Jose Abreu

He's gonna have a 40-40 season

Oh, I'm an idiot and had the wrong dates set. Thanks

For the record I have him at a .306 BABIP over that span, but have the same numbers for everything else. Not sure where you got .390?

Just because Cubans speak the same language as those from other Spanish-speaking countries does not mean that they can all be lumped together as the same. The culture in Cuba, as well as the journey from Cuba to America, are vastly different from the cultures and journeys from other Spanish-speaking countries. It's one thing to think that baseball leadership is overrated, but pretending that a Cuban player offers the same leadership to younger Cuban players as any Spanish-speaking player is just flat out wrong.

I feel so bad for them

Abreu

Seriously, there's an argument to be made that he's literally the worst pitcher in MLB. I would rather see anybody from the AAA pen

I think that definitely applies to Rutherford, but Sheets has still been pretty decent, and Gonzalez actually got on a hot streak as soon as they left.

For all the incessant complaining about him, you wouldn't think that Eloy is on a 39 HR/162 game pace in his rookie year.

Second, and the other was a similar line IIRC. Like 5 IP ~2 R

Eloy was on a tear from like mid-May to mid-July and I thought he was going to have a monster, 1.000 OPS kind of second half. As of a few days ago, he finally looks back in the groove and I expect insane production from him over the next month and a half.

Probably both

I'm actually interested to see how the lineup will be constructed. Obviously it has no bearing on the long-term MLB lineup, but will it go Madrigal-Robert-Moncada? Robert-Moncada with Madrigal further down?

Baseball-Reference says he's 18, turning 19 in October? Also, is he related to the other Laureano?

Andrew Vaughn 2-run double

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=08/14/2019

Jimenez

A lot of people are gonna look foolish for writing him off. He won't be a star but he'll have a nice MLB career.

I get that this is a strict R-L-R thing but if Eloy Jimenez is batting 7th long-term then we might as well pack up and start over

I believe that game was on August 13th, 2014, which coincidentally is 5 years ago exactly.

From what I've seen, I think it's less being defensive about bad takes, but being annoyed by lazy journalism. More specifically, someone will publish a very positive Trubisky article with only one semi-negative sentence about him, and the national media will highlight that one sentence and run with it, and suddenly that's all the article is known for. This has literally happened three times with verified reporters in the past week and it's just disgraceful journalism. I totally agree with your overarching point, it just sucks that the media has already made up its mind on the kid. It reminds me of the pre-2019 Moncada takes.

I agree. Bears 11-5 Packers 10-6 (WC) Vikings 8-8 Lions 7-9

He's on a full season pace of 4 for this season so I don't know if I'd really be elated, or if he'd just be meeting expectations