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Good post Balta but I think it's simpler than that: he's sitting fastball more and driving them. Most of his homeruns have been on fastballs right? I'm thinking he's just more comfie the 2nd time around the league, older wise all that, and is probably letting it rip more often in favorable counts rather than trying to draw a walk or slap a single. FWIW, the pitch values back this up: he's done more damage on fastballs this year and less on offspeed.

thompson makes it look easy. Avi take notes.

it's really nice having a three solid defenders at 3b, ss and 2B. Too bad none of them can f***ing hit.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 09:40 PM) Tyler showing some flash of his own Tyler can throw some leather.

Hawk is right about Thompson's genes. Can't hurt to have brothers in the NBA, one a star, to help push you and give confidence.

good pitch to hit and missed it.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 09:35 PM) Man he is lucky is fell out of the stands. Imagine what some cocksucker would try to charge him for that. for Trayce Thompson? s***, a Jose Abreu and Sale signed ball and that HR is all Thompson's. Not an Arod situation here with real history.

Eaton is gonna finish with an OBP over .360 at this rate. Mercy. Some of Hahn's guys are starting to turn it around big time.

Rodon taking a s*** on the Angels so far. This is the potential they drafted on.

Ramirez makes that play so much easier 3 years ago. He's still good but man, that was 100% effort and still a bad throw.

hawk's ipad is slow because the air sucks lol. get the real version.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 09:23 PM) Dare I say Rodon cruising? uh oh.

what is stone talking about? Trout has a pretty damn good arm. Highly accurate and strong enough for a CF.

the melk man is turning into a good signing.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 03:32 PM) The 2013 team lost 99 games and Robin got an extension in the offseason. ...says it all...

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Aug 10, 2015 -> 10:38 PM) Damn I forgot about that, made me look foolish lol nah, you look fine. He cherry picked his best stats from his best season. How about his .300 OBA or his wRC+ of of 98? His best season at the dish and he was worth exactly ZERO fWAR. Remember, even 3 years ago .744 OPS was poor for an OF, now it's solid. Viciedo was never half the prospect Avi was. At best Viciedo was talked about as a poor man's El Caballo -- a two tool player at most.

Robin Ventura and Cooper are asleep at the wheel why the f*** is CHRIS SALE BEING USED LIKE WE ARE IN A PENNANT RACE???????????

So if Avi could finish around 280/320/420 that would be great. At least show some flashes, something Viciedo never managed over a full season.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Aug 10, 2015 -> 10:19 PM) I missed that part. I heard him say something but I thought it was one play. Whelp that's what you want from your team. Guys getting on players for not hustling. It just didn't look right what Iglesias was doing out there. Very bad body language, which usually I don't care about but he made a really strange throwing motion/gesture on a possible double play ball (basically ole'd the throw to 1st and ended up doing this half pocketing / throwing of the ball towards the pitcher) and then later in the inning he pulled up and didn't dive on what looked like a catchable (for him anyways) ball up the middle. When they came into the dugout McCann said something to him probably like "hey wtf" and Iglesias went all hot head and started pushing and shoving. Iglesias is a good player but it was correct for McCann to call him out IMO.

FWIW, Sanchez now has a higher OPS than Tyler f***ing Flowers. One guy is a 22 year old rookie 2B, the other guy is a veteran MLB starting catcher. Only one of those guys deserves more playing time in 2016 and it isn't f***ing the vet.

Thanks for the interview. I will say he doesn't sound like your typical White Sox lifer, so he's got that going for him.

The Sox have the worst, most pathetically managed broadcast crew in MLB, it's not even close. It's a sign of decay under a stagnant JR IMO.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 02:39 PM) What skill set? the one that consistently hit for high average in the minors? The one that has made two absolute game saving plays on HRs? The one that is among the leaders in OF assists? The clay is there. It needs to be molded.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 02:31 PM) Let us refrain from calling Avisail Garcia AVISUCK. OK? At least till it's his turn to be hated on again. Sometimes these guys just need some time. I am not sure he has actually played a full season yet until hopefully 2015 It's the height of ignorance to hate on Avi. Why anyone would hate on a 24 year with his skillset is beyond me. I get that he's been below replacement but FFS there is a reason he was a highly coveted prospect doesn't mean he's gonna pan out but this isn't a Viciedo situation. I guarantee if Avi was DFA today you'd have at least a dozen teams ready to scoop him up. He has plenty of PA until his time to prove runs out. Yes the sands are ticking through the hour class but this is a young player that is playing his first full big league season. The injury f***ed him up dev wise. We all should be willing to give him at least another 500 PA.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 02:26 PM) 2nd and 3rd round. So some losses, but the average 2nd rounder never even makes the bigs so can hardly call it a crippling blow. The "all in" plan was a pretty good one IMO but instead of everything (or most things) breaking right, most things broke wrong. A lot of it is their own doing, first with bringing an obviously over matched defensively Micah north (again, poor internal scouting and development), continuing to let LaRoche play against LHP well into July, not getting more AB for Soto, waiting so long to cut bait on Conor...the list goes on.