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thank god for el Oso.

there's 2 outs and a runner on and he's up there like they are down 3 runs in the botton of the 9th and he's leading off... bad approach, bad result.

swing the f***ign bat dude.

nice engel.

lmao, james shields is trending on twitter, even in seattle.

QUOTE (Jake @ Mar 29, 2018 -> 04:47 PM) It's just a statement of fact. If you don't like his solid position in the clubhouse, take it up with Hahn. it's just fluff from jason, he is the fluff master.

Delmonico has a really great approach.

A negative WAR season and Davidson has "solidified" his position in the clubhouse. I'm already tired of Jason.

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 29, 2018 -> 04:38 PM) Gonna need some of these mediocre veterans to log innings though. he's not going to do anything but lose games and tax the pen. Cut bait on this guy. He f***ing sucks. Literally could not do worse giving the starts to Dylan Covey.

He would be getting lit up in a high A game with this "stuff". He looks like s***. My goodness, what is this f***ing breaking ball that he is leaving up and DEAD OVER THE PLATE OVER AND OVER????????

QUOTE (Baron @ Mar 29, 2018 -> 04:32 PM) Why the f*** is this guy on our roster? great question. I would rather sign Colon and give him a shot.

You could see that coming a mile away. He has NOTHING. He is throwing BP.

Just DFA this f***ing guy. He has nothing.

exactly what we feared would happen is happening. Game might be over early.

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 29, 2018 -> 04:28 PM) Wow awful range i changed my opinion based on the replay and how hard it was hit but FFS if you're an elite athlete at SS you have to get an out there. Disappointing.

awful start for TA defensively. gotta knock that down and get an out.

JFC shields.

shields is throwing bp early.

moncada goes down on a bad call, sounds about right.

Micker continues to hit, and ends the year in AAA and makes it in the back end of some top 100 lists.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 29, 2018 -> 11:48 AM) The rain chances around game time rise to a whopping ~10%. So you're telling me we can put this one on the board? Yes!

Ugh. Davidson hitting 4th. Other than that I like the lineup, although I'd flip Engel and Sanchez. Usually like to put the worst hitter 8th and keep them a bit further spaced from the top. When Eloy comes up and takes Davidson's spot the real fun can begin.

Any chance of a rainout? I want to see BASEBALL.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Mar 29, 2018 -> 08:45 AM) Wow, you were more stoked last year? This year’s team could actually be pretty fun. The position player side is filled with interesting players across the board. Just following Moncada will be worth watching most games IMO. Seeing how Anderson rebounds after a rough sophomore season will be exiciting. If those two can take a big step forward this year that could accelerate the rebuild a bit. Then you got a stud in Abreu and a maybe stud in Avi (another guy who will be fun to follow). You got Castillo coming off a pretty nice and having a good catcher would be pretty sweet. I’m actually super excited to see what we have in Nicky & Yolmer. Even Engel will be somewhat interesting to follow given his elite CF defense and if the bat fails as expected we’ve got a very interesting prospect in Cordell. Honestly, DH is the only spot I’m really bummed about, but at some point Eloy will be up and it won’t really matter because the weakest hitter (likely Davidson) will move to the bench or get cut. The pitching side is more worrisome but at least we open the season with three young talents in the rotation. I’m super pumped to see if Giolito is going to take that next step this year. Despite Lopez’s rough spring, I still have faith in his stuff and feel he’ll eventually prosper by working with Coop on a daily basis. And while I have zero faith Carson Fulmer will ever make it as a starter, I’ll take him over Derek Holland, Mike Pelfrey, Dylan Covey, & David Holmberg who combined for 66 starts last year. Plus I fully expect Rodon & Kopech to be in our second half rotation, which is when things should get really excited. The bullpen is what it is but there are a few guys who will be fun to follow in Jones, Soria, Bummer, & even Santiago. Overall, I am pretty pumped for this season. Hopefully Shields doesn’t s*** on that optimism today.

QUOTE (Replacement Level Poster @ Mar 28, 2018 -> 09:53 PM) Surprise: yolmer solidifies third base with 20 hr pop and plus defense, taking ownership of 3b for next 4-5 yrs. Dissapointment: Abreu does not age well in early 30s due to lower body injuries and general decline. (Think pujols) He misses out on competitive window from 2020 forward because not extending him at that point seems like an obvious no brainer. Dark horse: sexy Zavala continues to hit at every level and makes its obvious to organization he is catcher of future. Solid post, plausible.