Chicago White Sox

Robert Murray also indicating we have interest in Quintana.

Anyone know the status of Jonathan Stiever? I thought he was supposed to be back by now?

Huge win but for the love of god please fire Menechino! That would probably be more impactful than any reasonable acquisitions for RF or 2B.

Why would you say this?!

Brewers just walked off the Twins

Groundball city!

It’s so great seeing him return to form now healthy. Would be nice to get 2021 2H Grandal back ?

Don’t tell Rick Hahn that because he just pulled it off!

Most frustrating offense I can remember as a Sox fan. We literally have one guy on pace for 20 HRs and he’s currently on the IL with an undiagnosed issue. For reference, the 2018 White Sox who bottomed out at 62 wins in the middle of our rebuild had four guys with 20+ and another two with 17+. And it’s not like we have a bunch of guys who can’t hit HRs. This is straight up shitty approach from a hitting coach who honestly believes in a “fuck the HR” mantra.

Dusty Baker would hate Grandal clogging the bases like this.

So 10 groundballs and two DPs so far. But hey, we’ve got one hit and two reached on errors to show for them! Frank has gameplanned the perfect approach for Coors!

How many groundballs do we have tonight? For the love of god fire Frank!?!

I remember when people ripped the Sox offense led by Thomas, Konerko, Ordonez, & Lee for being station to station. Meanwhile, now we have a bunch of slow guys hitting groundballs without the insane amount of homers. Got to love a Frank Menechino offense!

He had a 93rd percentile xwOBA, 97th percentile K rate, 96th percentile fastball velocity, & 98th percentile fastball spin rate in his first season back after missing multiple years of development due to TJs & COVID. Dude looked like a bonafide stud…ERA be damned. For comparison, Cease had a 3.91 ERA last year and is suddenly one of the best pitchers in baseball. I’m confident Kopech is going to make a similar leap next year even if this year is somewhat disappointing.

He looked untouchable last year though…I’d be real hesitant to move him when we all knew this was going to be a development year for him.

Oh good, Legend is up in a critical situation…

Nice Pollock! Too bad Grandal is slow as fuck ?

What’s the deal with his slider? I noticed on Statcast earlier today that his whiff rate is down significantly vs. last year.

Haven’t heard much from the “make Burger the everyday 3B” crowd lately.

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Fuck

Choosing between Vaughn & Sheets in RF is like deciding whether to be eaten alive by a bear or a shark. Just mind boggling that the only OF Hahn added was one unable to play RF.

What’s wrong with that? Kopech hasn’t exactly been dominating with Reese.

I think you’re 100% right. There is definitely some media bias when it comes to farm systems.

We already have to add one starter next off-season unless we plan to bring back and rely on a 37 year old Cueto. Honestly, I don’t think Kopech is movable given the lack of pitching depth in the upper minors. Also, I think people are letting a mediocre 2022 season driven by him getting stretched out get in the way of a proper evaluation. Dude is likely to take a massive step forward next year and I fully expect him to be our #2 starter behind Cease for the next three years. I get how good Soto is, but creating a major hole in the rotation is going to negate much of the value.