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Sanchez hit 252/302 /385 for an OPS+ of 87 in the 2nd half. He faded down the stretch but that's to be expected of a guy going through his first 162 game MLB season. Like has been said he's not surefire 2 WAR but he's not replacement level either. Lawrie is better than Sanchez currently but Sanchez is def an asset the org should continue to try and develop into a solid starter. You can never have enough slick fielding middle infielders IMO. Hopefully he goes down and tears up AAA and gives the Sox options if they need to make a trade to find help elsewhere -- like at the back of the rotation. I think they are hoping and praying he's healthy enough to have throw 80 innings by the time July roles around. Then I think they are hoping to pass the baton to Fulmer. They obviously don't rate Johnson so they should probably just trade him while he's still got some value.

Ishikawa is known as a good clubhouse guy FWIW and if you squint hard enough you can see a useful platoon bat to spell Avi and Jose and even Jackson and Melky. Hopefully Robin never uses him against righties. And I mean never. They might have well of kept Davidson if that's the plan. I really feel for Carlos Sanchez who from all accounts is an amazing family man (check his twitter) and it's got to be tough to after playing well for the 2nd half and then having a helluva spring that he's the odd man out. But that's just the way the roster is nothing against him. He's no great shakes but I still think he's a 2-2.5 WAR starter possibly as soon as this year. At 23 he still has time. With his glove he doesn't need to hit much more than 260/300/380 to be a solid starter in today's MLB. Scoring is down and 2B don't hit much anymore.

Eaton cannot get north quick enough. Just hacking up there.

accurate throw from Avila but not exactly a cannon arm.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 04:39 PM) Good spring training stats are annoying to find, but best I can tell, home runs are happening every 31.9 AB's league-wide this spring, compared to every 40.5 AB's last spring. That's an enormous increase. Not saying juiced balls are definitely the reason, but was curious to see the numbers for myself. Been a very hot spring down there from what I can tell. Lots of 80s and 90s even early in March. The usual highs are in the low 70s I believe.

sale has it all working today, excellent changeup to finish that inning.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 04:20 PM) I think we are watching different feeds because that looked like a moonshot off the bat to me, and Frazier reacted accordingly. no sound from the bat and I'm half watching on a second screen at work. at first glance looked like he got it a bit off the end of the bat but yea obviously it was crushed.

this team is slugging, wow! 400+ plus bomb by Frazier, didn't even look like he got it that well.

wow, was that a Eephus ?

good hustle from Rollins. Pretty well hit looping liner to RF was booted and he hustled into 2nd.

Eaton's body language is awful. Can't afford a slow start from him. Who cares it's the last week of spring but what a lolly gagging walk to the dugout.

lol at beltre, that guy loves baseball. Even having some fun in the last week of march, bare handing jackson's throw in after he flew out to CF for the 3rd out.

nice play by lawrie there.

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 04:06 PM) Who said that? the moron announcer. Nothing in google...

wait, what "health issues" has sale been battling?

Good to see Avila back. Thanks for that video link.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 01:50 PM) Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 17s18 seconds ago Ventura said today's starting lineup probably it for Opening Day, although batting order could change somewhat. Well there ya have it.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 01:58 PM) They'd be crazy to start the season with May on the 25 man roster. He's another guy who needs to play everyday in AAA to see what you have. While I remain skeptical he's an everyday player at the major league level, we're going to need at least one OF in the near future (when/if Jackson departs) and he's probably next in line for an opportunity. Let's hope he's closer to the player he was last year prior to the concussion than he was after. Also, is this the deepest the Sox have been on the position player front in years? Just off the top of my head we'll have May, Anderson, Sanchez, Davidson, & Coats waiting in the wings in AAA. Those guys can basically fill a hole anywhere in the lineup but catcher. That's a pretty exciting chance of pace compared to how things have been in recent years. Yes, the fact that there is no Nieto, Garcia or even Sanchez on this roster is very encouraging. Those guys are good depth options but they are not in any way shape or form guys a team with playoff aspirations should have on their roster. Sanchez maybe if they didn't have Lawrie would be an acceptable starter at 2B, but for now he's not versatile enough to keep as the utility guy.

QUOTE (LDF @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 02:48 PM) and since he is showing soo much confidence, let him continue on building on that confidence and since if it is real or not. If he can't f***ing handle a demotion how in the hell is he going to handle hitting 180/220/350 in May and playing 1-2 times a week? The whole "oh you can't crush his confidence again" is a red herring. If he's that weak mentally he's not cut out for the Show, one way or the other. he should continue to work on his swing in AAA. He needs to prove something in real games not just against spring training guys that don't care if some failed prospect hits a HR off them.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 02:45 PM) That was during a White Sox broadcast not on Boston radio. But way to go editing my post to make it look like I posted something I did not. lol, I didn't edit anything in your post. You wrote that Hawk will say when the Sox suck and that he knows what's going on. I posted an example of Hawk saying the 78 win Sox had more talent then the club coming off a WS appearance that then won a WS. Hawk is senile and when he says stupid s*** like saying the Sox have more talent than the Royals it makes the entire ORG look bad.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 02:31 PM) Well, that narrows it down to Sands and Ishikawa, doesn't it? Talk about uninspiring. It's the 25th man so whatever but some of the cuts around the league are more intriguing, including Murphy.

I'm rolling with Rollins because although I put very little stock in "clubhouse leadership" it's clear that he has helped shake some thing up in that clubhouse and it was much needed. Saladino isn't some can't miss talent that is being benched he's just another guy that could possibly turn into a decent starter. Rollins is probably a decent starter as long as he gets plenty of rest, and Saladino will get plenty of chances to steal playing time.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 02:35 PM) I think most of that is just shtick. He knows what's going on. Before he came to the White Sox, he actually got into a lot of trouble in Boston for calling out ownership and "telling it like it is". He still has a bit of a cult hero status in Boston, and when the White Sox visit there, goes on sports radio pretty often. There he gives a pretty blunt description of the White Sox. If they suck, he will say they suck. Ok.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 29, 2016 -> 02:29 PM) Being a homer is fine - whenever I tend to call sporting events I end up having a bit of a homer-ish tone to my announcing. The problem is you can't be homerish to the point of being wrong half the time, which is what Hawk has become. Exactly. He's an embarrassment and is actively hurting the marketing and branding of White Sox baseball. In his prime he was an asset to the org as a distinct voice but now he's just an old, easily confused, often wrong voice. And a loud one at that.

Giving Davidson a spot on the 25 man roster because of a hot spring would be stupid as all hell. Especially as you'd be asking him to play 2-3 times a week at absolute most. No, if he's really "figured something out" then you ask him to go down to Charlotte and play everyday for a couple months and yea if he's slashing 280/340/500 down there in June then you think about calling him up.