Sox Fan In Husker Land

Hansen 2 IP 0 H 2 K. He did make an error. On the season 6 IP 0 H, 2 BB, 9 K. Please be fixed.

Robert with a 2B, thrown out at 3rd trying to stretch it into a triple.

Robert has had a multi hit game in 11 of the 13 games he's played so far.

And a single for Robert

lol Robert another HR

Yeah Steve Stone that is Jose Abreu now. 2 days in a row he could have taken an easy walk. Nope.

No I would not be pissed at the KC player for hitting a HR and celebrating. I would be pissed that our pitcher gave up a 2 run HR. So this is fine from a 19-36 team in May of last year, but Tim Anderson celebrating and yelling at his teammates is not? Fuck the Royals.

Fuck Joe West.

3rd and 2nd and nobody out with your 3/4/5 hitters up down 1. Fail miserably

Awful AB by Jose

3-0 and you swing at 2 straight balls

Robert with a single and SB. Madrigal knocks him in with a single.

Agree. It was more directed at the people who just simply don't like Madrigal for the reasons you stated. I appreciate the actual responses, like yours, with valid claims and concerns.

I believe it was a fair trade for both teams. Frazier and Robertson were not worthless as he stated. They had value. Frazier was a fairly decent rental for 2/3 months for a team that missed the World Series by 1 game. Robertson was at $12.5 mill/year for 2 years for a reliever. There was a fairly limited market that would take on that contract for 2 years, especially for a guy whom most big market teams would use as a set up man, as they had their closers in place. He was also a pretty damn good set up man for the Yankees over the last 2 seasons. At the time (2017) Rutherford was ranked as a Top 50 prospect. It is true he was falling, and a lot of people had put Florial ahead of him based off of production. He then had a poor season with the Sox to finish 2017. In Pre-2018 he was a Top 100 prospect per MLB Pipeline (99) & MLB Prospectus (90). He hasn't had power develop yet. Last year was actually a pretty decent year for Rutherford in A+. His AA start has been poor to say the least, but it is only 36 PA. Fair assessment.

I know it is a small sample size, but again his LD% is at 25.7% currently. The notion that all he does is have weak contact hits is complete bullshit spewed by people who don't like his profile, or that the Sox took him at #4 in the draft.

They salary dumped Frazier (2 month rental) & Robertson off of a team that finished 67-95, and added in Tommy Kahnle who was having a career year and hasn't done anything since for a guy who was a 2016 1st Round Pick & Top 50 prospect (#37 MLB Pipeline, #45 Baseball America, #49 Baseball Prospectus) prior to the 2017 season. If the Sox traded a fairly good free agent to be player, a high priced closer (2 years $25 mill) with 2 years of control, and Jace Fry for Jarred Kelenic and a couple of meh prospects this year would you be upset? Kelenic was ranked #68, 56, and 63 prior to this season. Luis Robert was ranked #76, 40, and 45 prior to this season.

Just curious how they all came for Madrigal. Were they all seeing eye singles, or dribblers that found a way through? Per Fangraphs his LD% prior to tonight's game was 22.6%, which was above the MLB average from 2002-14. After tonight (2 more line drives) it would be at 25.71%. Isn't that good?

Hansen in for WS. 3 pitches and a K to start.

Madrigal with another XBH, this one a 3B.

Robert in 9 games at WS this year hitting .475 with an OPS of 1.537 🔥

And Madrigal brings in Robert with a single. 4/4 today.

Robert with a 3B. 3/4 today.

Collins 2nd AB flew out to RF on the track.