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Just get a single Yermy

Great job Andrew

Vaughn has big shoes to fill maybe for a while

We have an extra 3 outs in game one...a 6 1/2 inning game. (or 6 if we are ahead) I like having a regular starter for game one. Try to sweep them. Turn this thing around today.

Looks like Keuchel in game 1, no?

Looks like Abreu might be DHing more according to Tony's post game comments which revealed that Abreu has been playing through injury. Tony also indicated that might mean Vaughn will be playing more at first.

Haniger is 30 years old and is not that far removed from spine surgery and other physical maladies. We lost a ton of talent with injuries to Eloy, Robert, Madrigal ,and Kopech. Now Moncada and Abreu appear to be playing through injury. As a result, the Sox have a talent deficit that is too deep to fill mid-season, even with guys like Haniger and Escobar. This can't be solved with money alone, We just do not have enough prospect capital to make much of a splash with a trade.

Frazier would bring some power to our line-up. Average HR over 162 games according to Baseball reference.com: Adam Frazier: 11 Leury Garcia: 8 They are both about 30 years old. OK, Frazier has been pretty good this season thus far, but is he be worth trading away our younger prospects and players? He doesn't fit next season when Madrigal comes back, which is part of what Lillian had said. Hahn should have got a HR banger for RF instead of Adam Eaton.

Sox need a couple of bullpen arms. That is going to be a tall order for Rick Hahn. Losing leads in late innings is demoralizing.

Yes. Lets GO !

Hang one.

Come on Yermin. Wake TF up and hit one.

Yes Yes Hell Yes!

I probably should have factored in Burger and Hamilton but my post was sort of a stream of consciousness and disappointment following the Houston sweep. I like the thoughts by others and hope Hahn and LaRussa make some of these changes. A course correction is in order. .

MLBfun: I see you have 4 posts on this forum, all dedicated to the Astros' cheating scandal. A simple Google search on the topic reveals that the sign stealing scheme was planned in 2016. As reported this year by The Wall Street Journal, operation "Codebreaker" was presented to Luhnow by intern Derek Vigoa, who would eventually be promoted to director of team operations. The Powerpoint set forth the premise of a systematic sign-stealing scheme in which the Astros would illegally use cameras to get live intel into what pitch was on the way and pass that information to hitters in real time. The possible advantage there, of course, was astronomical. On Sept. 22, 2016, an intern in the Houston Astros organization showed general manager Jeff Luhnow a PowerPoint presentation that featured the latest creation by the team’s high-tech front office: an Excel-based application programmed with an algorithm that could decode the opposing catchers’ signs. It was called “Codebreaker.” There are current allegations that it continued through 2019. The Rays reportedly asked MLB to look for "Houston players wearing vibrating Band-Aids" during the '19 ALDS, and Martino details a tense interaction between the Yankees and Astros hitting coach Alex Cintrón during the '19 ALCS. "The exact tone and volume of the whistle would vary, depending on the pitch that [Masahiro] Tanaka was about to throw," Martino wrote. "Yankees manager Aaron Boone and a few of his coaches started yelling across at Cintrón, telling him to stop." “ 'What the f--- are you gonna do about it?' ” Cintrón called back." Hinch vehemently denied all sign-stealing allegations during the 2019 playoffs. He said the claims of cheating were a "joke." He was fired in January '20, shortly after MLB issued his yearlong suspension. https://www.si.com/mlb/2021/06/09/astros-sign-stealing-scheme-continued-2019-playoffs There was sufficient evidence presented to the Commissioner's Office that Hinch knew about the cheating scandal all along and did nothing to stop it. That is why he was fined and suspended and in my opinion, should have received a lifetime ban from baseball. If he was truly innocent, he would have challenged the suspension and fine in a court of law and prevailed. I do not recall seeing that he did that.

Astro players and coaches who knew about or participated in the cheating scandal should have received more than a slap on the wrist from major league baseball. That includes Hinch and Keuchel. The Astros play if down, but the cheating scheme was premeditated and took place over three seasons including the play-offs. https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/astros-scandal-timeline-sign-stealing-punishment/zbe6j4yoi1g21ia0say31zv3n

Fun to play GM. I'll bite: 1. DH platoon - Vaughn vs LHP and either Lamb, Grandal or Collins vs RH pitching Vaughn sits on the bench against RH pitching. 2. LF : platoon - Leury, Goodwin, Lamb 3. CF: Engel . occasional starts by Goodwin. 4. RF: Leury and Lamb until Eaton returns. 5. Eloy plays LF when he returns. 6. Robert back to Center, unless he is not running at 100%. Then I would leave Engel in CF and at least temporarily play Robert in RF where there is less ground to cover. That could also minimize re-injury. 7. Minimize inning killing double plays. Three innings were killed in the last game with DPs. I don't care if they hit and run, attempt steals or even bunt. Almost anything is better than those double plays. 8. Our Relievers have to throw strikes early in the count. They are getting behind too often and surrendering to hitters when they have to throw a strike. 9. Hitting coach has to have a more coherent plan for our hitters depending on the starter we are facing. Personally, I am not in favor of first ball fastball hunting. 10. Mendick and Leury platoon at second is fine for the moment.

I'm not a racist Kyyle and I have nothing personal against you or Mercedes. Just do your job here and don't single me out and accuse me of something that I am not. Trust me, if you knew me, you wouldn't.

"Yermin has become a distraction for the team at this point. His streaky hitting and flamboyant style will suit him much better in the Pecos league. Hahn will give him his walking papers at some point in the not too distant future. He had his ten minutes of fame but its almost over now." Where is thee racist dog whistle in that? Do you even know what the Pecos League is? I think YOU made an assumption about race because the name sounds Mexican. " The Pecos League is an independent baseball league which operates in cities in desert mountain regions throughout California, New Mexico, Southern Arizona, Kansas, West Texas and Colorado. Pecos Teams play in cities that do not have Major or Minor League Baseball teams and is not affiliated with either.

You are accusing me of being a racist? I am nothing of the sort, which you might understand if you read any of my posts on the Covid forum where I have opposed racism and the conduct of a certain political figure who promoted it.

My comments are within the rules. I am commenting about a player's performance on the field. You are levying a personal attack and what appears to be a threat given that it comes from a moderator of the forum. You want to ban me because I think Yermin Mercedes should not be on the roster? That's trolling?

Yermin has become a distraction for the team at this point. His streaky hitting and flamboyant style will suit him much better in the Pecos league. Hahn will give him his walking papers at some point in the not too distant future. He had his ten minutes of fame but its almost over now.

No and no.

You cannot teach speed.

Eloy will eventually return to the outfield when he is done with rehab. Cite one source inside the White Sox organization that disagrees with that.