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Hamstring

He actually had decent stuff and pitched a scoreless inning.

The pitching injuries just keep piling up

Insane that Bellinger was taken that low in the draft

There goes whatever value anyone thought he might have.

Story of Fulmers career. Fantastic stuff, cant control it. Fulmer is a victim of the times when the Sox rushed the prospects through the system and didn't develop them properly.

And hopefully next year with a little more reason to be optimistic ?

These cubs announcers are boring. At least Stone and Benetti have dialogue that leads somewhere.

Padres just fired their manager. Here is their official statement: "I want to thank Andy for his tireless work and dedication to the Padres over the last four seasons," Preller said in the statement. "This was an incredibly difficult decision, but one we felt was necessary at this time to take our organization to the next level and expedite the process of bringing a championship to San Diego. Our search for a new manager will begin immediately." I wonder if the Sox will eventually do the same.

https://www.mlb.com/news/major-league-baseball-tests-robot-umpires-arizona-fall-league Interesting take: “It kind of changes the whole game,” said Royce Lewis, who is ranked the Twins' No. 1 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline. “It’s still tough, but anyone can catch it back there with electronic. I’d rather have the guys that are working hard and framing and building an element of their game to better themselves." Also this: “There have been some pitches where our catcher will make a comment to the umpire like, ‘I think that was a strike’ and even the umpire will agree,” Rockies prospect Ashton Goudeau, who fired three perfect innings on Thursday, said. “It’s definitely different to see what the umpire thinks is a strike and what actually is a strike.” Finally this: While there are certainly some bugs to iron out, overall the goal is to make the strike zone more consistent, and that’s ultimately something everyone seems to agree on. “It’s very fair,” Goudeau said. “It’s fair for both sides, it’s very consistent. … It’s definitely been consistent. That’s what everyone’s been talking about.” Ho man I hope this is implemented in the next decade. Baseball needs this so badly.

? ?Fair enough

I see what you're saying. I think if you were going to make an argument of who of those 3 do you keep, Leury is the one. He hits well enough for a super-utility man, has decent speed, and his defense isn't bad considering he plays everywhere on the field (and also...he plays literally everywhere except catch and pitcher). But Engel and Yolmer still have good value at limited roles with their strengths on speed and defense, even on good teams. I feel like more complete players are going to be looking for starting roles, not utility roles. I'm not saying Yolmer and Engel are the answers to the bench next season, but I don't think they are the worst options either considering where this team will probably be in 2020, but I also don't think that is a reason not to try to acquire "more complete" talent, if it's out there. I also think if Engel and Yolmer and Leury are on starting roles in any fashion next season, the front office deserves all the negativity they would get from the fans. I'm not sure someone who constantly ridicules Jose Abreu's offensive ability should be critiquing other players' offensive ability...you've lost all credibility in that arena. Yeah, I'm really curious to hear what other players people would like on our bench, and also arguments for what a "complete" bench looks like.

I love Yolmer, I really do, and I think he would serve as a great backup infielder, as I hope Leury is our super utility guy next year, but you look at Yolmer's bat compared to his defense, this year he is a slightly better hitter than Engel. He is basically the Adam Engel of the infield. And I have the same feelings about Engel...I hope he is the backup outfielder/late inning defensive replacement/go to pinch runner next year. But Yolmer, in order to serve a role on this team, needs to humble himself and accept the bench role and the paycut that comes with it. Basically it comes to this...do you like the Chicago White Sox more, or playing every day more? If its the latter, Im not sure he will find a job outside of the teams that are rebuilding...

Without having watched any of the game last night,, but only saw the box score, I feel like Cordero should've pitched that last inning instead of Ruiz...

Just learned to play chess the other day actually. Never thought I would get into it

What are you gonna do when the Hawks start sucking lol.

Yeah, I would much rather play nom divisional foes more often. Idk how you balance that though

McCann put that on the board

Great way to start it, Leury with a leadoff single and Moncada with a double. 2nd and 3rd for Abreu no one out

Lopez vs Berrios Kind of surprised to see how little fans there are in the seats considering the twins are likely to win the division soon.

Oh, it will be more than annoying.

Good. He should be. Front office needs to field an actual team next year. I still have faith in them, unlike a lot of people hear and I understand why, but this game right here shows why they need to make the moves necessary to make a winning team next year. THE GOOD PLAYERS DESERVE BETTER. Go out and get some pitchers who can actually PITCH.

I will still never understand how a pitcher, who is paid hundreds of thousands of dollars or even millions to pitch a baseball, can't throw a ball over the plate when needed most.

True. Eh, heat of the moment, at the snap there was like what 9 seconds left, even with Trubisky running out of the pocket, instincts are "tackle," hard to make that mental note during that point of the game.

Ruiz looks like someone just murdered his dog...