Chicago White Sox

I don’t want to call out anyone here specifically, but there is most definitely a bias against black athletes. IMO, a white SS making the same mistakes that Tim has made would be far less likely to be referred to as being mentally retarded in terms of baseball IQ. I also think they would get less shit for demonstrating their excitement on the field. Soxtalk in general is pretty good about this stuff, more of an observance of baseball fans in general.

Fans will probably give him more time because he’s 24 and was incredibly raw when he was drafted. And while you keep saying 3rd season to express disappointment, he’s effectively in his second season playing time wise. I’m not sure why you think he can’t or won’t get better with more experience. Also, he’s been one of the most valuable base-runners in baseball this year, so I’m not sure this idea he has poor base-running skills comes from. You must be only looking at the rare mistakes and not the overall body of work which has been stellar.

He’s a catcher so much less of an issue IMO

I wonder how pissed Perez is right now about all that clapping.

Fuck yes! Suck it Royals!!

Dude threatened our team yesterday over some BS, glad our guys won’t stand for it.

Quite the hustle there by Abreu.

No, but both guys kept talking after the game. I don’t the issue has really been settled at this point.

Will the Royals hit one of our guys today? Perez was making some very blatant threats and specifically mentioned Davidson. Will be interesting to see how these tensions unfold today.

Tim is quickly becoming one of my all-time favorites. I can’t remember another guy who played with this much swag. He’s kind of playing the A.J. role but doing so in more of a fun manner. And the kid has got some serious balls to take all this criticism and still stand up for what he believes in. I really hope he doesn’t back down because lame ass cowards like Perez catch feelings & then threaten his teammates.

No Engel makes me very happy.

It really bothers me that you can only play with so much emotion. This is a fucking game, people should be excited when good things happen and not be afraid to show it.

Because he plays the game with a little bit of passion and for some reason a lot people get butt hurt by this.

Basabe with his fourth HR of the year in the 1st inning. I could care less that he’s repeating, he’s young for the league and is absolutely killing it. His OPS was over 1.000 before that HR. Kid is well on his to making some top 100 lists.

You were ripping him earlier this very season...

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?cid=&lid=&org=145&sc=&sid=milb&t=affiliate&ymd=20180428

You’re really suggesting we trade a star as our contention window opens so we can better balance the lineup?

Let’s sweep these little b****es.

Benetti so busy chatting he’s barely calling plays.

That’s what happens when you play infielders in the outfield.

That was fucking intentional. Better hit one of their guys now.

Couples interesting takes: Collins being listed as a 1B and being valued so highly is very surprising They’re obviously much higher on Burdi than other publications Cease, Rutherford, Basabe, & Sheets all seem a grade low for me (and I mean coming into the season, not with the benefit of hindsight) Surprised that Puckett is the highest rated guy of the second tier pitching prospects, well ahead of Stephens who I would have picked as the favorite None of our high end relief (Hamilton, Burr, Vieira, etc) prospects making it seems pretty ridiculous IMO Slightly surprised Curbelo fell off the list, but can understand why

https://www.fangraphs.com/scoutboard.aspx?draft=&type=&pos=&team=chw While they haven’t officially released the list, they do have rankings for the Sox on their THE BOARD feature. For now I’ll assume these are legit, but we’ll now for sure shortly as Longenhagen is currently on the AL Central for his write-ups. Below is the list with FV grades: 1. Jimenez, RF (65) 2. Kopech, RHP (60) 3. Robert, CF (60) 4. Hansen, RHP (50) 5. Burdi, RHP (50) 6. Collins, 1B (50) 7. Dunning, RHP (50) 8. Cease, RHP (45) 9. Adolfo, RF (45) 10. Burger, 3B (45) 11. Rutherford, LF (45) 12. Cordell, OF (40) 13. Fulmer, RHP (40) 14. Sheets, 1B (40) 15. Puckett, RHP (40) 16. Gonzalez, OF (40) 17. Zavala, C (40) 18. Basabe, CF (40) 19. Clarkin, LHP (40) 20. Adams, RHP (40) 21. Bummer, LHP (40) 22. Stephens, RHP (40) 23. Mendick, SS (40)

Not to be the PC police here, but basically saying he is mentally retarded when it comes to baseball intelligence is a pretty terrible take. He definitely is prone to errors bat that is entirely related to a lack of focus and/or poor fundamentals. That can and should be coached up in time if our staff is worth a damn. He may never reach his defensive potential, but thinking he will play himself off the team because of the glove is laughable IMO.

Hopefully Fulmer can keep the positive momentum going.