Jose Abreu

33% walk, 33% strikeout, 33% 450+ foot home run.

They certainly have shots. Barring injuries or trades, I feel like Kopech, Rodon, and Dunning are locks. Cease is no sure thing but he sure has a high ceiling. To me it was between Giolito and Lopez for 5 and even if it's recency bias, I still feel as though Giolito has the better long-term makeup there. Lopez is a major leaguer, I just don't know if it's as a starter or a high leverage reliever

Good idea

Can always count on Caulfield in game threads for the random, negative post at an irrelevant time

Burr with a 1-2-3 inning against the heart of the order of the best team in baseball. Can't wait for his next outing on September 9th.

As much as I may be a FO "apologist" I still really don't trust that they'll have the stones to can Ricky anytime soon.

That's a straw man, the issue is that Giolito was trotted out to start the 7th when his night should've been over.

Eh, I stand by that. We needed to see if he was actually decent and flippable. Now we know the answer.

If we gave Gomez a clean start to the inning I don't think more than 1 run would've ended up scoring

I thought we could flip him but at this point it's too late and he sucks

Yeah, but there are honestly a dozen or so runs that he shouldn't have allowed this year because of our manager

Predictable

Allow a baserunner, then have him score at the hands of a reliever, adding a run to Giolito's line. It's clearly the plan because it's what happens every time.

Don't get me wrong, I do too. But this is just the worst of his decisions or lack thereof IMO.

I'm usually not the kind of guy (at least I like to think so) who thinks managers should be fired because of one certain situation. But the mishandling of Burr and Vieira is getting really indefensible. It's one thing to not want to expose them to high pressure spots early on. It's another thing to literally just let them rot away in the bullpen. I don't know what reasoning Ricky could possibly have.

I fully expect a Gomez 7th, Minaya 8th, Santiago 9th. Prove me wrong Ricky

Gomez warming up. Not even joking. This is ridiculous, he better be used in the 8th or 9th

No way

Wow, his movement on these 2 seamers is unreal

Kopech, Rodon, Cease, Dunning, Giolito

The metrics don't like him because he can't throw a baseball. He's great with range and speed out there but I personally like the fact that the metrics also care about his arm, as it's a good reminder that he isn't quite elite defensively

I know you've since changed your stance but it's still hilarious that Tim Anderson "sucks" yet you think Eduardo Nunez is good

That was my takeaway.

Why are people acting like a .291 OBP and .709 OPS are a .250 OBP and .650 OPS? Average offensive production + plus defensive production + plus baserunning value = very good player, especially at shortstop. It's really not that hard to understand.