8 hours ago8 hr Excited to see Antonacci leading off. I like being able to pinch-hit Doyle for him in the late innings, should the matchup present itself, as opposed to the other way around. Doyle's glove could be very valuable late against a Cleveland team very capable of walking off any given game, but I'm not excited to see his bat in the starting lineup like we had yesterday like I am for Antonacci.Colson being right before Antonacci makes sense, since any righty brought in for the former shold be a good matchup for the latter. That being said, I feel like I'd like the 9 hole to be someone who gets on base a bit more. Maybe Meidroth? He'd offer the same reliever handedness protection to Antonacci while adding 68 points of OBP as a 'leadoff' guy before the top of the lineup. I think 6-9 being Peters (hits righties), Colson (hits lefties), Braden (hits righties), Meidroth (hits lefties) would work better than going with two batters who hit righties followed by two guys who hit lefties. Who knows. I'm not in the clubhouse, I'm not seeing how they look in batting practice, and I don't know they gameplan on how they're going to deploy the bench. Just feels like we could work to make Cleveland either burn their 'pen quicker or force advantageous matchups.
8 hours ago8 hr Just saw these stats, hope they continue to prove accurate:The White Sox 3-0 victory in Game 1 was the sixth shutout win in their postseason history and second in the opening game of a series. They beat the Dodgers, 11-0, in Game 1 of the 1959 World Series at Comiskey Park. The White Sox have won their first three postseason games in one year for only the second time. They also started 3-0 in 2005, sweeping the Red Sox in a Division Series. The White Sox lost Game 1 of the ALCS against the Angels then ran the table with eight straight wins.Sean Burke (2-0, 1.04 ERA, 17.1 IP in three games) and Anthony Kay (1-0, 1.27 ERA, 21.1 IP in five games) have the second and third lowest ERAs against the Guardians this year (regular season and postseason combined, minimum: 15 innings). The lowest ERA versus Cleveland this year belongs to the Twins’ Taj Bradley (1-0, 0.90 ERA, 20 IP in three games).Cleveland has not won a postseason series in which it lost the first game since its Division Series against the Red Sox in 1998 (0-7 since then).
8 hours ago8 hr No free outs for Williams and no free bases for the Guards will be the keys to this one. Make Cleveland work for anything they get.
7 hours ago7 hr How many pitchers managed to get to 15 innings against Cleveland this year? That takes 3 starts or a bunch of work out of the 'pen in today's game. I'd assume it's all AL Central pitchers or guys who changed teams?
7 hours ago7 hr 15 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:No free outs for Williams and no free bases for the Guards will be the keys to this one. Make Cleveland work for anything they get.It's going to be hard to hit for several innings. Bad time to start a game.
7 hours ago7 hr gonna need to pull out the small ball today or hit low RF line drives under the wind:A Northwest (NW) wind blowing at 10 to 20 mph at Progressive Field will heavily suppress power hitting, making it a distinctly pitcher-friendly environment.Because home plate at Progressive Field faces East-Northeast, a Northwest wind acts as a cross-headwind blowing in from left-center field toward home plate/the first base dugout. Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by EloyJenkins
7 hours ago7 hr 3 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said:Pregame show is all about Yankees/Rays get the hell outta here.Wrong pregame show….gotta go with Chuck and Ozzie
7 hours ago7 hr 49 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:It's going to be hard to hit for several innings. Bad time to start a game.Yeah if there's shadows at first pitch, it's gonna be hard as hell to hit.
7 hours ago7 hr I imagine the Guardians are really hoping they get off to a quick start and take an early lead. The Sox need to make sure they don't allow that. Limit the walks and make them hit their way on. They're probably gonna score a couple in this game, but if the Sox get rolling early the Guardians can't keep up.
6 hours ago6 hr 10 minutes ago, almagest said:I imagine the Guardians are really hoping they get off to a quick start and take an early lead. The Sox need to make sure they don't allow that. Limit the walks and make them hit their way on. They're probably gonna score a couple in this game, but if the Sox get rolling early the Guardians can't keep up.We really gotta limit the walks today. No more free passes.
6 hours ago6 hr 9 minutes ago, almagest said:I imagine the Guardians are really hoping they get off to a quick start and take an early lead. The Sox need to make sure they don't allow that. Limit the walks and make them hit their way on. They're probably gonna score a couple in this game, but if the Sox get rolling early the Guardians can't keep up.I worry about Kay and his wildness HBP/walks early…if we can eliminate that early I think we have a good shot at coming out with the W and burying the guardians in the series
6 hours ago6 hr I don't put much emphasis on those Burke/Kay numbers against Cleveland, tbh, but I hope they pitch even better than those statsmy pick to click is Benintendi
6 hours ago6 hr Get to Williams early make him throw a lot of pitches and don’t let Cleveland get any momentum….LFG….
6 hours ago6 hr Probably only going to watch the top half of the first couple innings unless we get a big lead its too stressful
6 hours ago6 hr Let's keep this never-trailing streak going. Not sure I can take the stress of a deficit.
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