SoCalChiSox

If he's sitting 92-94 he must be hurt or there has to be a mechanical issue.

If the money line moves sharply in our favor, it's clear Vegas sees that @WestEddy started this thread. I think we're in good shape.

There's never such a thing as too many savages, Ron. Our lineup is actually fine vs even LHP (see below WRC+ vs LHP not including tonight's game): Murakami 137 Montgomery 135 (he's actually slightly better vs LHP than RHP at least so far) Vargas 217 (!!!) Grichuk 113 (it will go way up after tonight) Meidroth 164 (!!!) Romo 121 Antonacci 7 (ok that's bad but you can platoon him with Pereira against lefties) Pereira 206 (!!!) I'm not gonna count Beni because he shouldn't be in the lineup regardless of the pitcher. And ofcourse when Braden comes up he is a switch hitter. This lineup is full of guys that also kill lefties. Even the two big savages are very good against lefties.

Another nice win. Really fun young team.

Braden 3-4....OPS at .798 in AAA

Yeah I don't get it. If he needs a day off in the field at least put him at DH instead of Beni.

Colson BOMB. He fuckin!

Yeah there's really no place to play him. I wonder if the Sox might sell high on him to get more pitching, as we need to convert surplus assets at blocked positions to address needs.

Good to see.

Not necessarily...isn't he 20 years old and in High A? He's still prolly young for that level

Thanks, Getz

Sounds like Gonzalez coming up.

That would be a massive fail given.his draft position and given that the scouts wanted Griffin. Dude has to be at least mid rotation starter or it will be a huge setback

Dude needs to go to Arizona with Bannister

Sure....he has a very low BABIP and his wOBA is well beneath xwOBA so there may some positive regression coming and defensive stats on both FG and also Savant are good. OAA is 85th percentile and sprint speed 68th percentile.

That's positive. Hopefully it doesn't act up on him again while running.

Yeah I think they prolly need to see at least all of May and June AAA data from him to get a decent sample size and especially K%.

Braden 3-5 with 2 doubles, BB and only 1 K. Very good.

What good does it do us if he has to be taken out by the 3rd inning cause he's already walked 4 guys?

Sam is starting to lead off more now which is much better given his high OBP. We will have to see what they do when Teel comes back. They seem to like Mune at 2, Vargas at 3 to break up the lefties and usually Colson at 4 or 5. Depending on the pitcher, Meidroth or Antonacci should lead off. This lineup will be very difficult for RHP when Teel is back and also when Braden is up, as he has been much better hitting from the left side this year. I see savages everywhere. IMO, very few lineups have 7 credible hitters (Mune, Colson, Vargas, Antonacci, Teel, Braden, Meidroth).

Lol.....Bonemer needs to be in AA.

Good post. And if he's dialing it back to improve control, it's not working so they need to try something else or have him spend some time in a pitching lab with Bannister. It doesn't benefit us for him to go out there and give up 3-4 runs in 3 IP with 4 walks. It doesn't accomplish anything of value.

Yeah I don't understand Jimmy's logic. Hagen isn't anywhere near ready. The command is still very awful.

Sorry Caulfield I was confused as to what thread I was in.

Most important variable is K rate. Needs to keep it to around where it's at right now in AA, i.e. 25% or ideally less.