1 minute ago, GermanSoxFan said:

Anything to back up that claim?

If you look up the metrics you can come to that conclusion. Moncada has a high BABIP but he also destroys baseballs when he makes contact, hits a ton of line drives and is super fast. Those things lead to a more sustainable high BABIP. 

Giolito is missing tons of bats and his spin rates have gone from below average to above average. 

Anderson is going to have seasons where he hits .265 and seasons where he hits .310. He's probably good for 20/20 every year regardless. 

Just now, Moan4Yoan said:

He is now hitting .280 with a .793 OPS.  His bat has quite literally fallen off a cliff.  It is what it is.

And he's still got a wRC+ of 112. If he's around 100 that's fine with nice defense.

Just now, Moan4Yoan said:

He is now hitting .280 with a .793 OPS.  His bat has quite literally fallen off a cliff.  It is what it is.

You say that as if that was bad.

Just now, Jack Parkman said:

If you look up the metrics you can come to that conclusion. Moncada has a high BABIP but he also destroys baseballs when he makes contact, hits a ton of line drives and is super fast. Those things lead to a more sustainable high BABIP. 

Giolito is missing tons of bats and his spin rates have gone from below average to above average. 

Anderson is going to have seasons where he hits .265 and seasons where he hits .310. He's probably good for 20/20 every year regardless. 

I was talking about your gamecalling claim

See what happens when you don’t bunt!  Happy for Engel

Just now, Jack Parkman said:

If you look up the metrics you can come to that conclusion. Moncada has a high BABIP but he also destroys baseballs when he makes contact, hits a ton of line drives and is super fast. Those things lead to a more sustainable high BABIP. 

Giolito is missing tons of bats and his spin rates have gone from below average to above average. 

Anderson is going to have seasons where he hits .265 and seasons where he hits .310. He's probably good for 20/20 every year regardless. 

He's asking how you can say he's called bad games.

His pitchers rarely shake him off which is a pretty good sign that he calls a good game and is on the same page with his starters... and that they trust him. 

Pitch Execution isn't the responsibility of the catcher.

Just now, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

And he's still got a wRC+ of 112. If he's around 100 that's fine with nice defense.

Yeah he's fine. He's just not a .330 hitter. He has made some legitimate improvements. 

Just now, GermanSoxFan said:

I was talking about your gamecalling claim

I don’t think it’s been awful of late, but tonight was quite odd. 

1 hour ago, Jack Parkman said:

To paraphrase the late Denny Green, McCann is who we thought he was. 

Well Jack, to be honest, when I heard the Sox signed a catcher named McCann in the off-season I thought it was Brian McCann.  So I can guarantee you that McCann was not who I thought he was.

Hawk just left Granger to check on Frazier 

3 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Sure. Why not?

Because he has a -0.3 fWAR over his entire Tigers’ career...which spans four full seasons.

3 minutes ago, GermanSoxFan said:

You say that as if that was bad.

How far his offense has fallen?  Yeah, it has been bad.

4 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

He's asking how you can say he's called bad games.

His pitchers rarely shake him off which is a pretty good sign that he calls a good game and is on the same page with his starters... and that they trust him. 

Pitch Execution isn't the responsibility of the catcher.

This start and Giolito's starts Thursday and vs. The Cubs in Wrigley are exhibit A for it. He walked right into the opposition's hands. 

The amount of 2 strike hits Sox pitchers are giving up with him behind the plate is astounding. On 4-5 of the hits Lopez gave up tonight, he was ahead in the count. 

Edited July 31, 20196 yr by Jack Parkman

What’s with all the fucking bunting?!

Gotta love Leury bunting with runners at 2B and 3B and no outs.

Yolmer will come to next practice wearing an ass cast. He'll buy himself 2 more weeks on the team for executing that goofy plan of his.

3 minutes ago, fathom said:

See what happens when you don’t bunt!  Happy for Engel

Spoke too soon.

Just now, caulfield12 said:

Because he has a -0.3 fWAR over his entire Tigers’ career...which spans four full seasons.

He was also the starter for a team that was a contender in 2016. So by definition he already was a starter on a contender. If he is your Nr.8 hitter, he is fine.

1 minute ago, Chicago White Sox said:

What’s with all the fucking bunting?!

These guys can’t be doing it on their own this much, can they?  And if they are doing it on their own, we need a new manager to tell them NOT to freaking do it.

Edited July 31, 20196 yr by Moan4Yoan

Colome not warming up. Hmmm.

Just now, kitekrazy said:

Spoke too soon.

Awful

Just now, Dick Allen said:

Colome not warming up. Hmmm.

Yeah someone is getting traded soon

Thor out with 97 pitches.... Okay then.

1 minute ago, Jack Parkman said:

This start and Giolito's starts Thursday and vs. The Cubs in Wrigley are exhibit A for it. He walked right into the opposition's hands. 

Ultimately the pitcher decides what to throw and how to execute that pitch, you are trying to defend a claim that is impossible to defend.

Mets’ announcers astounded Syndegaard was pulled.