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Should have been another DP. Even opposing announcers have mistaken notion Madrigal is “so fast,” haha.

Cavan Biggio with the extremely rare spine ligament strain...IL bound. Torkelson hit his first minor league/MiLB homer. Yankees’ crew bringing up the 80’s Cards’ with Coleman and McGee...in terms of forcing Hamilton to put the ball up in the air or K. Interestingly, minor league SB numbers are up by around 75% this early season. Compensating for lack of offense...and the need to manufacture runs moreso than in the past due to the extreme K and BB numbers, lack of contact overall.

Because not everyone is so well versed on advanced stats...and the White Sox rarely get more than a couple spots. Kevin Cash might prefer to add closers over starters to the ASG pen, etc. Sorry, iPad autocorrect at 2:35 a.m. with work tmrw isn’t being a good enough fan. Heck, half the posters who are normally around are temporarily giving up on this game already.

Twins erupted against Plesac, 3-0 early lead now a 5-3 deficit. Of course, we can’t rely on other teams beating the Indians for the rest of the season. Looks like Franmil Reyes will be out at least 2-3 weeks with abdominal strain. Caught a break.

It’s definitely at least 50% Yankees’ pitching, if not moreso...it’s not who you play, but when you play ‘em.

Ramirez is arguably the MVP with Trout out...so you’re asking Moncada to get by on defense and fan knowledge of the Sox, which isn’t all that great. Plus Moncada would have to best out Abreu, Anderson, Rodon, Lynn, maybe Hendriks, etc.

Even without Luis Robert and Engel, White Sox should have enough speed to spare to not be hitting into so many DP’s.

Not with the five bigger name 3B piled up in front of him. Urshela (thankfully not with CLE any longer), Chapman, Jose Ramirez, Donaldson, Bregman, etc, Certainly not with just three homers at a traditional power spot.

Same...the LaRussa/Yermin-Gate controversy, without 2 of our 6 most entertaining hitters (Moncada, Anderson and Yermin the others, plus Abreu) just isn’t much fun. Grandal walks and Vaughn struggling to not be demoted, Madrigal defense and base running, etc.

Game, set, match...almost. Just a long single, like Fenway. Cole, Severino, Kluber...German, Montgomery, Taillon >>> whatever the White Sox can come up with for a playoff rotation. That’s assuming and Kopech are still serviceable at the end of the season. Gleyber Torres hitting clinic this weekend. Thanks, Theo.

And the Indians are likely to sweep their way through Detroit next week...unless no-hit Turnbull Monday or an Indians’ TBD start on WED (McKenzie start normally) goes in the right direction. The next start after a no-hitter usually isn’t an easy one. Hentges hasn’t been great, but certainly more solid than Logan Allen in their rotation.

I mean consistently against every hitter...other than someone like Madrigal, where it’s reversed. And all the infielders except one to right of second, especially. 2B positioned in short RCF.

Yankees’ pitching on just an insane run. Anderson swing through a belt high fastball there...really scuffling. He usually scalds that pitch.

See where former Gold Glover Keuchel already did himself no favors... Well, this is the week that’s the first real test, and all the focus will be on TLR with the Cardinals in town and likely a 3 1/2 game lead cut to only 1/2 if Indians’ 3-0 lead against Minny holds up.

Shifting....does exist. Started by the Pirates over a decade ago.

https://sports.yahoo.com/real-threats-yankees-al-odds-140004494.html Who are the real AL threats to the Yankees?

Or the tattoos and doo rag...

Engel isn’t even a “real” two-way threat outfielder....well, unless you count a sixty game season with 33% of matchups against KCR and DET pitching.

Then betting $125 million on Giolito with lesser stuff (so far this year) and also a TJ in his distant past seems even more dubious. With Rodon, his surgery, at least, was much more recently. If Lynn’s doctoring the ball...per various anecdotal observations, that’s a huge red flag for giving him 2-3 additional seasons at his relatively advanced age. And maybe speaking out against TLR isn’t helping his case.

So how much does trading one of the only marketable/recognizable players hurt the Rangers opening a new stadium vs. the potential return value in a trade? Right now, his value has cratered...no reason to sell low unless they’re desperate. Granted, Garcia has been one of the biggest surprises for them this year, along with Solak, Lowe and Kiner-Falefa. They’re more the future, offensively.

Iglesias, 31 in January, has been the Reds’ primary closer for the past four seasons. He had something of a down year in 2019 but saw both his velocity and his bottom-line results rebound in 2020. This past season, Iglesias tallied 23 innings of 2.74 ERA ball with a terrific 31-to-5 K/BB ratio, eight saves and a 41.5 percent grounder rate. Since taking over the ninth inning following countryman Aroldis Chapman’s trade to the Yankees, Iglesias has been highly effective, pitching to a combined 2.95 ERA with 100 saves, 11.0 K/9, 3.0 BB/9, 1.13 HR/9 and a 37.5 percent ground-ball rate. Mlbtr.com In retrospect, the Angels would have done just as well hanging onto Hansel Robles for half the price. Just not sure what the asking price is for a player with a negative WAR number...$9,125,000 salary, would JR authorize with the amount they’re already spending on Hendriks and Bummer?

Guess we’re not signing Post Malone or Bieber... https://www.whowhatwear.com/mens-jewelry/slide18 Personally, I always thought those pooka shell or bead necklaces that tons of mostly white pitchers wore in the 1990’s and early 00’s are/were just as annoying. Were they pitchers or Hawaiian/SoCal/Florida surfers? If mostly black rappers (wearing tons of gold chains) hadn’t adopted the Sox hat as their favorite over the last thirty years, almost nobody would even know about the White Sox nationally other than their hardcore regional fanbase. Obama as well. If everyone played as well as Yermin and Moncada with gold chains, we should make them part of the official team uniform if it would help Vaughn or Madrigal add another 100-150 ops points. It couldn’t make either of them much slower, right?

https://www.mlb.com/padres/video/tatis-aggressive-base-running?t=t135-default-vtp https://www.mlb.com/padres/video/padres-five-run-5th OPS leaders 1. Trout 1.090 2. Vladdy Jr. 1.089 3. Winker 1.085 4. Castellanos 1.041 5. Tatis 1.029 6. Acuna 1.017 7. Bryant 1.010 8. Bogaerts 1.004

It all depends on JR being willing to a absorb salary. Marte is earning $12.5 million this year. He’s also 32 years old already, and is out until the beginning of June with a fractured rib. Haniger is two years younger, and only earning $3+ million this season...plus the final arb year next season. The Mariners are going to have to clear another spot for Rodriguez later this season, since they have Lewis, Kelenic and Trammell (50/50 whether his bat plays) as their future outfield.

And Canseco. Old school managers like LaRussa, Showalter, Scioscia, etc., are a dying breed in baseball especially. You can get away with that Belichick or Saban stuff in football, as long as you win. Basketball, the same transformation is happening. Players don’t want the coach from the movie Hoosiers (Norman Dale) or Bobby Knight. They want someone who is fun to play for, understands the modern athlete and lets them be themselves. In that sense, Renteria was more than adequate. The Carlton Fisks and Madison Bumgarners are disappearing...replaced by another generation with more forward thinking, incorporating analytics, fitness/nutrition and sports psychologist. Just like teachers can’t use the same lessons on the projector from the 1980’s with today’s kids that are much more visual and have lesser attention spans...if you can’t compromise and meet them halfway, to be willing to change and adapt your style or approach, you’re dead. Players will tune you out...and old school punishments rather than incentives/rewards will be met with increasing resistance across the clubhouse until you lose the team entirely.