems this year.

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