6 hours ago6 hr 1 minute ago, fathom said:Cannon is not the answerWell there's a reason I listed him third. It's like in Inglourious Basterds... he speaks German third best.
6 hours ago6 hr 2 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:On paper and at home...Cubs are the much better team.But that doesn't matter if the manager...hitting with risp, bullpen, and bullpen overusage are slowly killing your team moraleSox infield is better, their outfield is way better. They have a way better in-game manager.
6 hours ago6 hr 2 minutes ago, Jake said:I think it's reasonably likely that somebody out of Urquidy, Thorpe, and Cannon can do well enough in the rotation. Just might take some pain to figure out which one it is.I think Sandlin & Thorpe are our best hope for some rotation prosecution. Zero confidence in Cannon and very little in Urquidy but you never know.
6 hours ago6 hr 3 minutes ago, fathom said:Yeah, Venable has had a bad series, but if this teams fails to make postseason, it will be primarily due to Getz choking at the deadline.We will be in the postseason. The scenario where we don't make it in would be ludicrous frankly.
6 hours ago6 hr 1 minute ago, fathom said:Agreed, and maybe this week?If throws tomorrow then he’d line up Monday at home I think, which is probably what they want to do unless something goes terribly wrong with him.
6 hours ago6 hr TBH, I still don't have a good read on how Getz/braintrust feels about Thorpe. For all I know, they see him as an emergency option only.
6 hours ago6 hr 4 minutes ago, ron883 said:I understand the Will criticism but do you ever sit there after a win and point out good Will decisions?
6 hours ago6 hr 1 minute ago, Chicago White Sox said:I think Sandlin & Thorpe are our best hope for some rotation prosecution. Zero confidence in Cannon and very little in Urquidy but you never know.Yeah TBH, once Sandlin and Noah get out of the mandatory post-option timeout, I also think that one of those two is likely able to give you some good innings
6 hours ago6 hr 1 minute ago, Colome's Hat said:We will be in the postseason. The scenario where we don't make it in would be ludicrous frankly.Couldn’t disagree more, and it’s all based on schedule and pitching running out of gas.
6 hours ago6 hr 1 minute ago, Jake said:Yeah TBH, once Sandlin and Noah get out of the mandatory post-option timeout, I also think that one of those two is likely able to give you some good inningsUnless Sandlin found a way to get lefties out, he’s not an option IMO.
6 hours ago6 hr 7 minutes ago, Jake said:Just my opinion, you have to just give Urquidy the start tomorrow. That's what he's here for. Don't waste a trustworthy reliever in the first inning of a game that you don't even know will be worth using good relievers in. Urquidy is a starter, let him pitch. If he pitches badly, then that's useful information to use as you decide who deserves to be on the roster.Worst case scenario is you lose the game tomorrow and you keep taxing your bullpen. The Sox needed to either blow the Cubs out or get blown out to reset the bullpen these past 2 days. Instead we did the opposite and the bullpen is still taxed with no off days in sight.
6 hours ago6 hr 1 minute ago, Jake said:TBH, I still don't have a good read on how Getz/braintrust feels about Thorpe. For all I know, they see him as an emergency option only.People forget how highly thought of Thorpe was. He had good results for a rookie before getting hurt. He was the double A pitcher of the year. He can pitch. He’s efficient too. He made the jump straight from double A and looked like he had real upside.
6 hours ago6 hr 2 minutes ago, Bonemer, I Hardly Know Her said:I understand the Will criticism but do you ever sit there after a win and point out good Will decisions?We did in Tigers series
6 hours ago6 hr 3 minutes ago, fathom said:Sox infield is better, their outfield is way better. They have a way better in-game manager.PCA alone outproducing Antonacci Peters Grichuk Braden in fWAR, probably bWAR too.
6 hours ago6 hr 1 minute ago, fathom said:Yeah, Venable has had a bad series, but if this teams fails to make postseason, it will be primarily due to Getz choking at the deadline.Yeah man I just don't think they were getting an impact starter, much less two, at the deadline without completely mortgaging the farm. The best starter traded at the deadline was Soriano and he would've cost Bonemer.
6 hours ago6 hr 13 minutes ago, ron883 said:Peters has a Juan Pierre arm apparently.Peter, Pierre. Same difference.
6 hours ago6 hr The big question is will this series stunt our team’s efforts going forward. Baseball is such a mental game and the team has rebounded throughout the season but this is a dreadful series loss. It ain’t easy to pick up the pieces after a punch like this especially when the players now realize their manager is in way over his head and that their general manager has failed them. This pitching fiasco is of epic proportions that was self inflicted by Getz and Venable. This has the makings of an upcoming tail-spin. We will see.
6 hours ago6 hr 2 minutes ago, fathom said:Couldn’t disagree more, and it’s all based on schedule and pitching running out of gas.We basically need to go .500 the rest of the way to win the division. If the pitching collapses, there's a chance we don't. One of the Twins, Tigers, and Guardians would need to play .660 baseball to catch up to us if we go .500. With the way those teams have been going, it's hard to see that happening.
6 hours ago6 hr 1 minute ago, almagest said:Yeah man I just don't think they were getting an impact starter, much less two, at the deadline without completely mortgaging the farm. The best starter traded at the deadline was Soriano and he would've cost Bonemer.Mahle was a guy that went for nothing and has been great for the Braves. I think they were expecting too much from Schultz or a returning guy.
6 hours ago6 hr 3 minutes ago, Jake said:TBH, I still don't have a good read on how Getz/braintrust feels about Thorpe. For all I know, they see him as an emergency option only.They traded for and called him up a few years back despite his velocity being down a bit from where it was with the Yankees. It’s possible things have changed, but with Will talking about him recently I think he’s the guy they are banking on to claim one rotation spot. Let’s pray for a strong start tomorrow.
6 hours ago6 hr 3 minutes ago, Colome's Hat said:We will be in the postseason. The scenario where we don't make it in would be ludicrous frankly.Don't tell that to any Sox fan who understandably got nervous at the end of 2005...after having what seemed an almost insurmountable double digit game lead.Of course, completely different talent levels with those Indians/Sox WS teams. Edited 6 hours ago6 hr by caulfield12
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