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QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 24, 2017 -> 07:21 PM) He's seriously shortened up his swing, looks like he can actually turn on a fastball now. He's the new Carlos Quentin. .As the Beach Boys sang, wouldn't it be nice ?

Sox build a snowman that inning

Oh I like extra base hits and runs and speed.

I want to say hooray for the win today. There won't be many and the loses will outnumber the W's , so forgive me if I am troubling you. Holland Sox offense for the non shut out The bullpen

QUOTE (Donaldo @ Apr 23, 2017 -> 04:56 PM) Saw him in the dugout today. He usually only plays against left handed starters. In an article on the Sox website here is a quote from Renteria an it's a strange one. "It's not so much the matchup," Renteria said. "We have other guys. We want to go ahead and give them the opportunity to face who they are facing today. Matty has shown he can hit anybody. It has nothing to do with it. It has more to do with putting the guys we have right now in a particular situation to experience this particular club." How's that for talking out of your ass because maybe you are just a good soldier following orders.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Apr 23, 2017 -> 03:11 PM) Except the guy who called it, I would imagine. Hey it's always great to be right but remember you or whoever you're talking about should maybe, probably, possibly wait for a slightly bigger sample size before you strut your stuff. Carry on .

The Sox probably reached the season high point with that 7-6 record. It is all down hill from here.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Apr 20, 2017 -> 08:11 AM) People undervalue relievers until their team needs one. Save percent this April is down 9% from last year dropping from 69% to 60 % all across baseball. There has been around 70 blown saves in MLB so far and the White Sox have none. Sox relievers through 14 games 1.41 ERA , 54 K's in 44.2 innings. So odd to have a contending team bullpen while having a rebuilding team offense. It will be interesting how the offense performs once Frazier gets healthy and Abreu and Melky start to hit better. Or if Delmonica or Hayes replace Asche. May should be sent back down soon if he isn't going to be the starter now.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 19, 2017 -> 12:03 PM) Chuck Garfien‏Verified account @ChuckGarfien 3h3 hours ago How about this Avisail Garcia slash line with runners in scoring position so far---.545/.615/1.273. #WhiteSox Last year when people would ask about anything Avi did right I made sure to point out he was one of the best Sox hitters with RISP. If he took that approach and applied it to all his AB's he may have found something.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Apr 18, 2017 -> 01:00 PM) You have to feel sorry for Jacob. Appears to be over matched, but we have nobody in the farm system, who can step in for the CF job. Leury hasn't done bad, but I can't see him as the everyday starting CF'er. Ity will be a major celebration when that first hit comes for Jacob. In the meantime you have to be patient until you can't be anymore. It's not like we don't have several dark holes in the line up right now so it's just not May's fault If the Sox were willing to try May they could just as easily try Engel. At least the defense will still be good. Leury has ran down some fly balls but has misplayed 2 I've seen that were rolling or bouncing.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Apr 20, 2017 -> 04:09 PM) To be honest, I can't see the Sox shelling out that much (or close to it) for a 19-year old. To get Moncada , Kopech, Basabe and Diaz the Sox gave up Chris Sale who had basically 3 years ( 1 and 2 option years ) left on his contract totaling $38M. I will guess if the bidding goes beyond $18M the Sox are out.

He had one workout with Houston perhaps Robert liked them. It would behoove him however to listen to all offers . He is not even eligible to receive any offers yet but maybe Houston whispered something in his ear.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 18, 2017 -> 05:45 PM) Good god, not a good sign for Renteria's in-game strategy. Abreu had to do that on his own as Hawk said. He had already K'd twice and probably not seeing the ball real well against Severino. Hey at least he didn't hit into a DP though if the Yanks let that popup drop it's an easy Dp maybe even a triple play since Abreu didn't bother to run it out. In fact he was turned around heading back to the dugout as the ball was caught.

