20 hours ago20 hr This team has more limitations than our record shows and we are still playing well and competing with the tops team in the league every time we face them. We have overachieved by a lot, nobody on this board or who is a fan of this team thought in a million years we would be 5 games above .500 and in 1st place on August 19th. Venable has questionable decisions just like every manager even ones with All star rosters.
14 hours ago14 hr To answer one question and to keep it simple if there are three options that statisticallyOption 1 is correct 45% of the timeOption 2 is correct 40% of the time Option 3 is correct 15% of the time It's easy to be correct 45% of the time. Just keep doing option 1. The best managers are those who have a success rate over 45%. They have decide when option 2 or option 3 is better. But it is tempting to want to replace umpire and in game managerial decisions to a computer.
12 hours ago12 hr 8 hours ago, Bonemer, I Hardly Know Her said:Our last 4 managers are Robin Ventura, Rickey Renteria, Tony La Russa, and Pedro fucking Grifol.Will Venable in year 2 has this team in late August in position to win the AL Central.Some of his decisions have been bad!Let's SHUT THE f*** UP about him needing to be replaced.I don't think he needs to be replaced but there is still a learning curve that will frustrate us all.
10 hours ago10 hr Author 10 hours ago, Bonemer, I Hardly Know Her said:Our last 4 managers are Robin Ventura, Rickey Renteria, Tony La Russa, and Pedro fucking Grifol.Will Venable in year 2 has this team in late August in position to win the AL Central.Some of his decisions have been bad!Let's SHUT THE f*** UP about him needing to be replaced.Grif > Venable. Easily!
9 hours ago9 hr 10 minutes ago, ron883 said:Grif > Venable. Easily!Ranking former White Sox managers in order of competence is almost as fun as Bears' head coaches.
5 hours ago5 hr Highest win% in baseball when the starters go 5+He makes the right calls when the pen isn't overworked and he has the weapons availableGets far too much blame for not being able to magically pull 15 innings of scoreless pen work out series after series
5 hours ago5 hr 10 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:Highest win% in baseball when the starters go 5+He makes the right calls when the pen isn't overworked and he has the weapons availableGets far too much blame for not being able to magically pull 15 innings of scoreless pen work out series after seriesGetz is honestly more to blame for not getting more pitching than Will is for trying to make what he has work.
5 hours ago5 hr We complained we had a manager managing by his gut instead of using new age analytics. We got a new age, analytics manager and we complain he goes by analytics too much.
5 hours ago5 hr 2 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:Getz is honestly more to blame for not getting more pitching than Will is for trying to make what he has work.Getz was clearly caught off guard by just how much the offensive leaped ahead of the SP pipeline this year, and the injuries to basically all of the "next up" arms didn't help.But even then, he did manage to put together a pretty dang solid bullpen. Very frustrating seeing people complain about having a "bad" pen when they give up 1 run in 5.1 innings or something.
5 hours ago5 hr 21 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:Getz was clearly caught off guard by just how much the offensive leaped ahead of the SP pipeline this year, and the injuries to basically all of the "next up" arms didn't help.But even then, he did manage to put together a pretty dang solid bullpen. Very frustrating seeing people complain about having a "bad" pen when they give up 1 run in 5.1 innings or something.That quote about all of the guys who they were counting on to take a leap forward in the minors was a stark reminder of how badly that group failed this year.
5 hours ago5 hr 16 hours ago, Bonemer, I Hardly Know Her said:Our last 4 managers are Robin Ventura, Rickey Renteria, Tony La Russa, and Pedro fucking Grifol.Will Venable in year 2 has this team in late August in position to win the AL Central.Some of his decisions have been bad!Let's SHUT THE f*** UP about him needing to be replaced.Don't forget the Grady Sizemore fling. I think Will is doing fine. He will fully deserve whatever accolades he collects after the season.
4 hours ago4 hr 27 minutes ago, WestEddy said:Don't forget the Grady Sizemore fling. I think Will is doing fine. He will fully deserve whatever accolades he collects after the season.Weekend at Bernie's dead guy/TLR/Grifol <<< Sizemorelet's not forget the Twins are over performing in almost as shocking fashion after the TDL a year ago where their entire bullpen was traded away
4 hours ago4 hr Fascinating video on how Hinch's bullpen management has fucked the Tigers. Think we saw it on our series. Have more appreciation for Will's bullpen management after this.
3 hours ago3 hr 2 minutes ago, BigHurt3515 said:we better bring in some starters in FA.All depends on what JR allows Getz to do. You know his policy regarding pitchers and contracts.And it depends on the labor situation and all the uncertainty that brings.
3 hours ago3 hr It seems to be a pattern with new managers........you think they learned nothing from being a bench coach
2 hours ago2 hr Most of the time, bunting is playing not to lose. Playing scared. I remember Ventura doing that in 2012...he really spit the bit down the stretch . Don't need that happening.
53 minutes ago53 min 1 hour ago, GreenSox said:Most of the time, bunting is playing not to lose. Playing scared. I remember Ventura doing that in 2012...he really spit the bit down the stretch . Don't need that happening.They should have been scared because everyone knew the Tigers were better.Addison Reed just wasn't ready as a rookie for September.The remaining remnants of the 2005 team on their last legs.
48 minutes ago48 min 3 hours ago, Colome's Hat said:Fascinating video on how Hinch's bullpen management has fucked the Tigers. Think we saw it on our series. Have more appreciation for Will's bullpen management after this.It worked pretty well the last couple of years in the post season.Most would argue Vogt as the best manager in the division, although Venable and Shelton are getting a lot of love too.Wins MoY if Sox hang on to make the playoffs in all likelihood.
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