TheFutureIsNear

Hahn deserves a lot of blame in many other places, and I’d rather he not be back to retool the roster…BUT when a GM trades for a 10 year vet with a career slash of .277/.332/.477 (probably better but don’t feel like looking up what it was before this year) and that player suddenly hits .247/.293/.395 is it REALLY the GM’s fault? I suppose it was fair to expect some regression switching to the AL, but who honestly could have seen AJ being a completely incompetent hitter coming? I know Hahn is a (deservedly) easy target, but I’m honest enough to admit that I thought bringing in Pollack was a solid move before the season. And I think most agreed if they are being honest.

Are there any LH OF’ers that are realistic trade targets this off-season? I’m looking at it seems pretty slim pickings. I know it’s easy to say to just sign Nimmo or someone of the likes, but we’ve all been disappointed year after year with the Sox ability to sign free agents. Especially ones that will have a wide market. Not ideal, but I would use Crochet as a trade chip, I think he could fetch something decent from a bad team if paired with a lower level prospect or 2

We shouldn’t want a baseball intelligent owner. We should want a billionaire with $ to blow that hires baseball intelligent people. The last thing I want for my favorite sports teams is an owner that thinks they know what they are doing, very rarely works out.

I’m curious about Jimmy Lambert…any chance he can be stretched back into a starter? His stuff looks legit this year out of the pen. Of course it’s easier to look good in small doses than starting,

Completely disagree. Grandal is the only major issue you pointed out that I’m truly worried about. While I’m not delusional enough to think Yoan will be anywhere near an all-star level player next year, I still don’t believe he can possibly be this bad again. We have internal options at 2B Tim is fine, his hand injury was more of a freak injury than the constant nagging injuries that have plagued others. Let Jose walk, play Vaughn at 1B and find a good OF’er. And yes, of course a new coaching staff will make a gigantic difference. Tony absolutely brought this team down. Not saying they will compete for a WS next year, but 90(ish) wins and a playoff berth is well within reach next year.

What’s the discussion? Put him on!

Call me an optimist but I can’t see a 78 year old with a pace maker coming back and managing a full season…but this is the White Sox we are talking about so you might be right. I can see JR letting Tony go into the front office in some fashion

At this point a losing streak to end the season might be best case scenario…ensure that mass overhaul happens in the offseason

Well season over

Bunt wouldn’t have even mattered sadly. This offense is just pathetic

Just Bunt! Don’t understand why this team refuses to do that in extras. Especially with Harrison up. Not to mention the tigers aren’t exactly sound defensively

Thank god Baez has 0 baseball IQ

You mean the team leader in HR’s? It’s literally the entire lineup and it makes 0 sense

This offense is taking years off of all of our lives. So frustrating to watch

Great play AJ…now if only he could hit. Hopefully we have the roster next year where he can be a very good 4th OF’er that gets used a lot

I was fine using Lopez…but bringing in Graveman is def unnecessary.

I seriously might be able to power walk faster than Yaz can run. That was painful to look at

Of course I miss the beginning of the game and don’t get to see the team hit HR’s

Pretty unbelievable how bad Kelly has been with how nasty his stuff can be.

Eloy still running like he’s afraid to hurt himself

Is it the coaching/approach or has age caught up to Jose and he’s lost power? Unfortunately that’s a tough call…especially with the entire team lacking power #’s

If we don’t comeback it’s going to be the final (for about the 6th time) nail in the coffin of this season

Luis still shouldn’t be playing. Sadly there’s no other decent options, but pretty obvious he can’t swing a bat normally

Going to have to score some runs real quick. Bullpen has to be fairly thin after using 4 guys for an inning yesterday? Cease is going to be lucky to get thru 6 at this rate

6-9 of that lineup could be really rough, not a lot of promise with Romy being the best option