Bloop and blast time

Grandal will end up being one of the best FA signings in franchise history.

What a beast.

Grandal…what can you say.

Wow. Crushed.

There ya go Yas!

Hammered 1-1

I was beginning to wonder if anybody could hit one out of this place.

Or blast and blast

The last 2 pages have been magic. Lets go Yaz!

Finally….Grandal to deep center!…

Eloy just isn't the level of hitter we want him to be.

yet.

1 minute ago, fathom said:

Bloop and blast time

Bloop that.

When was the last time Eloy took a pitch.  

He's no mccann

Just now, WhiteSoxFan1993 said:

I was beginning to wonder if anybody could hit one out of this place.

I had no idea off the bat if that would actually go. It was clearly out of most parks but I had to wait after the last 2 Games to see it go.

3 minutes ago, SonofaRoache said:

The Astros are likely to have HFA. Both teams are good but I think HFA decides this series. We tried our best to give it away for sure. Ironically, both of these teams should be in the ALCS with the talent they have. But can either one get hot again? 

I agree with that. Whichever team will be favored in that series will comedown to HFA right now and that's trending towards the Astros. But both teams have been playing inconsistent baseball for months, which is why I don't think it's fair to act as if the Sox flaws are fatal. Houston is going through a lot of the same struggles.

Just now, maxjusttyped said:

I agree with that. Whichever team will be favored in that series will comedown to HFA right now and that's trending towards the Astros. But both teams have been playing inconsistent baseball for months, which is why I don't think it's fair to act as if the Sox flaws are fatal. Houston is going through a lot of the same struggles.

Name me Houston's starters that will compare to our top three?

Another weak first pitch out on offspeed for Eloy

Just now, maxjusttyped said:

I agree with that. Whichever team will be favored in that series will comedown to HFA right now and that's trending towards the Astros. But both teams have been playing inconsistent baseball for months, which is why I don't think it's fair to act as if the Sox flaws are fatal. Houston is going through a lot of the same struggles.

If I were a gambler and I had to ask myself out of 2 coasting teams which team could “flip a switch on”, and one of them made their first playoff appearance in 12 years last season and the other team made the ALCS last year and has won a title and been in the playoffs 6 of the last 7 years, I would always pick the experienced one. Hell, they literally did it last year - barely made the playoffs, barely missed the World Series.

Jimenez hitting .204 with 0 HR in Sept, that'll do tho

Crochet throwing in the pen. This is probably the last inning for Lynn.

1 minute ago, EloyJenkins said:

Name me Houston's starters that will compare to our top three?

Framber Valdez is 10-5 with a 3.26

McCullers 12-4 3.11

Luis Garcia 11-7 3.37

Zack Greinke 11-6 3.94

Not bad at all.

1 minute ago, chw42 said:

Crochet throwing in the pen. This is probably the last inning for Lynn.

Outside of someone throwing a no-hitter, there's really no reason to have any starter go more than 6 at this point.

3 minutes ago, EloyJenkins said:

Name me Houston's starters that will compare to our top three?

Houston has scored 45 more runs than the White Sox, has a stronger defense (second fewest errors in the big leagues, better uzr). So The White Sox do have a pitching advantage but that isn’t the whole game.

2 minutes ago, Timmy U said:

Framber Valdez is 10-5 with a 3.26

McCullers 12-4 3.11

Luis Garcia 11-7 3.37

Zack Greinke 11-6 3.94

Not bad at all.

16.8 fWAR for the White Sox Starters, 12.2 for Houston. So the White Sox do have better starters, but Houston has a better offense and defense. It’s a close matchup on paper, and home field would have been important.