*Official* 6/22 Who Else Can Get Hurt? Postgamer

[thomas35forever]

We have a full M*A*S*H unit right now. Oh, and Giolito is bad again.

[ChiTownTrojan]

Now the injuries are officially a concern, with Mendick, Engel, and Robert all going down today, and Jose looking like he could use a day off his feet. The good news is that Tony said Robert should be fine to start tomorrow, but Mendick didn't look good and Engel is a hamstring issue, so both could be looking at an IL stint. To make matters worse, there really aren't any reinforcements available. There is exactly one healthy position player on the 40 man that isn't already in Chicago - Gavin Sheets (Romy is currently hurt). I expect he'll be called up tomorrow. If Engel goes on the IL, they need one more guy to stay at 13 position players - maybe it's Yolbert Sanchez time?

Fortunately, it's the Orioles coming to town, and they should be able to take 3 of 4 even not at full strength.

Giolito is officially a major concern. It could be a post-COVID thing... his ERA was around 2.7 before he missed that time. Whatever it is, he's not helping the team in his current form. He tends to fall completely apart around the 4th-5th inning, for the time being La Russa needs to have someone warmed up by then in case Giolito starts to get in trouble.

Other guys I'm concerned about are Foster (he really fell off a cliff, didn't he?) and Leury. Leury looks like a shell of his former self, and his former self was a shell of a good baseball player. But that 3-year contract looks worse and worse every day.

[WSox597]

Yeah you have to wonder whose idea it was to give Garcia a 3 year deal. Not a good move as it turns out. I mean, he's had his moments but not lately.

[Nellie Fox]

Now the injuries are officially a concern, with Mendick, Engel, and Robert all going down today, and Jose looking like he could use a day off his feet.

I don't see anything about Robert on the injury report. What happened to him?

[LITTLE NELL]

I don't see anything about Robert on the injury report. What happened to him?

Pulled due to leg soreness, TLR says that he should be able to play on Thursday.

[Nellie Fox]

Pulled due to leg soreness, TLR says that he should be able to play on Thursday.

Thanks.

[shingo10]

Gio is our 5th right now. Hopefully he can get it back but it is painful to watch. I know people have mentioned the covid concerns and that very well may be it...he just seems to be pitching without conviction. Perhaps he needs a start or two off to try to reset and get some stamina back.

[ChiTownTrojan]

Sheets is not in the lineup for the Knights, but Yolbert is.

https://twitter.com/tripleajeff/status/1539732088001335296?s=21&t=zH4wc6a9CvFTCWLv5dwPvA

[longtimefan]

Yeah you have to wonder whose idea it was to give Garcia a 3 year deal. Not a good move as it turns out. I mean, he's had his moments but not lately.

My guess it was TLR who has a direct line to Reinsdorf.

[BigKlu59]

Happy .500 Day. These guys love spinning the wheels of the Studebaker in the mud. Go gettem tomorrow. Playing at home hasn’t been an advantage to these guys.

[LITTLE NELL]

Happy .500 Day. These guys love spinning the wheels of the Studebaker in the mud. Go gettem tomorrow. Playing at home hasn’t been an advantage to these guys.

I wanted the sweep but a couple days ago I said we needed to go 2-1 against the Jay's and 3-1 against the O's and finish the homestand at a game over .500 so we are on track for that scenario.

[ChiTownTrojan]

Sheets is not in the lineup for the Knights, but Yolbert is.

https://twitter.com/tripleajeff/stat...CvFTCWLv5dwPvA

Sosa is not in the lineup for Birmingham. I doubt they'd promote him from AA to Chicago, but maybe?

https://twitter.com/JamesFox917/status/1539757947236110338?s=20&t=hNEjHB72f08w1gM-M50Ybw

[voodoochile]

Sosa is not in the lineup for Birmingham. I doubt they'd promote him from AA to Chicago, but maybe?

https://twitter.com/JamesFox917/stat...f08w1gM-M50Ybw

With Leury back if Sheets is recalled they have enough coverage (barely). Romy isn't expected to miss a lot of time. He's just sick not injured. Maybe Romy is already on his way to Chicago and Sosa is getting promoted to Charlotte to fill the gap.

[Paulwny]

Pulled due to leg soreness, TLR says that he should be able to play on Thursday.

Stone felt that TLR pulled Robert for lack of hustle. When Robert's single eluded the LF, a run scored from 1st base but, Robert was still at 1st. The replay showed Robert trotting to 1st base, Stone said ~ there's no excuse for lack of hustle. He then related the story of Bobby Cox pulling Andrew Jones for lack of hustle, a teaching moment. Since it appears he'll be playing tomorrow, was it leg soreness or a teaching moment?

[Paulwny]

Here is the play

https://www.mlb.com/video/luis-robert-s-rbi-single-x5018