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The last time the Sox had this kind of power top to bottom in a line-up was the 2000 team, but 2000, 2002-2005 and 2006.

So basically he's going to be worse than Carlos Sanchez and Avisail Garcia. Amazing prediction based on the first two games of his big league career.

It's not wrong at all, if you're solely measuring by WAR, you might take offense. Besides defense and baserunning, he's going to be like a captain on the field, along with Timmy Anderson. He's instantly our brightest baseball PLAYER before the first week of the season is over, and that's going to rub off on the rest of his teammates. Battling in his at-bats and not striking out. Always knowing the situation, where to throw the ball, correct fundamentals....imagining the potential players before they even happen. Otherwise, without players like that, we're just a collection of really talented players throw together, but he's going to be the glue that holds everything together. He has been a winner/around winning organizations (like Oregon State and Team USA) every since his middle teens. Best bunter and situational hitter. Capable of getting 15-25 steals per season, roughly, mostly through getting great reads/breaks on the pitchers. Not all of these can easily be captured by traditional metrics, but they will be measured in wins and losses just as accurately as analytics. 163 628 101 194 34 5 4 71 43 19 51 21 16 2 8 2 14 .309 .371 .398 .769 Those are his minor league totals...in 2021, 25-30 doubles, 4-6 triples, 3-5 homers....everything but the 43 stolen bases are realistic projections. As long as he's in the 725-775 OPS range, he'll be an above average major league player for all the reasons I listed above.

I know some are down on Madrigal, just like the year of his draft when he didn't destroy the minors that first half season, but you're talking a Carlos Sanchez ceiling at only a 2ish fWAR per season. That's setting the bar intentionally low IMO.

Just keep the games with the Tigers (no Mize recall please), Royals and Pirates coming on that schedule. And we've accomplished this without Mazara in the line-up and Jimenez/Anderson missing a few games as well. Rodon/Giolito/Keuchel the next three up against the Brewers, who are missing Cain and have Yelich struggling mightily out of the gate.

Well, the bar is set pretty darned low with both Bevington and Ventura over the last 30 years. Manuel was more known for his off the field non-violent pacifism than his managerial process...basically, his ability to work with and manage younger players. But he was hardly considered a "baseball savant." Torborg and Ozzie (2004-2010) were the best that I remember clearly. Obviously, LaRussa/Leyland/Francona are/were the three that got away.

The Reds earlier had the 3 players with symptoms, so Votto isn't or at least shouldn't be a surprise. We're getting a real-time case study in how contact tracing was SUPPOSED to work, but imagine expanding it to 320+ million people, or, in the case of China, 1.3-1.5 billion, give or take a few hundred million. This thing is a monster, and it's not easily going away, even in the places MOST experienced in dealing with Covid as well as SARs. Hong Kong to prioritise new round of Covid-19 testing as Chinese experts arrive to help Teams from across the border will help local authorities carry out wider screening and construct a makeshift hospital. Assistance comes as city reports 115 new cases and another two deaths.

As with Giolito, let's just enjoy the success of one game without worrying too much about the next one. He's been the best hitter in his class ever since the last two years of high school/Team USA, the best pure college hitter at Oregon State, he's a smart hitter and will make the adjustments he needs to. He's the last player I'm really worried about of the young core going forward.

50 runs through 9 games. 53 was MLB lead coming into today (Braves/Padres.) 5.6 per game.

Was really expecting Madrigal to dive for the bag, but getting crushed by Perez in that situation would have been idiotic.

We did all this damage today without much of anything from EE, Moncada and Jimenez.

Not arguing about Madrigal's "lack of hitting ability" was the most refreshing aspect of this game.

Well, Tatis, Robert, Semien, Abreu, Quentin, Sale, Quintana and Eaton aren't bad.

They need more opportunities to compare Chicago and KC steakhouses and BBQ joints. Of course, Kansas Citians think of Cheesecake Factory and Ruth's Chris as elegant, so pretty sure Chicago wins that argument. Well, the steaks, not BBQ.

Or when they were referred to as "prospects" like Jerry Owens, Andy Gonzalez and Josh Fields.

16 straight retired for Detwiler out of the pen. Is that right? The longest such bullpen streak for the White Sox prior to that was Gary Glover in 2001?

Whereas the Walking Dead/Fear the Walking Dead is a real-life Boothills documentary. The best one that really captures that area of the country is Jennifer Lawrence's Winter's Bone, great, albeit depressing film.

Need to get at least one baserunner in the Top of the for Madrigal to have a shot at FIVE hits. I would love to hear that post-game interview, after all the crap he's taken for two consecutive days out of the gate.

Cutting and slashin' up there. Will Yermin be one of the two roster cuts at the end of the week? Gotta be at least one from the bullpen...

Yermin looking to get a sponsorship deal with local Chicagoland Mercedes dealers if he can contribute to the Sox. Of course, his body type is perhaps the exact opposite of an elegant S-Class.

Everyone needs to watch OZARK. Ruthie is the most classic character, if there ever was one.

Totally forgot Bobby Witt was with the Royals...talking about whether they will have fall ball/AFL, etc.

SoxTalk setting a record for a Sunday game thread....since 2016? 2011-13? 2010? 2008?

Is 2016 the last time we were over .500 at this point in the season? Talk about stepping on the neck of the Royals....Bummer just crushed ANY hopes for a comeback, lol.

Royals' announcers quoting Albert Camus, lol. Worst in AL defense, worst in DRS. Btw, is it CAY-MUS or Cah-moo? The first doesn't sound correct for a French name.