Chicago White Sox Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Heading home in 1st place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hibbard Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Great game. Loving the power and the bullpen looks fantastic. This is gonna be such a weird year. The division sucks so badly that if we overperform we will never be out of it. We have to stick to the plan and keep Ken "All In" Williams from whispering in Reinsdorf's ear if this team keeps winning... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 First place, baby! (Al Davis/Greg775) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 solid tank win. Fulmer (obviously) surprised me. Haven't seen that kind of stuff from very often, at least not at the MLB level. Had some pretty great breaking balls tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Hope the lack of a good looking line doesn't take away from how Carson actually looked out there tonight. His pitches seemingly had more movement on them than they've had for the past 2 years and that was awesome to see. Still has to harness his control as when he was getting hit around it's because he was falling behind hitters. Certainly not saying he's going to be part of the future rotation or anything but at least he's starting to show something out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reiks12 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Young starters are looking promising! Small sample sizes but I a encouraged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwolf68 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 10:11 PM) Great game. Loving the power and the bullpen looks fantastic. This is gonna be such a weird year. The division sucks so badly that if we overperform we will never be out of it. We have to stick to the plan and keep Ken "All In" Williams from whispering in Reinsdorf's ear if this team keeps winning... Does not compute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 09:23 PM) Hope the lack of a good looking line doesn't take away from how Carson actually looked out there tonight. His pitches seemingly had more movement on them than they've had for the past 2 years and that was awesome to see. Still has to harness his control as when he was getting hit around it's because he was falling behind hitters. Certainly not saying he's going to be part of the future rotation or anything but at least he's starting to show something out there. His defense also kicked him in the balls which doesn't show in that line either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hibbard Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 09:25 PM) Does not compute. tonight's last three relievers looked fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Big story of the night for me is Fulmer's stuff, which looked premium. Good velo on the fastball, lots of run. Cutter gave lefties a hard time, used the change as well. Didn't always stay on top of his curve but when he did it looked good. Still fought his command, which he's going to do for a while (if not for his entire career) but he looked like a different guy out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 09:28 PM) tonight's last three relievers looked fantastic. jones and soria are solid to perhaps very good at the back. the rest of it? the sox are going to be in trouble in a lot of 6th innings this year. At least until some new faces are brought in all around to the pitching staff midway through summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 09:31 PM) Big story of the night for me is Fulmer's stuff, which looked premium. Good velo on the fastball, lots of run. Cutter gave lefties a hard time, used the change as well. Didn't always stay on top of his curve but when he did it looked good. Still fought his command, which he's going to do for a while (if not for his entire career) but he looked like a different guy out there. to those that watched him closely at the end of last year -- was this different or new? I admit he surprised me tonight he had it working at times and showed good disposition as a starter (can't let a 2 run inning turng into a 4 run one and so on) which is something reylo also struggles with and reylo did well with that too his first outing. if it's one thing this org knows it's how to develop sp so I guess I should give them the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise. So far so good the first time through for the kids. Reylo obviously was the most impressive on paper but all three battled and got the job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwolf68 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 (edited) QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 10:28 PM) tonight's last three relievers looked fantastic. Soria and Jones yes....Farq was good tonight, but he hardly qualifies as fantastic. The pen sucks. They have 2 guys (and Soria is generally meh) and then a bunch of mo mos out there, sometimes they do ok, but just as often they are gas cans. ANY pitcher in that pen I hope does well enough to warrant a TDL for prospect. Edited April 5, 2018 by kwolf68 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggins Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I still think Fulmer's future is in the pen, but tonight was good. He looked like a credible MLB pitcher, which you couldn't always say about last year's performance. Back end of the pen is good, front end is a Dumpster fire, but there's about half a dozen veterans in Charlotte and about half a dozen more prospects behind waiting to break in. I'm ok with the crappy pen for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 09:37 PM) to those that watched him closely at the end of last year -- was this different or new? I admit he surprised me tonight he had it working at times and showed good disposition as a starter (can't let a 2 run inning turng into a 4 run one and so on) which is something reylo also struggles with and reylo did well with that too his first outing. if it's one thing this org knows it's how to develop sp so I guess I should give them the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise. So far so good the first time through for the kids. Reylo obviously was the most impressive on paper but all three battled and got the job done. I never watched a full game of his in september, but I remember it being a lot more 2 seam fastball and changeup, vs the whole arsenal being deployed in every count tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 BTW if you didn't see the game, I recommend watching the mlb condensed game of this. There was so much action and a lot of fun. Sloppy defense, but mainly because ball was flying all over field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 (edited) For what it's worth, there was a scoring change. Fulmer is on the hook for 2 runs, not 3. It is not yet updated on box scores, but @cst_soxvan tweeted it. Edited April 5, 2018 by Jose Abreu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 09:45 PM) I never watched a full game of his in september, but I remember it being a lot more 2 seam fastball and changeup, vs the whole arsenal being deployed in every count tonight. ty, that's encouraging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 09:54 PM) For what it's worth, there was a scoring chance. Fulmer is on the hook for 2 runs, not 3. It is not yet updated on box scores, but @cst_soxvan tweeted it. thank god they changed that "hit" on the humpback linedrive engel dropped. an overall horrific defensive game from engel tonight. we'll see who gets the start in cf tmr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 (edited) Nice win. I know home runs are flying out of parks the last two years but some of the Sox homers this season have truly been crushed. My faves: Davidson, Abreu did well. And the guys I've express disdain toward: Nate and Soria did well too. I hope Fulmer is great. Edited April 5, 2018 by greg775 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 11:11 PM) Nice win. I know home runs are flying out of parks the last two years but some of the Sox homers this season have truly been crushed. My faves: Davidson, Abreu did well. And my nemesises: Nate and Soria did well too. I hope Fulmer is great. Why in the world is Nate Jones a nemesos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 QUOTE (Quin @ Apr 5, 2018 -> 04:45 AM) Why in the world is Nate Jones a nemesos. I changed it; nemesis was the wrong word. I've blasted both before: Nate for his delivery and Soria for being a stiff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHurt3515 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 09:58 PM) thank god they changed that "hit" on the humpback linedrive engel dropped. an overall horrific defensive game from engel tonight. we'll see who gets the start in cf tmr. He had a tough series in the field. I'm not sure how much of that is from being in a dome and not being use to seeing ball in that setting but most of his AB's have been encouraging. He is having solid/competitive at bats and getting on base at a really good clip for our 9 hitter (.400) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Moncada and Delmonico have been very unlucky so far with batted balls. I look forward to their luck improving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 (edited) QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 08:34 PM) jones and soria are solid to perhaps very good at the back. the rest of it? the sox are going to be in trouble in a lot of 6th innings this year. At least until some new faces are brought in all around to the pitching staff midway through summer. Who are you realistically expecting will improve the pen THIS year upon arrival in Chicago? Edited April 5, 2018 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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