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White Sox/A's-- Pre-series Discussion

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19 minutes ago, flavum said:

Sox land in SF in 4 hours. That's their punishment for finishing 2-8.

Wow. Late ride out. Adios brothers.

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  • Giolito struck out 13 A's last year

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What are the pitching matchups?

I would think former Sox Bassitt will get a start, most likely game 2. The A’s pretty much have to trot a lefty out there for game 1 (I’m guessing Luzardo).

I would counter with Gio for game 1 follow by Dallas. McCann catches game 1 and gets to face a lefty.

 

4 minutes ago, thxfrthmmrs said:

What are the pitching matchups?

I would think former Sox Bassitt will get a start, most likely game 2. The A’s pretty much have to trot a lefty out there for game 1 (I’m guessing Luzardo).

I would counter with Gio for game 1 follow by Dallas. McCann catches game 1 and gets to face a lefty.

 

They probably go with Manaea in game 1.

Assuming Eloy can only play DH and everyone else is healthy and we face a lefty my ideal lineup would be:

Anderson

Madrigal

Abreu

Jimenez

Moncada

Robert

McCann

Engel

L. Garcia

If Eloy can't go:

Anderson

Madrigal

Grandal

Abreu

Moncada

Robert

McCann

Engel

L. Garcia

 

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2 hours ago, KrankinSox said:

It's obvious at this point that Cishek is a reader of this board and doesn't have any real sources. He just reads what people are speculating about on here and pretends he has sources.

 

I mean, he literally stole that from fathom in today’s game thread.  So either he’s lurking on the regular or he’s simply fathom.

2 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

I mean, he literally stole that from fathom in today’s game thread.  So either he’s lurking on the regular or he’s simply fathom.

He's clearly fathom

6 minutes ago, chw42 said:

They probably go with Manaea in game 1.

He's a little hotter than Luzardo, but still a good matchup for us.

1 hour ago, chw42 said:

TV schedule is out. Sox play at 2 PM in games 1 and 2. 

Baseball is such a fucking joke with these times.

Giolito struck out 13 A's last year

A few interesting comments from A's fans that I read suggested that they're mad about the 12:00 PM (local) start time because apparently their ballpark at that time of day and at 80-90 degree temps plays favorably to righty power hitters, i.e. the White Sox

3 hours ago, Jerksticks said:

Truth.  I honestly think the Sox saw NO advantage in winning the division, or at least viewed it as LESS important than health, bullpen readiness, lineup readiness etc.  

There really wasn’t. They got a significantly better matchup by not winning. Limping in kinda sucks, but the bats woke up and well be depending on the best pitchers. 
 

I think we all would have preferred they played much better the last week, but that would be mostly eyewash. 

14 minutes ago, Jose Abreu said:

A few interesting comments from A's fans that I read suggested that they're mad about the 12:00 PM (local) start time because apparently their ballpark at that time of day and at 80-90 degree temps plays favorably to righty power hitters, i.e. the White Sox

Sounds like their fans are about just as crazy as us White Sox fans.

14 minutes ago, Jose Abreu said:

A few interesting comments from A's fans that I read suggested that they're mad about the 12:00 PM (local) start time because apparently their ballpark at that time of day and at 80-90 degree temps plays favorably to righty power hitters, i.e. the White Sox

Everything but the House of Horrors and Ricky Renteria plays to the Sox advantage.

Alliteration is our enemy.

15 minutes ago, Quin said:

Alliteration is our enemy.

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6 hours ago, hi8is said:

Most encouraging things...

1.) We haven't lost to LHP all year

2.) Robert is waking up

3.) YoYo is waking up

4.) We won't be in no starter mode for the first two games of a three game set

5.) Madrigal is magical

6.) Pray that RR puts the best players on the field ( not holding my breath )

7.) Hopefully we have Eloy back

8.) Jose is Jose

9.) Our bullpen should be nails with the top dogs going strong

10.) It's baseball, so why not

I would like to thank this post and those who enjoyed this post for my 1,000th piece of flair.  Office Space shout out.

1 hour ago, hi8is said:

I would like to thank this post and those who enjoyed this post for my 1,000th piece of flair.  Office Space shout out.

Do you like Kung Fu?

7 hours ago, hi8is said:

Sounds like their fans are about just as crazy as us White Sox fans.

I've seen A's fans at the Sox park...they're crazier...

Seems that for the most part the As fans respect us. Many are upset that they drew us. 

9 hours ago, chw42 said:

They probably go with Manaea in game 1.

Who went to high school in NW Indiana

9 hours ago, chw42 said:

They probably go with Manaea in game 1.

Why? If I'm Oakland, I'm not going with any lefties this series until game 3.

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9 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:

I mean, he literally stole that from fathom in today’s game thread.  So either he’s lurking on the regular or he’s simply fathom.

I think his source is Jimmy. He had the Eloy extension stuff right after Jimmy. All his stuff that is correct, Jimmy has either posted or tweeted before him.

Here is another thing to note. The ALDS starts Monday October 5th. So there is no reason we should be using any bad pitchers. We can go all out in a potential game 3 for a short leash day. Hell, if we win game one and have a lead in game 2, we may want to go all out to win game 2. That would give us 4 days of rest. 

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8 minutes ago, soxfan2014 said:

Why? If I'm Oakland, I'm not going with any lefties this series until game 3.

They don't have a choice really for one of the games. 

Previous 3 Oakland starters from this weekend:

Friday: Bassitt

Saturday: Minor (doubt this guy would have gotten a start anyway)

Sunday: Montas

 

3 minutes ago, SonofaRoache said:

They don't have a choice really for one of the games. 

Yeah just started looking into it. Probably Bassitt for game 2. Luzardo, Manea (lefties) or Fiers could go game 1.

Edited by soxfan2014

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