WestEddy Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Today's White Sox lineup ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/Cl0nHwEDWq — Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) April 24, 2025 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46DidIt Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 13 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: Somewhere Rob Mackowiak bowed his head and said a silent prayer to the Patron Saint of Out of Position Fielders Can't be any worse than Vaughn in RF, in a season the sox were supposedly going to be competitive no less. At least now it doesn't matter if he sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 (edited) How does a GM / manager go from being insistent on starting a glove first / no bat SS to starting a 6’3” 225 pound 1B/3B by trade that has barely played SS in the minors or majors? Further evidence that the Sox are dysfunctional as f***. Edited April 24 by WhiteSox2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 6 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: How does a GM / manager go from being insistent on starting a glove first / no bat SS to starting a 6’3” 225 pound 1B/3B by trade that has barely played the position? More evidence that the Sox are dysfunctional as f***. Is Brooks Baldwin dead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 8 minutes ago, 46DidIt said: Can't be any worse than Vaughn in RF, in a season the sox were supposedly going to be competitive no less. At least now it doesn't matter if he sucks The Rick Hahning contines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 8 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: Is Brooks Baldwin dead? This same team is leading off Palacios, so you can pretty much question almost anything they do or don’t do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 9 minutes ago, 46DidIt said: If a couple starting pitchers and a couple batters prove to have some long term value, that's about the most we can hope for with this season Praying for Tauchman's hamstrings. He can't replace Palacios soon enough, but I look at B-R and see that while Palacios' OPS+ sits at a meager 54, Luis Robert's hangs just below at 53. Also, Nick Maton's 2 early season HRs are doing a lot of the heavy lifting on his 80 OPS+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Diving into the series finale! 📺 https://t.co/7owDbqKlDa pic.twitter.com/Wv48Wd38CU — Minnesota Twins (@Twins) April 24, 2025 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 24 minutes ago, 46DidIt said: If a couple starting pitchers and a couple batters prove to have some long term value, that's about the most we can hope for with this season Yeah, you hope for breakout seasons, even better if it is from key guys and/or young guys. A good portion of this roster is playing major league baseball for the last time ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 (edited) All of us were expecting something like this but still it is shocking to see that the Sox are already nine and a half games out of first place and May isn't even here yet. They could be a dozen games out by next week. Wow Edited April 24 by Lip Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Look at Ray Ray Run Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 29 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: How does a GM / manager go from being insistent on starting a glove first / no bat SS to starting a 6’3” 225 pound 1B/3B by trade that has barely played SS in the minors or majors? Further evidence that the Sox are dysfunctional as f***. Dalbec at SS is hilarious. I love this team - I mean, i don't watch but I love looking at the absurdity of it all every day. The idea that they're starting Dalbec to get a bit more offensive production since the offense has been so bad is hilarious.... since the end of the 2021 season, he has an OPS under 600 lol 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Look at Ray Ray Run Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 (edited) 32 minutes ago, WestEddy said: Praying for Tauchman's hamstrings. He can't replace Palacios soon enough, but I look at B-R and see that while Palacios' OPS+ sits at a meager 54, Luis Robert's hangs just below at 53. Also, Nick Maton's 2 early season HRs are doing a lot of the heavy lifting on his 80 OPS+ Always can depend on WestEddy to justify, in some way, the decisions made. Palacios shouldn't even be in the big leagues, but he's leading off. lol And to clarify, Robert has been terrible but at least his xWOBA is in the 41st percentile - guy should stop worrying about increasing his walks IMO - while Palacios is hitting and performing at his expected line. Edited April 24 by Look at Ray Ray Run 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 7 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said: Always can depend on WestEddy to justify, in some way, the decisions made. Palacios shouldn't even be in the big leagues, but he's leading off. lol That's quite the quiverfull of misinterpretation. There is no possible way to read what I wrote and come away from it thinking I'm justifying anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 16 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said: Always can depend on WestEddy to justify, in some way, the decisions made. Palacios shouldn't even be in the big leagues, but he's leading off. lol And to clarify, Robert has been terrible but at least his xWOBA is in the 41st percentile - guy should stop worrying about increasing his walks IMO - while Palacios is hitting and performing at his expected line. Just let Robert be Robert. Maybe you want certain guys to work counts and walk as much as possible, but it is not working for Luis. Clear his head and let him use his athletic ability as best he can. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 14 minutes ago, WestEddy said: That's quite the quiverfull of misinterpretation. There is no possible way to read what I wrote and come away from it thinking I'm justifying anything. 1 hour ago, WestEddy said: Keep starting Dalbec at shortstop, and DFA Amaya. I'm all for it. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46DidIt Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 11 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: Just let Robert be Robert. Maybe you want certain guys to work counts and walk as much as possible, but it is not working for Luis. Clear his head and let him use his athletic ability as best he can. Chasing every pitch six inches outside of the strike zone wasn't working either though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 53 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: How does a GM / manager go from being insistent on starting a glove first / no bat SS to starting a 6’3” 225 pound 1B/3B by trade that has barely played SS in the minors or majors? Further evidence that the Sox are dysfunctional as f***. ask pnoles, it's actually brilliant tactics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 10 minutes ago, 46DidIt said: Chasing every pitch six inches outside of the strike zone wasn't working either though When you are rightly convinced that you have to carry the entire offense, it isn't ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kyyle23 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Bobby Dalbec and his 4 total major league games at short(none last season) is inspiring confidence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 30 minutes ago, Tony said: Thy quiver hath been emptied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 (edited) 1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said: Is Brooks Baldwin dead? Surely Maton Sosa or Baldwin would be better options at SS than Dalbec? But no...he's played about a week or two's worth of games there in his entire career since high school. WestEddy needs to bring back that spring training chart that has Tristan Gray, Andre Lipcius and Maton with more time at SS. Edited April 24 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Generally, Building a team off the waiver wire and minor league contracts because no other team will give them a major league contract, gets you more losses than you thought possible. I get that the White Sox have to be bad. But do they really have to keep being this bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 And is Bobby Dalbec the best SS option in the entire world when you had nearly two full years and two full offseaons to find just one guy who can actually field AND hit??? Robert 3 for his last 32 Twins' announcers saying he looks confused...needs to pick one pitch or area of the plate specifically to look for, instead of just guessing every pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFutureIsNear Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Luis Robert is officially, and very firmly, in the Moncada, TA, and Eloy category. All hope is lost. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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