Jake

QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ May 6, 2013 -> 07:06 PM) Jimmy looks like he's gonna die out there. He's having a great game though. He's so impressive

Pretty long breather for LeBron too

I miss you Kirk

Thibs left the subs out there way too f***ing long. Marquis with no help from the refs

You can at least see Teague is getting better running and driving, which were what he was good at before. He had a nice finish or two plus a good dish in the fast break in the last game.

Losing 2/3 to KC in KC isn't a big deal, ever. Our pitching did really well against them, which bodes well for the future.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ May 6, 2013 -> 04:22 PM) Look at the man's swing. His swing hasn't seemed to change. He's had just under 1000 plate appearances before this season and never had a K rate in this neighborhood

Curious, why would we expect ADA's K rate to jump from

Danks > Wise

De Aza has a .744 OPS. I'll wait for things to even out. HR rate will fall, K rate will fall, BA will go up

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ May 6, 2013 -> 04:02 PM) I like Wise aggressiveness there. He was safe if not for sliding off the bag. lol how can you like it? Sliding was the easiest part of that play. It isn't hard. Wise has cost us big time in this game.

Wise

No way is Danks' mistake worse than Wise's. Danks was just hustling, Wise was being a dumbass

Royals and Sox having a "who can suck worse" contest

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ May 6, 2013 -> 03:02 PM) OK Hawk. You couldn't tell with any camera angle, whatever they called was holding. He said he's upset that they blew it initially.

Can the fan who whiffed on the catch be indisputable evidence?

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 6, 2013 -> 02:59 PM) I hope the Royals crew had a better angle Agree. You never see the ball on any of the CSN angles

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ May 6, 2013 -> 02:42 PM) Off topic. Jake what the heck is your avatar? http://deadspin.com/espn-blunder-leads-to-...oment-489510155

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 6, 2013 -> 02:32 PM) If the Marlins asked for anything in the Sox's system other than Sale, the Sox should make said deal. If they asked for Sale...well personally I keep the pitcher signed long term over the hitter. Erik Johnson, Carlos Sanchez, Trayce Thompson, Courtney Hawkins, De Aza Boom, trade

If you're the Sox, what do you give up for Stanton? If the Marlins were logical, it seems like there is no way the Sox could come away with any of their existing good pieces. Fortunately, the Marlins are not well run and you have to wonder what they would take.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 6, 2013 -> 02:05 PM) The really interesting thing is going to be Axelrod. He doesn't have the stuff Floyd does, but he's pitching like a guy who could put up similar numbers to Floyd at the back end of a rotation right now. He's making things really interesting for when John returns. It wouldn't shock me if we go to a 6 man for some stretch of time, giving Danks extra rest and giving us more lead time to figure out what to do with the rotation. In some ways, Axe seems to be the anti-Gavin. Low, low talent but gets the most out of it. I'm not eager to say that this is because Gavin is a p**** and Axe is the toughest guy ever, but it is what it is. It's cool to see Axe maximize his stuff, where Gavin hasn't made many fans around here because he doesn't seem to get much out of his immense talent.

I wrote a column on the status of the staff after Gavin's injury for Yahoo! Sports -- Chicago White Sox's Pitching Depth to Shine After Gavin Floyd's Injury Basically, I and most of us think we're in good shape now. Hector deserves a spot in the rotation and it is fathomable that we are just as well off or even better off with Hector. The problem is that we are now very thin and John Danks' return IMO is still dubious. He'll pitch for us again, but when, how well, and for how long is to be seen.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 6, 2013 -> 01:40 PM) I like the pointless breakdown regarding matchups where the other team has by far the best 3 players on the court unless Joakim can continue to fight through the pain every game. Was that not basically the same case for the last series? This is Tom Thibodeau we're talking about here. Anything is possible.

Against the Heat, at least Nate will be guarding Mario Chalmers instead of a guy like Deron Williams. The major problem is going to be Wade guarded by Marco, but at least Wade might be a step slow with the injury. Jimmy is going to have a hell of a task defensively today, I'd expect him to be guarding LeBron all 48. Might pull him if LeBron takes any rest. Conventional wisdom says I should expect it to harm his offense, but on the Bulls you're always hustling your ass off on D. If they put LeBron on Nate at any point in time, that means we have won a major mental battle. I think we'll have the scoring firepower tonight with Nate and Marco, but defense will be a big question mark -- it always will be with the Heat, of course.

ADA starting to look better in LF