Chicago White Sox

This isn’t because of COVID, he literally ran into a wall full speed last inning.

@fathom you got your wish! Engel against Maeda will happen!

Eloy looks concussed

If Lopez is out, I’m guessing there will be some sort of tandem system with González, Lambert, & Detwiler to start.

All good! And definitely agree, Lopez should have been the #5 starter IMO.

Yes, but was scratched Friday night.

Ricky doesn’t build the roster, blame Hahn if you think they shouldn’t have brought back Lopez. Now, if you want to blame him for making Reynaldo the #3 starter ahead of Cease that’s another story.

They claim the original lineup was for Rich Hill, but not sure how that makes any sense.

Because Renteria finally realized Maeda wasn’t a lefty and redid the whole lineup.

I feel like he’s had some dehydration issues in the past and his stuff was also down.

Gio is a motherfucking baller

Ain’t over yet! Let’s pray that Gio can stop the bleeding!

What the fuck is going on?

This is actually the worst Lopez has ever looked when you account for the complete lack of velocity.

Grand slam and he killed Eloy

Oh fuck, not Jake Cave

Seriously, this is fucking brutal to watch and the Twins haven’t even scored yet.

Could see a lot of González today.

At least I finally know who the person laughing at all my positive Collins posts is. Regardless, not sure what Mazara has to do with Collins. Would you actually rather Delmonico as a lefty off the bench than Collins? And let the record show that Abreu & Collins both put up 99 wRC+ against RHP last year. The difference is that when Collins came back up after making some adjustments in AAA he put up a 130 wRC+ against RHP. Small sample size no doubt (60 PAs), but I like what I saw from him and believe there is a role for him spelling Grandal, Jose, & Vaughn going forward.

Sounds like multiple Marlins with COVID. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/07/jose-urena-tests-positive-for-covid-19.html

Great point. Part of the reason I think Collins can play a decent role on this team going forward is because Jose simply isn’t that good against RHP anymore. A guy like Maeda will likely give him problems and as such it would been a perfect time to get another left-handed bat into the lineup by playing Collins (especially if he wants to give Yoan a day off). Alas, Ricky is going to trot Jose out there in the three hole each & every day.

I’m all for that!

Why throwing vs. everything else?

If this a safety concern then I get it. Didn’t realize they were actually planning to rest him a bit this early given how fast he was rushed back. I assumed he was more or less 100%.

Pretty sure that Eloy, Abreu, & Encarnacion all get attacked by sliders down & our far more often than Moncada does. Robert will likely fall into that group for the time being as well.