I won't be at the game so with my luck Rey will have a bad start, but I'm hoping not!

Let's go Whiiiite Sox!

 

First interleague game for both teams. NL leads AL 59-46.

Bottom 5 in AL are 9-29 in interleague games. 

If anyone wants to feel even worse about going up against Strasburg tonight, continue reading below. 

(Per RotoGrinders)

 

Stephen Strasburg is having his usual dominant year, but he’s not standing still; this year, he’s upped his curveball usage to 30.4 percent, 14th-highest in MLB (min. 500 pitches). It’s an elite offering, and he’s allowed just one extra-base hit in 81 plate appearances ending with the pitch: a double to Pete Alonso back on March 30th. That amounts to a .013 ISO against the pitch (and that’s not a typo). Here’s hoping he makes liberal use of his Uncle Charlie against the White Sox, who rank 27th in team wOBA against curveballs (.236). And if we pull up the PlateIQ to see how the individual White Sox hitters have fared against the pitch, it’s a massacre of red:

The lone bright spot is projected #9 hitter Charlie Tilson, in eight batted ball events (and that’s a Derek Carty-certified small sample size). Even if we zoom out a bit to the less granular, we can see this is a matchup Strasburg should exploit, as the White Sox have the second-highest strikeout rate in MLB against right-handed pitching (26.4%).

 

Edited June 4, 20196 yr by Richie

Stras should be able to dominate this Sox lineup. If Yoan isn’t aggressive with the fastball, he will have no chance on the changeup.  Love watching Stras pitch.

This feels like another game where they’re sniffing .500 and lay an absolute egg. 

One good thing about inter league play in the NL... no Alonso. 

3 minutes ago, mqr said:

This feels like another game where they’re sniffing .500 and lay an absolute egg. 

Yea I can see that.

Just now, SoxAce said:

One good thing about inter league play in the NL... no Alonso. 

Figures he finally starts heating up just was we head to an NL park.

DJ is in the TV booth. Stone had to take his cat to the cleaners. 

Just now, pcq said:

DJ is in the TV booth. Stone had to take his cat to the cleaners. 

yea half week for Stone, he's down in Scottsdale enjoying the sun believe he said he'd rejoin the club in KC later this week.

From Timmy's twitter, he too apparently likes Gunna:

 

Edited June 4, 20196 yr by chitownsportsfan

National's crew sucking off Jose "50 RBI abreu", good lord. He has .2 fWAR this year.

lets do that baseball

17 minutes ago, pcq said:

DJ is in the TV booth. Stone had to take his cat to the cleaners. 

Lol

Love DJ says it how it is

Jesus that hook is nasty.

lol moncada.

Is there no WGN score bug or is my....feed.....cropping it off

What a wonderful at bat from Moncada. 

Love how he spat on that curveball just below the zone. 

Edited June 4, 20196 yr by Jack Parkman

jesus that a fucking take.  helluva AB Yoan.

Damn.. Caught a break

Glad to see DJ back with tv

Just now, JoshPR said:

Damn.. Caught a break

it was low, didn't have any of the zone.  was an incredible take.

Jose on base. LMFAO at the h8ers