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You must want to look for things to worry about. Taking anything from these games, at least for veterans, is nuts. Probably the last 5 or 6 years of Edgar Martinez career, they said he couldn’t catch up to fastballs in spring training. Look him up.

Such a dumb thread

Did you just compare EE to Alonso? You did. Man that makes no sense!

You said the same thing about Moncada 2 weeks ago. If it's not one guy with you, it's another. Take it easy.

How long do they give EE if he sucks before he loses playing time? It seems like it's going to be the Sox rule of always choosing the wrong DH, whether it has to do with being over the hill or just sucking.

Collins starts 0-2, works it to full, and hits a 2-run homer. He is also leading the team in walks. Trade McCann.

Collins bomb! 3-1! Went down 0-2, worked back to 3-2, and crushed one to LF.

The first time a team is strong at catcher and now ruin it?

Thank God folks didn't see Frank Thomas in Spring Training.

Lol.....Here are his spring training stats, not worried in the slightest.... https://www.mlb.com/player/edwin-encarnacion-429665?stats=career-s-hitting-mlb&year=2019 he had 4 hits all of spring training last year.

Spring training, but I’ll still laugh at Manny Machado’s .050 batting average

The good news is if EE is done based on spring training March 8 stats, Adam Engel is headed for the HOF.

Interesting that the “new RFielder” whose name you forgot made your cut of young electric players, but Robert didn’t.

Mazara looks good this spring based on what I've seen of him. Another walk.

The White Sox give season ticket holders, even partial plan dopes like myself, free Mlb.tv. Always nice to watch these on the big screen for a few innings. Once Laz Rivera appears, it’s time to do something else.

Just for some context on Sam Long: https://www.milb.com/kannapolis/news/sam-long-earns-second-chance-on-the-diamond-with-white-sox-307387400

0-15 so far with 8 strikeouts. Seems very overmatched against fastballs. Really hope he isn't slowing down this year. At least we have viable replacement options if he is on the decline

You are doing great so far. Keep up the good work. The responses might be minimal but it's an interesting thread. Hard to say how Robert will do once he faces everyone's good starting pitching and relievers. I think he'll definitely beat the fWAR and his Slg. should be good with his speed getting some hustle doubles and could lead the league in triples. His bat speed is very good and makes hard loud contact. It's just a matter of how he adjusts to pitchers not throwing him strikes and his ability to lay off all the breaking balls and change ups he will be seeing. I'll say over on all the ZIPS.

You've noticed that his bat is slower in 15 ABs? Of which, you've seen, what 2? Or 3?

People just like to get the early lead on declaring someones career over. Players who suck in spring might actually suck in season just as players who suck in spring might actually do great in season. For me its players who suck in spring will be great and players who do great in spring will be great. That way everybody will be great. That's what Spring is for. After all the Tigers are leading MLB in spring HR's.

Yermin and Collins have been pretty impressive this spring training. Either way having an argument on who should fill a back up position on the roster is a good thing.

Much less wasted motion in his delivery. Keeps his glove down.

Seems to me that you should recuse yourself from this argument....you just want to give Mercedes his job ?

Lopez had 5ks and 0 walks today

It isn't about spring training, it's about his inability to catch up to a fastball.

It's either that or age finally caught up with him.

Love to see TA walk.

TA led off with a single, moves to 2nd on a balk Yo groundout to 2nd moves TA to 3rd

Collins isn’t a catcher. At least Chicago doesn’t think so just look how they have built the roster. and the swing man you hypothetically get for him leaves a hole and puts pressure on grandal to catch 130 games. hes not getting traded for a swing man or prospect. And that means he isn’t getting traded, no now anyways, check back in July.

In the 22 seasons since management gleefully broke up the dynasty, the Bulls are 179 games below .500 with zero trips to the finals It is finally starting to hit them at the gate, which is probably the only reason they are expected to make changes .

Pretty sure it was always Moncada or Benintendi Kopech Devers (Hahn's ask) or Basabe / Diaz

Todays game on WhiteSox.com

I would one hundred percent hate watching him on another team. Whoever described his at bats as an interrogation is right

I don't understand what you're trying to do here..

His leg would have to drop off for him to fall out of the top 10.

Some of the storyline parallels there are uncanny with this year's club. Really interesting. I'm born in 91 so had to look up how the Sox fared that season, although I already knew they didnt make the playoffs until 83. Looks like they finished slightly above .500 and there was a midseason strike. Loved the line about Harold Baines' defense. Learned a few things, thanks for sharing.

