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https://southsideshowdown.com/2022/02/08/one-thing-yoan-moncada-get-better/ It is all too logical. It has to be the combination of oblique not healing 100% combined with not having his legs feeling right. No hitter can overcome both those simultaneously, plus Long Covid. Just shut him down until he’s 100%. Same with Jimenez and Anderson as well, for that matter.

Opposite (immediate) effect in Philly.

Whether that's related to Long Covid or not....lower leg, base/foundation, quads, strength is just not there to drive the ball. Too stiff/muscular in the upper body? Fast twitch muscles?

Just a general what the heck went wrong thread...to supplement our existing one that's all Moncada 24 hours per day 7 days a week. Theories? Too much money too soon? Twinkies? Too many off field distractions like reggaeton productions? Miami lifestyle? Guaranteed contracts? Nobody to push him...complacency? Long Covid? No rapport with TLR compared to Renteria...all the Latin players in general not at ease in clubhouse? Humidors ... new baseballs sapped power?

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/18975183/chicago-white-sox-prospect-yoan-moncada-prepping-major-league-debut "You're Sure You're Ready for This?" https://sports.yahoo.com/news/the-education-of-yoan-moncada-201005541.html Jeff Passan

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/cuban-super-prospect-yoan-moncada-agrees-to-sign-with-red-sox-150807830.html https://sports.yahoo.com/news/yoan-moncadas-twinkie-obsession-is-the-stuff-of-legend-230537289.html

Other than Cueto, which Dominican or Cuban player has outperformed? I guess Ruiz might be the other. Abreu Robert Moncada Garcia Jimenez...something has changed in that clubhouse or its management. Might as well just sneak the Cuban National/Olympics/WBC coach or Abreu's choice in to replace TLR. Because they can't eat all those contracts by any stretch of the imagination.

I HIGHLY doubt anyone outside of his direct relatives has one. Unless a leftover autographed charity one at below cost.

That's surely another aspect. Just not envisioning the Sox minor leaguers as the magic bullet solution, either.

wanna be superstar...because he never had serious credit in that industry other than his cash for production and Twinkies

The strange thing is the team is well below .500 with him not starting and a handful over with him. And tonight is another example. Guess that's also on Leary who always plays when Harrison doesn't.

If Lynn doesn't return to form you have the Grandal and Lynn salaries really weighing on payroll...and missed your opportunity to trade Lynn as well. Then Moncada and Jimenez, not to mention IL Kelly. Pollock's player option, etc. Abreu can't possibly return...maybe he asks to be traded to a contender in the weeks to come. It's basically a tsunami of issues with no payroll flexibility or minor league Top 100 guys even if you wanted to throw them into the flames.

Even Mazara is 4-12. LOL.

Kimbrel on paternity leave. No such matchup this series. Saves Hahn the embarrassment of a save or two against the Sox at least.

Try rhahn@chisox.com. Maybe rickhahn or hahn instead. One of those three.

Robert looks about as disinterested as any point in his Sox career. This whole organization needs an enema.

Yeah sure the White Sox already have a seat at the table for the Turner Judge Musgrove FA negotiations. Everyday Trea/Tray wouldn't fit in here with how many off days TLR would force him to take anyway.

Me sick/Mendick hitting first is the clearest indicator of how badly this championship window has gone awry.

Booing for 5th inning Garcia at-bat was audible too according to Dodgers' radio. Only Hahn and LaRussa could manage to make utility infielders the bad guys while sparing themselves.

Trade market not yet fully developed/clarified. LoL. Unless you are the Brewers moving on Adames. Behind the 8 ball doesn't do it justice.

Moncada is going to go down with the likes of Josh Hamilton and Matt Bush at this rate as massive wastes of talent.

Don't threaten Stone Pony or there will be hell to pay on Twitter.

Every single Sox lineup with the possible exception of 2011 through 2021 was so much better. Delmonico and Palka would be classed as heroes right up there with BurgaTron.

We already had reason to be concerned with Lynn due to age and conditioning. He needs to be in the 94-95 mph range to be effective. From the everything that can go wrong will go wrong Sox season.

Nobody would give up a single prospect for him right now, let alone a past first round pick...unless they're a Top 6-8 payroll team with massive risk tolerance like the Mets, Giants or Dodgers, who will need to replace Turner soon.