Man, the dueling incompetence of Clevinger and the Cleveland lineup is hilarious.

AV!

Good things happen when AV pulls the ball ?

25 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Meanwhile, Vaughn's average in danger of sinking down into the 230's now.

TY for the Jinx! 

AV!

17 minutes ago, Timmy U said:

If I'm Minny, I'm feeling pretty good right now. Sox are out of it and Cleveland does not look like a .500 team.

Cleveland is just flat out bad without McKenzie and Ramirez.  This pitcher today is absolute trash.  Couldn’t even miss bats in the minors.  

3 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Cleveland is a mediocre at best team. Is the AL Central historically bad? Only Detroit not being 90 loss bad (and they probably still are) might save it. I think only Minny will finish over .500.

If you get back McKenzie, Jose Ramirez, Naylor, last year's Gimenez, last year's Rosario (best FA SS in theory this year)...2022 Oscar Gonzalez was one of their best hitters in the second half.

Sox killer Cy Civale became garbage too.

 

But just watch, Battenfield and Bibee and Curry or some totally unknown High A/AA guy will win a Cy Young 2-3 years from now, lol.

Have so many young 1-2 year players mixing into the lineup.

If Vaughn heats up we could win some games. Need that power.

Good lord Grandal, run

So slow

I think Ichiro would have a triple on some of these Yas singles lately. 

BURGER DONG

Burger is unbelievable lmao

Jake Burger is a monster

This pitcher really sucks lol

3 minutes ago, whitesoxfan99 said:

Cleveland is just flat out bad without McKenzie and Ramirez.  This pitcher today is absolute trash.  Couldn’t even miss bats in the minors.  

He has bounced all around the minors...including Houston and TB.

Burger is my man!

Need Burger in the lineup. Eloy is the RF when healthy (assuming no injuries). Dude gets hurt regardless if he DH’s or not.

Edited May 18, 20232 yr by Bob Sacamano

Burger 3 straight games with a HR !!

This exact scenario is why I don't mind Burger behind Yaz too much. Yaz gets on base at a good enough clip, but it's nice to have power behind him to keep him from clogging up traffic.

If not for the injuries Burger would still be in Charlotte. Nuts

Edited May 18, 20232 yr by Soxfest

Just now, almagest said:

This pitcher really sucks lol

Sox playing well the last two days but holy hell this guy is atrocious.  Stuff is garbage and mediocre at best command.  And someday soon teams will figure out you don’t need to throw Burger any strikes right now because he isn’t taking anything.  

1.072 OPS for Burger

Well this is fun.

Tim's approach at the plate:

If Runner on Base = YES, Swing = PULL
Otherwise, Swing= PUSH