ron883 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Is it too early to call him wildly successful? Rodon gives him a lot of credit. Obviously we know what he did with Giolito. Cease looked great. Our pitchers are throwing curveballs again. I'll never understand why Coop had the pitchers ditch that. Coop was really holding this staff back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reiks12 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Cease just said Lynn helped him with adjustments during his bullpen. I agree though Katz has been great. I wish they would bring back Cooper for the pen though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 He’s an A plus so far almost offsets the TLR hire. Maybe they are grooming him for the gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Side Hit Men Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 A lot of jokes about "Katz will fix'em" in the off-season. He is my favorite White Sox acquisition over the past four seasons. Kudos to Katz and his staff for an amazing start to the season. Hope there are many more months like this to come. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 29 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: He’s an A plus so far almost offsets the TLR hire. Maybe they are grooming him for the gig. Next project, the bullpen and resurrecting Reynaldo and Burdi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron883 Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 1 minute ago, caulfield12 said: Next project, the bullpen and resurrecting Reynaldo and Burdi. He's a pitching coach, not a miracle worker. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron883 Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 I wish 670 The Score would have taken up Coop's request to be a pitching analyst for the Cubs and Sox. Would be interesting to see his takes on the White Sox pitching. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinky Stanky Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 37 minutes ago, ron883 said: I wish 670 The Score would have taken up Coop's request to be a pitching analyst for the Cubs and Sox. Would be interesting to see his takes on the White Sox pitching. That would be too much like the losing politicians taking analyst jobs on TV to criticize the winners. Except this would be uglier. I'd avoid listening to it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejoesox Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Way too early imho, ask me at the ASB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 By may 10th every player and coach should have their own dedicated thread in this forum, I'm guessing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 7 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said: By may 10th every player and coach should have their own dedicated thread in this forum, I'm guessing Can't wait for the Howie Clark thread to go viral and be tweeted at Steve Stone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, Quin said: Can't wait for the Howie Clark thread to go viral and be tweeted at Steve Stone. The ad I have associated with this post is something… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, Balta1701 said: The ad I have associated with this post is something… The ads are horny on main Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyCoralFanClub Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 9 hours ago, ron883 said: Is it too early to call him wildly successful? Rodon gives him a lot of credit. Obviously we know what he did with Giolito. Cease looked great. Our pitchers are throwing curveballs again. I'll never understand why Coop had the pitchers ditch that. Coop was really holding this staff back. So true. Coop was just cashing a paycheck and coasting the last 5 years or so. He probably thought he had a job with the Sox for life no matter what. Thankful ffor what he did for the Sox way back when but also happy as hell that he is gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Kyyle23 said: By may 10th every player and coach should have their own dedicated thread in this forum, I'm guessing Welcome to winning and giving a frick, been a minute Soxtalk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpringfieldFan Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Balta1701 said: The ad I have associated with this post is something… I got the same. Manscaped has gotten pretty ballsy (pardon the pun) with the ads it's been putting out everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwolf68 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) Cease's performance last night was almost mind boggling. I could care less who it was against, until that game he couldn't consistently throw strikes against ANYONE. So I hold almost no regard for the (lack of) quality of Detroit. This, to me, was all about Cease. He started off pounding the zone, left a couple heaters over the middle for solid singles. All good. But you knew somewhere in the back of your mind the wheels would come off. I remember a 3-0 count. Ace! He's gonna walk this guy. Nope, fought back and got the out. I think he had another maybe two 3-ball counts and made pitches to get outs. SEVEN innings, 0 WALKS. That performance was one of the most amazing games I've seen by a White Sox pitcher in a long time, because it was SO unexpected. Yet because of Cease's talent, we have BEEN expecting just what we saw last night. While it won't be 0 walk shutouts every game and there will still be bumps, I think the kid is on the right path. Edited April 30, 2021 by kwolf68 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron883 Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, kwolf68 said: Cease's performance last night was almost mind boggling. I could care less who it was against, until that game he couldn't consistently throw strikes against ANYONE. So I hold almost no regard for the (lack of) quality of Detroit. This, to me, was all about Cease. He started off pounding the zone, left a couple heaters over the middle for solid singles. All good. But you knew somewhere in the back of your mind the wheels would come off. I remember a 3-0 count. Ace! He's gonna walk this guy. Nope, fought back and got the out. I think he had another maybe two 3-ball counts and made pitches to get outs. SEVEN innings, 0 WALKS. That performance was one of the most amazing games I've seen by a White Sox pitcher in a long time, because it was SO unexpected. Yet because of Cease's talent, we have BEEN expecting just what we saw last night. While it won't be 0 walk shutouts every game and there will still be bumps, I think the kid is on the right path. 100%. I said it last night, but I don't care what lineup Cease was facing last night. Nobody was going to hit those curves and sliders he was throwing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 I support this tentatively but last year I made a pro-hitting coach thread and then their offense tanked for a few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneofthemikes Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 10 hours ago, ron883 said: He's a pitching coach, not a miracle worker. There are a ton of people that would have said the same regarding Rodon last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 I keep hearing about Cooper and the No-Curve-Rule, so it's probably true. But what if some pitcher, say Cease, last year throws a couple of those yakkers, what's Cooper gonna do? Send him down, hit him, scorn him? And Ricky just watches? I don't get it. I'm glad Cooper is gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 My only negative is he didn’t realize Gio was gassed the other night or realized it and didn’t say anything to Tony. He’s got basically one player to watch at that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 30 minutes ago, oldsox said: I keep hearing about Cooper and the No-Curve-Rule, so it's probably true. But what if some pitcher, say Cease, last year throws a couple of those yakkers, what's Cooper gonna do? Send him down, hit him, scorn him? And Ricky just watches? I don't get it. I'm glad Cooper is gone. I have no clue, but he definitely removed it from Gio, Lopez, and Cease's arsenals when it was arguably the best weapon all three of them had. Gio remade himself. Cease is a work-in-progress and might get it back. Lopez joined Eloy in the afterlife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 12 hours ago, reiks12 said: Cease just said Lynn helped him with adjustments during his bullpen. I agree though Katz has been great. I wish they would bring back Cooper for the pen though. Yea Lynn was really a great acquisition in alot of ways. Lynn was also the guy who helped Gibson changed the grip on a couple of his secondary pitches late last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 I was trying to think which pitcher Cease reminded me of last night, and Verlander came to mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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