15 hours ago, 77 Hitmen said:

Very well summarized.

I root for Gonzo like Andrew Vaughn. Go win an MVP but go 0-4 against the Sox. Now Nicky Lopez, I found myself feeling a bit salty about him putting up a .300 BA now that he's off the Sox.

9 hours ago, hi8is said:

On a hung middle middle change that was lofted over the short right field porch in Yankee Stadium.

Good for him but I’m still not ready to:

1. Regret the trade

2. Assume we should have traded him for a starter

3. Assume this prevents us from obtaining a starter

4. Assume Gonzo is a better option than Meidroth

5. Assume Gonzalez will have more trade value than Chase will when it’s time for Roch to come up

6. Assume Gonzo will be a better mlb player than Prosek

IMO we just need to root for the kid and move on.

Like fucking hell we will.

14 minutes ago, ron883 said:

Like fucking hell we will.

He put ketchup on a Nathan hotdog in NYC, get him out of here.

1 hour ago, 77 Hitmen said:

Yeah, I expect we're in for a slew of rage-bait posts if Gonzo finds success in Pittsburgh since it'll be a couple of years before the verdict will be in on this year's draft class.

No rage bait. Only giant helpings of crow served to select people.

8 minutes ago, ron883 said:

No rage bait. Only giant helpings of crow served to select people.

I can't think of anyone who was saying that Gonzo wasn't any good. Wasn't the consensus that he didn't have a spot on this team?

On 7/23/2026 at 3:42 PM, ron883 said:

No rage bait. Only giant helpings of crow served to select people.

Well he's batting .200 now

4 minutes ago, nrockway said:

Well he's batting .200 now

.292 ISO. Absolute BEAST!

3 minutes ago, ron883 said:

.292 ISO. Absolute BEAST!

Sounds like Drew Romo.

3 minutes ago, nrockway said:

Well he's batting .200 now

He has a .364 xwOBA with the Pirates…that would be third on the Sox behind Murakami & Vargas.

19 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

He has a .364 xwOBA with the Pirates…that would be third on the Sox behind Murakami & Vargas.

And his real woba is sandwiched between Andrew Benintendi and Jarred Kelenic. Baseball Savant isn't registering that xwoba as statistically significant. Neither is his .200 batting average, right, but more in line with the player that he actually is. An MLB player to be sure, just not a particularly good one.

8 hours ago, nrockway said:

And his real woba is sandwiched between Andrew Benintendi and Jarred Kelenic. Baseball Savant isn't registering that xwoba as statistically significant. Neither is his .200 batting average, right, but more in line with the player that he actually is. An MLB player to be sure, just not a particularly good one.

None of this is statistically significant given its 28 total plate appearances with the Pirates. The problem is you are actually drawing conclusions off a SSS impacted by a ridiculously low .182 BABIP and declaring the player is “not a very good one”.