April 10, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said: Either that or the Sox will wait two weeks, play shorthanded, before finally figuring out that he's not getting better and THEN IL him. They were quick to IL Eloy, so maybe they’ll handle injuries better than last year.
April 10, 20232 yr 7 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said: Either that or the Sox will wait two weeks, play shorthanded, before finally figuring out that he's not getting better and THEN IL him. That...very clearly hasn't been the approach this year? Eloy could probably DH tomorrow, but they IL'd him anyway to get Burger up and not be shorthanded for even a few days.
April 10, 20232 yr 28 minutes ago, chw42 said: Can't even make this s%*# up Someone finally got hurt during the bullpen run.
April 10, 20232 yr 43 minutes ago, Snopek said: They were quick to IL Eloy, so maybe they’ll handle injuries better than last year. Last year was an abomination especially how they handled Robert.
April 10, 20232 yr 8 minutes ago, pcq said: Twins have more injuries. Twins also aren't in the middle of a supposed "contention window" either after going through a painful rebuild.
April 10, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Rowand44 said: Only the White Sox. If there is a brawl you know Joe has your back.
April 10, 20232 yr 40 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said: Twins also aren't in the middle of a supposed "contention window" either after going through a painful rebuild. Twins are likely better and have more depth both on their team and in the minors. Our one advantage is Cease.
April 10, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Lip Man 1 said: Twins also aren't in the middle of a supposed "contention window" either after going through a painful rebuild. That said...other than their bottom out year, with that pitching staff and Correa Buxton they certainly are expected to be competitive this year. They have weathered a long string of prospect injuries like Lewis and Kiriloff but the bulk of their young pitching talent has yet to arrive. Edited April 10, 20232 yr by caulfield12
April 11, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, chw42 said: Can't even make this s%*# up Why MLB hasn't instituted a hockey-like rule saying any player leaving the dugout during an altercation will be suspended is beyond me. Pace of play is also affected by the needless massive congregation of players out there.
April 11, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, pcq said: Twins are likely better and have more depth both on their team and in the minors. Our one advantage is Cease. Robert vs. Buxton will define both franchise windows...and the Twins' superior farm system depth.
April 11, 20232 yr 12 hours ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: Why MLB hasn't instituted a hockey-like rule saying any player leaving the dugout during an altercation will be suspended is beyond me. Pace of play is also affected by the needless massive congregation of players out there. This, plus a "third man in" rule. I'm guessing that, for example, if it's just a batter vs. pitcher, the batter ends up potentially with the catcher + the full infield to deal with in close proximity. If you have a "third man in" type of rule, you remove the need to "support" anyone. Not sure how you do it without officially sanctioning fighting, but I basically agree with you. It's beyond ridiculous to have the bullpens and benches empty every f'ing time.
April 11, 20232 yr 12 hours ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: Why MLB hasn't instituted a hockey-like rule saying any player leaving the dugout during an altercation will be suspended is beyond me. Pace of play is also affected by the needless massive congregation of players out there. Probably because there are 9 players from one team on the field and at most 4 from the other team.
April 11, 20232 yr 46 minutes ago, CentralChamps21 said: Probably because there are 9 players from one team on the field and at most 4 from the other team. See: my response above. On a comedic level, it would be fun to see league-sanctioned 1 on 1's like in hockey (note: I'm actually a proponent of banning fighting in hockey). Just imagine something like Oneil Cruz vs. Lance Lynn, with someone like Joe West trying to break it up.
April 11, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, CentralChamps21 said: Probably because there are 9 players from one team on the field and at most 4 from the other team. That's easily overcome just by saying to stay at your position 2 hours ago, JoeC said: This, plus a "third man in" rule. I'm guessing that, for example, if it's just a batter vs. pitcher, the batter ends up potentially with the catcher + the full infield to deal with in close proximity. If you have a "third man in" type of rule, you remove the need to "support" anyone. Not sure how you do it without officially sanctioning fighting, but I basically agree with you. It's beyond ridiculous to have the bullpens and benches empty every f'ing time. I agree. Players already on the field need to hold their ground and not become involved. You aren't actually sanctioning fighting. Most scrums don't happen because of a fight but words exchanged and menacing movements. There are 4 umpires who can intervene. While it might suck for players to not support a team mate, the skirmish will be over much more quickly. Most actual fights happen when a batter charges the mound. Once an automated strike zone happens, Umps can be younger and more physically able to break up fights. It's not ideal now with so many older umpires who would have to intervene in fights.
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