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Bummers not good this year, id rather him figure it out when we are up by 6

ABREU BREAKING OUT?

this guys nasty

I would love to see him hit 2nd or 3rd

Robert looks so damn good

love how grandal drops the bat

Leury is so BAD

If Jose and Moncada turn it on we are going to go on a massive run

theres nothing better than a Moncada gapper!

I am wondering if Mercedes was benched for his attitude towards the Madrigal error. I rewatched the play and Mercedes looked pissed, i wonder if some stuff happened in the dugout?

Anderson is a beast!

Me thinks Plesac isnt going to let us repeat last weeks offensive onslaught

He was hated way before he made those errors in Oakland

Hes not far away from being that player after 150 career atbats and people here hate the ever loving shit out of him

agreed thats a much better lineup up *right now*

For one, you are comparing a Juan Pierre on the wrong side of 30 and the tail end of his career to Nick Madrigal who just started his. Two, you picked a random statline for Madrigal based on your fears and then made it a fact. What? Hes on pace for 8-10 triples, hes on pace for more than 20 doubles. Thats what you like to see right? Your imaginary stat line would be problematic but he hasnt shown that that is going to be what happens. We look at Robert and say "hes going to get better", then why cant Madrigal? We see Vaughns .630 OPS and say he needs more time and experience then why cant we say the same for of Madrigal? Yeah Madrigal isnt going to develop power like Vaughn or Robert, but what if he is able to control the field better? Shoot balls down the line and in the gaps with his developed elite bat control? What if he works with the Chicago White Sox strength and conditioning coach?

he gained mythical status when he pitched a gem against the Twins in a season he was coming back from TJS.

lol keep moving the goal posts, thats your greatest strength

Wow, hes only had 150 at bats in the major leagues and hes already doing better than half of the second basemen out there? Amazing

I said in my original statement that Madrigal SO FAR has had a better start to his career than both Pedroia and Altuve (offensively). That is true looking at all 3 players on baseball reference. The only cherry I can pick is Madrigals first ~150 at bats. You are trying to compare him to MVP Pedroia and Altuve while I am simply pointing out people like you are writing him off, just like Boston and Houston fans have done for Pedroia and Altuve when they first got into the league.

well his FB was also down.. deadarm?

On par with Pedroias first year? A 745 OPS is far greater than a 565 OPS.. Altuves was in the 600s in his first 200 abs. In his first season Pedroias WAR was -0.8. You conveniently left that part out. Altuves WAR was .6 in his first season. You are making my point, we dont know what Madrigal will turn into. What i know is he is doing better than what Pedroia or Altuve did.

Abreu looks like a lost old man

we have already used up 7-8 of those 50 in the loss column

i saw earlier that this is the 7th time we are trying to get over 500, havent succeeded yet