Just now, oldsox said:

Is he done?

The strike zone is a suggestion to him.

It's kind of sad.

need cease to keep it together long enough to trade him

 

This guy does not have what it takes.

 

Just no control over the long run.

2 minutes ago, reiks12 said:

please release grandal

If Hahn brings Grandal back next season, I will not listen to a pitch until Hahn is gone.

The Dodgers sat him in the playoffs because he is a DH/1B, not a ML catcher beyond pitch framing. The Dodgers and Brewers said hard pass once their contracts were done. I don't recall a worse starting catcher in the decades I've followed the White Sox, let alone the "World's Richest White Sox". well until Benintendi was signed, another huge unforced error.

This upcoming offseason, we're going to be able to look back at this series as the one that put the Sox in the ground. 

Its over. 

Cease Anderson Eloy Benintendi and Hendriks have lost about $250-300 million in value/surplus value in the last 6 months. 

4 minutes ago, South Side Hit Men said:

If Hahn brings Grandal back next season, I will not listen to a pitch until Hahn is gone.

The Dodgers sat him in the playoffs because he is a DH/1B, not a ML catcher beyond pitch framing. The Dodgers and Brewers said hard pass once their contracts were done. I don't recall a worse starting catcher in the decades I've followed the White Sox, let alone the "World's Richest White Sox". well until Benintendi was signed, another huge unforced error.

They have to choose either Zavala or Perez and then go out and sign an Austin Hedges type just to hold the pitching staff together next year. 

Whole team forgot how to throw strikes in Detroit

I watch very few games anymore. Decided to watch today. This team is absolute garbage. We aren't even in to June yet and they are totally dead in the water. If it wasn't for KC this is a last place team. And hey, they still might be. 

As we all know the whole thing has to be burned down. And that can't happen until JR and RH are gone. 

It's not just Cease. So far in the series, Sox have walked 26 guys and have walked 5 times themselves. There's not enough talent in the world to overcome that.

We are so fucked. This team is bad, the farm system is bad, and the asserts we do have to trade are losing value rapidly. 

When Cease got his mechanics right again, he was overpowering. Sucks that it took a grand slam to get him on track.  Now they've got to cover 4 innings of garbage time and slink back to Chi.

Just now, caulfield12 said:

They have to choose either Zavala or Perez and then go out and sign an Austin Hedges type just to hold the pitching staff together next year. 

This, it worked in 2019 and 2020 with McCann, McGwire and Collins would have been fine since. Zavala can't hit, but he can manage a game and staff.

Yasmani Grandal Career Postseason: 40 Games, 128 PA, .605 OPS

Most recent five playoff years:

• 2021 White Sox: 4 Starts at Catcher (1-3), 31 Runs allowed
• 2020 White Sox: 2 Starts at Catcher (0-2), 11 Runs Allowed [Sox won the one game he did not catch]
• 2019 Brewers: 1 Start at Catcher (0-1), 4 Runs Allowed 
• 2018 Dodgers: Benched all but one game in the World Series, benched four of six games in the NLCS.  .541 OPS
• 2017 Dodgers: Benched all but two games out of fifteen playoff games. .273 OPS.

More garbage innings for Crochet. Exactly what he needs, so there's that.

I'll give Detroit some credit in this series. They have been able to lay off some tough pitches.

The pitching is not going to overcome the inability of the offense to score.  They will score 6 or 7 runs in a game maybe once a week.  If one pitcher is off on a given day like Kelly yesterday they lose.  

Take the 10 game streak out and they are still below. 500. They lost the division in April. 

This team is sooo boring. And grandal is so terrible

Might as well walk him.

I'm so over Cease lol, literally another Gavin Floyd

It should surprise no one, except the White Sox front office, that Crochet will struggle this year.

19 minutes ago, T R U said:

We are so fucked. This team is bad, the farm system is bad, and the asserts we do have to trade are losing value rapidly. 

 

Edited May 28, 20232 yr by joejoesox

Sox have thrown 128 pitches through 5. Efficiency. Sad when you have 4/5 of your rotation throw in a weekend and the only one who looks good is Schoenle

So how’s the all righty lineup against a lefty pitcher working out.

Edited May 28, 20232 yr by The Mighty Mite

The Burger luster is wearing quickly. 

Just now, ChiSox59 said:

The Burger luster is wearing quickly. 

Yep, looks like they may have figured him out. 

1 minute ago, The Mighty Mite said:

So how’s the all righty lineup against a lefty pitcher working out.

Has that stupid move ever worked?