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QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 05:19 PM) I'm not a Gonzalez fan or a Danks fan but I wonder if some of the people saying Gonzalez got unlucky actually watched the whole game. Looked to me like whatever "bad luck" had had on BABIP it was neutralized by his HR/FB% luck. Could have easily given up 3 bombs instead of just long doubles. He was leaving a lot of balls up and the Jays were crushing them. That said, overall his stuff is better than Danks' if he can sit at 90-91mph on his heater, and he was doing that last night for the most part.

Anybody that follows prospects: does anyone have any good catching prospects in their system? Doesn't seem like anyone really has more than one halfway decent catcher, prospect or otherwise. I saw that this is a deep draft for catchers. Probably would behoove the Sox to invest in one or two.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 02:33 PM) Wouldn't mind seeing Jerry Sands take some mighty swings against the knuckler Give Avi another day off. He hit well last night but I'd rather see Sands against the knuckleballer. I feel at least he'll make him throw strikes.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 01:32 PM) Again, it could have easily been worse. Eaton threw out a runner at 3rd with a perfect throw. The next batter hit a bomb. AJax also made a really nice play going a long way in LCF to catch a ball, with runners on second and third who would have scored for sure. That is three runs right there that score in a game against a lesser defensive team. Realistically Gonzalez got a lot of breaks in that game to keep his numbers where they ended up. good to be a Sox fan right now. This defense is simply excellent.

4 years 70 million with a vesting option at say 500 PA for a 5th at another 15-20 million. Would def not go over 5 years any which way you slice it. He won't be a 3B more than another few.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 26, 2016 -> 12:14 AM) That was a nice win. Frazier baby! Why didn't Hawk make the road trip? Is he skipping some of the annoying trips like Toronto? yes, they didn't have his size depends.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 11:50 PM) I'm not ready to write off Gonzalez. Will be interesting in July if we can truly stack our team with a fifth starter Just need to try and minimize the 5th starter spots, as obvious as it seems. A "rotating 5th" might not be the worst idea until late June when the trade market gets a bit clearer.

alright I just watched the replay a couple times of the Tulo interference and yea he fugged up. Whatever his initial reaction was, it was wrong. I don't think they had any shot at 1B, Saunders was busting down and had the advantage of starting in the lefty box.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 11:35 PM) Bartolo used to actually be a hell of an athlete too. Uribe in his prime (and by that I mean when he was still young and "only" 20lbs overweight) was also a very good athlete. He had an absolute cannon for an arm. So many times he'd lazily backhand a ball in the hole and then just rifle a ball to get the guy by a step. Fun guy to watch for a few years.

Albers is the quickest fat guy since Robert "Tractor" Trailer. Hey, if you can't be svelte, at least be quick and good at hurling a baseball. Jose has the best smiles when he does something a bit athletic. Glad to see the big man part of a winning club he'll come around soon. I'm not sure Lawrie makes that play without a barehand peg and throw on that chopper that ended it. Certainly would have been bang bang. I'll take the automatic out.

Pretty good overall game from Avi. He just seems to get too anxious with RISP. His best at bats seem to come when he leads off an inning and relaxes some. But if he can go 1/4 with a BB or 2/4 with a double more often than not nobody will complain. Needs to keep it up.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 10:48 PM) It looked to me like he slowed down as the ball was coming intentionally to get into the way. I'd have to see it again to be sure. tough to really say even in slow mo imo. He might have thought it was going into right center field off that hard turf if he just avoided it. As is, I'll take it. Club is making their own luck.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 10:44 PM) It wasn't a dumb play. He was trying to distract Lawrie in a desperation situation. He just had a bad break with the bounce hitting him. It is worth a try on an otherwise routine play for the final out of the game. I think he just got caught. Tough instinctual play. Turf made it harder.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 10:43 PM) tin foil hat material there heh oh as i said does not matter at all! great win.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 10:36 PM) What now asked him about his throw to nail the guy at 3rd and he was like "jimmy was hollering for me to hit the cut but I was going with the flow of the game and managed to throw him out". Didn't throw rollins under the bus or anything obviously but the way he said it just kinda seemed they weren't best of pals. But, does not f***ing matter, keep on winning!

Eaton does not like jimmy but it doesn't matter lol.

What a heart of the order they got.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 10:19 PM) Rollins quietly now hitting above league-average, 106 wRC+ Key is keeping him well rested imo. Doesnt need to stsrt more than 4 or 5 times a week.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Apr 25, 2016 -> 10:15 PM) Lol damn, my steam is like 30 seconds behind, apparently. Good internet but you will be lucky to pull 3.5 Mbps from the mlb.tv trunks.

Hi, current white sox...please stay this way!

Swag is at 11 right now.

Navarro swinging well!

Man the ball really takes some crazy hops off the field turf. Not as bad as old philly veterans stadium but damn.

Rv overthinking it. He had good stuff.

Lol putnam mixing it up. So far so good.