Everything posted by almagest
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White Sox at Royals, 5/11/23
Can't throw low and in to lefties.
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White Sox at Royals, 5/11/23
Singer throwing everything way down, and the Sox still swing then take pitches in the zone.
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White Sox at Royals, 5/11/23
Maybe try paying a little more attention to Witt
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White Sox at Royals, 5/11/23
Hey a double play! Don't see those too often from the Sox!
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Burger to start rehab stint in Charlotte
Not sure I have too many expectations for Crochet and Hendriks coming back, but even if they're mediocre they're better than 2/3rds of this bullpen. Won't matter much if the starting pitching keeps giving up 7 runs 3 or 4 times out of 5, though. With Moncada and Burger back you should be more consistent on offense, as long as they're all used properly. Haseley should be the RF most of the time, with Burger in the mix at 1B/3B and DH.
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Do the White Sox have too much starting pitching?
It would've been a good rotation, if they actually signed Wheeler and kept Rodon. Assuming Dunning was not traded you'd have: Giolito Rodon Wheeler Cease Kopech With Dunning as the long man/6th starter. Rodon leaves for a big deal after 2022 and Dunning slides in. Too bad the White Sox are allergic to execution.
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Do the White Sox have too much starting pitching?
The answer is "no, they do not".
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5/10- Sox at Royals, 6:40
I think they have to. He's done. Grab someone else off waivers and see if they can strike lightning in a bottle.
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5/10- Sox at Royals, 6:40
How many double plays are they gonna hit into tonight? Sheesh
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Diekman to Rays...
Diekman is one guy I'm not concerned about turning around. He's just not good.
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White Sox vs. Royals 5/8 6:40 NBCSC
I don't expect them to have a team ERA near 6. That's disaster territory.
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White Sox vs. Royals 5/8 6:40 NBCSC
Most of these guys have a decent track record and you wouldn't expect them to fall apart so badly.
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White Sox vs. Royals 5/8 6:40 NBCSC
Also the bullpen falling apart continually like this is unreal. I’ve suspected Katz was bad at bullpen management for a while but this is beyond bad.
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White Sox vs. Royals 5/8 6:40 NBCSC
You expect better out of your ace going against one of the worst teams in baseball. Cease gave them basically no chance today and the bullpen sealed it.
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White Sox vs. Royals 5/8 6:40 NBCSC
Cease given 4 runs again. Once again it’s not enough.
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White Sox vs. Royals 5/8 6:40 NBCSC
Cease is missing so bad on his pitches
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White Sox vs. Royals 5/8 6:40 NBCSC
This ump has an ENORMOUS zone
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White Sox vs. Royals 5/8 6:40 NBCSC
Teeing off on the fastball
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White Sox vs. Royals 5/8 6:40 NBCSC
Dylan has bad command this year
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White Sox vs. Royals 5/8 6:40 NBCSC
Greinke is a good test to see if the good habits we noticed against Cincinnati are real or just AAAA players feasting on AAA-level pitchers.
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Opening up my mind to giving the season a clean slate
They've found a little consistency in the bullpen with Santos and Middleton. They've gotten rid of a lot of the dead weight there. Hendriks is back at the end of the month hopefully. Losing Eloy while he was hot really hurts. Robert is picking up the slack, though. They definitely need to cut the black holes out of their lineup, but it's going to be hard given their injuries and lack of depth. Starting pitching has been bad. Gio has been their best starter, and the rest have been disappointing. Need more consistency here - starters can't really give up more than 3 runs given this team's love of scoring 3 runs or less per game. This is where I'm most concerned - Cease will be fine, though I don't think he'll be the CY runner up again. Gio should stay in the 3-4 ERA range, which is fine. Lynn and Clevinger might be washed - Lynn has lost too much velocity and Clevinger has no command. Kopech likely belongs in the bullpen unless he can bring the curve and changeup to a decent spot. The slider should be dropped. Overall, if they were in any other division I think they'd be buried. This division is absolute trash, though, so if the Sox can find a way to win most of the series they play I bet they'll be in contention all year.
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5/7 Sox @ Reds 3:10 CDT
Let’s get 20
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5/7 Sox @ Reds 3:10 CDT
Glad they scored 14 so far because yeesh Kopech
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5/7 Sox @ Reds 3:10 CDT
First time I've switched a game off for a bit because the Sox scored double digit runs
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5/7 Sox @ Reds 3:10 CDT
I love 11 run innings