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Avi sucks on sinkers too.

2nd time through light this guy up.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 05:13 PM) As much as I like his offense, it's getting to the point where if Soto is catching, the pitcher is going to do bad. Uh, I don't think Soto is the one throwing meatballs and walking guys.

faith day? Who is this marketing crew? Officially out of ideas.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 05:07 PM) Seems 90% of his big hits this year have been on offspeed pitches. The fastball in on his hands or just under them...those are the balls he hasn't been able to turn on. for sure he has a long swing at times. Gets himself in trouble. He's still young I'd be shocked if he never had at least one 120 wRC+ season.

Shark might be the worst starter as of this moment. Wow. This f***ing guy has cost himself at least 20 million. Nobody is gonna give him even 2nd starter (6 years 120) now. He'll be lucky to get a multi year deal at this rate. Oh god, what if he accepts the QO.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 05:03 PM) That is what Avi is best at hitting, breaking balls. not according to the fangraphs pitch values. Maybe he hits some hangers, but he's at -3.1 runs below average on sliders. It's all the chasing most likely as I agree he does nail some hangers. And he does quite a bit of damage on middle out fastballs. I hate guests in the booth call the damn game.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 04:59 PM) That is interesting, indeed. Identical wRC+. More pop for Avi, more on-base for Soler. Strangest part is that Soler's plate discipline looks great, while Avi's look embarrassingly bad (from the Pitch FX numbers). Seems like Soler should be making a lot more contact, but he's actually striking out more than Avi. I wonder if he's got the Marcus Semien problem where he can't handle two-strike counts well. neither one of them can hit a breaking ball to save their lives. Avi has an absurd o-zone % of 46.4, Soler is only at 30% don't know what his problem is on them. Avi is obviously swinging at junk a lot.

eaton is an OBP machine the last month.

sit down fatass

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 04:55 PM) Pretty amazing Carlos is out-doubling Avisail with a significant deficit in at-bats. Carlos has a pretty quick bat. Melky needs to give him some vitamins this offseason.

Eaton gets f***ed so many times on the corners. Umps just can't get lefties right sometimes.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 04:53 PM) I am not sure why people take "could be" when talking about prospects, and then get pissed when it doesn't happen. Those are ceilings, not promises. The vast majority of guys don't hit their ceilings. exactly.

f*** yea sanchez. Sanchez is turning into a solid starter.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 04:46 PM) No but he doesn't need to be. 20/10 guy would be fine. He will probably hit 15 home runs this year and he will continue to get better. those are outdated metrics anyways he needs to be a 2.0 war player. To get there he either needs to slash 280/330/480 or slash like he is and massively improve his defense and baserunning. I'm betting on his bat turning into an asset and his defense never getting any better than passable in RF.

I always enjoyed playing in the heat personally. So much easier to play at 90 then say 50. Everything is loser.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 04:43 PM) Exactly. He should be in left field or DH. I'd try and see how he is at 1B next spring, tell him to take some ground balls or play in the winter league and take some reps there.

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 04:40 PM) I mean he ran into one there but I'm going to continue to bash him. He is a really bad player He didn't "run into one" he f***ing pulled his hands in, rotated his hips and drove a rocket into the gap for 2 RBI. If he can hit any inside fastball like that consistently, even ones at 89-91 he's gonna solve a lot of his problems at the plate. f*** la roach clip.

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 04:40 PM) I mean he ran into one there but I'm going to continue to bash him. He is a really bad player He's 23, relax. He's showing signs, be happy.

oh good the roach clip is playing. At least he's down in the order.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 07:40 PM) Hawk deserves to be criticized. What he said was f***ing stupid and wrong. It's embarrassing quite frankly. close the thread. Hawk is one of the most coddled people in all of professional sports, let alone broadcasting. At the rate he's going (and the Sox club) he's gonna have a "woodie hayes" like moment IMO or at least be a complete embarrassment like Harry Carry.. I love the old coot but it's time to cut that cord and to be upset about someone calling out Hawk, well that's just insane because the man never, ever gets called out for anything that matters. The closest I've seen in the media is some stuff from Jim at SSS.

QUOTE (harkness @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 10:38 PM) So when players make tactical mistakes you can't blame the coaching staff? Say what? It's not like this is an isolated incident. Team's just not mentally into games. Players change, the manager hasn't. Same story for 4 years now.

f***ing ramirez man. guy just loses focus.

Wow, what a f***ing play. Made it look easy. Avi crushed that humpback line drive not nearly as easy it looked.

lol maybe tflow is heating up. we can expect many more 1-4 with a 2B nights!