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Good job. Any news on Rodon , Burger or Dunning ? The second half surge is coming !!

I was there.

MLB TV is apparently going to sit on the money I sent them until we find out how much of the season is played. I mean I payed for a whole season . Anyone think we will have a refund or have the full price prorated ?

Apparently all we have to do is mention a pitcher as a White Sox now and he needs TJ surgery.

So 24 of 35 picks on catchers and 2nd basemen and trading your top HR hitter while playing Russian roulette with the bullpen. LOL that's some weird GMing . How does a GM even do that with draft picks ? That's just loco. What's up with this sim? Anyway keep up the good work . I'm enjoying it.

I'm just going to guess that any missed time will still count as service time. Therefore Kopech will be eligible whenever his original service time date was. This seems to make the most sense in light of the circumstances.

A comic relief role ?

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I wouldn't exactly say darn close to meaningless. If Mercedes had a poor spring it's likely he doesn't have a shot for the 26th man .He's definitely put himself in the running. You could say the same thing about Collins who is perhaps having the finest spring of anyone. A bad spring by him and it just reinforces the many doubters he has that he's a bust. Positive results in spring among the youngsters actually means something. If Kopech sucks we would all be discouraged. Analytically we try to say it means nothing but we all know deep down we are encouraged by good results.

As of now perhaps but still a long way to go to Opening Day. It's also hard to keep him because it's also hard to say what the Sox do with of Collins , If he was more versatile he'd be right up with vying for the 26th man but it is an uphill battle for him .

SInce Yearnin' and Squirmin" have been lagging ,I'm going to keep bumping this until Yermin gets sent down . Yermin hasn't been getting many AB's lately but despite that he took over the ST team HR lead with 2 HR's in his last 3 AB's going back to March 8 against the Padres and March 9 vs. the Reds. With Encarnacion out with his hip problem, I expect to see more of Mercedes who has the same amount of AB's as Palka, Collins could use some more time too .Maybe at 1st base and DH Mendick, Engel and Delmonico are 1,2,3 in AB's despite Delmonico slowing down significantly from his hot start. Could be they are giving him AB's because they know they might have to cut him and trying to get him picked up by another team.

Examining his spray charts for every year of his career vs. LHP shows me he has been steadily improving his HR rate against them . We can expect to see a few down the LF line. LCF , center, and less to his pull side as he has learned to go with the pitch also over the years and not pull it as much as he did his rookie season. He could still benefit greatly by getting the ball in the air more. His wRC+ on ground balls against all pitchers was a paltry 36 while on fly balls it was 200 and line drives was 290.

I have speculated since examining his stats after acquiring him against lefties he seems more suited to facing lefties who are fly ball pitchers. Sox might see how he does and selectively choose which LHP's he will face.

Over on everything.

The 2019 numbers were pretty good. I don't what what you mean by toast because he knows how to hit especially when it comes to driving in runs. He;s a professional hitter through and through. I'll just go over on everything mostly because he's now hitting in a lineup that doesn't actually suck.

Well I'm 62 and already have COPD from smoking and a bad immune system so If I disappear the Corona Virus got me. PS. I have to live my life. The only way, so far, it's affecting me is the yo-yoing of the stock market.

I wouldn't exactly say his for the season barring injury or trade . Bad performance will certainly be a factor and a team that wants to contend cannot let bad performances drag the team down for too long. Winning does not just happen . and the bullpen needs to be strong and show a lot more depth this year when injuries and bad performances crop up and they surely will. I do like the young arms I have seen this off season from our system .

You seem like a polite intelligent baseball fan who writes with a calm demeanor and style of a bygone era. , That's all I really need to give you respect. The same people that complain about italics are like crazy little old ladies. Who cares ? Its a stylized fond easy enough on the eyes and readable. If it's annoying time to check your blood pressure if things of minor consequence are truly bothersome. Why do such things even need to be attacked ? Why is different bad ?

Another hard one. As is the case with Moncada a great year is hard to improve upon. Once you put back to back great years together it's time to expect it every year.Higher on the IP less fWAR and a higher ERA. 3.20 is really good for an AL starting pitcher.

Moncada is a hard one. He made the necessary adjustments last year but now it's the pitchers turns. If he is truly an elite type player like we saw last year then you could be right and he beats everything. He might see more junk and maybe he hits best when he is hitting earlier in the count and hitting the 1st good pitches he sees. I expect him to see a lot less good pitches. But that will be the case with a lot of our hitters so they need to take their walks . I'll still go higher on OPS and fWAR but 26 HR's seems about right. I think his batting average is lower so he'll have to walk more but how will that affect his K 's and the aggressiveness he showed that led to a great year in 2019 ?

I look at Mazara and see so much talent. Nice swing , goes with pitches, tremendous power but he still hits too many ground balls. I was hoping he could change that . This is why he was available cheap. It was a good gamble because the talent is through the roof . Well it is spring so why not be optimistic and say over on all Zips.

You are doing great so far. Keep up the good work. The responses might be minimal but it's an interesting thread. Hard to say how Robert will do once he faces everyone's good starting pitching and relievers. I think he'll definitely beat the fWAR and his Slg. should be good with his speed getting some hustle doubles and could lead the league in triples. His bat speed is very good and makes hard loud contact. It's just a matter of how he adjusts to pitchers not throwing him strikes and his ability to lay off all the breaking balls and change ups he will be seeing. I'll say over on all the ZIPS.

Or the bullpen. If Colome fails they have to move to Bummer or Cishek fairly quickly to closer and guys like Marshall and Cordero don't inspire a high degree of confidence. I like what I see out of some of the youngsters. A Burdi comeback would be huge.

"All Time High" is also Rita Coolidge's most commercially successful song although she hasn't had many but always considered a very strong presence in music . ALso the theme song from the Bond film Octopussy !

You better bring back the Yermin thread. It fell to the 2nd page. Come on show me you are really Yearnin' !