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QUOTE (StrykerSox @ Apr 7, 2018 -> 07:36 PM) Yep. And I get that wins are unimportant this season and that we want to see the kids development, but Engel has had enough time. Cordell deserves a full season to see what he’s made of. The longer we wait with a guy who clearly isn’t a MLBer, the less viewing time we have with the guy who might be. Leury actually deserves a full season as he showed more potential last year than Engel could dream of

QUOTE (Scoots @ Apr 7, 2018 -> 07:34 PM) He just looks so over-matched. Almost like he is afraid to swing sometimes. No leg kick and dipping on his swing. Exactly opposite of a few weeks ago.

What an ugly swing. He's just not a major leaguer

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Apr 7, 2018 -> 08:23 PM) Giolito has to do a better job of keeping runners on in check. He's very slow to the plate

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 7, 2018 -> 08:19 PM) I can honestly say the loss on Thursday didn’t bother me at all. Of course I’d love for them to win, we all would. But when Soria blows that game, I guy that may not even be here in August, let alone 2019 and 2020, I really don’t care at all. I’m watching to see Moncada, Anderson, Gio, Lopez, etc. You want to see how these guys perform in certain situations, trends, growth, etc. Well said, honestly only upsetting part was how bad Yoan looked. Besides that, loved what I saw from Timmy and Yolmer

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 7, 2018 -> 07:17 PM) Castillo in particular has looked half-there most of the season thus far for me. Yet looked good in the dome

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 7, 2018 -> 07:15 PM) Abreu has always looked bad in the cold (which could be a problem in the future, ha) But I agree, it’s hard to quantify but you can see it Giolito, Abreu and Castillo look like they're in slow motion

Some of these guys look incredibly uncomfortable playing in the cold

Davidson great eye this year

QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Apr 7, 2018 -> 07:02 PM) Which pitch? Fastball and even that has bad command

QUOTE (mac9001 @ Apr 7, 2018 -> 07:01 PM) I don't think Giolito has thrown a single breaking ball for a strike this year. As poor as his fastball command has been today it's surprising he isn't getting totally lit up. Hasn't exactly faced good offenses

Pitching is horrendous so far this season. At this point, Giolito is a one pitch pitcher. The curve is an urban legend

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Apr 7, 2018 -> 06:57 PM) Giolito struggling to find the plate Mechanics terrible. Falling way off to the left

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Apr 7, 2018 -> 06:48 PM) Exactly, and again, what good is speed if the guy is never on base to use it? At that point it's f***ing useless. Not sure how with his current swing he can ever get on top of a pitch. Meanwhile, Giolito has some of the same stuff/command from last game.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Apr 7, 2018 -> 06:45 PM) No, southsider will tell you that he's not terrible Such a headcase at the plate. Already changed his swing from spring training

Why is Engel dipping so much on his swing. Looks absolutely awful

Not a good 3-1 swing

Haha Anderson is Bonds

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 7, 2018 -> 06:29 PM) Book seems to be out on him not taking the bat off the shoulder. He’s gotta keep pitchers honest He also has to stop guessing with 2 strikes. Can't be taking fastballs over the plate with two strikes and chasing offspeed pitches off the plate

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 7, 2018 -> 06:31 PM) Tricky thing with this can be when he's throwing the cutter that can look a lot like a slow fastball to the naked eye. Nah it's 91-92 on fastball so far. Really think this weather is rougher on him than most.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 7, 2018 -> 06:24 PM) He is the lead off hitter, it is very typical for a lead off guy to take the first pitch or two. He does need to swing at it every once and awhile to keep them honest though Yep given his struggles against offspeed pitches, that first pitch fastball might be best pitch he sees.

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Apr 7, 2018 -> 06:21 PM) Moncada called out on strikes on a pitch very high in the zone. Has to stop taking first pitch fastball strike as much as he has. 7 straight at bats this series he took first pitch strike.

QUOTE (GenericUserName @ Apr 6, 2018 -> 02:48 PM) Why do I feel like the team in the top 5 that thinks Swaggerty is the best bat in the draft is us? Really wouldn't be mad about either him or Bohm at this point. Agree with both comments. Hopefully Swaggerty ends the season hot as that batting average in a less than amazing conference is hard to get excited about

Nice start for Rutherford

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 6, 2018 -> 01:44 AM) Basically. I will say when I saw trey in person at W-S last year he’s one of the guys in the field that stands out physically. Although so did Keon Barnum. A friend told me that at the time, Andy Gonzalez stood out compared to his minor league peers. Things have definitely changed