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Real petty stuff here from the Twins. They shifted while up 7 runs late in a game, with Berrios throwing a one hitter. Baltimore's hitter bunted for a base hit against the shift. Twins are pissed. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/twins-...s-1508523114409

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 2, 2018 -> 11:42 AM) That was fun. I wish he'd mention that the sox also struck at a time when the contending teams also happened to have the best farms in baseball still. Now look at the top 15, not that many win now teams. It's fun when Rany writes about something other than the Royals. I actually read it. They really did tank into the perfect situation. With a depressed free agent market and a situation where their players available were far and above what anyone else who was looking to sell had to offer. If they had tried that now, there are so many more teams into active tanking modes, that the prices being brought back are depressed from where they were.

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Apr 2, 2018 -> 09:55 AM) Abreu and Garcia are the last chances the Sox have at an elite trade return, and that would be with a good first half. Other than that, we're likely looking at either Ryan Cordell and Casey Gillaspie types, or rookie ball lotto tickets who will be part of wave two if luck is on the team's side. The prices for hitters like Abreu and Garcia is minimal these days. Hitter only returns are practically meaningless. Maybe another 3 months of Avi hitting and fielding changes that for him, but it hasn't been good these last few years.

QUOTE (CWSpalehoseCWS @ Apr 1, 2018 -> 10:42 PM) https://minorleaguerosters.wordpress.com Stumbled upon this while Soxtalk was down. I don't know where they get their info, but it's spot on every time. That is phenomenal. Thanks for sharing! A great source of who is moving from the DSL to the US as well. Wow.

Magic number 160.

I finally did binge Stranger Things. While decent, I didn't get the hype over it.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Mar 31, 2018 -> 09:49 AM) Nice write-up Y2Jimmy. Interesting that we plan on using Pinto as a starter. Still not sure why he couldn?€™t just jump to the AAA rotation as I?€™m not exactly sure who is blocking him there. Someone pointed out the other day that pitching coach Matt Zaleski is at Winston Salem.

We just booked our room to do Disney this summer. God help me.

The Blackhawks just had a 36 year old emergency goaltender come in after two injuries, pitch a shutout while he was out there, and get named first star of the game. Wat?

Jeremy Frank? @MLBRandomStats According to #Statcast, Shohei Ohtani’s spring speed on his groundout was 29.0 feet per second. For comparison, in 2017, average of “best runs”: Trea Turner - 29.2 f/s Rajah Davis 29.2 Kevin Kiermaier 29.0 Adam Eaton 28.9

Chicago White Sox?Verified account @whitesox 29s30 seconds ago 1st career multi-homer game for @matt_davidson24! 5th time in #WhiteSox history a player has hit 2 HR on #OpeningDay; DeAza in 2014, Thome in 2008, Sosa in 1991 and Miñoso in 1960. #SoxStats

James FeganVerified account @JRFegan After having a shoulder issue in his last spring outing, Duffy’s velocity was noticeably dipping that last inning. The White Sox hitters were not sympathetic 0 replies 3 retweets 15 likes

If Davidson can make regular contact this year...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 29, 2018 -> 04:41 PM) One of his amazing tools is his eye, he knows exactly what is going to get called. With time, by being patient with anything that is going to miss, teams will have to choose between pitching to him and walking him. I think the key for him is working on hammering pitches in the zone, because he knows when they're coming. He is too set on taking walks at times. He takes way too many third strikes.

Real nice inning for Shields after the Sox give him 5. 3 easy ground balls.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Mar 29, 2018 -> 04:32 PM) Moncada will strikeout, but as long as he's a BB and XBH machine, then we'll all take it. I'd rather see him swinging at pitches slightly out of the zone, versus taking close pitches. He has such amazing physical tools, use them.

Nice work Yoan.

That swing is what Engel did all spring with two strikes.

Jeff Passan?Verified account @JeffPassan 20s21 seconds ago White Sox are not missing in the fourth against Danny Duffy. In this inning alone have home runs that left the bat at 109, 115 and 112 mph. All three no-doubt rockets.

Well, that is a way to pitch over mistakes by Shields.

All of the sudden, the Sox are hitting the life out of Duffy.

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 29, 2018 -> 04:12 PM) Just gonna throw this out there, i'm not sure losing the first four innings of opening day with james shields on the mound in kansas city is a doomsday indicator. Absurdity!

Nice hustle on that hit by Engel. He has a split second to decide to take second, and did it.

3 up, 3 down?

QUOTE (Tony @ Mar 29, 2018 -> 03:34 PM) Alright, he got an out, not all bad.... His ERA quite literally fell by an infinite amount.