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How is that an apology? Do you have a career? I know there have been times where my boss talking less would have been a great thing but it didn't happen and I wasnt going to call him out or tell him to shut it.

K rate normalizes faster than other stats. The high k rate is alarming as I imagine the things hes trying to improve on is making contact. Hopefully he gets more comfortable with his swing and grip and that number starts to turn down.

Kenny is his boss. I don't know about you, but in my career I don't tell my boss to shut up.

Ridiculous takes like the Bulls don't have any real good players and WCJ - one of the worst graded centers in basketball - is bad. Yes, my absurd basketball takes... meanwhile some people think the Bulls are an RJ Barret away from competing for a conference title - those are the brilliant takes we need more of.

Where do I apologize for Hahn? I have been critical of him as well. Critical or everything the Sox have done this off season. At least Rick Hahn has an inkling of professional and respect for his career though. Paxson certainly doesn't have that.

It's fun when people cite batting average as some doomsday stat.

Yes, WCJ is awesome. What was I thinking. Everyone on the bulls is awesome, that's why they continue to get smacked around.

But to return to the 130s of the past with inflation puts them at 160 in payroll today. So they should have room to spend but if they will who knows.

Kluber was traded at 24 years old and started within a year. Bauer similar to giolito as he had a cup of tea in the big leagues before the Sox traded for him. It took bauer 5 years in Cleveland to figure it out and he credits driveline entirely so I'm not sure I'm ready to say Cleveland developed bauer and kluber.

Kluber and Bauer were developed elsewhere. What 4 starters did Cleveland develop?

No. In spring you want to see the ball as long as possible to get your timing down and etc. The deeper you let the ball get, the more you see of it.

SP are creatures of habit. Routines matter to a lot of starters. This is one valid non-analytical thing that teams need to take into account.

Hes not good.

Yes, it was clear to me that eloy was really working on getting ready for the season - letting the ball get real deep before attacking. He was a little late on the fastball but seemed to find his timing today.

Yes, watch approaches and mechanics - not results. Giolito was cy young last spring. Good players will likely work on things they feel they struggle with. Pitchers will some times throw an abnormal amount of a certain pitch that they are developing. Etc Etc.

Not a huge fan as most of the publically available data doesnt really show an advantage but the Rays are sharp and I imagine they have some data supporting it. I just want to point out that the Rays didnt use it with Snell on the mound so based on their data the match up edge is negated if the starter is good. Which makes me think that the bullpen stater in general is worthless if your staff is talented but if you throw out guys who have only 1 or 2 average or + big league pitches, then not letting them see the heart of the order three times helps - heck maybe even 2. The advantage has more to do with the heart and top of the lineup not seeing a starter three times - more than it has to do with righty vs lefty match ups. Limit their exposure to the best hitters while making the hitter see at least 3 arms in 4 at bats. As I said, if your starter is even league average though, might as well scratch the closer starting.

No, he wasnt brought in for manny. Yes, he had a weird inning.

Yeah, you could teach a clinic on letting the baseball get deep before engaging based on that swing and approach on that pitch.

That's some easy power right there.

Lambert is going to sky rocket himself up rankings this year.

You would play through a jammed thumb during the season. A jammed thumb is something you play with quite a bit in your career. During spring it makes no sense to play through it though. I would say, no more head first slides though. Enough is a enough. They should weed themselves out of the game.

Cease is going to be moved along as slowly as humanly possible as the Sox would like to get him some big league looks late in the season assuming nothing derails his path. They made it clear that Cease would probably be the least used arm in spring this year.

How? He was 8th in baseball in 2015 with 15.1 with the White Sox. The next year - his first in Atlanta - he was 17th at 8.1. Then in 2017 he was 3rd at 30 Then in 2018 he was 4th at 13.0 Flowers didn't dramatically improve with Atlanta - don't forget, just as with all defensive metrics they are volatile and using a year end number isn't wise. He wasn't twice as good in 2017 and then half as good in 2018. He has been really good since his last two years with the White Sox. Your point is misguided. The White Sox traded for Flowers from Atlanta - at the time, he was a bat first catcher who struggled behind the plate. When he left the organization to go back to Atlanta, he had clearly turned into one of the best framers in baseball. That was under the watch and advising of the White Sox; however much you want to discredit that.

yet, this is the same organization that took in Tyler Flowers and turned him into an elite framer. Navarez is 27 years old - he's a bad receiver. That is not going to change at 28.

That just means those players are off, not guaranteed injured, but of course injured players will always be on their as off.