Chicago White Sox

This is just a remind to never discount the human factor with these guys in case Abreu & Moncada weren’t good enough examples. Obviously his issues go beyond his personal tragedy, but I think it’s fair to assume it’s partly responsible for his struggles as of late.

The fuck?

100% agree. No idea why Tim is still batting in the bottom third of the lineup most nights.

What hAppened?

I was 100% pro tank this year, but they do need to find a way to improve the on-field product next year even if a lot of their prospects are still not ready to start the season. Losing 100+ games again should not be an option IMO.

Nothing would make me happier. I can endure all the losing, sloppy play, & growing pains as long as most of the key young guys show progress.

I wish they would just give the CF job to Leury.

Yeah, this is certainly bad timing if it’s just a slump. However, if he’s actually fallen off a cliff suddenly, I guess we didn’t extend him to your point. Sucks regardless though.

He really hasn’t though, his rookie year was simply an outlier since the league hadn’t adjusted to him yet. Abreu looked awesome the first two months of this year. I have no idea what’s going on with him right now, but I don’t think it has anything to do with a normal aging curve. I’ve beaten this subject to death though, so I’ll just leave it as that.

Can someone explain to me why two max contracts is not possible now? From what I can tell it still seems like a possibility. And quite frankly, if we could someone convince Butler & Irving to come here, we could easily move guys like Dunn or Hutchison to clear cap space.

His batting average last year was .220 and you loved him. Now his .228 is a problem despite his BB rate tripling and everything being the same or better? No offense, but I don’t buy your bullshit.

That’s perfectly fine you feel that way, but it doesn’t change the fact that your post history suggests you’re expecting instant results from a rebuild which is pretty fucking ridiculous. And your hatred for Moncada is just bizarre.

Lol dude...I hope you are like 90 years old or something, because your lack of patience is astounding.

I was the biggest Davidson hater coming into the year, but we really don’t know what he is. The fact he’s posted double digit walk rates every single month makes him a guy that requires further evaluation, especially given his raw power. IMO, he is the clear favorite right now for the 2019 DH job over Palka & Delmonico. Maybe they’ll decide to upgrade or add a 1B and move Jose to DH, but Matt has improved his stock enough to be considered an option. Admittedly, that could all change by season’s end.

Come on mods, this is obvious trolling if I have ever seen it. Davidson has tripled his BB rate from last year, while cutting down his K rate slightly & maintaining his power. His OPS is nearly 100 points better and all his traditional stats (the ones Greg would cite) are projected to better. This is baiting plain & simple. Why do we allow him to purposely derail threads like this?

They weren’t making the playoffs before AND had a bottom five farm system. If we hadn’t decided to rebuild when we did, we would have been setup for a decade of disaster. That’s why I can’t understand people are complaining about this. Yes, it’s Rick & KW’s fault we got to that point, but rebuilding was the only real alternative. Blowing it up was actually less risky than holding onto our guys and potentially losing them for nothing.

I agree. LaVine has his flaws and this contract could be a problem in a few years, but he does have superstar upside and I don’t see a choice but gambling on it.

Do NOT walk him.

See you Kemp you b****!

Dreaded lead off walk...fuck.

Remember when we all thought we got Kemp for Clippard last year. That would have been nice.

It’s been really bad, although nothing Moncada could do about that last pitch.

Cy McCullers putting in work tonight. I need another drink to watch this garbage.

Fucking embarrassing.

I can’t wait for the day Engel is no longer part of our everyday lineup.