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Avi is the reason I wanted JD Martinez when it appeared no one wanted to sign him. Very similar hitters and thought having JD would help Avi.

Narvaez has really started hitting too !

I have abilities.?

That will do !

Time for an Avi xbh.

I'd be really surprised.

Reds have hit 9 grannies this year and a few during their 14 out of 18 streak.

Yep somethings up with his ankle.

Also maybe some hand problems. Might explain the Roberto Duran impersonation at 2nd base lately ( Hands of Stone for those not getting the reference)

He may have tweaked something . Wasn't there an injury delay right before he came to bat ?

Might be the same thumb that he just got off the DL for. After all there's a 50/50 chance of it since I'm not sure.

Robert expected to miss 4-8 weeks and Jimenez 2 weeks regardless.

Shields gets a bit lucky throwing 2 4 seamers around 89 right down the middle to Votto and gets him to line out to right. Time for a run or 2.

Schebler apparently likes Shields stuff.

Rivera HR for Dash

Tank Commander.

Seems as if Roberts whole career so far is play a month miss 3 with injury.

But they are right at the top in cluster fucks. Sorry had to.

What is substantially better and how do you see it happening ? Is a big part of your thinking a big free agent signing ?

Just a point of interest for those wanting more stats without scouring the internet. Basically go to whitesox.com , find stats in the black banner right near the top of the opening page. Mouse over that then click on " sortable player stats" then click on the person you want to look up , Then scroll down the page to where the hot zone charts (for positions players) are and right under that there's a box that says 'view more charts' and it will take to to that persons Baseball Savant page where you can see Statcast stuff and a wider range of stats.

A week ago Avi was hitting .233 . OBP .247 SLG .302 and OPS was .550 Now ,270 .280 .452 .732 A brutal 8 game stretch from 4/9 through 4/21 where he went 2 for 32 is what basically got everyone in a tizzy saying the old Avi was back. Today's 4/5 with 2 doubles and a triple coupled with the 3 HRs since he got back from 2 months off has got me hopeful. Now just take some walks and the hitting could very well continue.

Can we trade some of these posters for posters to be named later ? DFA them ? I won't name names but you know who you are .

Nice to see Zargari get a couple of hits including a 2 run HR. Luis Gonzales goes 4/5 now hitting .421. Nice to see we still may have a decent CF if Robert continues to be injury plagued. Both a long way to go however. Dash definitely the most exciting team in the system. Sheets en fuego.

"Due to the uncertainty of when Robert would become available to teams, the White Sox weren't able to offer deals to players of note during the last period. " I've seen that sentence a few times and wonder what it means. I know its supposed to mean something like since they were trying to get Robert and he would cost a lot that the money wasn't there for others ? I just find it somewhat curious . What other teams were in on Robert ? How did their international draft class look that year. Did all their signings come before or after Robert was signed ? Since the Sox went over the cap anyway what difference would it have made if they signed more guys .Did it really have to be Robert or bust ? Just seems like the company line is being taken as truth when more research into other teams who were in on Robert still probably had signed guys before Robert and maybe after also, Sox could've done the same right ?

Ha. I had the exact same idea of making a thread mentioning Otani and Davidson but thought it more as a fun thing rather than serious. The hitters had no idea what to expect from Matt . No advance scouting. but according to him he loves pitching.