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QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ May 15, 2015 -> 12:46 AM) Winston-Salem Dash ‏@WSDashBaseball 6m6 minutes ago Jace Fry has been strong yet again (6IP, 1R, 3H, career high-tying 6K), but he and the Dash trail Salem 1-0 through 6. Listen @600WSJS Sox system is loaded with pitching. Lots of good arms, but now with Rodon called up, who do you project to be a starter at the big league level? To me, Montas is absolutely a reliever. Danish is 50/50, as he's going to have to find a way to get lefties out. Adams is likely a starter, but he's a long ways away.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 15, 2015 -> 02:00 AM) Niko can't buy a three jesus christ. Awful few minutes for him there

Stupid meathead fans cheering for that idiotic foul

Terrible call just cost the Bulls 3 points

Best 5 seconds of Kirk's career there

Quite a few times this series where the Cavs got a wide open shot coming out of a timeout with little time on the shot clock.

The Cavs bench has destroyed the Bulls bench this series. Be nice if Brooks can catch fire.

Nice airball Kirk. He'll be signed by the Pelicans next year, I'm sure.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 15, 2015 -> 01:27 AM) No replay...but it looked like Mozgov just shoved Noah out of the air. Isn't that a flagrant. Dellavedova wasn't involved, so they didn't replay it.

Rizzo has a near .600 OBP vs LHP. He's turned into Joey Votto

Some terrible defense by the Mets today has given the Cubs the chance to get a big 4 game sweep for them.

I hope they can find a 4th outfielder that can hit against LHP, especially if Melky's struggles continue.

QUOTE (Condor13 @ May 14, 2015 -> 06:57 PM) I can see this move for defensive purposes but unless Sanchez has made huge strides since last year it will be a drop in batting average, OBP, baserunning, etc. This move to me makes absolutely no sense especially since this morning the Sox said they were gonna remain patient with Micah since he is the future for the sox Johnson's negative defense was far outweighing any of the positives his offense might have been giving the team. Unless you're talking about Jeff Kent in his prime, it's hard to keep putting a #9 hitting 2nd baseman in the lineup every day if he's on pace for the worst defensive season ever by a 2b.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 14, 2015 -> 06:50 PM) I can't say enough how pissed off I'll be if Sanchez isn't the starting 2B He likely will be, but why would it upset you so much if Beckham gets more playing time there? He's earned it so far this year, and it looks like Hahn and company are showing urgency now.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 14, 2015 -> 06:38 PM) Ok to call this a complete failure of the white sox policy of aggressively pushing prospects up to the big leagues as fast as possible and an admission of that failure/attempt to correct it? I give them credit for pulling the plug early on their decision to push Johnson so aggressively. Last year it seems was an incomplete season for Johnson due to the injuries he had. Hopefully he comes back a better player when he returns...or Sanchez makes him a valuable trade chip by proving he belongs.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 14, 2015 -> 06:39 PM) Your first sentence seems to completely disagree with the 2nd and 3rd sentences. How so? They sent him down because of his defense, I'm sure we would all agree on. His hitting was ok, nothing special. Good approach, mediocre results. If his defense was above average, I'm sure they could live with his offense so far.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 14, 2015 -> 05:36 PM) I think this is more about him working on footwork, making advances on the defensive end. Him working on his bat is nice, but if his defense wasn't historically bad (by advanced metrics), we wouldn't be making this move. No doubt this is 100% about his defense. A week or so ago, Hawk/Stoney were talking though about how the coaches wanted Johnson to improve his timing at the plate, as they thought that was what was making it hard for him to hit fastballs. Hopefully he takes this opportunity to find his stroke again at the plate.

QUOTE (Dunt @ May 14, 2015 -> 05:32 PM) Wow, quite surprised by this move. His defense definitely isn't great, but he's had a great approach at the plate so far this season. Much better than a lot of teammates. If management is valuing defense more now, we better see less Abreu at first and Conor at third as well. His approach has been good, but the results haven't been good enough to overcome how poor his defense has been. I think it's a great move, as Johnson will hopefully go down to AAA and get his timing at the plate ironed out.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 14, 2015 -> 06:23 PM) So Gordon's platooning at 3B and getting starts at 2B when Sanchez doesn't play? Bonifacio at 2B

Smart decision, Johnson needs a lot more seasoning in AAA. Last night's game illustrated how important strong defense is.

Whew!

Easy out

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 14, 2015 -> 04:13 AM) David's command has been off a bit lately Trouble locating his fastball tonight. Not sure why they keep calling for it.

Where's the hook?

Gomez is awesome. If Brewers trade him, please keep him out of the AL Central.