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So if Gallegos pitched a ball...Sox then called out the cap, instead of preemptive changeout of hat forced by West? Then the pitcher would be out of the game, right? White Sox bay boy has it...why not take it directly to umpires’ room?

Why does Gallegos get to stay in the game?

Shildt tossed by Joe West. Gallegos wearing something unallowed? Hat? foreign substance?

Minus how many national controversies already...?

I get that...but our bullpen has been so unreliable. This team just gets paralyzed when they start giving up outs and playing to manufacture just a single run instead of letting it rip. Moncada hit on the elbow guard.

Why are we playing for a freakin’ tie game at home? 0/7 with RISP so far today.

Bummer warming...

Kasper speculating his left knee locked up...jumped/winced...fell down.

Just start Stiever next week. They can’t afford a more serious injury to Kopech if he starts changing his delivery because he’s protecting his foot/ankle.

Kopech limping now. Awkward landing after that pitch.

Lamb or Mendick. They still need Hamilton for insurance, defense and PR. Even though they didn’t unleash Hamilton on the bases like they should have in NYC.

On the plus side, the video team woke him up in time to appeal the Vaughn slide. Just not executing with RISP. It happens. Carlos facing some bad Quintana-esque luck last couple times out. Only that one pretty rough start, and, even then he recovered to keep the game within striking distance.

Collins was bunting for a hit the first time...if he gets it down the third base line, it’s an easy single. Just couldn’t execute.

For who...? It’s not like many big league hitters are going to consistently hit 99 mph fastballs. Unfortunately, Hahn has almost no pressure to make changes with the CLE injuries, sinking Baltimore in town...Twins could be just 8.5 GB if they can’t turn this game around against the Cardinals’ pen. At some point, our rotation needs to be picked up for 2-3 weeks by the offense.

Then who? Sheets or Rutherford? Williams? Goodwin? None of those are extremely appealing options for a contending team. Heck, with Plesac and Reyes out, Hahn is likely to do nothing with Engel soon coming up for Eaton. Only an Engel reinjury forces Hahn’s injury. G. Cabrera to face Collins or Grandal. Seventh error of the series for StL.

Eaton with a tight right hamstring.

Rodon gets hurt mostly on his change, especially when left up in the zone. The slider and fastball have been devastating.

It’s almost impossible to imagine that Burger is increasingly in the conversation for DH on a weekly basis. As incredible as Yermin holding down the position for 1/3rd of the season, plus.

Let’s not forget we have Anderson and Grandal on the bench...supposed to be two of our top 6 hitters.

Eaton out of the game for Hamilton. Minnesota swept the Orioles, who have now lost 9 in a row and have the worst overall record in baseball at -15. Twins -9.

8. Not counting Eaton getting thrown out at home.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29679378/sources-choices-mike-clevinger-zach-plesac-break-protocol-caused-rift-cleveland-indians Let’s not forget Plesac and Clevinger drew the ire of management for breaking Covid protocols last year...Clevinger eventually getting traded (see Bauer, as well...) Of course, Carrasco’s salary was jettisoned in the Lindor trade. So huge start for McKenzie to retain/protect his rotation spot.

775-825 seems perfectly realistic, based on the approach we’ve seen in the majority of his plate appearances.

Is that Hahn? “Let’s get Jirschele on the horn, stat! CPD is holding a bewildered LaRussa and listening to him reminisce about the Bash Brothers.”

Carlos Rodón, LHP, White Sox Key stat: 35.2% swing-and-miss rate It took years of ups and downs, injuries and a brief foray into free agency last offseason, but Rodón is finally delivering on the promise that made him the No. 3 overall pick in the 2014 Draft. And this version of Rodón? Worth the wait. Among pitchers with 40-plus innings, the lefty ranks among MLB’s top five in ERA (1.27), Statcast’s expected ERA (2.12), strikeout rate (37.3%) and opponent batting average (.148). Simply put, Rodón is dominating, and it’s not just the no-hitter, either. After a hiccup on May 15 against the Royals, Rodón was right back at it in his last start, blitzing through the Yankees’ lineup in the Bronx for 13 strikeouts and no walks in six scoreless innings. Many pitchers have one bat-missing pitch, but the new-and-improved Rodón has three yielding a whiff rate over 30%: a four-seamer with career-best velocity (95.1 mph), a slider that’s held opponents to 1-for-46 and a changeup to keep righties honest. With those weapons, this doesn’t look like a fluky hot streak. It looks like the start of a thrilling second act. -- Andrew Simon https://www.mlb.com/news/the-2021-breakout-players-to-believe-in?partnerId=zh-20210526-156906-MLB&qid=1026&bt_ee=HLweXSSBO9LKNtiiKwUJK6Xnz%2BPTSW7sU%2B2Sf1XJ4%2FGfWFUvnagST216ars1EMrY&bt_ts=1622029293202