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QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ May 3, 2017 -> 09:01 PM) Frank Thomas, 1992.... "Mr Baseball" He played the "big time prospect" that the Yankees wanted to call up, so they released Tom Selleck's character, so he went to Japan to play. Not a bad movie if you can ignore the often cringeworthy "love story" undercurrent. Lance Broadway

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 3, 2017 -> 08:14 PM) I appears they are trying to put off the inevitable "exploratory surgery". FML. When's the last time a pitcher missed a whole season without surgery or trying to recover from it

For those better at reading fWAR than me, how did Anderson go down -.6 yesterday, including losing 2.4 pts for base running

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 3, 2017 -> 05:54 PM) Give me 2 solid starters out of that trade in Dunning and Kopech and I'll take it. I don't know why people think Lopez is a reliever. Agreed, Giolito actually looks like a reliever to me. Seems the more hitters see his offspeed pitches, the more he struggles. Who knows, maybe he throws harder out of the pen. With that said, no rush at all and keep letting him start for next two years.

QUOTE (ptatc @ May 3, 2017 -> 05:43 PM) The spin rate has nothing to do with it. It looks like he is so afraid to have poor command of the fastball that he leaves it over the plate to much. It's the command that the issue. The location is too good for the hitters too often. If he throws a strike it's too good of a hitters pitch. He had one of the worst fastball spin rates in baseball last year as well as one of the least effective fastballs I believe. General consensus seemed to be it was due to the spin rate, but I also agree his command stinks

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 3, 2017 -> 05:43 PM) seems like he's injured then. Command is the first thing to go. Or he was just incredibly overhyped

QUOTE (joejoedairy @ May 3, 2017 -> 05:46 PM) I guess I can do my own research. he tested positive for amphetamine in July of 2014 and was suspended 50 games. Released the following off season. Not sure if there was anything else going on. There was but he won't say what

Moncada looks great

QUOTE (flavum @ May 3, 2017 -> 04:14 PM) I'll take Lopez as a great closer and Dunning starting the 3rd or 4th playoff game in 2020. That's still a good trade. Still think Lopez can start

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ May 3, 2017 -> 04:57 PM) It's SUPER premature. Look, the velocity is absolutely a concern and something to pay attention to but it's also not as crazy bad as fathom has been going off on lately. He could be working on stuff, he could be trying to get his mechanics straight or he might just be off to a really bad start. All I know is he's a 22 year old in AAA who has had success in the past and whose breaking ball is at least missing bats at the moment. He's a project at this point but to call him is a disaster is even too fathom-y for fathom. It's not even just the velocity, but just going by the hard contact off of him this year, it doesn't appear his spin rate has drastically improved. The swings that the opposition gets off the fastball are scary.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ May 3, 2017 -> 04:50 PM) You've just been waiting to say this, haven't you? I liked the Eaton trade, but to me he looks like the same exact pitcher who had a fastball that got destroyed in the majors. He seems to be a major reclamation project now, which I doubt Hahn had in mind.

Giolito really sucks. So many excuses made for him being a disaster

Giolito has nothing on his fastball

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 3, 2017 -> 02:44 AM) Jesus, tomorrow's final score might be 12-10. The AAA game with Giolito?

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 3, 2017 -> 02:34 AM) TA has to show more patience. Pitchers aren't even throwing him strikes to get him out. We were talking about it yesterday, but he is so passive early in the count with his swing. He just needs to let it rip

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 3, 2017 -> 02:27 AM) Geo has called one hell of a game. He seems to work very well with Q

QUOTE (beautox @ May 3, 2017 -> 02:32 AM) came away with nothing but that was a solid AB by Leury, great to see. come on TA. Gives away so many at bats with awful approach. Nothing like chasing a 1-0 slider to weakly ground out to SS

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ May 3, 2017 -> 01:59 AM) He's a guess hitter. Problem is he is not good at hitting offspeed pitches. Can't think of any homers in his career on offspeed pitch

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 3, 2017 -> 01:56 AM) Watching Anderson bat is either agony or ecstasy on a pitch by pitch basis, there is no middle ground. He's lost his ability to drive the ball to right center

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 3, 2017 -> 02:06 AM) the number of mistakes is obnoxious. I usually stick up for him but that was horrible

Duffy looks ruined

Hawk, just retire

Another hitless game for Collins....hot streak lasted two games

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ May 3, 2017 -> 01:47 AM) Going back to Abreu and his GIDP in the first. When Josevgies through a slump he is just brutal to watch He's been on fire

QUOTE (reiks12 @ May 3, 2017 -> 12:34 AM) are you being sarcastic? Nope