Signs of life!

2 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:

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

LOL catchers are slow ,especially old catchers with hammy problem. Be grateful he's hitting decently. He made that Burger HR a 2 run blast.

Burger 9/18 in 76 at-bats.

1.021 OPS

 

Career wise, .255, 18, 47 in just 282 at-bats.  .837 OPS.

No matter what happens the rest of the season, he has now become a core element of "rebuild/retool" and probably the best feel good story for the Sox since Carroll (QB from Purdue) pitching into lifetime MLB benefits and maybe Billy Hamilton two seasons ago.  Robert leading the majors in XBH/3rd in homers and 95% of his former self in CF, too.

 

Win tonight and only 8 games behind MIN before Memorial Day, lol.

I hate Steven Kawn

Kwan makes a living off of ducksnorts

hate to toot my own horn, but if any of the guys I've been arguing with about JB being platooned want 

to say anything, nows the time. maybe AV and Gavin should do the platooning..

5 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

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

1B Vaughn

2B Moncada

3B Burger

SS Anderson

LF Benintendi

CF Robert

RF Eloy/Sheets

C Grandal

DH Sheets/Eloy

Let 'em bang away.

Late game defensive substitutions: Moncada to 3B, Andrus in at 2B and Hasely replaces Eloy/Sheets in RF.

Bell is gonna do some damage here

edit: did not expect a strikeout there lmao

Edited May 18, 20232 yr by joejoesox

Clevinger is hard to watch. High fastball probably gets Gimenez there

4 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

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.

But who in their right mind bats perhaps your best HR hitter 8th when you 1 and 2 hitters have 0 HR's.  All teams have a better win percentage when they hit 2 or more HR's so our HR hitters need more opportunities and our 0 HR guys need less opportunities.

And Gavin despite the hate for him hits RHP pretty well . Grandal should bat 8th because he isn't healthy, fast or young enough to be in the middle of the lineup. Tim and Beni 6th and 7th. Tim for health reasons also.

Sheets in RF has changed the whole team. 

3 minutes ago, zisk said:

hate to toot my own horn, but if any of the guys I've been arguing with about JB being platooned want 

to say anything, nows the time. maybe AV and Gavin should do the platooning..

Burger is my Waterloo on this board. Dude is an incredible story and when healthy all he does is mash. I was dead wrong about him.

Clevinger is shaky ......I would take 5 and get him out

3 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

Bell is gonna do some damage here

Nope

If you look at the averages of our starting line up, really isn't bad

I'd try and steal outs with him.

1 minute ago, 2Deep said:

Clevinger is shaky ......I would take 5 and get him out

He'll pitch at least the 6th, too. Grifol so rarely gets 6 or more from a starter, and the pitch count is still pretty low. This is a pretty awful Cleveland team without Ramirez and Naylor, I think Chicago knows that as well.

This poor kid on the mound for Cleveland with 88-90 mph stuff, isn't long for the bigs.

2 minutes ago, 2Deep said:

Clevinger is shaky ......I would take 5 and get him out

He'll be out there to start the 6th. Guardians are not a dangerous lineup. He's only at 71 pitches so despite the 5 hits and 2 walks he's been semi efficient.

Would be nice to make the decision to stretch Cleavinger made easier here

I luvvvv insurance

Good Yoan !

Nan Na Na Na , NA Na Na Na. Hey hey hey goodbye !

Wonder if we'll see Crochet tonight?

5-1? alright I've seen enough, screw this team! 

78 wins may win this division.  63-56 needed rest of the way including tonight.

M = May; J = June; Y = July; A = August; S = September; O = October 1st.

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