Just now, poppysox said:

And he hasn't cut up any uniforms.

 

Give it time

Think about this. Sale’s highest single season fWAR with the White Sox was 5.6. Giolito is on pace for 7.2 this season ?

3 minutes ago, SoxAce said:

He's nearly reaching Chris Sale like dominance with us. It's incredible. 

He’s on a run like Arrieta in 2016

Thank God Merrifield isn’t due up this inning.   Colome better be better than his last outing in DC!

 

Edited June 8, 20196 yr by soxfan49

1 minute ago, Moan4Yoan said:

Agreed.  Look at Giolito.  Look at Moncada.  Look at Eloy.  These guys all seem to struggle coming up and once they adjust, they are studs.

Yep. Eloy is going to have a Moncada like impact with the bat next season I'm betting.

Edited June 8, 20196 yr by SoxAce

Rondon is 0-2 before he gets to the plate

3 minutes ago, Moan4Yoan said:

So is Giolito starting the Allstar Game for the AL?

Verlander likely 

Benching Alonso doesn’t mean you have to replace him with a shitty hitter in the heart of the order.   Rondon could have batted 9th.  Lost the chance for Eloy to bat once more time 

1 minute ago, SoxAce said:

Nearly. Sale was doing it far longer and had more double digit K's per outing. But he's very close. 

Oh yea, Giolito doesn’t have the track record yet but this season he’s pitching at a higher level than Sale ever did in a single season for the White Sox.

1 minute ago, SoxAce said:

Yep. Eloy is going to have a Moncada pike impact next season I'm betting.

That would be a good bet.

1 minute ago, Tomtom said:

Thank God Merrifield isn’t due up this inning.   Colome better be better than his last outing in DC!

I still think Bummer should've started the 9th, but I get it.

If one of Cease or Kopech hit their ceiling, paired with this new Gio Sox will have a top 3 to match almost any in baseball. Fingers crossed they both do

Edited June 8, 20196 yr by TheTruth05

2 minutes ago, fathom said:

He’s on a run like Arrieta in 2016

This one is far more shocking though considering he was the worst qualified starter in baseball just last year.

1 minute ago, TheTruth05 said:

If one of Cease or Kopech hit their ceiling, paired with this new Gio Sox will have a top 3 to match almost any in baseball. Fingers crossed they both do

Man, Rick would look like a mega genius.  

Just now, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

This one is far more shocking though considering he was the worst qualified starter in baseball just last year.

@Jack Parkman again.

 

Sanchez busy today 

1 minute ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

This one is far more shocking though considering he was the worst qualified starter in baseball just last year.

Absolutely, people forget how wild he was last year. He was walking people and missing by a foot every batter it seemed.

1 minute ago, TheTruth05 said:

If one of Cease or Kopech hit their ceiling, paired with this new Gio Sox will have a top 3 to match almost any in baseball. Fingers crossed they both do

I'm confident that despite the TJ, Dunning is going to be a solid middle of the rotation piece too. He's got the fire and the makeup. Maybe a late 2020 guy.

Though Verlander pretty much tops all the stat boards, Gio leads the AL in FIP, which means that our sometimes terrible defense can't contain the greatness either.

Edited June 8, 20196 yr by Charlie Haeger's Knuckles

4 minutes ago, SoxAce said:

Yep. Eloy is going to have a Moncada like impact with the bat next season I'm betting.

Tim Anderson too.  He went from free swinging to a bit more selective and not looking to homer every at bat.

1 minute ago, Eloy Jiménez said:

Man, Rick would look like a mega genius.  

You're giving me chills.

1 minute ago, SoxAce said:

@Jack Parkman again.

 

???

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Edited June 8, 20196 yr by Moan4Yoan

1 minute ago, SoxAce said:

@Jack Parkman again.

 

He could be Ronny Woo Woo aka @ron883.  Count your blessings.

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