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QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ May 6, 2016 -> 08:07 PM) By almost any defensive metric you can come up with Eaton is having one of the greatest defensive seasons of all time. In all my years as a Sox fan I've never seen anything like it in the outfield. Closest might have been prime Mike Cameron. Not only is he making great plays, but like, the ball keeps finding for great plays. He's had a ton of chances and he's made almost every single one.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 6, 2016 -> 08:05 PM) He will win a gold glove provided he doesn't get kicked in the head by a horse keep him away from ed farmer.

OMG Adam Eaton.

Nice Navarro and Lawrie!

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 6, 2016 -> 07:58 PM) We need a gif of Sanchez and Eaton. Now. team racial harmony seems good. I say that seriously. Wasn't sure in prior seasons.

lol Carlos Sanchez clowning with Adam. Nice.

haha, good job twins. We'll take that trade.

QUOTE (SoCalSox @ May 6, 2016 -> 07:54 PM) Avi did not get a good read on that ball. Neither did Sano. Wasn't going to score without selling out and possibly getting doubled up.

Oh my, Avi.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 6, 2016 -> 07:47 PM) Avila 0-1 with a walk for Charlotte tonight so far he's ready to go 0-4 with a walk here in Chicago no doubt.

Nice play.

damnit.

Need to get Avila back.

Damn Frazier got a helluva jump on that. Great job Melky!

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ May 6, 2016 -> 07:24 PM) Mauer is a very good hitter, he'll be worth the money until the end. I'm not serious about the Sox getting him, Minnesota wouldn't let him leave for a division rival. He's averaged 1 fWAR his last two seasons. Yea, he's had a good start but I doubt you'd find many teams willing to take on that salary outside of New York, Boston or LA.

Austin Jackson is batting 2nd? ARE YOU f***ING KIDDING ME?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 6, 2016 -> 07:21 PM) Latos stuff looked nasty that inning. Big difference between his last two starts. Yea he looks good. Deceptive delivery on that 92 mph heater and some good sharp breaking stuff.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ May 6, 2016 -> 07:20 PM) It's hard to pay too much money for a .900 OPS I'll go ahead and take the under on that for the remainder of his career, let alone this year. Put the beer down dude. Or the joint. You're lit enough for now.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ May 6, 2016 -> 07:18 PM) What do you think we'd have to give Minnesota to get Mauer? I'm not being serious when I ask that. nothing, they'd just take on the massive pile of money he's owed. Which would suck.

Latos looks good. What's gotten into this guy?

let's get back to winning.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ May 6, 2016 -> 03:06 PM) Hittrackeronline had Avi's HR last night as tied for the lowest one hit in the majors this year with an apex of 46 ft. Had an exit velocity of 113mph

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ May 6, 2016 -> 12:47 PM) Speaking of Viciedo, he's tearing it up in Japan this season. .327/.433/.637 slash with 9 HRs, 8 2Bs, 24 RBIs, 13% BB rate, 11% K rate. I could totally see him being the next Tuffy Rhodes over there. https://fan-interference.com/2016/03/30/day...aying-in-japan/ He's a guy that can absolutely hammer 88 mph fastballs so perfect league for him.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 6, 2016 -> 11:41 AM) The whole key for Garcia is to take some pitches. He has the tools and ability if he works into hitters counts, and gets good pitches to hit. When he is laying off of ball one and ball two, he gets much better stuff to hit. Early this year pitchers would just throw garbage up there, he'd swing, and he'd be down 0-1, 0-2, in no time. It is not a coincidence that things have improves as he is taking more pitches. I don't know who finally got between his ears, but hopefully it sticks. I would say that this is easier than it sounds for a guy that has obvious pitch recognition problems. That said, one of the few points that Hawk still makes well is that you can have great success as a guess hitter. You just better crush the ball when you guess right. I'd have no problem if Avi goes up there every AB this year taking a pitch or two and then looking fastball when he's ahead. Eventually, if he starts lacing fastballs, pitchers will adjust and he'll have to adjust as well but I don't see any reason he can't have success with this approach as long as he keeps hitting more balls in the air.

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 6, 2016 -> 01:03 PM) And his WHIP was 1.4 for that, that's just not good enough. Burns through way too many pitches because his command just isn't there. Yea his command sucks. It's one thing to rely on a 89-91 mph fastball. It's another to leave half of them right down the middle or to constantly fall behind.