Chicago White Sox Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Alright boys, it’s been an ugly start to the season with the Sox winless after two and those losses coming against a not great Tigers team. However, there have been some positives to cling to in the early goings. Crochet was electric and went six. Soroka was bad but was able to get through five. The bullpen has generally been very good outside of Leone. We saw the bats come alive a bit more yesterday and Robert has demonstrated significantly improved plate discipline. This isn’t a good baseball team by any stretch, but we don’t need to be good to win a game against the Tigers and as such I say why not fucking today. Without seeing lineups, it’s a bit challenging to comment on today’s matchup. I will say the Sox have barely faced Flaherty in the past and the Tigers haven’t faced Fedde since he added a sweeper, so let’s treat this like a clean slate. That being said, Flaherty is coming off a really nice spring with increased velocity and has historically been much stronger against RHs. As such, I think Shewmake should get a second straight start at SS and I’d also use Sheets at DH ahead of Eloy today given some dumb situational hitting yesterday. I haven’t gotten to see Fedde pitch since signing with us, but am very excited to see this new Bannister endorsed version. I am very familiar with the pre KBO version of Fedde and was never impressed, so hopefully the difference is immediately clear. Either way, hopefully he can give us five or six solid innings today while actually flashing a little bit of stuff. Would be great if he could be a little more than a back of the rotation innings eater. I don’t plan to do any bold predictions today, but I do think we pull off the win on this beautiful Easter Sunday. Let’s fucking go! 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoUEvenShift Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambuca Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 27 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said: Eloy needs to hit three bombs today to make up for his pathetic performance yesterday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 I'd start Sheets over Eloy, and Nicky over DeJong. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Good on grifol to play Shewmake 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBooneLoganEra Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 10 minutes ago, Buehrle>Wood said: Good on grifol to play Shewmake Yeah. I was hoping he'd be in there today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 29 minutes ago, WestEddy said: I'd start Sheets over Eloy, and Nicky over DeJong. All options are bad. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScootsMcGoots Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Let's see if Grifol keeps Benintendi at the leadoff position if he continues to flounder like he did with Anderson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Mite Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 A win today would put us on pace for a 54-108 season, that’s about right. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleAleSox Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 So glad they aren't wearing the 83 jerseys on Sunday anymore. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 1 hour ago, Buehrle>Wood said: Good on grifol to play Shewmake But it’s pick your poison with Lopez and DeJong… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 2 hours ago, DoUEvenShift said: Luis Robert vs the world. The rest of the lineup is hot garbage 🫣 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 18 minutes ago, Tnetennba said: Luis Robert vs the world. The rest of the lineup is hot garbage 🫣 I have no idea why anyone would throw him a strike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 14 minutes ago, Dick Allen said: I have no idea why anyone would throw him a strike. At least not until Eloy and/or Vaughn show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 18 minutes ago, Dick Allen said: I have no idea why anyone would throw him a strike. Good point. And I’m sure we will see him intentionally walked more and more as teams realize that Eloy will hit into some tailor made DP’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 (edited) The Giants designated Joey Bart for assignment. Claim him and cut Maldonado. He hasn’t hit in the majors as expected but at least he’s not 45 years old. Edited March 31 by WhiteSox2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Side Hit Men Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 1 hour ago, PaleAleSox said: So glad they aren't wearing the 83 jerseys on Sunday anymore. Is that a permanent nix for this season? Did they announce it? I didn't even like watching highlight videos from Sunday home games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 Wasn’t fully paying attention as I’m at my in-laws for Easter, but Fedde looked pretty solid there from what I could tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHurt3515 Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Fedde looked good the first inning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 Leadoff man aboard for the Sox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 get him over get him in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold's Leg Lift Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 I wouldn't mind seeing them rough up Flaherty a bit today. He didn't want to sign here because he heard how bad the clubhouse was. Not too difficult to figure out who he heard that from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySox Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Holy s%*# what an awful call. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 terrible call Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Robot umpires soon please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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