nice W, Liam‘s foot saved a leadoff hit and then it was smooth sailing 

That's my fucking CLOSER!!!!

1 hour ago, maxjusttyped said:

Burger should have a lot of value, man. No way he isn't a ~2 WAR guy playing every day already and there's a ton of upside for more in his bat.

MLB third baseman man

fuck yeah, a no drama 3-2 win

5-2 boys

 

5-2 given the injuries is amazing.

7 minutes ago, ChiHawks10 said:

It's like 42 degrees in Chicago.  Today was a display of cold spring baseball in Chicago.

Chicago takes Jackie Robinson day very seriously 

Just now, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Graveman looks great so far.

I think you were pretty vocal about his lack of a track record as a high leverage reliever, but I think the stuff his real. That movement he has on the fastball is unreal and his breaking ball is sharp and breaks quickly. It could go sideways of course, but I have bought in.

6 minutes ago, wegner said:

Maybe baseball should do a better job of marketing someone like TA

who does baseball market well to?

 

lol

Cease was amazing

Burger carried the offense

Bullpen was nails outside of Bummer

I'm not real worried about only getting 3 runs considering we hit a ton of balls hard to the warning track. This easily could have been a 3 or 4 run win. 

3 minutes ago, GermanSoxFan said:

Baseball couldn’t even market the best player we will ever see in our lifetime in Mike Trout.

i think trout is hard to market.  he's not flashy at anything. and he's a to himself guy.

4 minutes ago, joesaiditstrue said:

fuck yeah, a no drama 3-2 win

5-2 boys

 

oh i think bummer gave us a little drama.

3 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

1. Engel hasn't played a ton of cf since 2019. In 2020 he was well below average (sss) in cf. Last year he was even. Roberts route rates in cf have been better than engel every year. 

Of course they both catch more than they're supposed to. As I said, Engel is good. Robert is elite. 

Engel is great playing balls at the wall.  Robert has really improved on that after having trouble initially.  I still laugh at the initial scouting reports not being that impressed with Luis' defense....what did they not see?  Or did he improve that much?

4 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

1. Engel hasn't played a ton of cf since 2019. In 2020 he was well below average (sss) in cf. Last year he was even. Roberts route rates in cf have been better than engel every year. 

Of course they both catch more than they're supposed to. As I said, Engel is good. Robert is elite. 

LOL WTF why even bring up 2020 (sss) ? It was 2 attempts in CF. It was like 2020 (SSS) . Are you kidding me bringing that up ? That's just sad.

1 minute ago, wegner said:

Engel is great playing balls at the wall.  Robert has really improved on that after having trouble initially.  I still laugh at the initial scouting reports not being that impressed with Luis' defense....what did they not see?  Or did he improve that much?

i think luis is over-rated as a cf'r.  

8 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

5-2 given the injuries is amazing.

And easily could've been 6-1 had Liam not blown those two leads on opening day vs the kitty cats.

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4 minutes ago, GermanSoxFan said:

I think you were pretty vocal about his lack of a track record as a high leverage reliever, but I think the stuff his real. That movement he has on the fastball is unreal and his breaking ball is sharp and breaks quickly. It could go sideways of course, but I have bought in.

Yes, very vocal about giving him a 3 year deal with no track record. I'll need to see more than a week obviously but he's looked fantastic 

Sox got 1 WAR out of Rodon tonight  without paying a dime, now that is efficiency. ? 

Great to get the win but I think the best thing tonight was seeing Hendricks with a three up three out save

3 minutes ago, priznr said:

i think luis is over-rated as a cf'r.  

He is great. It's like arguing if God or Buddha is better . But I don't ever recall Engel camped under routine fly balls and dropping them.

6 minutes ago, priznr said:

i think luis is over-rated as a cf'r.  

Didn’t he win a gold glove? 

I really really hope they don't trade Vaughn, he's the real deal.

1 minute ago, elrockinMT said:

Didn’t he win a gold glove? 

Yep....I disagree with the overrated assessment.

disagree.  he's very good but his stats aren't any better (or as good) than several other cf'rs.    he's not the five tool guy many claim he is.  strong arm but not accurate, glove is shaky at times.       he's among the better outfielders .. but certainly not an elite.  sox fans just like to think he is.

Just now, priznr said:

disagree.  he's very good but his stats aren't any better (or as good) than several other cf'rs.    he's not the five tool guy many claim he is.  strong arm but not accurate, glove is shaky at times.       he's among the better outfielders .. but certainly not an elite.  sox fans just like to think he is.

Nice troll job. 

3 minutes ago, elrockinMT said:

Didn’t he win a gold glove? 

so, a gold glove means elite to you?  gold glove is  what voters say.  some not so good decisions there as i'm sure you'd agree.