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2 fastballs right down the middle a pulled ground ball and a popup. COME ON.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 2, 2015 -> 04:23 PM) EB can be DFA he is not working out. trade him, he's not being used correctly anyways. Some team will give up a PTBNL for him and Sox can ditch his salary, not that it's much.

You just tip your cap man, all you can do.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 2, 2015 -> 04:19 PM) Not too many swings and misses on sliders....the strategy is clearly to look fastball firsl and make him throw sliders for strikes. It's pretty easy to hit off a fastball, even easier when it's 2-0 all the time. If he doesn't have command he shouldn't be in MLB. Frankly his AAA starts indicated that no, he didn't really have command. Great stuff against over matched AAA guys? Sure. But MLB ready command? Hell no.

QUOTE (joegraz @ May 2, 2015 -> 04:18 PM) So if Coop was such a magical genius in '05, can he suck now? If coop is telling RV to use Rodon like this he can find another org to work with. I feel like the guy started to believe his own hype a few years ago. I honestly don't think he's that great of a pitching coach anymore. His one claim to fame is health and who gives a s*** about health if guys aren't ready to start the season. There have been some real awful pitching displays this year and part of it might be the light spring workloads.

So does he have any confidence in his slider or what? edit: no s*** it's a good idea stone. I was wondering why myself.

Thanks stone and Hawk for that amazing explanation of how vision works.

wow. we caught a break. Still, move evidence this that Rodon's command as a reliever is not there and this experiment should end.

QUOTE (Butter Parque @ May 2, 2015 -> 04:13 PM) At some point this has to fall on a coaching staff that seems to never get the best out of its players. For gods sake, look at how Showalter gets guys like Pearce to be productive. As I've been saying, you can't fire 25 players. Fire the f***ing manager. What is the worst that can happen! I mean, they LITERALLY having nothing to lose except 90 games. Again.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 2, 2015 -> 04:07 PM) Sox never score runs. fixed it for ya.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 2, 2015 -> 04:07 PM) Bigger problem....Sox pitchers consistently not in the correct position backing up bases. More coaching issues unaddressed...along with ridiculous throws from outfielders. Poor baserunning bad approaches at the plate mental mistakes fielding (too numerous to mention but throwing to the wrong base has happened at least twice) pitchers not backing up sloppy baseball all around (physical mistakes) But hey, players gotta play right? It's not the same s*** we've seen for most of RVs tenure.

Time to go smoke a joint and enjoy the sun on the back balcony. Go Bulls.

f*** this team.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 2, 2015 -> 04:05 PM) Jennings There you go. Or that.

Literally the only positives: Avi, the pen, and Micah.

Man, I can't believe I ever talked myself into the LaRoche signing.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ May 2, 2015 -> 04:02 PM) I don't think the problem is so much using him as a reliever as much as it is using him in high pressure situations with runners on base. I think Stone agrees he should be starting innings. Or, you know, after he's PROVEN he can work as a high leverage LOOGY then you put him in. Apparently he's Matt Thornton the way RV uses him. Yea it's the 5th inning but that was a high leverage spot. Frankly Duke would have been better. But you know, relievers have roles I guess god forbid Duke would come in before the 7th.

QUOTE (Condor13 @ May 2, 2015 -> 04:01 PM) I think you are totally wrong. He is a starter and right now is the Sox number 3 starter. HE IS NOT A RELIEF PITCHER. Noesi can't pitch out of the bullpen. He might be worse then me as a relief pitcher. Yet he is in the majors Read my other posts. It's not his fault. They are f***ing him up. He should be either in AAA or starting for the Sox. None of this pen bulls***. He has never worked as a reliever it's obviously too much to handle for him and who can blame him. I'm blaming the Sox not Rodon.

Well I'm going to have a lot of weekend afternoon free this summer it seems. Sigh.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 2, 2015 -> 03:58 PM) There's no way he can be comfortable warming up as a reliever compared to a starter I know. It's like the dumbest f***ing thing. Just because if worked with Sale doesn't mean it's going to work with Rodon. STOP FORCING A ROUND PEG INTO A SQUARE HOLE. Jesus. Not only are they burning his service time they are putting high stress innings on his arm and he's not working on what he needs to work on against AAA hitters. f*** this man everything this team does is stupid.

Sacrifice a goat. Or RV please.

zero f***ing command on his fastball. Right down the middle.

Rodon quickly realzing the difference between AAA and MLB. With 2 strikes, MLB hitters can foul off 98 mph.

I'm going to go ahead and predict a wild pitch and/or a walk.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 2, 2015 -> 03:54 PM) Hate it also. He needs to be starting off innings. I can't believe they are using him this way Punting the year on May 2nd.