Chicago White Sox

The problem with such a platoon heavy roster is when you use them early, you are exposed late in the game.

Crowd really into it tonight…we deserve a W

Let’s score some fucking runs!

Sorry, wrong jargon, but point still holds. Everyone knew the bunt was coming and the runner waiting until the ball got down was never going to work.

I have blacked out the LaRussa era from my memory unfortunately

I just don’t get it. I hated the Acuna squeeze, but this Romo one was way worse.

I’m an anti-bunt guy to begin with, but there is a time and a place. Safety squeezing after two failed attempts and a 2-0 count is the definition of insanity.

100%…you can’t telegraph a suicide squeeze like that. Honestly, I were MLB I’d look into Venable purposely throwing this game for gambling purposes…it’s literally that dumb of a decision to bunt there.

Romo bunting was the worst decision I can remember a manager making in White Sox history. I can’t even begin to describe how mad I am right now. Just so fucking stupid and now I have lost some faith in Venable. Absolutely mind boggling decision there.

Fedde has rebounded nicely…keeping us alive. Just need to stop giving away outs and we can win this game.

Getting one run there is terrible and falls on Venable. I love Will but my god the bunting is out of fucking control.

JFC…send Acuna down after this game. Absolutely terrible bunt.

Vargas is such a fucking stud. This game is far from fucking over, but the pitching needs to figure their s%*# out ASAP. Anything is possible with this team as home though. We got three years of control left, but we should be looking into extending him as soon as this offseason. He’s just as important as Murakami & Colson.

Eisert fucking blows tonight

I’m super excited for him to be back!

I wanted Sirota too and his bonus wasn’t much different than Saucke’s…seems like we could gotten him one way or the other without disrupting the broader draft.

He has started throwing again, that’s all we know. The only good news with him is that his setback was non-pitching related so he should be back at some point in the second half. But obviously that keeps getting pushed each day he’s not with an actual affiliate.

And he’s ripping platooning despite our offense being one of the best in baseball against LHP because of platooning…

We’re facing a righty and Colson basically plays everyday…

Yeah, Romo has been very bad offensively since about mid May. He is a rookie and I still like him as a 3rd catcher, but Quero has been picking up a little bit of steam and has passed Romo at this point in my mind.

Agree, this positional group has a chance to be very good as the season progresses. And that’s actually a great idea on Seiya.

I’m not complaining about..this is super exciting news. Just explaining the concern that myself and some others have regarding the timing.

Yes…poor wording there, but I think that’s what it’s going to come to at some point. Once Murakami, Teel, & Pereira are all back (cross fingers), who are the two guys who get DFA’d or optioned? Acuna feels like the one slam dunk IMO. Lineup: 1B: M. Murakami (L) 2B: C. Meidroth (R) SS: C. Montgomery (L) 3B: M. Vargas (R) LF: S. Antonacci (L) CF: T. Peters (L) RF: B. Montgomery (S) DH: A. Benintendi (L) CA: K. Teel (L) Bench options: IF: Gonzalez (L) OF: Pereira (R) OF: Grichuk (R) OF: Hill (R) UT: Acuna (R)

Ground ball rate has ballooned up in AAA and is a legit concern

I don’t think he’ll be here very long. Think he’s a bridge for Hagen.