caulfield12

Not his wrist ???

Ortiz with an incredible 900 ops. The Real Madrigal lol.

Imagine Lee hitting #2 after how last season ended for him...

Note the attached chart...Atlanta was "first" or last depending on one's perspective. But that's a massive one player missing, quite obviously.

Among the negatives surrounding the White Sox, there are a couple of eye-openers. First, Andrew Benintendi -- a career .271 hitter and a fine outfielder and baserunner in a nine-year major league career for four teams -- is the worst player in baseball in 2024 when it comes to wins above replacement, according to Fangraphs WAR (-1.7). Then, the White Sox just suffered their first winless homestand of seven games or more in franchise history -- and this is a franchise that dates to 1901. They've lost eight straight and 12 of the past 13. Chicago manager Pedro Grifol didn't have much analysis after the White Sox's 3-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday dropped the team to 15-42. "Fifteen and forty-whatever is tough," Grifol said. "I don't break it down that much to 0-7, the first one in history ... I break it down that today we didn't win a baseball game." cbssports.com

They would have been better off applying it to Anthony Rendon...a bit more important in the overall scheme of things. The Brewers' 23 hits were not only a season high but the most for any team in any game across the Majors this season. Of those hits, 18 were singles and none were home runs. And in finishing 9-for-27 with runners in scoring position, the Brewers set the mark for most official at-bats with runners in scoring position in any MLB game this season. mlb.com/brewers

And Acuna is out for the season now.

He's certainly had regular starting or platoon jobs on a regular basis compared to Pillar vast as primarily a defensive replacement and PR.

Have you looked at Pillar's track record the last five years? This was like Bryan Ramos in RoY consideration his first week in the big leagues. Pham was in the NLCS and WS the last two years. Proven offensive track record. You're crazy if you think Pillar can sustain this level of play for 6-8 more weeks. It's a Yermin 15 minutes of fame...like Trade Thompson at the beginning of last season.

Kept his team in the game. That's what managers are looking for in this day and age.

The Angels aren't going anywhere either. In the end, Pham's the more valuable player to a playoff contender. White Sox just never seem to have guys like Perkins who hang around the minors for 700 games before making a meaningful impact.

Milwaukee a crazy 7/23 with RISP.

Just like Rodon second half of 2021. They knew they weren't even going to the QO. Here he's team property into the future and needs to be protected. Arguably the second or third most important cuurent asset after Robert and Montgomery.

-133 Pham is not a CFer. Despite the great effort and preventing the 11th run from scoring.

-132 now. Rockies -75, Marlins -63, A's at -64. Almost twice as bad now as the second worst team!!!

Kasper says he's never seen anything like this in recent memory. "Hitting is contagious." 14 two strike hits against Cubs and Sox the last two games...

How the heck are the Brewers out scoring the LA Dodgers on the season? And the deluge continues.

Hard infield. Hit 'em where they ain't. Defensive positioning. 16 hits and counting.

Brebbia needs to come up with a better pitch choice because he threw that exactly where he wanted to and it got ambushed. Brewers like the Dodgers wearing out an opponent down offensively.

Grifol with whatever is the opposite of the Midas Touch.

Tight rope walking. Grifol positioned him for the win the bullpen will inevitable blow. Deivi Garcia just gave up 6 in 2/3's of an inning. He's not a viable answer.

Soroka and Hill warming. That inspires zero confidence.

I thought Lopez was going to win the GG for Milwaukee?

Korey Bolt

Could have been a lot worse without Lopez that inning. Sox were warming Hill? Yikes.