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QUOTE (Al Lopez's Ghost @ May 21, 2017 -> 08:38 PM) Borchard didn't have outstanding foot speed. It was good enough to play a good CF. It may not have been outstanding but it was good enough to put in the "tool" category.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ May 20, 2017 -> 09:28 PM) Of course but not me. Me neither, but I'm old man who lives down the road who could be centerfield. (long way to go for a mixed song reference)

QUOTE (GreenSox @ May 17, 2017 -> 12:46 PM) Hardly. Just pointing out that the Sox don't know enough (and they have been worse when evaluating veterans). I understand what you are saying but it is far too simplistic. Unless by your standards the majority of people in the MLB don't know enough.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 16, 2017 -> 01:01 PM) BHam's lineup is downright awful but their rotation is fun to watch. Kopech - 12.99 K/9, 5.35 BB/9, 3.06/3.65 ERA/FIP Cooper - 12.74 K/9, 3.06 BB/9, 3.82/1.39 ERA/FIP Guererro - 12.16/ K/9, 2.47 BB/9, 4.95/1.74 ERA/FIP Adams - 7.13 K/9 1.08 BB/9, 4.10/3.12 ERA/FIP Combine Kopech's K/9 and Adams' BB/9 and the Sox have an HOFer.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ May 16, 2017 -> 11:36 AM) I will go to Sox games just to see Moncada play. I will go because I love watching the game of baseball.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 16, 2017 -> 07:29 AM) Teams make bad trades, it happens. Get over it. This front office has made plenty of good trades as well, if you stop crying over Tatis you will see that Didn't you know that this FO is really bad? They haven't made the playoffs recently so they cannot have made any good moves.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 16, 2017 -> 05:25 AM) BS. If you can find the Brandon Allen trade thread, there definitely was a post guaranteeing him a future all star. Yeah, there were a number of people saying that.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 16, 2017 -> 05:19 AM) 3rd time facing Pelfrey this year, opponents are 9 for 12, 2 doubles, a triple, and 2 homers. Renteria took the blame for the loss. He said he went against his better judgement and was trying to do something for the player before the team. Not sure I agree with this. He can't keep going to the bullpen in the 5th inning 2/5 in the rotation. He tried to save the bullpen some as well i think.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 15, 2017 -> 09:15 PM) Pujols' career arc is fairly similar to Big Frank's. Went from the best hitter in the game to a shadow of his former self in the last third of his career. They both had a significant injury to their feet that robbed them of much of his ability to use their legs in hitting. this precipitated the downward spiral.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 15, 2017 -> 03:03 PM) That is exactly what happened. Soto surgery, out minimum 12 weeks. The Sox got exactly what anyone would expect out of Soto, some homers, some painful throws back to the pitcher, and extended stays on the DL. That is a long, depending on how badly the joint surface is damaged.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 15, 2017 -> 03:23 PM) I am honestly curious what his numbers are after that report came out that he was on PEDs and he said it was Pilates Always an interest when any athlete is described as a "workout" freak. when any story pops up about how dedicated said athlete is to multiple daily work outs in any form, there is always a little suspicion. Especially when someone is not very good and all of a sudden becomes dominant.

