Jose Abreu

Isn't Jace Fry already in the bullpen? Agreed on everything else.

Comcast SportsNet is rebranding to NBC Sports Chicago in October.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Aug 23, 2017 -> 09:20 AM) I don't know anyone that still watches ESPN. It's pretty hard to f*** up sports and they find ways to do it consistently. Yup.

In what way?

To anyone who didn't watch the game: The box score says 4 earned runs, but 3 of them were truly earned. One was due to Leury failing to catch a ball that was literally hit right at him and then not ruled an error because there was no catch attempt.

There we go! 2 ER through 5 IP against this offense is something to be happy with

of his 67 pitches, 53 are fastballs, 7 changes, 7 curves

bust

Meanwhile I like what I'm seeing from Giolito

Engel really isn't a MLB player unless he makes drastic, and I mean really drastic, strides at the plate. I don't get why people are penciling him into the starting outfield next year over guys like Leury, Willy (who have actually shown flashes of being good MLB hitters), Cordell, etc. His defense is great but that means nothing if your OPS is in the .500s

Bunt killed the inning

Of course we get a hit after a failed bunt

Bunts

Yoan... bust

Love Stone knocking those who think the ball isn't juiced

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 06:02 PM) The thing is, Rob Brantly has earned another shot. I looked up his numbers after he destroyed us (Lehigh Valley) a couple weeks ago -- he's running like a 140 wRC+ or something. Eh, he's 28. At this point, I think he's just a good AAA catcher/potential ok MLB backup, regardless of how well he hits in the minors.

Hope Giolito's Sox debut is better than Fulmer's starting debut.

Welcome! Looks like Lopez graduated and they replaced him with Hansen. I'll take it.

yoan

QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Aug 21, 2017 -> 09:42 PM) If you can't get guys out, you can't get guys out. Doesn't matter what inning you come into the game. Wade Davis couldn't get guys out.

I don't get why people are so impatient. He sucks, but it really is not an issue for us to try him as a reliever next year. It's not like we're trying to contend or we have a packed bullpen or anything. The risk is nonexistent. Worst case scenario, he sucks and we lose more games, and get a better pick.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 21, 2017 -> 08:40 PM) Sad to see how much his offspeed stuff sucks compared to at Vandy. He's someone I comfortable labeling as a bust I'd let him convert to a reliever before giving him that label

So far so good!

Leury Yolmer Abreu Delmonico Avi Smith Saladino Hanson Engel

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 21, 2017 -> 07:50 PM) Good lord. Why did so many people want a rebuild if they can't handle a few months of bad play from a rookie? I can't even go on Twitter anymore. The overreactions are too much