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QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ May 16, 2017 -> 11:33 PM) Sanchez is a utility player was a AAAA type player until his hot streak. Ride him until he goes cold then it's Delmonico time. Or.....branding young players as failures, utility players or AAAA players because they don't find success right away at the highest level is silly? Yes it is a hot streak or maybe it's a breakout . I understand the need to analyze or tap the scout in all of us but it isn't very astute to say what you see is what you got forever.

Needs to be changed soon before we get swept by the Angels .

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 16, 2017 -> 11:17 PM) I would like to reiterate what I said earlier that Melky can not get out of here fast enough. On the Angels broadcast I didn't see Melky fall. Nor did the announcers mention it. All I saw was a huge gap in left center and Anderson sprinting a mile to try to catch it and Leury over running it.If Melky fell why be upset? It's possible to spin your wheels and fall especially if he fell right away when starting his sprint.

Kahnle against Trout with Trout trying to extend the consecutive games homering to 5. Mr. K !

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ May 16, 2017 -> 10:19 PM) Like Hawk was saying, I like the gamesmanship of Narvaez' fake bunts. But Saladino should have worked a count with the surprise of the bunt gone and the pitcher not having the best control Willy Garcia would've been an easy out at 3rd on the other bunt, Kinda went to the well once too often. With the infield in the likelihood of a less then perfect bunt working was less. Let the hitter hit with a man on 3rd and one out.

Long way to go before it's even necessary to discuss this. However I do love the idea of too much talent.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 15, 2017 -> 10:34 AM) Few tidbits: 1) in 187 games, Saladino has now been worth roughly 10 runs above average with the glove. He's probably not a starter but he's certainly a useful player and could be trade bait, especially if he starts hitting. One worrisome thing is that his BABIP isn't the issue, it's roughly at his career norms. He's just not making good contact. His K% is higher than Avi's. 2) Sanchez is rocking a .397 BABIP which isn't going to last but unlike most players he's a guy that has benefited from more ground balls. He's hitting more on the ground hard this year and has found some holes. Like Leury he's found a way to cut his K% significantly, down to 19.7% which does give some hope he's figured something out. 3) Todd hasn't let his problems at the plate affect him defensively, where once again he's rocking an above average glove at 3B. Todd isn't a 4 WAR true talent player but he still is about a 2 WAR player, someone, maybe the Red Sox, could use him as we get into summer. All in all after almost 25% of the year there's certainly enough bright spots to where you can squint and see a really good 2019 team if the Sox can make some moves to bolster the OF and the SP prospects mature. I didn't mention Narveaz in the tidbits but he is a very unique player and could be a great backup C or even part time starter on that team. He is a poor man's John Jaso perhaps. he is rocking a .35 ISO but somehow is also rocking a 17.1% walk rate and despite a .228 BA a wRC+ of 84 because of all those walks. Re Saladino. I don't know his walk rate but he seems to always be working the count. I'd also like to see his spray chart from last year. I think he is a much better hitter when going to right field. Maybe he got pull happy after the spring training HR's .

Gun on Angels broadcast says Infante 's fastball is 97 MPH.

Hit and run results in 2 run Abreu HR to right center !

Sox hitter's lifeless through3 . Probably need Asche .

Pelfrey goes to a 3-2 count on all 3 batters but gets them all .

QUOTE (reiks12 @ May 15, 2017 -> 03:51 PM) Interested to see what Solorzanos line is tonight Not good.

QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ May 15, 2017 -> 06:00 PM) AAAA guy. He was completely overmatched in the bigs. Facetiousness by Mr. Kalapse .

It's the food and beer , mmmmmmm .

The Three Garcia's of course.

Also this needs to be turned into the Avi for All Star game thread . Recent article listing AVi as one of 4 players with a chance to make their 1st AS game. http://calltothepen.com/2017/05/07/mlb-4-p...ame-appearance/ An excerpt : So far this season, Garcia is hitting .362/.407/.571 with five home runs, 24 RBI and 18 runs. His .366 batting average ranks fifth best in MLB and second best in the AL, behind Starlin Castro. Garcia’s 1.4 bWAR currently leads all other Chicago White Sox players in 2017. Garcia also leads in an array of White Sox categories including home runs, RBI, runs, hits, triples, batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, OPS and OPS-plus. Looks like voting has already started and here is the link to the ballot https://www.mlb.com/all-star/ballot

QUOTE (bmags @ May 5, 2017 -> 08:06 AM) If Avi makes the all star game I'm changing Aviously to my screen name. I like Aviary Garcia more because he can fly with the Feathered Serpent.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ May 7, 2017 -> 06:41 AM) Most good teams don't care since their core starters are good enough to face any pitcher. They probably rotate 1 position on L/R situations. Maybe someone can remove the other thread of the same name. Come on people ,maintenance !

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 12:32 AM) The two walks are more significant. But Jared Weaver's not exactly a flamethrower. Supposedly, the weight gain (and lifting) in recent years was adversely affecting his bat speed. We'll see. Sounds like Avi.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ May 4, 2017 -> 01:29 PM) I was going to say that it does make sense. Fans, media love the new shiny toy. Yep Trevor Story was the rookie flavor of the early season last year. Add to it that it's the Yankees and voila media sensation. I hate the Yankees even more now that they just pull 2 rookie power hitters out of their butts with Sanchez last year and now Judge .

Indians bullpen has given up like 1 earned run in the last 44 innings.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 8, 2017 -> 10:51 AM) I get that 18 inning games are rare, but when I woke up and looked at my feed it was a bunch of national/local media acting like this was the first extra innings game in history. Ha well you know Cubs and Yankees are probably 2 hottest teams in the media so there's that.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ May 7, 2017 -> 09:12 AM) Don't forget 25 year-old Avisail Garcia. That's like, 30 combined future all-star appearances from an outfield. Ridiculous. Made me laugh.

QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ May 7, 2017 -> 05:57 PM) I thought this thread would be blowing up today with the Bruce Levine report that a trade is likely with Nationals? Thoughts? I don't see anything written about it so if he said it on his show without writing about it not many people hear it and he most likely was repeating something he said before. If he had anything solid or new he would be writing about it.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 6, 2017 -> 07:04 PM) I suspect that when (or if) Rodon returns...or when (or if) Shields returns, Covey will be released / demoted something that gets him off the big league roster. The guy simply isn't any good. Now that I think about it Bob Dylan is probably a better pitcher then Dylan Covey. How about Dylan Axelrod ?