QUOTE (ron883 @ May 15, 2017 -> 08:54 AM) I'm pretty sure very few people said any of this. Yes there were. Especially about Thompson and Ravelo.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 15, 2017 -> 12:39 PM) I wonder if Soto goes on the 60-day...have a feeling he's toast for a while. That's a long time even if they need to do a scope and remove the loose bodies. But with the way they have been treating injuries this year, anything is possible.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 12, 2017 -> 12:59 PM) any particular reason you don't like it? The snap of the towel teaches too much stress for the elbow for one. The other is the focus on extension decreases the motion of the spine and thus they lose the transmission of the power the lower extremities generate. I know it worked for for Nolan Ryan but I think his abilities were as much genetics as it was the training and i don't think everyone can tolerate the same training he did.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 12, 2017 -> 12:47 PM) Yea, but is he doing the towel drill? Well we know Giolito is so it's not out of the question. I know this was a joke but I REALLY don't like that drill so i had to comment on it.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 12, 2017 -> 12:44 PM) Does Wood hold the sim records? He actually made it back out on the mound for a while, I would think Prior is the King of Sim Games. This is what I remember.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 10, 2017 -> 12:54 PM) Colleen Kane‏ @ChiTribKane 1h1 hour ago Colleen Kane Retweeted ChicagoSports Geo Soto said a couple of weeks ago the pain from "floaters" in his arm "really kills you sometimes." Elbow inflammation put him back on DL. He's not kidding there. Those will irritate the heck out of the joint if that's whats going on.

Very well done.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 9, 2017 -> 01:00 PM) The Baseball America article I linked right above from April 14th. http://m.mlb.com/news/article/229218144/lu...beyond-results/ Merkin just wrote another...after last night. I see it now. I hate the towel drill for pitchers. It gets them too focused on the extension and not enough on the legs. I think it also leads to over striding. The "snap" that they typically teach with it doesn't help the elbow either. It may work for him but I'm not as encouraged with it.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 8, 2017 -> 10:07 PM) He's not changing his mechanics or throwing motion, though. What he has been working on is more related to leg drive, downward plane, towel drills, etc. Where is this mentioned?

QUOTE (maxjusttyped @ May 8, 2017 -> 08:26 PM) Why hasn't Asche been DFA's and Delmonico called up yet? Mostly because you don't take a promising player and sit him on the bench for 50% of the time. Asche is a flyer guy and who cares if he gets rusty on the bench.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 8, 2017 -> 04:43 PM) Some interesting bits in there for sure. Glad to see they don't want him to start next year. The guaranteed 1 year deal for Glennon should have been the tip off that they planned to have someone else in a year.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 8, 2017 -> 12:39 PM) Yeah I enjoy seeing the wins so far, but I'd like to see them be aggressive in using pieces like Goldberg, Danish, Minaya and eventually Luebke to make sure we don't burn through Kahnle/Swarzak when they could bring back something nice. I'd like to keep Kahnle to be honest, but Swarzak is the perfect flip candidate at this age. At minimum I'd expect a Tilson like deal. I'll think they should and will keep the young inexpensive players.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 5, 2017 -> 02:35 PM) In my opinion it's because they have (had) the ability to make sense of the entire picture. They have access to the managers, the players, the front offices. Baseball is more, far more, in my opinion than just stats. Stats can play a part in things (and again in my opinion are vastly overemphasized by many who think they are "experts" because they can decipher things like fWAR and FIP) but baseball is still a game played by human beings...with stories to tell that go far beyond raw numbers. I tend to think that we have definitely moved towards the statistical side of things, and it has come at the expense of the unquantifiable things that make up the game of baseball, such as what is going on between a players ears, what happens in the lockerroom, etc. I agree but i think we are becoming the dinosaurs of the baseball world. Having worked in the locker rooms, behind the scenes and with the players for so many years there is just so much that goes into a successful grind of a baseball season, moreso than most sports. I think this is getting lost in baseball reporting today. Even during games the consumers want to know the win probabilities and OPS with runners in scoring position on Tuesdays during dusk, instead the though process of why the next pitch is going to be a breaking pitch in the dirt.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 5, 2017 -> 02:20 PM) In my opinion it's because they have (had) the ability to make sense of the entire picture. They have access to the managers, the players, the front offices. Baseball is more, far more, in my opinion than just stats. Stats can play a part in things (and again in my opinion are vastly overemphasized by many who think they are "experts" because they can decipher things like fWAR and FIP) but baseball is still a game played by human beings...with stories to tell that go far beyond raw numbers. I agree with you. That's why i enjoy the writers I mentioned. I just think that those are the reasons that the decline is happening.