If the Sox win two series in a row, but Soxtalk doesn't acknowledge, did they actually win?

Nice win yesterday with Benintendi being the unlikely hero. Great pitching from start to finish. Martin continues to look good, Taylor was firing, and Dominguez didn't screw up.

29 minutes ago, nrockway said:

Definitely felt like Grant Taylor won the game watching those tense late innings.

I'll start doing winner post games if the team gets above .500. Until then I've decided to retire my own contribuations.

Sox up to 19th in wRC+ at 98, 23rd in position player fWAR at 2.5. Some positive signs the last two series that maybe we'll push for 75 wins. Need to keep getting some decent SP.

7 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

I'll start doing winner post games if the team gets above .500. Until then I've decided to retire my own contribuations.

Sox up to 19th in wRC+ at 98, 23rd in position player fWAR at 2.5. Some positive signs the last two series that maybe we'll push for 75 wins. Need to keep getting some decent SP.

I would like to see them continue to hit home runs when they are back home. Need power to win games on the South Side.

6 minutes ago, wegner said:

I would like to see them continue to hit home runs when they are back home. Need power to win games on the South Side.

Yea a good first step would be going .500 at home this season. 3-6 so far ain't gonna cut it.

26 minutes ago, wegner said:

I would like to see them continue to hit home runs when they are back home. Need power to win games on the South Side.

I feel good that they are hitting them in good weather. They could be hitting a lot of them this summer.

4 hours ago, nrockway said:

The players genuinely seem like they pull for each other. The whole building a winning culture with a bunch of good guys has merit . But they also have to be baseball smart, gritty, talented, have good plate discipline, and mostly be left handed . That's Getz plan in a nutshell. Power is not overlooked in favor of gritty short Getz like players despite complaints about that.

We need to keep in mind that when dumpster diving for the obvious reasons that players who need another chance and AAAA types are going to either be failed top draft picks , or guys who had success in the minors but failed in numerous call ups. This may include many different body types or pitchers who have different arm angles or have no command . Dealing with rejects has never been a plan that was supposed to be. easy or produce stars . You cycle through them quickly and hope a few impress you enough to get a shot to do more. That was born from necessity because the owner is spending like it was 20 years ago.

If youre looking for him to spend more you probably need to know more about what kind of money is incoming directly as a result of Murakami being Japanese and getting all of baseball excited because of his bombs. You'd also need to see at least 2 million in attendence if the M &M boys can continue trending upward and produce a lot more winning. That, however , is no guarantee that JR would spend whatever it takes to extend Murakami or that Mune will be receptive to staying with the Sox . Or you can speculate that Justin Ishbia is very persuasive and needs Murakami to star in the new White Sox stadium.

34 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Yea a good first step would be going .500 at home this season. 3-6 so far ain't gonna cut it.

Luckily there's still approx. 89 % of the home schedule left in the season.

Good to see another strong start from Davis Martin. If we could just have a third reliably good starter besides Schultz and Martin, we'd start to be really interesting.

Having at least one other good BP piece besides Taylor would help too.

They took 2 of 3 on the road against two decent teams so I think we're seeing some solid progress.

To me, its a no brainer to re-sign him if possible. Theres all kinds of attributes that makes for a good ball player, but aint nothing that trumps 50 Hr power along with absurd walk rates. Ask him what he wants and either give it to him or trade him. Too valuable to do anything else

1 hour ago, SoCalChiSox said:

Good to see another strong start from Davis Martin. If we could just have a third reliably good starter besides Schultz and Martin, we'd start to be really interesting.

Having at least one other good BP piece besides Taylor would help too.

They took 2 of 3 on the road against two decent teams so I think we're seeing some solid progress.

It really sucks about Vasil man. He would have been one of 3-5 decent arms we have. At least Taylor and Schultz are looking good so far.

1 hour ago, 46DidIt said:

To me, it’s a no brainer to re-sign him if possible. Theres all kinds of attributes that makes for a good ball player, but aint nothing that trumps 50 Hr power along with absurd walk rates. Ask him what he wants and either give it to him or trade him. Too valuable to do anything else

I believe he will wait at least until the off-season and realistically assess where the Sox are organizationally before making any type of play for an extension.

Benintendi has actually been hitting a little lately and leading off. Today we are facing a right hander with a 9.15 ERA. So Venable has Pereira leading off..... Huh?

2 minutes ago, soxrwhite said:

Benintendi has actually been hitting a little lately and leading off. Today we are facing a right hander with a 9.15 ERA. So Venable has Pereira leading off..... Huh?

Will's lineups make zero fucking sense. He's a solid leader of men type but I'm so tired of this crap.

2 minutes ago, soxrwhite said:

Benintendi has actually been hitting a little lately and leading off. Today we are facing a right hander with a 9.15 ERA. So Venable has Pereira leading off..... Huh?

Just going by OBP?

Well then it wouldn’t have been Benintendi, he was 13th on the team when they did that.

should be your best fastball hitter if you’re in front of Murakami

36 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Will's lineups make zero fucking sense. He's a solid leader of men type but I'm so tired of this crap.

**Special Advisor TLR's lineups.

1 hour ago, chitownsportsfan said:

Will's lineups make zero fucking sense. He's a solid leader of men type but I'm so tired of this crap.

I believe the stats department does most of the lineup cards. They run the numbers for the offense on the starters' pitch types, and all.