FWIW - My sister is an M.D.. She says that hand sanitizer isn't the way to go here. It's a virus. It's not spread by bacteria. Anti-bacterial hand sanitizer won't help you. Wash your hands and your face constantly. For what it's also worth? She says the panic is way over-hyped. She just purchased a round-trip from Charlotte to Detroit and back for 75 dollars to visit me towards the end of the month. She's loving how cheap airlines are right now and has no fears. Says virtually every mortality has been 80-85+ in age. You're more likely to die from the flu. If it's good enough for her? I'm good as well. 500x more intelligent and educated than this guy.

2019 Spring Training ERAs Giolito: 8.84 Banuelos 4.26 Covey 2.45 Bummer 12.00

If he's still throwing hard, he's my guy at 11. I'd like them to take him and then go prep heavy the next few rounds. Next year go prep early.

I could take a wild guess, but I’d probably be way off the mark.

Didn't you hear? Jose's extension is the reason Robert, Eloy, and Moncada signed extensions. Without Jose those guys give up and refuse to play for the White Sox.

Ok. We stopped talking about Jake Burger a long time ago. If anyone wants to discuss PEDs in sports, go to the pub. If we want to actually discuss Burger's future or what he's doing in Glendale, create a new thread.

I plan to continue living my life. Just as I did through swine flu, etc. I hope others do too.

#PlayoffsorDieb****es

No doubt. Bullpen arms are so fickle and the Sox have a pretty good track of finding guys.

They got a World Series out of it. They're super pleased with how that deal turned out.. BOTH teams should be pleased.

Another "fake" winner the media plays up with irresponsible stories. A couple points: 1. No one betting 3+ team parlays - in this case 10 team parlays - is a successful gambler. He may have gotten lucky and hit a couple big ones, but once you get past 3 team parlays the hold becomes so much that you can't overcome it. You are better off betting every game individually - that is a much more profitable endeavor in the long run, and is just one example that this kid is a loser. 2. No true winner in that world is public about their endeavors and successes; even the ones you hear about are after years and years of being originators and market setters; not after a couple years betting big and shitty parlays. Once you speak up, you are at risk of giving up the small edge you found. 3. The media constantly cites players "winnings" without accounting for any losses. This kid became famous because Darren Rovell wrote about him constantly. Rovell was basically a walking mouth piece/hype man for the guy without knowing it. All of these guys who look for public attention beating that market are full of shit. 4. If you are a legit originator/market setter, you have been booted/kicked out of 99% of sportsbooks and are forced to use beards to place wagers for you and etc. You do not go out in public talking about how great you are. 5. If you are very very good at this, you're looking at a 3-5% ROI over millions and millions wagered; you are not winning 30-40-50% like all these fake clowns claim. The sportsbetting market has a lower ROI than the stock market/investment world because of all the hoops above; the only people modeling and beating that market do it because they enjoy it, and they enjoy the challenge. If you can model to beat that market you can model to beat any market. This kid is a fake clown that Darren Rovell played up - likely the kid of some rich people - and got national attention and then harassed and threatened people giving gambling a bad name... Fuck him and Fuck Darren Rovell. Having been in that world for a few years out of college, there are a ton of scumbags and scammers everywhere; poker and sports betting wise. People who sell picks are criminals and should be treated as such as well.

Since this is the job thread, I would like to say that I hope the part time gig turns full time and is a long term good fit for Jack. However, Jack, I really think you are gonna lose alot of people when you start in with that "check your privilege" bs imho.

I had multiple job offers for the first time in my life a couple weeks ago. It was nice to be able to actually make a choice for a change, instead of having to take whatever I can get. I turned down more money for a more secure position. One was a contract to hire position, but full time hours. One was part time with the ability to earn full time. I also used to work there, so I knew what it was about and that they invited me back was a good sign. More security, familiarity and not as boring of work=ended up being the better choice for me. I wasn't expecting the second company to call me back so quickly, so I was hoping to give the first job a try before having to make a decision. Both offered the same hourly pay. In the end, I took the other job because that company caters to autistic people and the other place doesn't. I thought I was setting myself up for failure. Getting that offer was a huge confidence boost though. I don't think it's going to last long. I took the job that is more secure. All of this stuff is all driven by financial speculation, and not by actual results. Wages are still stagnant at best vs. inflation. This economy is a bubble. Eventually, it's going to burst and when it does it's going to be worse than 2008. We're repeating 2000-2007 all over again. We learned nothing. Speaking of bubbles, there's a large number of people in this thread that need to check their privilege. A lot of you live in the upper middle class bubble and have no idea what the rest of the world is going through. You have it just good enough to have no concept of reality.