Chicago White Sox

Yeah, it’s pretty ridiculous. No idea what Seth Beer has to do with Nick Madrigal anyways.

I mean, a month or two ago nothing was working for him. At least right now, his velocity has returned (for the most part) and his fastball command has gotten better. His breaking stuff is what will ultimately make or break him and those can be weapons if he can harness/locate them. We all saw host nasty they were in that mystical spring training start against the Cubs. I remain cautiously optimistic with Giolito, but I really think we’re going to have a few more rough patches (and I mean rough) before it all finally clicks. That probably won’t be next year if I had to guess, but right now giving him these starts is a worthy investment.

Laser!!

I was going to say, the positives from that first inning was getting ahead with good fastball command. He’s got to find a way to command his breaking pitches and be able wipe guys out though. He can’t survive without them.

The difference is mental fortitude between Lopez & Giolito is startling.

Good god...

I’m really hoping Giolito can have a strong start like Lopez did yesterday (ignoring the two HR’s). Just give us reason for optimism going into the second half of the season.

The problem I have with your theory is organizations have access to Trackman data in the minors. They can be working on launch angle down there and yet for whatever reason guys who have shown minimal power in the minors all of sudden are called up and going on tears. To me that, that’s pretty strong evidence to suggest balls are juiced. I do think the launch angle craze has had an impact on some guys who have been in the league for a while, but there is clearly something else also happening with these young players IMO.

I agree, I don’t really see the risk of letting him play.

Looking at that World lineup I went from excitement to sorrow in like two seconds. Regardless, pretty cool that Basabe is leading off and it shows just how good of a year he has had.

Lambert is currently 15th in all of the minors in strikeouts. When does this kid go from being just another arm in the system to a legit prospect that we should all be excited about? With a new arsenal of pitches along with improved velocity, there is reason to believe this version of Lambert is not the same old pitcher and one that warrants far more attention.

The problem is it’s hard to imagine the reaction Moncada had was due to an errant pickoff throw hitting him in the knee. Obviously that turned out to be the case, but at first glance it mostly seemed like knee to knee contact.

Lambert is a fucking stud.

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I can’t believe Paulo Orlando & Jose Martinez are major leaguers while all our top OF prospects from that time period completely flopped.

If his knee blew out I doubt they’d let him walk off the field even with support.

Knee to knee contact when Lopez tried to pick off base runner at 2B. Probably will require a leg amputation with the way this season has gone.

He can barely fucking walk

Looks like knee to knee contact

Oh fuck no

You know it’s bad when I’m actually excited to get Delmonico back

Fuck.

Come on Yolmer, poke one here!

He just had a kid in the 24 hours, maybe we should give him a little bit of a break?

Excellent at-bat from Moncada right there.