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Should have pitched around Ramirez...

Twins just blew 3-0 lead, 2 out, 3-2 count bases clearing double by Verdugo off Taylor Rogers in the 8th...tied now, chance to take lead. Seven game winning streak vs. five game losing streaks on the line.

Wow, Acuna has seven homers already, but the Braves are still struggling... Luis Robert is starting to come around recently, but this feels like pretty much every single White Sox game with runners in scoring pitching. On the plus side, the bullpen is as rested as possible. Arguing getting rusty with all the great starting pitching performances.

The latest CDC numbers reinforce these reports. So far, 14 states have administered less than 75 percent of the doses distributed to them (in ascending order): Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, Alaska, Wyoming, Louisiana, Tennessee, West Virginia, Florida, Hawaii, Oklahoma, Indiana and South Carolina. Among them, only Hawaii has at least partially vaccinated a larger share of its residents than the national average (about 37 percent). At the other end of the spectrum, 20 states have administered more than 80 percent of the doses distributed to them (again, in ascending order): Pennsylvania, Washington, Nebraska, Virginia, Connecticut, Colorado, Nevada, New York, Vermont, Iowa, New Mexico, Massachusetts, Utah, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Rhode Island, North Dakota, Minnesota, Maine and New Hampshire. Among them, only North Dakota, Utah and Nevada have at least partially vaccinated a smaller share of their residents than the national average. https://www.yahoo.com/news/america-is-about-to-hit-a-vaccine-wall-as-demand-drops-with-or-without-johnson-johnson-162241805.html

Hahn said 90%+ of traveling party were vaccinated successfully.

And Kopech also looks a lot smoother, much more in rhythm in terms of repeatability and in control...if only we can fix Bummer and Crochet next, we’d be all set.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/carlos-rodon-white-sox-cleveland-no-hitter-mlb-024941925.html Looks like is really credit the change in mechanics (getting a lot more drive forward with the legs) as the reason for his success and growth in confidence in terms of putting less stress on the shoulder and elbow...a muscling up or arm pitcher rather than incorporating the full body swinging forward.

Did they ever get a camera angle from straight above on that inside slider to Chang? It didn’t even clip the plate coming across from 10 to 4?

He actually slid past first with his right arm and reached back or to the side with his left arm...should have been safe with a better slide although maybe he was naturally shying away from a collision with Abreu and/or being spiked.

And 2020 if it was a combined no-hitter.

https://www.mlb.com/video/every-out-from-rodon-s-no-no?t=key-moments Every out in the game, 6 minute video. Abreu, Garcia (two balls that were pretty difficult, Abreu handled the throw on one), Moncada (another errant throw handled) were probably the four toughest outs. Another to Robert was made to look easy, and then a rocket but hit right at Vaughn. Almost every ball to Andrew he barely had to move, but he caught them.

We've also tied our win total for all of last year against CLE.

I think they would be better off giving that money to Rodon instead of Lynn ($15-20+ million per season), but you know JR won't like either eventuality, and will refer back to Danks, haha. That said, if I was the White Sox, I would go out there as early as feasible in July/August and announce extensions with both Lynn and Rodon. That will take a lot of the sting out of losing Giolito, and there definitely is more risk attendant to a starter (in Lucas) with a heavy workload the last 3-4 years who had his first TJ surgery so early in his career...right out of high school/Harvard Westlake. I just can't imagine them giving Lucas anything approaching $25 million per season, which is closer to his open market value, if not even a little low with the dearth of TOR starters on the market in coming years. Rodon has made about $14.5 million in his career, btw, including his signing bonus. Still represented by Scott Boras Corp.

Let's say Carlos stays healthy at least through the All-Star break. How much money and how many years would you be willing to give him...assuming he can keep that 95-99+ fastball and maintain his slider? 3 years? $50-55ish million? Or bigger guaranteed or upfront money, maybe he wants a signing bonus and is willing to defer the back half of the deal into some future undetermined years?

Bring back Vargas!!!

We'll see. Cease definitely has the stuff, but the results have to match. He was a Top 5 Cy Young vote getter last year, and pitched well last time out until running out of gas, but they totally messed up his routine with Rodon out. And then you have Kopech and possibly Crochet, although I think Garrett ends up ultimately staying in the bullpen. The only thing that would be MORE shocking would be a Reynaldo Lopez no-hitter.

He referred to a play Garcia made at SS as well...I was only able to start watching Top of the 9th, the Abreu toe tap will be one of the images that defines this one, as well as the Jose Ramirez line-out. And, of course, the HBP.

You can definitely see his Southern/Cuban sense of humor...referring to even dogs in Kentucky knowing he was going to throw a 3-1 fastball to Jose Ramirez, classic quote. And that it was hit 170 MPH. Yermin Mercedes again living each day in MLB like its his absolute last. That energy is really rubbing off in what could have been a disastrous malaise setting in after the first 11 and so many heartbreaking losses going the other way based on so many odd/random things happening.

Definitely have to give the front office kudos here for taking the flier on him...now we're kicking ourselves there wasn't an option year for 2022, hard to believe. And throwing as hard as he is in that weather, in April, after shoulder problems and TJ.

That's number 307 in MLB history. We've seen Humber, two from Buehrle, Giolito, Rodon...crazy. Some franchises just have a couple...the Mets now have the longest stretch without one, and that's almost incomprehensible.

Unbelievable...these two games of White Sox pitching. Like the 2005 post-season.

Wow, lucky Abreu didn't hurt his hamstring there. Great effort.

Who would have thought that Rodon might be more likely to get a long-term extension from the Sox than Lucas Giolito a year ago...? I know we have a LONG ways to go into this season, but I'm sure that thread idea will pop soon enough.

That was a missile off the bat of Mercedes...

Wow...saw the home run video, Mercedes is almost becoming the emotional leader of this team in such a short period of time.