Chicago White Sox

Keuchel (0-3, 3.52) vs. Giolito (0-2, 5.50)

I’ve watched him a few times and it’s like his only goal is to take a walk. He’s being so selective it’s essentially become detrimental for him. Most of the K’s I’ve seen have been him looking or after he’s put himself in a bad count. I think this is simply an approach problem that can be fixed over time, but the numbers are ugly besides the insane 28% walk rate. And yes, I’m fully aware he’s gotten very unlucky (.071 BABIP), but the quality of contact hasn’t been the best from what I’ve seen.

100% agree. Baseball players need to stop acting like little b****es about everything. Tim’s excitement/energy has been one of the few positives in an otherwise miserable season for the Sox. I hope he keeps it up.

Nice at-bat Moncada.

I can’t wait for the day Shields is gone and hopefully that’s sooner rather than later.

Where the fuck would Melky play?

I like these moves. Moncada & Anderson should start close to 150 games. That really doesn’t leave a lot of playing time for Saladino, especially with Sanchez playing well and Leury serving as a solid backup infielder. As for Thompson, my expectations are incredibly low, but there’s absolutely nothing to lose by rolling the dice on him. I hope they slowly give more of the CF playing time to Trayce and see if they get lucky. Engel isn’t worth wasting at-bats on IMO.

Interesting Fangraphs article on Moncada: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/yoan-moncadas-approach-is-actually-working/

f***.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Apr 18, 2018 -> 08:09 PM) Game length I believe. Oh that makes sense, thanks.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 18, 2018 -> 08:07 PM) 5:30 ?

Engel really sucks at offense. Show him how it’s done Yoan!

Heading to the 12th with the top of the lineup.

No more walks please.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 18, 2018 -> 07:04 PM) Moncada is having a f***ing game. Probably read what Soxtalk was saying about him and got fired up.

Wow, two great defensive plays! And one of them by Nicky!

Can Soria not pitch on back to back days? I would have just gone Soria then Jones or vice verse. Seems like Ricky got a little in is the closest thing to a must win game in a rebuilding season.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Apr 18, 2018 -> 05:53 PM) If he averages this for the rest of the year, he's the greatest athlete of all-time FIFY

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 18, 2018 -> 04:39 PM) CBS lead fantasy baseball guy with some nice thoughts on Yoan today: https://twitter.com/CTowersCBS nothing we haven't covered, but the dude is a solid regular sporting a 35% K rate. The sky is the limit for him. It’s a spot on analysis. The only question with Yoan is not if he’ll be good but how good he’ll be. The floor is crazy high and there are only a handful of players with bigger ceilings than him.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Apr 18, 2018 -> 03:59 PM) Ricky loves the bunt. But what does getting Davidson to 2nd even accomplish? There’s a very good chance he doesn’t even score on a single.

Why the f*** are we just giving away outs?!?

f*** ya’ll haters.

People need to stop betting on the Sox, it’s only bringing bad luck.

QUOTE (joejoedairy @ Apr 18, 2018 -> 01:38 PM) No Walks, 7 Ks in 6 innings. 4 ER though so his ERA stays above 6. Looks like he got hit around hard though with 4 2B & a HR allowed.

When do publications start taking Zavala seriously as an offensive prospect? I know he’s somewhat older for a prospect, but the dude has hit at every level. His numbers so far at AA are ridiculous and he’s only improved them today with a 2/3 performance with a 2B. Even if he can’t catch, he may very well have a future at 1B/DH.