Chicago White Sox

Please never let that dude preview Sox Math again.

Yup, time to fire Menechino and hope it inspires some adjustments, but we know that won’t happen anytime soon.

What’s crazy is we’ve only struck out twice…just tons of weak contact.

I don’t ever recall feeling this hopeless against quality RHP

Do something Yaz

A nice gapper would be great here

Yoan is clearly not 100% and would be much better if healthy (how much so obviously TBD). It’s not clear if Grandal is hurting or impacted by offseason surgery, but perhaps there is something there. Neither guy walking is very weird though.

What’s your theory? Not trying to challenge either, just flabbergasted how the dude went from arguably our best hitter last year to nearly worst hitter in baseball.

I get Sheets just caught that, but it’s insane balls that they allow him to play RF.

Have we ever seen a player fall off this quickly to this extent? I mean, the dude is barely walking even which is his calling card. Seems like more than just natural regression.

Three groundouts already! Menechino is the man!

Harder to believe Mr. & Mrs. Markle would name their son Parker

I fucking despise Tony La Russa…what a predictably stupid move by a brain-dead asshole

Alright boys, the Sox have reclaimed 2nd place in the Central after last night’s win and now are four games back of the divisional lead. A win tonight would put us back at .500, which would be a nice milestone with Lynn & Eloy coming back soon and hopefully Anderson in a few more weeks. It would also ensure that we’re at .500 heading into six games against the Rangers & Tigers. As such, wining one of these next two games will be huge. Tonight will prove the more challenging games of the two remaining with the Dodgers. On the mound for LA is Tony Gonsolin, who currently sits 6-0 with a 1.59 ERA, 3.04 FIP, and a 90th percentile xwOBA. Beyond just being awesome to start this year, the dude has a wide assortment of secondary pitches that should pose problems for us. Against righties, he primarily uses his slider (.152 wOBA | .255 xwOBA) and against lefties a combination of a split finger fastball (.143 wOBA | .194 xwOBA) and a curve (.000 wOBA | .048 xwOBA). As such, Tony won’t just be able to stack the lineup with bad LH hitting tonight. Gonsolin’s biggest weakness has traditionally been his walk rate, so if I’m Tony I’m probably starting every guy who has a semblance of plate discipline and hoping Cueto can keep us alive until we reach their bullpen. Unfortunately we don’t have many players that fit that billing, so I’d look to prioritize defense where possible (i.e. Pollock in LF & Engel in RF). Also, I pray that Legend and his two walks will be on the bench, but fully expect Tony to bat him leadoff due to his speed & switch hitting abilities. This game isn’t going to be easy and will likely come down to Cueto’s pitching performance tonight. If he can limit the Dodgers to two runs over say six we may be able to squeak out a win. If not, at least Thursday poses a far more favorable matchup for us. Either way, we got nothing to lose tonight given the tough matchup and hopefully the offense can find a way to surprise us. Let’s fucking go!!!!

Lol Harrison

Burger loves feasting off lefties!

Huge hit there!

Need a revenge bomb here

You know Menechino has the biggest grin in the world right now after seeing all those groundballs go for hits.

Ordinary fly ball and the fans think it’s a bomb…that’s what happens when over 50% of your balls in play are ground balls.

Yup, that’s actually a legit critique of the Pollock acquisition and further proof Hahn doesn’t know how to build an actual roster.

Probably bought him more time. He’s probably safe until Tim is back at a minimum.

Also, fire the scout who recommended Harrison as well as the front office executive who somehow thought a Big Energy / Legend 2B platoon made a lick of sense.

DFA Harrison tomorrow.

Save us Big Energy!