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But that’s not the same thing as a “best/great” hitter. When you have more hits than walks…you’re hitting less by definition to get on base. It’s like saying Carlos Santana was the best hitter on one or two of those Indians teams when he was leasing the league in walks. “Big time year” is also not the same as best hitter. That was not the point being argued, either. Gavin Sheets had a big time year for the Sox for his limited number of plate appearances. Moncada had more fWAR and nobody would have called him our best hitter last year…not by a long shot. He might be Moneyball’s best hitter, or Paul DePodesta’s, though.

Why in God's name would you trade him when he had limited value after 2018 and when you're just entering your contention window? I mean it wouldn't even be the equivalent of Soler for Wade Davis because you weren't even going to get that much back for him.

Singer isn't that good. Not one of the greatest drafts of all time that one.

Vaughn too high. Gonna have to prove he was right to the media about his 9 hitter strategy.

Right 10-6 and 9 games over .500 and clear of the Twins by well more than 1 1/2 because Minny would have lost at least 1 to the Sox if reversed. We can just call it a comfortable 2 1/2 game lead...with CLE 3-4 games back.

They have been so abysmal until this past week I almost forgot they existed. Had to boot Torkelson off fantasy team long ago. Pretty much no reason to think Riley Greene will come back from a long injury layoff and start raking. Baez is still better for highlight reels than consistent offensive production.

They definitely should finish below Tigers by end of the season...especially if Perez is banged up all year and Witt doesn't go on a tear. Carlos Santana fwiw finally looks like toast at his age now too. Merrifield finally coming out of a season long funk another aging veteran with a lot of wear and tear on his body from all those years in minors and stolen base attempts too.

Lol. 1-4 against CLE. 0-3 against Twins. 3-2 against KC. 4-9 We SHOULD own the Central, sure no argument there at all.

If you go only by OPS to measure hitters. It's never going to be that simple. On the 2022 White Sox, for example, all those walks would simply end up with more runners clogging the basepaths and not being driven in by the bottom of the order. And I also think he missed 30+ games...so he barely qualified and certainly Robert didn't in terms of plate appearances to constitute a full season. If you say great hitter, it's always going to be Anderson and Robert, with Abreu trailing now due to age. I mean, no actual player would say that if they were asked who was the best or most dangerous hitter on the Sox. Hawk Harrelson or Stone would never say that, either.

Abreu finally digs one out there in a key situation. He's out. Santana got that last call due to his rep for knowledge of the strike zone over his career.

This is going to be borne out even more as the season goes on. That is if LaRussa is willing to bruise Grandal's ego and do the right thing for the team winning games late. Should have been strike three there.

14 strikeouts for the Royals in back to back games.

Losing 75% of your games against NY isn't hanging unless you're the Sox Twins or Indians.

Because that was par for the course for Beckham after the first four months of his rookie season.

Not when it's so driven by an anomalously high number of walks. Fine I just don't think he's a catcher that pitchers can't rely upon and he certainly can't control the running game (that's 50% on the pitchers too). He's the reason we now have to force McGuire into the lineup so much. And the division was already settled halfway through the season last year. I mean, those saying he is great are arguing the same for Moncada but Yoan hasn't actually been a great hitter since 2019.

It wasn't a monster year except from a catching standpoint being so offensively challenged. Very few Sox fans would say he was a better hitter than Robert or even Anderson (last year). Now obviously Robert only played 68 games so you can say he's not eligible.

Please score some runs so we don't have to use Hendriks or bring him into some crazy situation. Hopefully not scoring with all those runners on base has dampened their spirits. Especially the Kelly inning. Almost no team recovers from that later in the same game.

See Semien, Marcus. Pollock was a 3 fWAR guy and looking like he's going to struggle just to get to 0.0 anytime soon.

Umm. High fWAR but not the best hitter. Best hitters don't tend to have more walks than hits and under well .200 for the majority of the season.

Let's hope that gets Kelly going. He now has to pitch nine more scoreless innings to get down to a 4.5 ERA.

No choice. Perez was hurt. But both those veterans struggling. Just not quite as much as Semien...haha. I mean it's inconceivable he still hasn't hit one home run after 42 last year.

Well Melendez led the minors in homers last year with 41 but struggling like almost all rookies to debut this year.

Perez left thumb strain. Probably means rookie AJ Melendez will have a devil of a time catching both ends with Carlos Santana the only remaining emergency option on roster.

Garrett good stuff terrible control.