7:15 PM CT, NBCSCHI, Reynaldo Lopez v. Danny Duffy 

Wait are you telling me I got to watch a victory last night, with Moncada going crazy, and tonight I get to watch Reynaldo pitch?

What are these fun things and why are they happening?

ReeyyyyyLoooooo

Any word on if Abreu is playing?

 

NVM: He's back in the line up. 

Edited April 27, 20187 yr by iWiN4PreP

29 minutes ago, iWiN4PreP said:

Any word on if Abreu is playing?

 

NVM: He's back in the line up. 

Thought he might be. I saw a shot of him yesterday chatting it up in the dugout.

2 hours ago, Tony said:

Wait until Kopech and Eloy get up. I said a week and a half ago when they looked terrible, and I’ll say it now. By August this team will still be bad, but be a lot of fun to watch. 

Not trying to be Debbie Downer again but if we're going to have a real rotation by August and real lineup by August, isn't it a shame we didn't try to hover around .500 til then? Are we assuming all the young guys we call up are going to suck for a year and a half before 2020? I don't see why that has to be the case. If they are ready for the bigs, suddenly our new era is saying they may need 2 seasons before they get good. Very weird. Before the tank/rebuild era when a guy got called up, he was supposed to be good right off the bat or start losing his elite status.

Greg where we at tonight

Let's go Rey Lopez! 

tip your cap there.  97 on the black and he hits it 420 feet.

They're teeing off on the fastball

fucking abreu.

and is adam engel ever well positioned?  what is up with that.

Abreu error kills

1 minute ago, chitownsportsfan said:

and is adam engel ever well positioned?  what is up with that.

He plays too shallow and takes bad routes. Terrible combination 

Nice job limiting the damage

Luckily, escaped from that situation with only 2 runs, one earned.

Need to make Abreu a full-time DH when we're actually competing for something.

2 hours ago, greg775 said:

Not trying to be Debbie Downer again but if we're going to have a real rotation by August and real lineup by August, isn't it a shame we didn't try to hover around .500 til then? Are we assuming all the young guys we call up are going to suck for a year and a half before 2020? I don't see why that has to be the case. If they are ready for the bigs, suddenly our new era is saying they may need 2 seasons before they get good. Very weird. Before the tank/rebuild era when a guy got called up, he was supposed to be good right off the bat or start losing his elite status.

These guys would not be a real rotation in august if they were not given playing time to struggle. They would come up in August and do what Giolito and Fulmer are doing on their bad days right now, and they'd probably screw up even more because the manager is telling them "We've got to compete and you can't screw up at all!". 

So yeah, you're stuck with Gonzalez and Shields all year on your competitive roster. Congrats. Good luck.

Yoan has such a great eye. 

4 minutes ago, fathom said:

He plays too shallow and takes bad routes. Terrible combination 

Rios was the one who always wanted to play as far back as possible...and had lots of balls drop in front when he was in CF, right?  It seems that he was much better in RF, just like Eaton.

Whereas Engel is not going to survive at any position in the big leagues, but he might get his Jamey Carroll pension qualification at least.

How is Duffy’s pickoff move?  Any chance they have Moncada run here?

2 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

These guys would not be a real rotation in august if they were not given playing time to struggle. They would come up in August and do what Giolito and Fulmer are doing on their bad days right now, and they'd probably screw up even more because the manager is telling them "We've got to compete and you can't screw up at all!". 

So yeah, you're stuck with Gonzalez and Shields all year on your competitive roster. Congrats. Good luck.

That was true when we had to rush Daniel Hudson up...and only gave him 3 starts, but no longer the case.

Greg (not Balta), you've got to relax about the day to day stuff.

Matt Davidson isn't an All-Star just because he rakes against the Royals.  It's a long a-- season.

Leury! Nice! Lets get this tied up

Engel did a thing!

now that is the perfect time to call the squeeze.  fast runner, shit batter.

Just now, caulfield12 said:

That was true when we had to rush Daniel Hudson up...and only gave him 3 starts, but no longer the case.

Greg (not Balta), you've got to relax about the day to day stuff.

Matt Davidson isn't an All-Star just because he rakes against the Royals.  It's a long a-- season.

?  Greg hates Davidson now that us “statniks” are finally intrigued.