Next year could be a year where the Sox become a good major league team. The key has to be getting 3 more starting pitchers including two lefties. Don't know what the prognosis is on Rodon but if he is healthy they may only need one. Cease should be ready. So should the 100 mph guy who blew out his arm(forget his name right now). I'd say Fulmer is toast in the eyes of the Sox because they are working him in the pen.

Roberts the last time I looked is struggling and may be another year or two away. 2nd base and right field could be better and they will probably bring up the kid catcher in the September call-up and he and McCann should be the two guys next season. I also expect Palka to be brought up soon to take that big chunk of meats place at first place as a left handed hitting power guy.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

Next year could be a year where the Sox become a good major league team. The key has to be getting 3 more starting pitchers including two lefties. Don't know what the prognosis is on Rodon but if he is healthy they may only need one. Cease should be ready. So should the 100 mph guy who blew out his arm(forget his name right now). I'd say Fulmer is toast in the eyes of the Sox because they are working him in the pen.

Roberts the last time I looked is struggling and may be another year or two away. 2nd base and right field could be better and they will probably bring up the kid catcher in the September call-up and he and McCann should be the two guys next season. I also expect Palka to be brought up soon to take that big chunk of meats place at first place as a left handed hitting power guy.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

Not a good look.

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Elections have consequences.

Yup.

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Last night's start had to have opened a lot of eyes across the league.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

So the Twins have three hot starters, six guys with nine or more homers, and a closer having a career year.

But we got Ricky who Chris Sale said had a "great baseball mind".

If only someone on this thread had some insider info for us.

Maybe the other thread has such a man.

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"Change has come to Amerika."- TFG

Bunting with Moncada in the first damn inning was stupid as fuck.

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See? Let him hit and he drives in a run.

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Have the Sox gotten four runs total off Berrios before tonite?

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I don't think so.

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Daaaad gomit.

This got out of hand quickly.

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For those that care about such things, Reynaldo Lopez has the worst xFIP in baseball by a good margin.

1. Reynaldo Lopez 5.76
2. Brad Keller 5.39
3. Mike Fiers 5.37

There are only 10 guys who are lower than 5.00. Even Ivan Nova is at 4.80.

But obviously nobody is catching Ivan in ERA (6.96)

Actual FIP for Giolito is the 7th best in the majors - it’s been rising dramatically as his walk rate continues to plummet. xFIP is #37, which suggests he’s been lucky with the gopher balls.

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Tilson

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Far superior.

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The Twins have scored 90 runs in their last 10 games. I’m trying to trace the point where the massacres started, and it looks like it was initiated during the April 20-22 series against the Orioles where they became super confident against whatever passes for pitching in Baltimore. They now lead the majors in OPS, batting average, runs, homers, RBI, etc. And unlike Seattle in April, they might have some staying power because they have a lot of legitimate sluggers.

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The good news is that you can put this "bad start" for Lopez in the "bad game bucket" and it doesn't count. You only have to count his good games. At least that is what Frank and Dolphin told me.

I like giolito, I'd still stake Lopez as the best man.

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Lopez still has some serious upside if he can improve his secondary pitches. This is probably something that he should be working on in Triple A. That shit doesn’t really fly up here.

He could still be part of a potentially lethal rotation when Cease/Kopech/Dunning/etc arrive. And there’s another guy showing flashes that was actually a White Sox draft pick, if you can believe that - Konnor Pilkington. Although his ETA probably isn’t until late 2021.

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Curious to see how Seby will do.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Frank told you to quote where I said this, and so far you havent. The burden of proof is on you.

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I can see the upside, I really think it is time for a new voice for these pitchers to hear. Sadly, that will not happen under this regime.

Not good so far.

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Get this clown back in the minors where he belongs. Cease or some other scrub in Winston-Salem can literaly do no worse than 4 runs in 4 innings.

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What? On several teams I played on and coached, there always was on guy who was big and clumsy on his feet. We called this guy a big donkey. I didn't matter what he was ethnically. I hope you were just kidding with your comment.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

Is ethnically what you call an honest banker who's balck?

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2 on. No out.

No runs scored.

Classic White Sox.

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The series underscores how far the Sox still have to go to become a contender. They can be fun to watch and are better this year, but still a lot of work to be done.

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Absolutely. That was a major league ass kicking. It is amazing how far the Twins have come this season. One of the best teams in all of baseball.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip