They love picking Sundays to not hit home runs and strand 15 base runners, in the first few innings and struggle to score once the pitcher settles in. They’re been a few outliers but generally this is what they do.
What is Alcantaras trade value at currently and how likely is it that’s he’s dealt compared to Rojas, Bellestaros, Wiggins or Cassie? I haven’t heard much about him lately.
Just to add to what’s already been said, Assad had a 2.47 ERA in Wrigley last season which was the most pitcher friendly park in baseball and a 4.87 away, without the wind knocking down every ball behind a golf glove middle infield and PCA who’s a human golden retriever. Beyond just the surface level stats the eye test alone tells you their upsides are worlds apart and Assad was way too human outside of Wrigley’s pitcher friendly conditions.
Are slurve pitches ever really taught by coaches as a specific pitch to add or it simply the name of a pitch that naturally as something In between a slider and a curve with the intention of throwing either of the latter pitches?
It seems like he has better ride on his 4 seamer from the naked eye too. It also seems like he throws a lot of 2 strike pitches in the zone as well which might also play a role. What does ZIPS say? They’ve been on the money with Shaw albeit in limited at bats.
2 minute half inning, Sox score another 3 runs, 1 minute half inning, Sox score another pair in the bottom half, rinse and repeat until the top of the 9th.
I’m complimenting the whitesox. Right now they look like the march Cubs playing vs the Athletics. Point to where I’m blaming the offense of slighting them,
Another chicken horsefeathers, uncompetitive blowout loss. Sickening, especially to the whitesox of all teams. Their last 7 losses have been by 43 runs and counting.
Which is a full run less then April, and not enough to overcome an at best average rotation as currently constructed, and the Sox offense has been playing like the April cubs since the all star breaks.
Just embarrassing. They’re not even competitive in half of their games. They’ve lost by at least 4 runs in half 5 of their last 10 games including tonight.