TaylorStSox
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4 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:
Fine but then we can't give Getz credit for his hard working culture for bringing in white guys who played for the Royals.
Are you drunk?
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Just now, Balta1701 said:
I like Keith Law but here's why Keith Law sucks.
That's...kinda like this trade? It's not terrible but here's a laundry list of obvious reasons why it sucks.
Thankfully everyone can read because this isn't what I said, in any way. I said he's the king of hot takes. That means he's willing to make risky evaluations. Nothing in that say I don't like Keith Law.
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BTW, in 140 minor league innings, Thorpe has a 12.22 k/9. He has to be doing something right.
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2 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:
Your argument is way too close to Keith Law hates the White Sox. You have rejected his analysis to say that this guy is a hard worker because you don't like Keith Law. Bull.
I literally said I like Keith Law.
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1 minute ago, Balta1701 said:
Keith Law literally said Zavala looks uninterested and sloppy.
He's also shown elite patience, he's already moved to A+ and he's 19. I like Law, but he's the king of hot takes in the baseball community. Keith Law really like attention.
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Generally, it looks like Getz is taking a more fundamentally sound/high ceiling approach eg Thorpe and Zavala. I'm not going to complain about that.
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2 minutes ago, fathom said:
The eye test to me was his slider was way worse last season
His slider was his worse pitch and his contact rate in the zone went up.
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6 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:
You'd think after Dylan Cease dropped from an ERA of 2 to an ERA of 4.5 when his fastball dropped by less than 1 mph that Soxtalk would understand the importance of every single mph of one's fastball, but nah, Soxtalk says give me the guy who can't bring that fastball.
Equal and fair, right?
Cease doesn't throw a change up. Of course velocity is going to be more important for him. That doesn't say a lot about Drew Thorpe though.
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11 minutes ago, baseball_gal_aly said:
Grienke threw mid 90s when he was at his best. Lincecum did too.
The other 3 did not pitch in the 2010s or later.
Greinke's best year was 2015. His vFA was 92.3. Greinke's interesting as there is very little velocity separation among his main pitches.
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Garlands career vFA was 90.3 and his vFA with the Sox was 89.8.
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1 minute ago, caulfield12 said:
Johan Santana was far from dominant with the fastball.
Tom Glavine would be yet another that comes to mind.
I wasn't counting LH pitchers.
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3 minutes ago, baseball_gal_aly said:
I'm not saying that it's impossible for Thorpe to have MLB success.
Giolito did just that before getting traded from the Sox up with a 92 mph fastball and an elite changeup just last year. Idk when was the last time that has been sustained over a career though. Garland?
Radke, Greinke, Maddux, Lincecum, Hoffman. Baseball history is full of elite pitchers that sat in the low 90's with elite changes and excellent command.
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7 minutes ago, Jerksticks said:
There’s gotta be something really special about his command though that those guys never sniffed
It's probably the 70 grade change.
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11 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:
Imagine if that stupid f*** Hahn, managing for his job, had delivered that bad news to JR and started at least rebuilding a bit last offseason, and then JR, active, good owner that he is, was like "ha, you played yourself goodbye thanks for a headstart on the next good Sox team" and then hired an actual good outside GM to run the club?
Keep imagining. Eventually you'll land on Sydney Sweeney in bed begging you to motorboat her.
If I was imagining, I most certainly wouldn't settle on Sydney fuckin Sweeney. Jesus Christ.
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10 minutes ago, South Side Hit Men said:
Jerry said he hired Getz to win now, so have to take him at his word.
I like when people selectively listen to Reinsdorf based on whatever fits their narrative.
He's an 88 year old fat guy. Your relief will arrive soon.
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I also don't give a s%*# who "won" the trade. I just want the White Sox to improve.
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Last year we were a team going nowhere with a trash farm system. This year, we're a team going nowhere with a solid farm system. I'll take it.
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Thorpe really reminds me of Brad Radke.
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God damn it, I love Cease, but now I have to root against him simply because Caulfield is so damn obnoxious.
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1 hour ago, South Side Hit Men said:
Players have union rights, so better protected than the rest of the human race Jerry looks down upon.
I recall Frank Thomas getting chased out of here by Kenny Williams for not sufficiently kissing his ass. Earned a 3.2 bWAR the following season, or 3.4 higher then Kenny’s substandard playing career.
Also recall Fisk also treated shabbily on multiple occasions out of spite.
The only two legitimate HOFers playing primarily for the Sox since 1980.
Frank was 38, coming off a year in which he played in 34 games and was replaced by Jim Thome. Thome put up 4.8 WAR in 2006 on .598 SLG.
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56 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:
It's a fluff piece. If you believe 10% of what's written in those articles, well, I'm sure somebody would like to sell you a bridge.
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A lot of clubhouse responsibility falls on the veterans of the team. Both Keuchel and Grandal come off as real assholes and it seemed pretty clear to me that they divided the clubhouse. I wouldn't be surprised if the chemistry and effort are much better this year.
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After the treatment of Frank Thomas, Sox fans should realize they're not going to get the benefit of the doubt when criticizing black players, especially when those criticisms include "gangsta" and thug. You would think a fanbase associated with Bridgeport would be more aware of this.
Apparently TA cheated on his wife or something. I suppose that's unique among professional athletes and he should face the ire of people who have nothing to do with his personal relationships.
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18 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:
Well that's not necessarily a bad thing, Boston and Philly have had a hell of a lot more success so fans would have more to cheer for.
Blatant racism is more important than baseball wins.
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Cease To Padres per Passan
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I don't really understand your point. We're probably 4 or 5 years away from any type of contention. We're starting a rebuild where the vast majority of our assets were failures. The cupboard was bare. This is gonna take a while.