Chicago White Sox

I can’t comment on the cold, but we’ve played less games than pretty much every team in baseball. Having those three games cancelled in Minnesota reallly screwed us. I fully expected our guys to be rusty pitching on so much rest. As for yesterday, I’m obviously just speculating that the stomach bug could have impacted his command, but Lopez did specifically say it hurt his stuff a bit. Look, I don’t think he’s suddenly going to have perfect command because he won’t, but I think there is reason to be optimistic with him. As for the rest of the staff, I don’t know what’s going on there, but it’s obviously a huge problem and needs to be addressed ASAP or this will be a historical season for the wrong reasons.

He also hasn’t had the best pitching conditions. His second start was really cold, his third start was on seven days rest, and yesterday he was battling a stomach bug. His first start which was in a dome he only gave up two walks in six innings. These may be excuses to some extent, but the reality is those factors could have had some impact on his command. He’s also a young pitcher who should hopefully improve over time. And despite averaging 5.63 BB/9 his FIP is only 4.20, which demonstrates how teams haven’t been able to square up against his stuff and just how good he could be with even moderate improvement in command. There’s still development to be had here, but I fully expect the command issues to improve as the weather gets warm and as he gets on a normal pitching routine.

The kid has looked fantastic so far this year IMO. Has been a real bright spot for us. I know the command hasn’t been perfect, but there’s no doubting the stuff or his ability to battle. So what do people think we have in this kid? Is pretty much everyone now convinced he can make it as a starter? If so, what is his ceiling? To me, if he can continue to improve the slider & curveball he has a chance at being a legit #2 starter. Also, I haven’t seen it mentioned here anywhere, but apparently Lopez was battling a stomach bug today and it was it was affecting him a bit. Got to give the kid props for five gutsy innings against a stacked lineup while under the weather.

That Brett guy isn’t really a prospect so he can go at any time. I’m not opposed of rotating Booker, Fisher, & Polo across two OF spots. At some point they’ll need to bump up a couple of the W-S outfielders to AA to make room for Robert & Luis Gonzalez, so some of the more fringey prospects at AA or AAA will have to be casualties for the legit ones.

And I could be wrong, but I don’t think Moncada was actually crying. I think he was simply pissed off and the “crying” claim was typical Gamethread BS.

This is just a horrible take. Tim Anderson is weak minded cause a brother like figure was the victim of a senseless crime and lost his life? You must not have anyone you care for in this world, because losing a loved one to a tragedy will fuck most people up. There is nothing weak minded about that.

Yeah, it’s his approach at the plate from what I’ve seen, just way too passive.

Probably as soon as Robert is back.

Hawk wants us to drill one of these Astros.

Are they issuing a warning or not?

Avi continues to hit way too many grounders.

I love me some Reynaldo Lopez!

You don’t care if our coaching staff does a good job?

Just sloppiness all around and that includes the coaching staff.

I think he was safe, but it’s going to be tough to overturn.

Cut the comedy routine and he’ll be fine. As weird/goofy/odd the DJ & Farmer combo can be, I was amazed the other day with them actually going in depth about baseball situations, scenarios, & strategies. Stone has excellent insights to offer, but too often they’re not talking baseball for my liking.

Yeah, Matt being lefty would be nice and Lillian would obviously be much happier!

He’s got to keep up the BB rate, but he’s quickly turned himself into an interesting player and a potential long-term answer at DH.

Bad call there.

God I actually might like Davidson ?

Alright boys, let’s score some fucking runs. Nicky’s my pick to click today and hopefully he starts things off right right here.

Yeah, I’m really digging the new site. Lot of cool new features that generally make it better. And the improvements for phone users like myself is like going from black & white to color TV.

Nothing you can do about that.

? I may need to change my prediction

No, I’m asking them to make small improvements to avoid nightly blowouts, put less strain on a fairly taxed bullpen, and better the team’s morale. The talent level will prevent this team from ever being remotely good, but that doesn’t mean we should accept being this bad. For example, cutting bait on a MiGo who topped out at like 89 in his last start and looks to be done seems like an easy to way to improve the team without affecting anyone’s development.