3 minutes ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

McCann was so bad last year that it made complete sense to move him to the bench for 2/3 of the games in 2020. You’d think we were the Dodgers or something with no holes elsewhere.

Positional-strength wise, that was one of our top spots.   Repeatable, there was certainly doubt there.   But it was pretty obvious they needed at least one more veteran starting pitcher (certainly more reliable than Gio Gonzalez, something along the lines of Maeda/Odorizzi would have been perfect to really solidify things along with Dallas.)

Edited July 29, 20205 yr by caulfield12

Just now, Chicago White Sox said:

A lot of teams have better 5th OFs than what we’re rocking out there.

See.

Dude if you're going to wear the mask at the plate cover your nose it doesn't work if you don't.

1 minute ago, ptatc said:

No, this organization sucks. They should have foreseen this. Stop talking your nonsense.

Yeah, who could have seen Jimenez, Mazara, or Robert getting hurt given their sparking records of health!!

2 minutes ago, SouthWallace said:

 

Wonder who this was?

 

1 minute ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Yeah, who could have seen Jimenez, Mazara, or Robert getting hurt given their sparking records of health!!

The exact reason another OF bench piece was needed this offseason ?

Just now, caulfield12 said:

Positional-strength wise, that was one of our top spots.   Repeatable, there was certainly doubt there.   But it was pretty obvious they needed at least one more veteran starting pitcher (certainly more reliable than Giolito, something along the lines of Maeda/Odorizzi would have been perfect to really solidify things along with Dallas.)

Sox need at least two reliable veteran starters to pair with Giolito if they want to contend. Cease, Kopech, Rodon, and Lopez were all huge wild cards coming into this season. At best, you get decent production from two of those in the 4/5 slots but even that was a huge if. 

Whatever happened to that slider Rodon threw at NC State?    I recall a time when it was even cool to follow his college starts, along with Trea Turner at-bats.

Guess it went the same way as Francisco Liriano's...just way too much torque on the elbow to get away throwing that for more than 3-5 seasons in top form.

3 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Yeah, who could have seen Jimenez, Mazara, or Robert getting hurt given their sparking records of health!!

How did Mazara get hurt?

2 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Wonder who this was?

Are you being serious? The TV actually showed Rodon off in the corner throwing stuff. Clearly him.

Just now, ptatc said:

How did Mazara get hurt?

A lot of his cells have been attacked by some sort of protein-surrounded RNA creature that we can't comment about.

2 minutes ago, HahnsKiddieTable said:

The exact reason another OF bench piece was needed this offseason ?

Yeah. And I like Engel as a backup OF. Just not someone you want to rely on for long periods of time. If he were a 5th OF, sure.

2 minutes ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

Sox need at least two reliable veteran starters to pair with Giolito if they want to contend. Cease, Kopech, Rodon, and Lopez were all huge wild cards coming into this season. At best, you get decent production from two of those in the 4/5 slots but even that was a huge if. 

Are you sure you don't mean Keuchal?

Just now, Balta1701 said:

Are you being serious? The TV actually showed Rodon off in the corner throwing stuff. Clearly him.

Oh I didn’t catch that.

3 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

Dude if you're going to wear the mask at the plate cover your nose it doesn't work if you don't.

This is derived from the "you lose 85-90% of your body heat from your throat, so somehow conserving that seems like it MIGHT potentially have health benefits" school of thinking.

2 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Whatever happened to that slider Rodon threw at NC State?    I recall a time when it was even cool to follow his college starts, along with Trea Turner at-bats.

Guess it went the same way as Francisco Liriano's...just way too much torque on the elbow to get away throwing that for more than 3-5 seasons in top form.

shoulder surgery and TJ surgery?

1 minute ago, ptatc said:

How did Mazara get hurt?

How did Eloy get hurt?  And what game was it?

1 minute ago, ptatc said:

How did Mazara get hurt?

I don't think he is being literal here. Just that he's not a guy with a perfect bill of health in his career.

That's how Timmy needed to play that groundball early in the first game that pulled Abreu well off the bag...

Maybe the sox pitchers should throw dugout fits after every bad inning

1 minute ago, Balta1701 said:

A lot of his cells have been attacked by some sort of protein-surrounded RNA creature that we can't comment about.

Got it. Makes sense with his injury history to which he was referring.

 

Rodon is settling down. Keep hope ....for a few innings.

 

1 minute ago, Cowch said:

Maybe the sox pitchers should throw dugout fits after every bad inning

I wouldn't object. 

It would be really nice if we could have one of those big innings right about now