2 minutes ago, fathom said:

I don’t care about the result of that play with Eloy. The truth is he’s going to suffer a horrible injury out there due to his clumsiness.  Left field is not a hard spot to find offense, so just make him a DH and save his bat.

Move Anderson to LF.   Leave Leury at SS.

Still have a logjam for this year with Abreu/Vaughn/EE/Collins at 1B/DH, unfortunately.

Leury is much better on the infield.    Leave Mendick alone, see if Madrigal can take his spot back.    Don't need to mess with that unless Mendick goes into a 2-3 week long slump.

Edited August 7, 20205 yr by caulfield12

1 minute ago, fathom said:

I don’t care about the result of that play with Eloy. The truth is he’s going to suffer a horrible injury out there due to his clumsiness.  Left field is not a hard spot to find offense, so just make him a DH and save his bat.

Come on fathom, we have Abreu & Vaughn for the next two years.  They aren’t making Eloy a DH before then.

Just now, caulfield12 said:

Move Anderson to LF.   Leave Leury at SS.

Still have a logjam for this year with Abreu/Vaughn/EE/Collins at 1B/DH

EE and Collins aren’t long-term pieces to worry about 

Just now, caulfield12 said:

Move Anderson to LF.   Leave Leury at SS.

Still have a logjam for this year with Abreu/Vaughn/EE/Collins at 1B/DH

Leury isn’t a starting caliber just because he’s having a nice little hot stretch.

Just now, Chicago White Sox said:

Come on fathom, we have Abreu & Vaughn for the next two years.  They aren’t making Eloy a DH before then.

He has a weekly blunder that is nearly catastrophic. We can’t be surprised when it eventually happens sadly.  The tools just aren’t there for him to be a good outfielder.

lol Foster was there all along and we waited this long to use him tonight? Come on Ricky

So much for FOSTER as the opener this weekend.

Wonder who they'll choose now?

Just now, Chicago White Sox said:

Leury isn’t a starting caliber just because he’s having a nice little hot stretch.

He’s a perfect bench player. He gets exposed when he plays too often.

Lazy defense

Just now, caulfield12 said:

So much for FOSTER as the opener this weekend.

Wonder who they'll choose now?

It’s Detwiler

Fuck.  

Just get this inning over already

2 minutes ago, reiks12 said:

Eloy just cost us 3 runs that inning. It is time to move him full time to DH, ENOUGH!

Absolutely it was a brutal play, but how exactly is Eloy responsible for Gyorko’s homer?  Whole game has been brutal. Eloy is just one part of it.

1 minute ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Leury isn’t a starting caliber just because he’s having a nice little hot stretch.

I'm not so sure about that.  I think he can be MLB average at SS, honestly.   Maybe at second, but his arm is a huge advantage at short.

Just now, chw42 said:

lol Foster was there all along and we waited this long to use him tonight? Come on Ricky

We had 5 innings to cover up 2-1 with Cordero, Cishek, Bummer, Marshall and Colome fresh. This was just a huge blunder by Ricky.

1 minute ago, fathom said:

He has a weekly blunder that is nearly catastrophic. We can’t be surprised when it eventually happens sadly.  The tools just aren’t there for him to be a good outfielder.

The tools weren’t there for Carlos Lee either, but he managed to not almost kill himself every week

1 minute ago, fathom said:

He has a weekly blunder that is nearly catastrophic. We can’t be surprised when it eventually happens sadly.  The tools just aren’t there for him to be a good outfielder.

That still doesn’t change the fact the DH spot is not an option for him, so either he needs to get smarter out there or risk getting hurt.

Just now, Timmy U said:

Absolutely it was a brutal play, but how exactly is Eloy responsible for Gyorko’s homer?  Whole game has been brutal. Eloy is just one part of it.

If that play hadn't happened, are we to believe the inning would have unfolded exactly the same.  Gio obviously lost his composure out there, everyone watching could tell that much...or at least hear it from Gio's mouth directly.

Just now, GermanSoxFan said:

The tools weren’t there for Carlos Lee either, but he managed to not almost kill himself every week

Once again, can anyone imagine him at 3B (like C-Lee/El Caballo)?

He's making Dayan Viciedo look like Juan Pierre or Pods out there.

No no no, that Rangers' game was 10X worse.

We were 23-10 at that point, and looked to have at least a 50/50 shot at the playoffs if the rotation and SS position could be addressed.

The funny thing is that the minor league scouting reports say Eloy is an average to slightly below average fielder.

I want some of the good stuff they were smoking

Career high 7 strikeouts in just 4 IP.

LOL at that.

1 minute ago, GermanSoxFan said:

The funny thing is that the minor league scouting reports say Eloy is an average to slightly below average fielder.

I want some of the good stuff they were smoking

Must have been some really good shit. 

2 minutes ago, GermanSoxFan said:

The funny thing is that the minor league scouting reports say Eloy is an average to slightly below average fielder.

I want some of the good stuff they were smoking

That's some Doors peyote in the desert stuff, like BREAK ON THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE/THE CRYSTAL SHIP time.   BLAKE.   The Doors of Perception, etc.

Would be funny to look at Cubs' internal scouting reports from that time..."he even makes Kyle Schwarber actually look like a competent big league outfielder."

Edited August 7, 20205 yr by caulfield12

Mazara’s swing is sooooo slow

5 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

If that play hadn't happened, are we to believe the inning would have unfolded exactly the same.  Gio obviously lost his composure out there, everyone watching could tell that much...or at least hear it from Gio's mouth directly.

Gio got hit, walked people and worked slow the entire game. He may have deserved a better fate, but he was an active participant in his own poor performance.