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SoxTalk generally liked that move until sentiment finally turned against Hahn this year. Or the move was blamed on TLR, who never wanted Kimbrel in the first place.

Screw the Orioles. Of course Lopez is on fantasy team lol. 1st/3rd. One out bottom 9.

He favors these platoon splits over Lopez against LHBers?

https://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/team/_/view/fielding/table/fielding/sort/fieldingPct/dir/desc White Sox tied for worst fielding percentage. Giants below average at 19th.

That's pretty uncharacteristic. Belt has multiple Gold Gloves. But Pederson isn't that good...especially as he has put on weight and gotten older. So does Brandon Crawford, who's currently out. Pretty sure Longoria also has Gold Gloves.

Leury almost got himself thrown out with all his hesitation on the basepaths.

Terrible terrible terrible at bat. Would v have been better off with Kimbrel hitting.

Moncada at least has the muscles to absorb that hype of hit by pitch. Baltimore lead in Minny has become much more tenuous into the 9th. 3-2 now. Not sure if Lopez avail again.

Kelly claims he can but they have been super careful with Graveman... Definitely figure to see Lopez here. Isn't Foster the one with reverse splits? That would play with so many lefties.

It was certainly a lot easier in the NL with pitchers hitting. But then a ton of PHers. Abreu has gone from one homer every 12.6 to roughly one per 30ish at bats over the last two seasons.

If the White Sox do fall out of this...they really need to protect Cease and Kopech at all costs. Seven consecutive 100+ pitch starts doesn't usually end well.

The one way a Sox player hasn't gotten hurt yet this season... Great job by Cease. Just wonder how long he can hold together physically with that much torque on all those sliders...seems to know this is his last hitter.

Big decision coming up if he loses Belt.

No way Burger makes that play to the backhand...or makes that off balance sidearm flip throw.

Doesn't seem like they can get lucky with Banks two consecutive days...but TLR seems likely to try his luck. Belt/Yaz next.

Cease continues to maintain that highest whiff rate in baseball on the slider... Who will be the first out of the pen today? Foster or Ruiz? Banks? Aiyo.

Ball definitely hasn't been carrying well so far this series. Except for the Sheets ball with all the underspin...but that was under the wind.

Didn't Liam claim he would be back around July 1st at one point? That always seemed awfully optimistic.

In this day and age, at least six. Anything less and you're exposing your bullpen...especially without Hendriks and Bummer.

Zavala with the Tony Gwynn serve into LCF. Cease looks like he's going 5 again unless he works extremely fast as the order flips a third time through.

Yeah. Good fortune to avoid him if they can end up sweeping the Giants going into a crucial series with the Twins Monday. Just noticed Damion Lee left the Warriors 90 minutes after his first pitch yesterday, haha.

That play/call looks very familiar in SF with Flowers and the Posey rule.

Wonder why they won't start Rodon on regular rest for Desclafini on Sunday...going with bullpen/AAA starter instead.

Jessie Plemmons with some really poor luck that inning partially erased by his own play on the swinging bunt.

The Giants probably felt it was there year as well in 2021. Rarely works out that way, especially if a shorter division series starts going the wrong way starting off at home for a favorite.