caulfield12

Red Sox really would be needing to rebuild if the White Sox had Devers now as their cornerstone. Benintendi fell off the map, Pedroia got old. JD Martinez slowing down as well, at least until this year. Bogaerts has been their most consistent player but lacks range and is never going to be a 30 homer type of guy.

Or Yermin. But Mercedes really had some strong minor league numbers that weren’t Charlotte or walk/OBP inflated. Never has been a .270 or .280 guy, though.

Even Andres Gimenez would be considered a power hitter on the White Sox... By the way, White Sox 20 no hitters, only Dodgers with 23 ahead of them in MLB history. Would have thought the Yankees.

Abreu taking some really wild swings there trying too hard for a homer instead of hitting an oppo single. That’s the problem, hitters putting too much pressure on themselves not trusting the next man up.

With bases loaded or runners on second/third or just third with less than two must be Bottom 5-7.

Jesus, that was close...Hernandez could have had him had he not taken a run into the throw after catching it. Anderson coasted a but, though.

How did Moncada swing through that one?

More situational excellence...

By that definition, Moncada doesn’t fare well, except 2019. Collins will never do that obviously, and possesses nothing of Yoan’s talent, either. His bat speed has been an issue from his time in the minors.

Let’s not forget that outfield still is a little slick from the snow melting...his feet weren’t set on the throw.

We just don’t have enough above-average hitters right now. Really bad defense/fundamentals. Terribly inconsistent bullpen with an obvious lack of clutch hitting.

That and you should make it possible to be cut off so the infielders can decide to take out the trail runner...

Not lazy, just bad form...was a bit off balance.

Our bullpen is not even average right now...obviously, the defense hasn’t helped much, either.

Robert didn’t expect that ball to carry so well and so quickly...slight misread. Those balls hit right at or over you in the cold weather are tough, though. Then he compounds the error by making a bad throw home.

Marwin Gonzalez just did it to end the previous inning. Only the Guerreros Jr. and Sr. can/could hit that.

Madrigal really needs to clean up those throws...

Red Sox running Tanner Houck tmrw in the second game...Giolito and Eeovaldi Monday. Wrote manana because it is tomorrow here. Madrigal could probably hit 25-30 homers at the Little K or LLWS field in Williamsport.

Kind of like T-Flow, who came over from the Braves as almost an offense-only guy out of the AFL.

Robert has everything but the homers to show for his improved hitting, but back up to over an 800 ops.

Collins back to hopeless...

Three knuckle curves in a row,...just can’t get that huge hit in these situations to take control of the game early.

More problems getting runners in from third...

Honestly think he’s faster than Vaughn to play LF...now 6 walks against 9 k’s for Vaughn. Madrigal pretty much league average wrc+ and -0.8 for Fangraphs defense. Hit and run gets Vaughn in to third.

JD Martinez would have been the perfect transition/bridge DH for the White Sox, just like Cruz...but that would have cost $$$.