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Just a quick review but pretty much every single starting pitcher who threw well yesterday (with the exception of the Houston game) threw more than 92 pitches. Bauer threw 107. Citing health concerns for letting giolito face two batters after giving up the hit is way over the top. Yoan, flash and no finish.

Now almost 100 pitches is dangerous? Come on.

A .7 WAR wonder.

Yes. I think this as well. Giolito needed to be given a chance to get out of it and pitch from the stretch. His job isnt to protect giolito. It's to help him grow.

He has to learn to pitch from the stretch.

Hes got to be able to pitch from the stretch.

Besides the short arm action, by far the biggest change and best change for giolito is the pace in which hes working. Actually can find rhythm this way.

Palka lol.

Nothing bothers me more than an umpire giving a pitcher a pitch off the plate when they cant find the zone.

Yes, this is my main take away so far. See if it's sustainable deception or they figure it out 2nd 3rd time through

Palka is 27 years old. Has no position. Struck out 153 times In 473 at bats and doesnt walk. He is not a major league outfielder and never will be.

Just searched and this was the most I could find but as kurkjian says, teams just dont do it anymore. It's not just the white Sox. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj2m7nq_6rhAhWJLHwKHQoxCFEQzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FSports%2Fimprove-defense-make-teams-daily-infield-practice%2Fstory%3Fid%3D36471960&psig=AOvVaw2pgOfAtwkfT4_E-QPBY19F&ust=1554074241977970

Teams don't take long infield anymore - across the entire sport. Practice time has been cut in baseball over the past two decades - not just for the white Sox but for everyone. I'm sure a someone who is around the team more can verify that it's not as if other teams are out there for an hour and the Sox spend 5 minutes. It's why I asked what extensive infield is. Teams dont do that anymore.

Doesnt matter. Tim needs to stop with the errors. He's too talented defensively for it.

Ventura was the laziest manager in baseball. He was disinterested. Nothing would surprise me there. I dont know what "extensive infield" practice means.

If you think Jayson nix somehow forgot all the fundamentals that made him incredibly good, idk what to tell you. If you think it somehow went away because he didnt take infield or something, idk man. Nix was just a funny story that I'll never forget. Amazing what happened to that guy.

There is a larger problem but as a professional in anything, you are accountable for your own actions. While Rick continues to put those dopes on the field, it's still their fault that they're dopes. If that makes sense. It's the Sox fault for putting someone like palka out there but its palkas fault he sucks. No one elses.

I cant stand Rick - I edited my post to add that after the fact. He's far too old school for me but the guy understands the fundamentals of the game. He just doesnt understand basic math

Maybe the Sox just have bad luck too. The best story I remember for how did that happen... only the Sox... is Jayson nix. Nix was the BEST defensive 2nd baseman in the minor leagues. Legendarily good down there defensively. Guy comes to the Sox and was the worst 2nd baseman in baseball it felt like. It was hilarious and sad at the same time. Jayson Nix glove pulled a Chuck Knoblach on him and no one can/could explain it.

Rick Renteria didnt work his way up through the minor league ranks to big league manager without having the ability to teach young players skill development. I'm not a big fan of Rick - as hes far too old school for me - but the guy understands the fundamentals of the game. If I went to college and didnt know basic fundamentals I wouldnt play an inning. If I didnt know where to meet a cutoff, what base to throw too, which base to back up, and etc I wouldnt play. These guys know the fundamentals... well, maybe not palka lol.

My point is Tim anderson hasnt made 3 errors in 2 games because Ricky wasnt running enough infield. Tim made errors because he loses focus - he admitted such last year which makes this more embarrassing for him. The basic fundamentals of the game arent taught in the major leagues. Nick Madrigal will not play sloppy baseball and it's not because he was taught differently in the minors. Maybe the organization is poor at identifying that in players. That is possible but the players are still the dopes in that scenario too. The front office are just dope promoters at that point.

No, I just believe people blame coaches and non-players far too much. Do you think major league players need to be taught where to go to receive a cutoff? Or that a major league catcher needs to be taught to get down on balls and move your body in front of them? Or that he needs to be taught to come to a throw from a short stop who is too far out? As someone who played solely because I could play a decent center field, defensive fundamentals are on the player. You learn those things every step of the way and those arent drills you need to be taught in the big leagues. You learn from 5 through college. Coaches/organization job is to put a player in best position to succeed (see palka, as I said that is the organizations fault because palka is not a mlb outfielder and they shouldnt put him there) but Tim anderson making bone headed throws isnt the coaching staffs fault or the front office. Same goes for yoan, yolmer and etc. Those guys are big league players and big league defenders. Hell the same can be said for Castillo. People dont blame the players enough in professional sports. They should.

Jay would be fine in right.

Tim, reps wise, is a couple years younger than even his youthful age. This is a big year for Tim, but I always expected Tim to bloom a little later than others because of his lack of reps in high school and college so I'm not really worried about Tim yet. The flashes still mean more than the consistency in terms of his ceiling.

Fair enough. I'm just pointing out that if we were hanging out at the park in real life and this guy was there: It wouldnt be fun lol.