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Seems like Moncada gets quite a few hits in the hole to the right side.

This team is too good right now to really tanking anymore. Long term that's good but kiss the 2nd and 3rd pick goodbye. Probably 4th. Great to see Reylo doing well again.

QUOTE (lord chas @ Sep 16, 2017 -> 11:50 AM) I'm already thinking about where the Avi statue should be placed Lol, I'm thinking of where to move Franks so Avi's can be more prominently displayed.

great report. yea according to pitch trax the ump blew several calls.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Sep 15, 2017 -> 09:46 PM) Best command I've ever seen Fulmer have tonight, hope it continues. there was some wierd juju in the building tonight. Sanchez had his stuff from three years ago and Fulmer looked like a legit backend rotation prospect. Just one night, but pretty unlikely coming in. Sanchez blew by his swinging strike high by 10-12 I believe. He was past his previous high in the 5th inning.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Sep 15, 2017 -> 09:17 PM) I can't believe any team would draft Chris Sale. His delivery was so violent and crazy! chris sale has a smooth, leg powered delivery. It's nothing like fulmer's. People were concerned about the so called "inverted w" elbow action. Obviously I'm not a pitching expert but a poor delivery, in MLB, stands out. Fulmer's stands out.

TA's range on popups is absurd.

and then an awful call rings him up. FFS, this ump has missed numerous strikes low in the zone now calls one up and in that is clearly out of the zone. Robots cannot come soon enough.

Moncada got a cookie and missed it.

Goodness Castellanos is a god damn joke in the field. How did Smith not take 2nd there? Poor hustle.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Sep 15, 2017 -> 06:58 PM) OPS is actually a stellar .785 now. Even better His wRC+ is 113, that would be tied with Robbie Cano (appropriately enough) and good for 7th among qualified 2B. Not bad kid, not bad.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 15, 2017 -> 06:58 PM) He's hitting .230 and his OPS is somewhere near .770. Once things get to normal with him and hits falling/getting comfortable within the strike zone, he's already on a path to being a top 3 2b in the AL soon. He looks good, really good.

108 mph exit velocity. Mercy.

Moncada now has his iso up to .198. That is a reason to get very excited. He's flashing this power this early, the sky is the limit.

Way back! Yoan! That was a damn missile.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Sep 15, 2017 -> 06:31 PM) Sanchez's change is pretty good tonight so far. Fulmer has his work cut out for him. Yea he's got his three pitch mix working. Thing is Sanchez can fall apart at any time. I'd expect some better swings 2nd time through.

Fulmer's delivery just looks awful to me. Rushed, no leg drive, all arm whip.

Sanchez actually appears to have good stuff tonight. Go figure.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Sep 15, 2017 -> 04:04 PM) Perfect example of what I was saying about poster arrogance. Perfect comp is Melky ,PERIOD. So cocksure yet ignored defense you know, the other half of the game besides offense. There's plenty of careful, nuanced, productive chatter on this forum. It's a great place to talk Sox. Just try and ignore the obvious trolls and not take things personally. I had a beef with SS2K back a year or so ago and once I realized that taking offense to everything is a poor attitude (in life as well as message boards) I found him a great poster. Not saying he's a perfect poster (who is) but everybody has opinions that at times you will disagree with, sometimes vehemently. Just don't take it personal or bother responding to it. As for the saber stuff...it's a tool. No more, no less. I played the game throughout my youth, including being a really mediocre DIII outfielder. I didn't even discover sabermetrics until a few years after I graduated but man I really wish I had before I stopped playing -- I think they could have helped me evaluate myself and improve. Scouting has worth as well, it's not an "either / or" analysis.

QUOTE (Soha @ Sep 15, 2017 -> 01:40 PM) If the Sox try to trade him, that's going to be be a major red flag to other teams. They'd be like, umm this is exactly what you should need for your rebuild, why are you trying to dump him off? I think it would scare other teams off thinking the Sox know something they don't. So with that in mind, I don't think they can get a good return for Avi. At least not one worth what he has been bringing. Just re-sign him. There's like no money committed to the future. There's little to no downside to this. Yea this isn't how GMs talk to each other and it's not the scenario the Sox are in with Avi either. The Sox are going to have a logjam in the OF the next few years. They have Leury, Rutherford, Engel, Eloy, Delmonico, Adolfo etc and everyone of those guys is 3+ years further away from FA than Avi, and thus fit in the rebuild time frame better. Any GM in today's MLB knows Avi's history and knows his inflated BABIP this year. That GM will also know that their have been changes in Avi's swing and approach that perhaps mitigate those concerns.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 15, 2017 -> 12:47 PM) Ugh. Realize that sometimes it just takes hearing something from a different person a different way can make all of the difference. Just because it happened after Abreu said it doesn't mean it hasn't been said already. Or that the whole thing is just a talking point that the players enjoy, because it's realer to them than looking at his swinging inside zone percentage or something. Jose is without a doubt a positive influence on the clubhouse and that is worth something beyond his on field play. That said, this whole "it was the bat the whole time" thing is just fluff for the players and media and some fans to enjoy. We want to assign narrative to things. Human nature.

I'm not an advocate of overly strict moderation but this thread is superfluous at best. Should be merged.

New title: Are we allowed to get excited about Moncada at this point?

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 03:55 PM) http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/histor...ame_records.jsp 29 on April 23rd 1955 against the Royals. That game also has the franchise record for runs (29) and home runs (7). Wow. Thanks, nice tidbit.

25 hits? What's the Sox record?