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he's a lot smaller than I thought from most descriptions I read of him. as the immortal John Kruk said, "lady, I ain't no athlete, I'm a baseball player." I wonder how Courtney Hawkins would look next to him. Now there was an athlete who of course could hit because he looked good and could do back flips.

if you look only at ERA which is a poor way to evaluate pitchers, he is still above average. this is including injury recovery so he was still a good MLB pitcher. that's better than many 1st round picks. burger was not out if shape. by all accounts he was a workout machine. he's just a big guy. even if he was out of shape that really doesn't have much bearing on an achilles tendon tear. even built like the Michelin as you say, does not mean he won't hit. Look at guys like puckett, gwynn, carew or kruk. just because you dont like the way he looked doesn't mean he won't hit. he doesn't have a history either way.

rodin. was a good draft pick. he was a good MLB pitcher. you cant run a draft afraid if who might get injured unless they have a long history. Collins hasn't proven anything, neither has burger either way. See how that works. who cares if he is a catcher/1B/DH if he continues to hit as he has throughout the minors. obviously he's more valuable as a catcher but an 800 OPS player is valuable.

or guys like Anderson, Collins and rodon.

but how long will it last with losing draft picks to sign mediocre free agents. they're got now but get back to me at the end if the year and next year. People on this board would be going nuts sacrificing draft picks for short term gain.

a player with high OBP and power with a 800 OPS is valuable. he may not be perfect but he doesn't suck.

it could have if he chose to. He just didnt use the upper cut swi g in games to increase HRs while decreasing OBP and average. it was a choice. Madrigal doesn't have the power available.

would you have been promoted in the previous series when the took a split in the series from arguably a better team and the best team in the MLB? then get fired in 3 days?

the issue is that those players had power, they just sacrificed home runs for a higher average, OBP and fewer strikeouts. The still hit the ball with power in the field if play. Ichiro had some of the best power in the league. During the All star game I saw him hit the scoreboard over the concourse in right field. I is still the longest HR I have ever seen at that stadium in 18 years as a season ticket holder.

what could be the case that Collins sucks. you have to be looking for the negatives to say that.

they won the games with giolito and nova I thought.

yes. when the sox. starting rotation has Kopech and Cease to go along with Giolito and Lopez. if they get swept you can complain. not that anything will stop it anyway

the Sox better starters pitched in that series.

Minnesota is #1 in the MLB in runs scored by 30 and OPS by 20 and less in most other categories. The White Sox are rebuilding. What did people really expect to happen?

or neither.

The policy of the pitcher being removed as soon as he walked his 4th hitter was a good one too.

No one was worse than TERRY BEVINGTON

he hasn't learned how to pitch without his good stuff.

the mental aspect does change your fastball velocity. It's confidence. if you continually have troubles you get timid and dont throw it like you should. It's the whole "aiming vs. throwing" concept. You take some velocity off because you are trying too hard to put it in a spot.

Hulu has NBC sports so between it and a digital antenna I get nearly all games.

Because the Sox do not have another catcher they think is ready for those at bats?

From my experience Frazier is a good guy. Haven't met Eaton. Only stories,

If it's a pitcher's pitch don't swing at it. This is the learning and development part. It's always good to have a high contact rate. Just need to learn to swing at the right pitches. This is what Madrigal is learning now.

Never thought a high contact rate would be a negative. I always though it was better to hit the ball.

with his awful follow through all of the stress is placed on his arm and not distributed through out his body so everything else should be safe. However this is Rodon.