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QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Mar 16, 2015 -> 01:21 PM) Gordon Beckham = Kirk Hinrich = LaMarr Houston Beckham will obviously make the MLB roster but he'd better only be here for platoon purposes. I know that's what Hahn said but who knows, things can change. Who is he gonna platoon with? He has a wRC+ of 85 against LHP. Might as well just trot Conor out there and let him try and improve.

QUOTE (59th street @ Mar 16, 2015 -> 01:19 PM) Beckham didn't look completly lost when he bailed Robertson out of a jam by starting a very nice double play. He reaned pretty far to his left , gloved the ball and did a reverse pivot and made a perfect long throw to seco0nd base bag. I know Gordon is the whipping boy for most here but remember why he is here; defensive competence and versitility. Also we don't care if he spends the majority of his time coming off the bench. Let Saldino and Sanchez get REGULAR playing time and develop more that is better fro them and the team than having them sitting. also, I do not believe Soto is a lock for back up catcher. His throwing is very suspect. The Anaheim announcers even talked about it being in their scouting reports last year; stated they could "run hin out of the park". OK, everybody back to complaining about Beckham now. He's not versatile. Go check out his stats at 3B. He's Conor level without the bat. Beckham as the 25th man whatever, he's better than Leury.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 16, 2015 -> 01:12 PM) Considering you went on and on about Bonafacio and how he could be in the line up for long stretches without missing a beat, it's kind of weird you think Beckham at best is 250/290/670 so he should be cut and Bonafacio for his career is .262/.319/.660. Not exactly much better. And if Beckham's spring so far can lead to to judge, Bonafacio is 1-18, and he looks a little lost at bat. It's March 16. They haven't been playing for 2 weeks. Way too early to judge. The difference is obviously that one guy can play 7 positions, all passably and some well, and the other plays a mediocre 2B and 3B. It's tremendously valuable to have the versatility of Bonificio despite his light hitting.

If Soto can't throw the ball I don't know how the keep him as the backup. The Sox have always valued receiving over offense in the backup catcher and so far in spring Soto looks completely out of sorts back there. Also, if anyone should be the odd man out it's Beckham. If the team is going "all in" this year Sanchez's glove is better than Beckham's and he can't possibly hit much worse. Beckham looked completely lost yesterday. His bat is so slow I don't see anyway he does anything more than 250/290/380 at the dish. I even think that ISO is optimistic. His power has evaporated he can't pull anything for power.

damn rocket from davidson but angels 3b makes a helluva stop to get the force out. can't hit it much harder than that.

chance for davidson here, this guy ramos doesn't have much control seems.

challenge it!

brantly rips one out to right

bases loaded for eaton beckham lucky to walk after fouling off two absolute meatballs. streete has nothing today.

beckham has a sloooooooowwwwww bat.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 14, 2015 -> 09:23 PM) Might as well go for a hybrid of Soler Puig Cespedes ... come on he's got a little Ruth in him too.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 14, 2015 -> 07:49 PM) Goodbye Blown Savery. Seems more sour than savery.

lol hawkins guessing first ball fastball -- misses the curve by a mile. not a good AB for hawkins as he swings at a curve a foot outside for a K. oh well.

and another good piece of hitting by Sanchez with two strikes. Hanging curve laced into CF. His curve sucks maybe that's why he didn't throw it to Trayce.

nice piece of hitting from Thompson with 2 strikes. That said, WTF compells you to throw a fastball over the plate on 0-2 to a minor leaguer? Jeez dude, spin it in the dirt, see what happens.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 14, 2015 -> 06:16 PM) Not to mention Danish, Rodon and Montas getting valuable experience. Lots of positives. Yup. Knock on wood they will get through with Sale's injury being the only real downer.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 14, 2015 -> 06:09 PM) Johnson, Saladino and The Hawk tearing it up. Trayce has looked great defensively, and Nieto is essentially a bonus farm piece with potential. from a "young guys you'd like to see do well" perspective it's been a pretty promising start to spring.

Hawkins showing nice plate coverage. Crushed an outside fastball into the RF gap for an RBI double.

Micah is locked in.

Seems like some massive crowds down in AZ this spring. Park looks 3/4 full.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 14, 2015 -> 05:57 PM) They need a 5th starter on the 11th or 12th. If Sale is ready by the 12th, then the opening day starter can go on 11th with regular rest. I just think when it's all said and done, they'll stay on the cautious side and push Sale back after Cleveland. They'd still get 31 starts out of him if he stays off the DL after this. Could be, I'm just happy that at most it's looking like he misses 2 starts.

good reverse jinx will have to try that in the regular season. Nice pivot from Micah and a nice stretch from LaRoche. Not sure Jose gets that one.

looks like cleto is in midseason form.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 14, 2015 -> 04:49 PM) Just a gut feeling, but I think Penny has a good shot at the start on April 11, with the opening day starter on the 12th...and they push back Sale's first start to the 17th or 18th in Detroit. Penny may be a decent long reliever if he's willing to do it. Why would they do that? They don't even need a 5th starter until the middle of April with all the off days. I'd rather throw Noesi and Danks out there than Penny. Penny however could have a very useful roll as the swing man.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Mar 14, 2015 -> 04:47 PM) It would be Bonifacio in CF then. Ah yea forgot about Boni as a CF. That would be OK. That RBI single from Micah was pretty impressive. Kept his hands back nicely after being fooled initially and took it right into left sharply.