8 minutes ago, SouthChicagoBorn said:

I'm not convinced just yet. He couldn't field 3rd previously. Made some of the harder plays but often botched the easy ones. He was better at first, but Murakami is obviously a better choice there.

IMO a significant storyline of 2025 was Vargas showing that he was good enough with the glove to play 3B in MLB. Where exactly he'd be on the spectrum from below average to above average, not so clear. But definitely good enough if he had reasonable offense.

Benintendi is such a buzzkill

One of Burke's best outings since early last year?

4 minutes ago, Timmy U said:

The Sox have records like some of Mack’s teams. Connie did tanking before tanking was cool.

Yeah, he managed some really poor teams. See my edit. But he is considered one of the greatest managers ever, including a great rebuilder of teams. His 3731 wins is the record, almost 850 more than any other manager (La Russa). But yes, he did manage for 50 years.

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1 minute ago, SouthChicagoBorn said:

Yeah, he managed some really poor teams. See my edit. But he is considered one of the greatest managers ever, including a great rebuilder of teams. His 3731 wins is the record, almost 850 more than any other manager (La Russa). But yes, he did manage for 50 years.

Yeah great manager. Also, the owner was never gonna fire him.

What the hell is that jacket our boy has on?

1 minute ago, chitownsportsfan said:

One of Burke's best outings since early last year?

Thought his last start of the season last year was good. 10 Ks, 1 BB, 1 ER on 80 pitches, only 4.1 IP. But his first start of the season last year was probably his best.

1 walk in 10 IP so far this season is definitely nice to see. If he can keep the FB at ~96, he's really dangerous.

Got to push at least 1 home

just swing away, all his hits are swinging bunts anyway

Acuna just a miserable player

Damn Acuna. Just a terrible AB

Again, not impressed by Acuna.

aw man, you gotta challenge that

Peters is annoying to me

Talk about screwing up your inning. There's the sox we know

Peters has to go, brings nothing to the table but errors and bad base running

Peters is the first one out the door as soon as someone is back or up.

I can’t watch Peters and Benintendi anymore.

It is the little things. Can't get a bunt down, get picked off 2nd and you dont score. Pathetic

2 minutes ago, Soxfest said:

Peters has to go, brings nothing to the table but errors and bad base running

he hasn't made any errors and his OPS is .789. he's a lot better than I thought he would be.

1 minute ago, PaleAleSox said:

Peters is the first one out the door as soon as someone is back or up.

Eh, IMHO, he’s a good defender who hasn’t been horrible at the plate. He’s a good 4th/5th OF who is just getting overexposed.

13 minutes ago, Jake said:

IMO a significant storyline of 2025 was Vargas showing that he was good enough with the glove to play 3B in MLB. Where exactly he'd be on the spectrum from below average to above average, not so clear. But definitely good enough if he had reasonable offense.

From what I can tell, Vargas is a liability at 3rd statistically. But let's keep our fingers crossed that he performs well where ever he is positioned.

2 minutes ago, nrockway said:

he hasn't made any errors and his OPS is .789. he's a lot better than I thought he would be.

He dropped ball in Miami

12 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

One of Burke's best outings since early last year?

Very pleased with him today!

Burke great outing