Chicago White Sox

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Nice work Nicky! Just two more slaps to drive him in now!

A three run deficit in the 5th has never felt more insurmountable.

I don’t think this is true.

Way too many unfortunately

Four fucking slap hitters in a row in 2021...?

Number one thing I want to see tonight is the movement on Cease’s four seamer. If the cutting action from last year is gone, then I’m going to be pumped regardless of his stat line tonight.

Especially since we’ve been carrying most of them on the 40 man roster for multiple years and still can’t use any of them in a backup role. It’s going to be make or break time for the last three remaining this year in AAA / AA.

Well you won’t find me defending the depth part of the roster construction.

I actually think we have a good defense outside of a few spots. Honestly, I’m probably more concerned about Eaton than anyone else at this point as we need him to be average at least and he’s looked a little shaky out there. Hopefully that is just early season rust and/or struggles with this particular field.

I actually like that lineup sans Hamilton. Really hope Yermin can stay hot.

Because it’s a fair question since La Russa entered the organization. We know he is not the guy KW & Hahn initially wanted. Do you actually think KW, Hahn, & Tony have been fully aligned on everything since then? I’m not event sure what you think your little “gotcha” moment is actually about here.

Which isn’t the point I was trying to make, but it’s a good strawman. You win the internet today!

lol...continue to deflect by arguing against something that has never been said.

Why do you think that story exists? Because KW wanted it out there and used his go-to guy Bob Nightengale to release the story. This isn’t very difficult to understand. Given the three headed monster currently leading this organization, it’s really hard to say with certainty that Rick Hahn was or was not aligned with the situation. But either way, calling out KW was because he was the mouthpiece here. If you what to blame the entire front office I don’t really care. Releasing this story was completely ridiculous regardless of who to blame. And if Vaughn wasn’t going to be ready to contribute, then sending him down to Schaumburg for two weeks probably made the most sense since it wasn’t likely going to cost us a playoff spot. I don’t particularly agree with that sentiment, but going half in is really dumb IMO.

Where is Hahn’s name in that story? Maybe actually read the actual article instead of going on your typical Rick Hahn witch-hunt.

I accused him of this before the season given the the complete hypocrisy of it unless you don’t recall Robert & Jimenez being held hostage into signing extensions. It’s simply dumber now when he’s going to have sat two of our first four games. We only needed him down for about two weeks to gain an extra year of control. But hey man, keep up the good fight, wouldn’t want the front office to be held accountable for any of their BS.

Reasons for optimism, the defense can’t be this bad going forward and the bullpen won’t cough up games like this. If the rotation, in particular Cease, can be strong then the rest will follow.

When things go bad? I’m referring to a USA Today story that was published BEFORE the season that includes actual quotes from the KENNY WILLIAMS. But thanks for the uninformed accusation! https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/4801933001

We are burning a year of control of Vaughn for what, maybe eight starts potentially? Glad KW felt compelled to use this as opportunity to puff up the org’s ego and pretend that the Sox don’t manipulate service time.

Nope, a must start game for Hamilton instead. Absolutely disgusting they are giving starts to a guy who should do nothing more than pinch run and be a defensive substitute.

Must win game today!

Let’s say you’re right, what’s the plan for 1B, LF, & DH come 2022?

The lineup isn’t bad against RHP, but losing Eloy really hurts there. It really depends on which version of Jose & Moncada we get. If those guys are closer to their 2020 & 2019 form respectively, we’ll still be pretty dangerous. Collins or Yermin stepping up would definitely help though.

The way too premature question is if Yermin is the real deal, how do you solve the LF, 1B, DH logjam? Still a long road ahead before that even possibly becomes a problem, but definitely a fun problem to think about.