1 hour ago, PaleAleSox said:

Great challenges, at least.

I was referring to at the plate. Yes he seems better defensively than Romo.

8 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

He’s legit too, so this isn’t a total fluke. 34 homers in AAA.

This Joshua Baez is a 23 yr old monster. First at bat against the Cubs a 449 ft3 run homer, followed by 2 more homers, a major league record for a first time call up. He was a second rounder. Matthew Boyd was the victim. 5 Cubs gopher balls today so far.

Not bad, but this doesn't really count. Wait til the Toughest Stretch of the Season (TM)

1 hour ago, Harry Chappas said:

Why hes on his 4th team this week although they have to roll the dice

if Mune and Colson can get going again (Colson might be heating up, we shall see), we really don't need Rogers to be anything but a better version of Romo. I've wanted a vet backup C all year since McGuire was released, hope they keep Rogers on the roster when Teel comes back. I'd rather have Rogers than Bart personally

1 hour ago, superchops70 said:

We are the worst "small ball" team. Cant steal, cant bunt, cant move runners over.

We are a homer ball team, which is OK in a homer friendly Rate park, but when we don’t hit homers, we struggle. Would help to improve our small ball, particularly during Manfred ball extras. IMO.

34 minutes ago, JoeC said:

Even then it won’t be enough.

I guess those 100 + loss seasons are affecting the psyche of some of Soxtalk members.

48 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:

Burke tomorrow vs. a bullpen day from Det. Let's bust out the brooms!

Also not Sox related but holy s%*# this is wild -

Now that's a MLB debut

10 minutes ago, hankchifan said:

I guess those 100 + loss seasons are affecting the psyche of some of Soxtalk members.

Not mine haha, I mostly stayed away...I love my team so much that I wouldn't put myself through a 100 loss season if I can avoid it. I checked out very fast those two seasons, feeling burned from the TA7, Eloy, Yoan, LuisR bust

1 hour ago, Jake said:

How big of a lead in the division before Soxtalk calms down a little bit?

Two car lengths in the parade.

42 minutes ago, hankchifan said:

This Joshua Baez is a 23 yr old monster. First at bat against the Cubs a 449 ft3 run homer, followed by 2 more homers, a major league record for a first time call up. He was a second rounder. Matthew Boyd was the victim. 5 Cubs gopher balls today so far.

Is he related to Hobby Baez? 🤣

43 minutes ago, hankchifan said:

I guess those 100 + loss seasons are affecting the psyche of some of Soxtalk members.

Yes, that's it -- before 2023 people were very reasonable and optimistic around here 🤣. Go read some of the 2005 threads.