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The Sox made it pretty evident that Lillibridge had a major hole in there swing. It sounded like they had an idea of the flaw but it will take a good amount of time for him to make the adjustment and there is obviously no guarantee that the adjustment works. I expect him to spend at least half a season in the minors and if all goes well later in the year he'd swing up to be a defensive replacement/pinch hitter with a shot at being an everyday backup here on out. I think there is very little chance of him ever becoming a starter. Jenks threw a badass pitch down and in a couple pitches back. Looked really nasty.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 18, 2009 -> 02:13 PM) Whats been his main issue? His stuff looks big league caliber. Its actually his stuff. He doesn't have any major control issues, but really has zero plus pitches. In general he's a very mediocre pitcher who doesn't have Buehrle like command or the ability to do much when it comes to changing speeds. He's been relatively poor in the minors and only had one even remotely solid season with the Angels a year or two ago. Really he's got a sinker and thats about it and his sinker isn't what I'd consider a plus pitch. He has had a few games though where his sinker is just on and at that time the secondary stuff is just enough.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Mar 18, 2009 -> 02:12 PM) How'd he get on? What'd Wise do? Infield single for Lillibridge. Might have been ruled an error, but I'd call it a single. Than he was thrown out stealing 2nd. Didn't look like a bad jump, just a nice job by the catcher. Wise with a weak out.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 18, 2009 -> 02:11 PM) True, but in THAT inning, his stuff looked that good. Biting sinker moving away from lefties and a dissapearing curve. Gotcha, I Didn't know if you guys were thinking he was a good prospect or something and since I follow the Angels quite a bit I was going to point out that he isn't. He definately has his moments though.

I thought Lillibridge would beat it out. Clearly he's not going to live up to his past hype at least no without making some serious adjustments to his swing. I think the 2nd base job is pretty much a lock for Getz. I just don't understand why we don't utilize him at the top of the order as well. Weezy with a weak groundout.

Kalapse...your boy DWeezy is up. He says he wants to leadoff to show that your wrong. LOL

Guys, just to point this out, Mosely has been in and out for awhile. I'm not saying he doesn't have some talent but I certainly wouldn't be comparing his potential to a guy like Dan Haren. He's a serviceable back of the rotation starter/swingmen in your pen, imo.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 18, 2009 -> 02:04 PM) His motion looks less robotic than a year ago. This is really good because as a whole he has a very effortless delivery (in the sense that it doesn't look as if he puts much stress on his arm). Plus I think Floyd had the true potential to be a flat out ace. If his change keeps improving, he'll reach that level. Combine a nasty curve with a great change and two solid fastballs and you are talking about a front of the rotation starter.

Quick 5th for Floyd.

Floyd has some nice movement on his fastball and what appears to be good pop. His big strikeout yacker is looking good but he hasn't been able to throw the curve for strikes much which is hurting him. Either way you can tell how much more confident he is on the mound. He looks in control, despite giving up a few runs. He's also pitching noticeably quicker. Still a slow delivery, but less time in between pitches.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Mar 17, 2009 -> 07:31 PM) Man, been a long stressful few weeks, I am so glad at this time tomorrow I will be jetting to Vegas for the 1st round I'll be there too.

QUOTE (shipps @ Mar 17, 2009 -> 10:21 AM) yeah man it should be fun like always. Somehow I know we are gonna laugh our asses off for a week,never fails. Yep, who knew I'd end up having all this time off too. Let me know if there is anything specific you guys want to do in SD/LA and I'll get it set up.

Brandon McCarthy was a huge White Sox fan prior to being drafted. The Big Hurt was his favorite player.

QUOTE (shipps @ Mar 17, 2009 -> 10:05 AM) This weather makes me feel so great about everything. Its amazing how good weather can uplift your spirits. Hopefully you guys get good weather next week. Looking forward to seeing you schmoes.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Mar 17, 2009 -> 09:23 AM) I get a 1 month Spring Break from Apr 16 onwards. Next week I'll be in Miami and Phoenix though for the Winter Music Conference and Spring Training. ATM, I have these trips planned for a month vacation; 1st week - Nashville, Tampa, Orlando and Daytona Beach 2nd week - Las Vegas 3rd week - California 4th week - California (until I have to go back to New York to get my bags, and then fly home to AUS). Andrew, can you email me the details of your trip again. [email protected]. Just want to make sure I have the most up to date info.

I'm out of college but since i got two weeks till my new job starts, I'm having two (or three) spring breaks. 1. Vegas this Thursday through Sunday....at the Wynn, will be glued to the tv's watching march madness 2. Arizona next Friday through Monday....watching spring training baseball, can't wait to hear the crack of a bat. 3. Entertaining Mario (molto) and Jeff (shipps) in LA/San Diego before we all road trip out to AZ.

Sweet, I was just about to go get my keepers set. I'm actually planning on being at the draft, but I might have to leave midway into it to attend my softball game.

My Titans have been on a hell of a run. Just been winnimg machines, aside from one game that they blew to #18 Oklahoma State. They are hitting hr's like its nobodies business and its kind of odd given that its Fullerton.

Jones was born the exact same day and year as me. I think he'd be a real nice upgrade.

I'm with you Santo. If I'm running a franchise, my scouts have either showed there committment by attending college, learning how to put together good reports and just a better understanding and education of how things work or they have went through another type of college in a sense, the baseball college (ie, playing through college and into the minors). This isn't to say all minor league players are worthy of being scouts, but certain guys have that eye for talent and they understand exactly what it takes to succeed and can identify players that have that ability even if they didn't. If I'm hiring a guy that didn't have baseball experience, they better A impress the hell out of me with there enthusiasm and overall knowledge of baseball and on top of it have a hell of a resumse because overall there are a lot of people who have an overall interest in becoming a scout or getting involved in baseball and because of that I'm going to be picky as hell and pick the guys with the best overall resumes and that means the kid who busted his ass through college while interning for baseball teams and doing some sort of amateur scouting (I'd hope that his resume would include some amateur scouting reports as well).

The best option might be Ramirez in CF, Getz at 2B, and Beckham at SS. I just don't know if Beckham is ready defensively and he obviously still is pretty inexperienced, but darn does he look good.

My girls taking me out for steak tonight...I wonder if she was surfing Soxtalk, lol.

Jonathan Stewart showed some pretty good flashes too.

Strong arm and ridiculous bat speed. Geeze, talk about impressive.

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