QUOTE (Scoots @ Apr 18, 2017 -> 05:35 PM) Yeah, then Avi showed him how to hit with runners on. All our Garcia's have hit a HR today. Last year when people would ask about anything Avi did right I made sure to point out he was one of the best Sox hitters with RISP. If he took that approach and applied it to all his AB's he may have found something. Avi got some love on MLB network today appearing on the Rundown about his hot start. They took a few twitter questions from fans and one asked him to hit a HR for him tonight. Avi gave the diplomatic answer but might see a reference to it on MLB network highlights tonight.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Apr 14, 2017 -> 10:09 PM) It's psychotic that we're seeing numbers like this all without Rodon. Without Rodon, Sale and Q not at his best.

4th career 4 hit game for Avi.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 16, 2017 -> 04:19 PM) Does Lip still think Avi should be released? Lip is one of about 100 on here. More last year before it became apparent the Sox were rebuilding .Long way to go.

Avisail Garcia .

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 14, 2017 -> 12:45 PM) Fair enough, but that's the result of good contact. It's not sustainable obviously, but if he keeps hitting the ball hard his BABIP should be around 330 at the end of the year. It's SSS to be sure, but it's also fun to speculate on message boards. No matter how many times you state it's SSS theater someone will bring up the ol' BABIP . You were so gracious in your answer. I would be like umm he's hitting .457 why not just say that. Of course his BABIP is going to be off the charts as is his BA at the moment.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 13, 2017 -> 08:11 AM) Are we really questioning putting in Nate Jones in to begin the 8th? That is the epitome of restrospective managing. You can't just use relievers who performed well in their last outing every time. Jones is a good reliever, he needs to get innings, and he has proven he can get hitters out more often than not. Swarzak has not. Yes I was. Swarzak had just completed a great inning looking very strong and sharp And it wasn't his last outing as you say but the inning before. Strong because he didn't pitch much if at all in the 1st 4 games. Jones had pitched the day before. One guy fresh and strong hitting his spots Made the Indians look bad thats how good he was. I know the whole schpiel on Jones is the 8th inning guy with a proven track record as such. During the off season I was in the minority wanting to keep Jones as the setup man instead of moving him to closer after Robertson is traded. I think he is great in that role and didn't want to move him from his comfort zones since he already has established plenty of value. So big Jones fan here. It's not some off the cuff remark. I gave it plenty of thought. The opinion is just based on how damn good Swarzak looked in the 7th and Jones pitching last night. And I didn't second guess the move because Jones came on and almost coughed up the lead. I just thought he deserves to at least come out for the 8th and if the 1st guy gets on take him out. He deserved to be out there again .I think managing is as much intuition and common sense as doing things by the book and sometimes, if you're feeling it, when to throw the book out the window Plus I recall Jones was on the WBC team and had a late spring with the Sox . There's plenty of 8th inning chances for Jones the rest of the year. I have watched many years of baseball and know my baseball. I just would 've done it differently. Play the hot hand .

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Apr 13, 2017 -> 07:53 PM) Who is Swarzak and where did he come from? hite Sox I know questions like this are great for a message board but I know you have the internet with a search engine . So I did it instead https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/01/whit...ague-deals.html Something that link won't tell you is he is throwing harder now then in quite a while. I think he is hitting 95 on his fastball and it seems to have nice action on it. His command and control have been spot on in his 1st 2 appearances.

I 'm glad Jones didn't completely melt down because I would've seriously second guessed the decision to take Swarzak out after he looked sharp. I already questioned not pinch running for Soto yesterday as soon as he got on late in the game. No sense worrying about being down to your last catcher at that point 2 questionable managerial calls this early in the season wouldn't be good and I am not even counting letting May hit at least one time he shouldn't have.

Swarzak looked very sharp. He's the long man and Jones pitched last night. Why stay in traditional roles when a guy looks sharp ?

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Apr 12, 2017 -> 06:47 AM) Step 1: purchase Amazon fire stick ($40) Step 2: install kodi app (free) Step 3: cancel Netflix and hulu (and any other video streaming service) Step 4: profit Thanks for the advice. Guess I will have to research things like maybe how to make apps work on my ancient android . But I like the idea of paying less but I suppose I need wi fi instead of wired service for my computer first.$60 a month from Charter Spectrum seems expensive for only wired service.

I spend my TV money on getting the DirecTV baseball and hockey packages, not HBO, so yea, no Game of Thrones for me either.