Just now, South Side Hit Men said:

Yes. Properly managed in a part time DH/LF role, he has an .853 OPS.

Wow.  Well good for him.

21 hours ago, pcq said:

I'll believe that when they have a Nick Madrigal bobblehead. Come to think of it Yolmer might be better than Leury at some things and he has a Gold Glove. 

Somewhere the White Sox are planning for the next Yolmer/Leury/Delmonico type guy that never leaves.

1 hour ago, South Side Hit Men said:

Yes. Properly managed in a part time DH/LF role, he has an .853 OPS.

And that’s exactly it. Tons of ex-White Sox who seemed to suck for us hang around the bigs when they’re properly used, because their new teams have reels of film on how they shouldn’t be used…and they never make the same mistakes our stupid organization is utterly incapable of learning from. 

 

 

6 minutes ago, KrankinSox said:

 

 

dumbass

6 hours ago, South Side Hit Men said:

Yes. Properly managed in a part time DH/LF role, he has an .853 OPS.

That is a strange concept for us to grasp. It exists?

https://twitter.com/NBCSGiants/status/1552125904066908160?s=20&t=kAfv1mwJ_3rOzBUfXQFiOw

 

Edited July 27, 20223 yr by wrathofhahn

 

Imagine the damage he could do in our china-cabinet dugout.  We really dodged a bullet letting him go

1 minute ago, 35thstreetswarm said:

Imagine the damage he could do in our china-cabinet dugout.  We really dodged a bullet letting him go

That would have probably decapitated Eloy.

Rodon has given up 10 runs and 3 HR's in the two games after the Allstar break......hummmmm could his arm be tiring like it did last year.  I'll say one thing his teammates don't seem too fond of him.  Granted the bat kick was a freak accident but his teammates had the look of disgust and seemed to be saying "what the fuck asshole"

8 minutes ago, A-Train to 35th said:

Rodon has given up 10 runs and 3 HR's in the two games after the Allstar break......hummmmm could his arm be tiring like it did last year.  I'll say one thing his teammates don't seem too fond of him.  Granted the bat kick was a freak accident but his teammates had the look of disgust and seemed to be saying "what the fuck asshole"

id still take Rodon over Giolito or Lynn right now

21 hours ago, ShoeLessRob said:

That would have probably decapitated Eloy.

The bat could have hit another player and Eloy would have gone on the IL out of sympathy.

Carlos Rodon being angry in the dugout is a big nothing to me. So he kicked a bat... big deal. It's not like he planned on hitting his teammate. And as far as him wearing down, look at the White Sox starting pitching. One guy was so bad that he got DFAed, one has a knee that probably won't ever be 100 percent again and one guy isn't as dominant anymore without the sticky stuff. The White Sox should have absolutely tendered him an offer or extended him. Hell his dominant start at the beginning of the year would have the White Sox over .500 now and I think that's worth something even if he does tire towards the end of the season.

 

Edited July 28, 20223 yr by chetkincaid

5 minutes ago, reiks12 said:

id still take Rodon over Giolito or Lynn right now

Right now it's easier to say that, but at the time there was uncertainty about his health.  Carlos pitched 132 innings for us in 2021, he's at 116 and counting for the Giants.

Prior to 2021 he only pitched 41 innings in 2019 to 2020 so if it was my money I'm not giving Carlos an 18 mil QO or the 44 million he eventually signed for.

I hope he turns it around this year, but it's beginning to look like he's trending toward another dead arm come August-September.

1 hour ago, hogan873 said:

The bat could have hit another player and Eloy would have gone on the IL out of sympathy.

Eloy could probably injure himself just watching this clip on his phone.

4 hours ago, A-Train to 35th said:

Right now it's easier to say that, but at the time there was uncertainty about his health.  Carlos pitched 132 innings for us in 2021, he's at 116 and counting for the Giants.

Prior to 2021 he only pitched 41 innings in 2019 to 2020 so if it was my money I'm not giving Carlos an 18 mil QO or the 44 million he eventually signed for.

I hope he turns it around this year, but it's beginning to look like he's trending toward another dead arm come August-September.

His dead arm in august-september is going to come with 4-5 WAR. Ive been saying it since Slick Rick didbt even bother offering a QO.

1 minute ago, reiks12 said:

His dead arm in august-september is going to come with 4-5 WAR. Ive been saying it since Slick Rick didbt even bother offering a QO.

Too big of a risk and too much money for someone who's been injured more than he's played the last seven years.  Not counting this year with the Giants, Carlos has averaged 95 Innings pitched per year.  Not good enough for my 18 mil QO, or the 44 mil. the Giants are paying him.

People will really fall over backwards trying to justify what was a very obvious mistake. I don't understand it.

Maybe he'll finally break in August, I don't know. No one does. But Lucas + Lynn were seen as dependable, modern day workhorses and both of those guys have spent the entire year getting shelled and on the IL.

10 hours ago, A-Train to 35th said:

Too big of a risk and too much money for someone who's been injured more than he's played the last seven years.  Not counting this year with the Giants, Carlos has averaged 95 Innings pitched per year.  Not good enough for my 18 mil QO, or the 44 mil. the Giants are paying him.

Then we have only 6 players actually worth their money on the roster.

Cease Vaughn Anderson Robert Kopech…Abreu

 

Mercedes .260, 1 , 7, .782 ops

Edited July 29, 20223 yr by caulfield12

 

Rodon is toast, lol.

Looks like he is desperately pitching to get traded to a contender other than the Sox in the next two days.

I thought not dominating in his 2 previous starts (even though everything under the hood still looked fine) meant Rodon was about to break. So much for that.

Rodon now leads all pitchers in fWAR. He has the 2nd lowest FIP amongst qualified starters. 5th highest strikeout rate. ERA below 3. He is an ace and it'll be fascinating to see what the Giants get for him if they do end up selling.

18 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Rodon is toast, lol.

Looks like he is desperately pitching to get traded to a contender other than the Sox in the next two days.

At this time last year Rodon was throwing 90 MPH. At this point I'm just kind of convinced that he broke down last year cause it had been forever since he threw that many innings. I don't know how he'll take throwing 170+ innings and having to pitch in the postseason though. 

Is the “talk to me in July when he’s on the IL” crowd still interested in talking?