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QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 06:05 PM) Oakland is 2nd worst and have no place for Viciedo on the roster. That should tell you something right there That they wasted 3 years, 30 million on Billy Butler

Looking at the LHP splits, they are shocking. Only 3 players on this team currently have an OPS vs LHP above .650 (Avi, Abreu and Soto). Melky, Eaton and Beckham are below .500 with Sanchez at a powerful .291.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 05:59 PM) Come on now, you watched Viciedo just like I did. The last couple years were complete garbage, no steps forward, and actually he regressed against lefties(last year he was worse against lefties than righties). The cord needed to be cut Yes, but they never replaced any of his power on the bench to help vs LHP. The Sox have an OPS .046 lower vs LHP than anyone in baseball. Oakland is the 2nd worst AL team vs LHP, and they are nearly .100 points higher. Let's just say, it's a good thing the Sox never have to face Chris Sale

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 05:56 PM) I still have nightmares over this 4th inning at-bat against a soft-tossing LHP. It began the 2012 death march, and the Sox haven't been competitive since. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KC...201209190.shtml Me too, me too. Turning point of that season. Sad thing is he actually was great vs Chen in his career.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 05:51 PM) Viciedo hurts your bench because in order to hit him against lefties you need to play another defender in his place after he hits. That is terrible strategy. Bonifacio at least plays multiple positions and you can play him after he hits(at least that was the theory) Even as the DH? But I agree about your Bonifacio in theory idea. I recall after he signed, they even talked about him being a DH against LHP sometimes. Unfortunately he forgot how to play baseball this year.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 05:44 PM) lmao i love the Viciedo revisionist history here! I loved that one time that he totally misplayed a ground ball into a triple or inside the park homerun. Except it wasnt just one time. But i will forget all of those times because once, in between striking out 4 times swinging from his heels at whatever the pitcher threw, he hit a homerun off a lefty. .837 OPS in his career against LHP with some much needed power included in that. I don't think anyone on here wanted him back as a starter this year, but he would have been a more valuable bench piece/LHP platoon than Bonifacio has been (for similar cost).

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 04:39 PM) Still would be upgrade over Melky. or LaRoche with his 217/262/267 splits with no homers in 60 at bats vs LHP. His walk rate splits are insane, as he has 3 in 60 AB vs LHP and 36 in 191 AB vs RHP.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 05:35 PM) Lots of talk about Sale vs the Jays lineup, but the Sox have a .573 OPS vs LHP this season. Just forget for a moment Buehrle's past ties to the Sox. He's the exact prototype of the pitcher the Sox are least capable of hitting. I've said this for a while now, but the Sox miss Viciedo's bat vs LHP. He was pretty dangerous against soft-tossing LHP.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jul 6, 2015 -> 01:34 PM) This season of True Detective just isn't working for me. I have found each episode incredibly boring. If the season wasn't only 8 episodes and if TV options weren't so limited during the summer I would be dropping it. If I didn't like the first season of True Detective, I would have stopped watching this season probably 30 minutes into the first episode. It seems like a challenge to watch this right now. I feel the opposite with The Last Ship, which is so much more enjoyable.

Impressive seeing Davidson walk 3 times, as a MLB caliber starting pitcher was against Charlotte. Montas also with a great start.

Trey M seems to be in a massive slump

About the best robbery I have seen at the Cell

Um wow

Robin just schooled Buck

It is a holiday, so I fully expect Beckham to win it

Good technique by Alexei!

5 homers in 27 innings now off Putnam

Why was that not Robertson? Putnam has given up too many homers

Nice pitch!

I like seeing the Ga Tech player throw the bat at the ND player

Melky having a good game

I like having a number 2 hitter with speed

Cardinals 1 for last 35 with RISP. The Sale effect

No reason Baltimore is even in this game still. Some terrible at bats with RISP

Need a big hit here as Sanchez fails yet again