Jose Abreu

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 5, 2018 -> 12:59 PM) The numbers to start 2018 don't really back that claim up... Have you watched Delmonico hit? He has been extremely unlucky

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 5, 2018 -> 12:12 PM) No. He said he threw live batting practice to his teammates a couple days ago. He’s just further back on the schedule. Good. I just recall them saying on the broadcast last night that he would be making his season debut today.

Kopech was supposedly starting today. Is he hurt?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 5, 2018 -> 09:16 AM) Let?€™s just leave it that the lead would have evaporated at Guaranteed Rate Field in mid July with those swings...nevertheless he got the job done for the day. Well, at GRF in July, Moncada had a grand slam

Avi Garcia

Moncada and Delmonico have been very unlucky so far with batted balls. I look forward to their luck improving.

For what it's worth, there was a scoring change. Fulmer is on the hook for 2 runs, not 3. It is not yet updated on box scores, but @cst_soxvan tweeted it.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 09:07 PM) did Donaldson lose a bet with that haircut?...good God. Reminds me of the 2015 Hosmer/Moustakas cut. Awful.

Horrible execution, still got the W, great game

The curve from Soria to the first hitter was lethal

Tim certainly let it out after that strikeout lol

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 08:47 PM) Engel might have had it if Delmonico was in LF. At least he would have been the only hope. True, but with the way he's looked this year, I don't trust him to do that

No way Nicky makes that catch there. Great job by Leury

Leury!!!

Double play offense

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 08:38 PM) What date is Ron’s annual Abreu is trash thread scheduled? 4/23

Love the 3-0 green light

Nate Jones, such a welcome sight

QUOTE (daa84 @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 08:24 PM) Wayyy too early to worry much. Maybe moncada isn’t a phenom like Harper and Bryant who were studs at 22, but there’s a lot there to suggest he’s gonna be a really really good player at 25 Moncada is already a good player by basically any metric. This isn't directed at you but the general Moncada worries. He's a net positive on both offense and defense (in 2017, at least)

QUOTE (harkness @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 08:21 PM) If engel can't catch the ball.. he really really has no purpose. Why he hasn't even attempted a steal is also beyond me.

It was more the fact that Pearce was obviously gonna PH to me rather than Carson's pitch count.

God Engel is awful on both sides of the ball now

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 08:01 PM) Another reliever who shouldn't be in the majors. Still laugh at the reports of Bummer throwing 97 Yeah, I'm not sure where that came from but I've never seen him come remotely close to that

A little surprised given the pitch count but an understandable move

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 07:47 PM) That better be a base hit hahah. Nope, ruled an error. What's wrong with this scorekeeper?