1 hour ago, kitekrazy said:

So if Grandal gets hurt how is the guy in AAA?

Well, he would be leading our team in HR and RBI's for starters.

3 hours ago, South Side Hit Men said:

“I expect that Rick is going to be trying,” manager Tony La Russa said. “I don’t know what more to say. I know he’s trying.”

Please, b****

When Diekman strikes out Soto to end Game 7, all will be forgiven.

8 hours ago, Paulie4Pres said:

We're assuming a bullpen acquisition the White Sox made is going to be usable, and not total fucking garbage like every single one before him? Weird.

Tepera was great last year. Liam has been very good the last two years. Graveman has been good this year. Not following you here.

1 hour ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

Tepera was great last year. Liam has been very good the last two years. Graveman has been good this year. Not following you here.

And Kimbrel and Kelly were dogshit.

3 minutes ago, Paulie4Pres said:

And Kimbrel and Kelly were dogshit.

Kelly TBD, Kimbrel I agree but you said every single reliever acquisition has been garbage which clearly is false

19 hours ago, JoeC said:

A little confused by this.

McGuire was acquired as a minor upgrade to backup catcher. The org viewed Seby as an adequate back-up now (nobody considered him as such in the offseason), so McGuire became expendable.

Not sure how that constitutes a "failed" acquisition.

This is it in a nutshell.

Only 2 innings but this guy looks great.. looks like an Aaron Bummer replica.   

36 minutes ago, RJSox_22 said:

Only 2 innings but this guy looks great.. looks like an Aaron Bummer replica.   

I agree he has looked outstanding.  Obviously, the piece we needed.

14 minutes ago, poppysox said:

I agree he has looked outstanding.  Obviously, the piece we needed.

Huge piece that finally gives them the ability to neutralize LHH. When healthy, I’m not sure there’s a deeper bullpen in the AL than the Sox.

7 minutes ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

Huge piece that finally gives them the ability to neutralize LHH. When healthy, I’m not sure there’s a deeper bullpen in the AL than the Sox.

The whole staff is rounding into form.

4 minutes ago, poppysox said:

The whole staff is rounding into form.

Rather get hot in August/September than May/June like last season.

1 hour ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

Rather get hot in August/September than May/June like last season.

We are very good.  Maybe not Yankee/Astro's good...but you never know what injuries and setbacks the other guys are having at playoff time.  Get to the playoffs and have momentum and a little luck.  Starting pitching will ultimately decide our fate and that is looking up lately.

3 minutes ago, poppysox said:

We are very good.  Maybe not Yankee/Astro's good...but you never know what injuries and setbacks the other guys are having at playoff time.  Get to the playoffs and have momentum and a little luck.  Starting pitching will ultimately decide our fate and that is looking up lately.

I’ve been saying it for weeks. If Giolito and Lynn “get right”, this team coasts to a division title and becomes very dangerous in October. Big if but not unrealistic either.

17 minutes ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

I’ve been saying it for weeks. If Giolito and Lynn “get right”, this team coasts to a division title and becomes very dangerous in October. Big if but not unrealistic either.

Kopech is more likely to reach that playoff-caliber than Gio IMO.  Lynn is the must-get-it-together guy IMO.  

29 minutes ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

I’ve been saying it for weeks. If Giolito and Lynn “get right”, this team coasts to a division title and becomes very dangerous in October. Big if but not unrealistic either.

All true.  

3 hours ago, poppysox said:

I agree he has looked outstanding.  Obviously, the piece we needed.

 

3 hours ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

Huge piece that finally gives them the ability to neutralize LHH. When healthy, I’m not sure there’s a deeper bullpen in the AL than the Sox.

 

3 hours ago, poppysox said:

The whole staff is rounding into form.

 

3 hours ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

Rather get hot in August/September than May/June like last season.

 

1 hour ago, poppysox said:

We are very good.  Maybe not Yankee/Astro's good...but you never know what injuries and setbacks the other guys are having at playoff time.  Get to the playoffs and have momentum and a little luck.  Starting pitching will ultimately decide our fate and that is looking up lately.

 

1 hour ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

I’ve been saying it for weeks. If Giolito and Lynn “get right”, this team coasts to a division title and becomes very dangerous in October. Big if but not unrealistic either.

 

1 hour ago, poppysox said:

Kopech is more likely to reach that playoff-caliber than Gio IMO.  Lynn is the must-get-it-together guy IMO.  

 

1 hour ago, Jerksticks said:

All true.  

35 minutes ago, Tony said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But we traded McGuire

35 minutes ago, Tony said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ummm...so much for our PG~13 rating.  More like Team America.

1 minute ago, Quin said:

But we traded McGuire

No wonder he can't hit...wrist problems and dopamine overdose.

Edited August 4, 20223 yr by caulfield12

On 8/1/2022 at 6:17 PM, Tony said:

30 BB in 38 IP, I'm sure Sox fans are just going to fall in love with him.

Katz fixed him

15 hours ago, RJSox_22 said:

Only 2 innings but this guy looks great.. looks like an Aaron Bummer replica.   

Even the biggest cynic will have to admit he has looked really good in his two appearances.

I don’t think Diekman is as good as he looks now, and I don’t think he’s as bad as he’ll look when he inevitably has a few straight outings where he’s walking every other guy ?‍♂️

So his name is somehow closer to Dickman than Dickman’s.  Sorry if this was already posted 

 

 

Interesting split on Diekman.