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Keep DH's to 7 innings. No runner on second bullshit in extras, but I liked the 7 inning DH's.

Luis: "I'd like to inquire about joining your dong club."

I need a game tonight. I've tried filling my boredom with family, religion, and community service but those were dead ends.

LOL. Caulfield, you started an attendance thread on April 9 last year and you’re telling people it’s too early??

god damnit, the first game all season i get to watch and it's possible rain out/delay and even if it plays i have to watch dallas keuchel. mother of god

Jose Ruiz is a perfectly acceptable middle reliever and I don't understand why people act like he's a human gas can

Keuchel did exactly what I ask of him. Give us 4 or 5 innings and keep us in the game. Mission accomplished. Good job!

Literally no one. But if you can't invent things to get mad about, what are you doing with your life.

Sure. If he's used sparingly and not the strong side of a platoon. Sample size is limited, but so far it appears TLR intends to play Sheets against all/most RHP. Hence why I'd get him off the roster upon Pollock's return and just let AV play everyday. AV doesn't learn to hit MLB RHP if he's on the bench against all the good ones. I like Gavin, but I also think there is a chance that last season was a mirage. He's got 2 option years and nowhere to play and he's getting in the way of AV's playing time. Having too many players that deserve at bats is a good problem to have for sure.

I feel like Sheets' ceiling is a one or two time All-Star. I feel like Vaughn's ceiling is a one or two time MVP.

I wish they spread these games out throughout the day so I could make better use of MiLB.tv

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Especially for a franchise that's petrified of giving anyone a long-term deal

Leury will simply just play every game going forward

Robert has destroyed 2 sliders the past 2 days. 1 from last year's Cy Young winner and 1 from a guy with one of the nastiest sliders in baseball. I think that's an incredible sign of things to come.

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You size up posters about as well as third baseman.

But you obviously do care, or you wouldn't have the need to avenge your fragile ego for something you completely made up.

Kershaw gets taken out of a perfect game with 80 pitches and this yokel still in at 82. Smh.

The rainiest place on earth complaining about rain is a bit ironic.

At least you care.

IMO, it is best to see Vaughn or any prospect prove himself over time. That is all I am suggesting. Vaughn has not done that yet. He hit .235 with 15 HR last season. That was not a small sample size. In addition, scouting caught up with him toward the end of the year. Vaughn is also a veritable tank, short wide and slow in the field. Sheets or Eloy are much faster than Vaughn Vaughn is probably a DH on most teams Sheets hasn't proven much yet either, but from what I have seen in person, he has the type of powerful LH swing that could produce a lot of key HR for the Sox. Vaughn seems like surplusage at this point for the Sox , a team that has plenty of RH power and Abreu firml;y in command at first base for a few more years. Another consideration with a trade is the player's wishes. Vaughn is a Left coaster who misses his old friends and family and might love playing for Oakland, which is close to home for him.

I don't even think they get that. Sheets is a 26 yr old fringe avg 1B/DH with less than 200 career PA's. That's not exactly a rare commodity. Every organization in baseball has their own Gavin Sheets type player so why would they make him the center of a trade? The Cubs got Frank Schwindel off waivers. He was 29 but the same type of 4A hitter. These types of players aren't rare and it's the 9 millionth example of why you don't waste draft picks on first damn baseman.

Seven inning doubleheaders were a travesty.

But it's a dry heat....so it's not so bad.

I thought we had weather problems....Looks like we got out of Arizona just in time.....

If Gavin Sheets is the main piece of a trade the pitcher you get in return will not be good.

Id rather give up Sheets as the main piece as opposed to Montgomery.

Very Soxtalk-ish of you to present the nightmare scenario. As a natural contrarian...what about the other scenario? Keuchel has had years of 6.5WAR, 4.5, 3.9 and as recently as 2020 a pro rated 5.5 WAR. He was bad last year...and in the spring, but he is a 5 time gold glover including last year, a CY young winner and finished 5th in CYA two years ago. What if last year was just "one of those years"...he finds his command again (was never a power pitcher so aging shouldn't effect him) and through the next 20 starts averaged 7 innings a game with a 3.5 ERA and is 9-4. Sort of like Buehrle age 34-35. Do you shut him down? I think everyone wants to bury Keuchel and forget that even with last years horrible year...he's got 10 years and 1500 major league innings with a FIP under 4. I'm rooting for the bounce back.

When facing Ray a loss is expected...if we win with Dallas on the mound it's a gigantic victory. Basically, a no-lose situation.

Why doesn't Leury get rested. We knew this was going to happen. So annoying

It's not what the Sox want, its what Tony wants. No one else really seems to matter, but so far Tony keeps clutching at his match up's pearls to get Sheets into the line up against RHP, and therefore benching Vaughn.

Without a second thought, nor a care if he actually turns into something.

Look Sheets is a guy who can end up being a starter for a lot of teams. Maybe he even puts up a set of 30 homer seasons. But with the make up of this roster, primarily competing with Andrew Vaughn for playing time, there just shouldn't be an every day role for Gavin Sheets with the White Sox. Andrew Vaughn is a guy who is just going to hit. The bonus is that he even seems like he not embarrass himself in the OF, so it opens spots for him with guys like Eloy and Abreu on the roster.

Unless you need something, then he can hook you up.

If he sustains that, I think he'll do OK.

I'm worried that Keuchel wins the Cy Young and we have to pay him a lot of money.

I said this a long time ago, and will say it again. It's as if Bo Jackson never destroyed his hip.

@ron883 be all like "don't worry real fans will show up later in the season when Suzuki is the NL ROY favorite and the White Sox are still batting Abreu 3rd" Then Abreu will do that thing where he goes on a tear for like 2 months after Ron's annual "Abreu sucks" thread.

Time to move the Cubbies to Vegas....they can't survive here.

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Nice amateur schedule makers out in force with the meteorologists.

If he develops plate discipline, he becomes Mike Trout.

Chasing a ton. It's basically his only weakness.

Wanted to see what Robert's statcast numbers look like after yesterday's game and.....

From the Baseball Savant homepage. Leaders in expected batting average.

They will do everything possible to get games played on schedule this year. No place to go with rainouts. I suspect more than a few games this year will be played in absolutely atrocious weather.

Alternate thread title: GAMETHREAD 4/14/22 G1: Sox vs Mariners (Lambert vs Ray) 3:10 pm CDT