Talk Sox Podcast Questions, 7/20

[Alex Mayes]

Hello everyone! I'm back from my brief trip and we're wanting your question for the next episode of the Talk Sox Podcast. The cutoff for questions will be 5 pm CST on Monday, July 20. 

Looking forward to answering your questions again this week!

[moonslav59]

With IKF, Mayer and eventually Story looking at returns to health, who gets the short sticks?

I'd probably keep Mayer at AAA and demote Cheng for IKF, but to be honest, I'd rather have Seigler & Monasterio on the 26 over Story. (My guess is Story>Monasterio and Siegler & IKF share the utility role.)

[Alex Mayes]

4 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

With IKF, Mayer and eventually Story looking at returns to health, who gets the short sticks?

I'd probably keep Mayer at AAA and demote Cheng for IKF, but to be honest, I'd rather have Seigler & Monasterio on the 26 over Story. (My guess is Story>Monasterio and Siegler & IKF share the utility role.)

Really like this question, going to have to do some sitting and figuring things out haha.

[mvp 78]

1. If you could only use one following pitching stats, which would it be and why: FIP, xFIP, SIERA, xERA?

2. Aroldis Chapman's results have been better than is expected stats since joining the Sox. Is this just due to luck or is something else involved?

3. Will  Sox start to limit the innings for Tolle, Bennett and Early or are they more tempted to push them into higher innings totals as the team stays competitive? 

4. As currently constructed, is this offense good enough to win in the playoffs? If not, what types of hitters should they add at which positions? 

[JoeBrady]

46 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

4. As currently constructed, is this offense good enough to win in the playoffs?

Perhaps a better question might be, 'is the current offense sustainable?'.  Over the past 28 days, we are 9th in OPS.  The BABIP is actually slightly below MLB average, so nothing unusual there.  If we have a #9 offense, we should be competitive.