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QUOTE (SCCWS @ Mar 22, 2016 -> 09:55 AM) Not sure what you base that on. Jones, Floyd and Danks all had arm/shoulder surgery in recent years. It seems almost every team is losing a pitcher a year to the same type surgeries. There was a long term study done that showed the White Sox by far are the best at keeping their guys off of the DL.

Speaking of May, here is his catch from yesterday. MLB Pipeline ‏@MLBPipeline Gap zapper: @whitesox #7 prospect Jacob May makes a great diving grab in right-center. Watch http://atmlb.com/1UAbDvs

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Mar 22, 2016 -> 09:25 AM) I haven't seen Jacob May or Tim Anderson mentioned in these reports for the last 2 weeks. I don't think either one has been sent down yet so hearing about how they have been doing would be appreciated. My own take is both have looked very good.May is an outstanding fielder and has stole a few bases while holding his own at the dish. Anderson has looked better than expected at SS and has shown a quick bat and some pop. Both have outstanding speed. May has made a lot of impressions around camp. He has played a great CF, and he has 4 of the teams 9 SBs in spring training so far. If he wasn't on the radar before, he is now.

QUOTE (maxjusttyped @ Mar 22, 2016 -> 09:27 AM) The White Sox are also the best organization in baseball at keeping pitchers healthy. I don't know how much of that is prevention vs being able to identify bad mechanics, but I don't think they would have taken Fulmer if they viewed him as an extreme injury risk. And we know the Sox have avoided specific players with their first pick when they felt they wouldn't be able to stay healthy.

QUOTE (Hatchetman @ Mar 22, 2016 -> 09:23 AM) Quite a while? Through age 27. He put in about 6 years of great pitching before he ran into problems. Realistically if you get that out of Carson Fulmer you jump up and down for joy. He has also given you about three more years of 5th starter type numbers even after problems started.

http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article/168...enjoying-spring

Jason Benetti ‏@jasonbenetti 26m26 minutes ago The @whitesox send Mat Latos for his 1st Cactus League start of '16 today at 3 CT on @CSNChicago vs the @SFGiants. 13 days 'til the opener.

QUOTE (Hatchetman @ Mar 22, 2016 -> 09:10 AM) I tend to agree, but I think we are in the minority. Likely a reason he dropped in the draft. He's short and he's got a high intensity motion. A guy that made it quite a while with no problems is Tim Lincecum.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Mar 22, 2016 -> 08:58 AM) Should be interesting to see how Davidson responds to facing better pitching as teams continue roster cuts and MLB pitchers continue their fine tuning before opening day. Hopefully Davidson continues to get some atbats to help determine if he can contribute at the major league level. For me, Johnson is bitter/sweet. Bitter because he seems to have reverted ( for now) back to 2014, sweet because the FO was smart in not assuming Johnson would be fine and came up with some SP depth. Really curious about Turner. He makes sense as the pen's long man but it seems the Sox see something in him as a potential starter so Charlotte would make sense. But will they pay him 1.5M to play AAA ball? Guessing Turner becomes the long arm of the pen. Some food for thoight about the 1B/DH opening. The Sox have a few internal options that could work in their favor. 1) Abreu DH/ Frazier 1B/ Lawrie 3B/ Sanchez 2B. 2) Abreu DH/ Frazier 3B/ Lawrie 2B/ Davidson 1B. 3) Abreu DH/ Frazier 1B/ Lawrie 2B/ Davidson 3B. In the end, I think we end up seeing Abreu at 1B with the outfielders rotating through the DH spot. Situations like we saw from Erik Johnson are exactly why guys like Jacob Turner and Mat Latos were brought in here. Hahn learned his lesson about depending on Johnson after the first flop. They just don't trust the kid.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Mar 22, 2016 -> 08:55 AM) and in the taco joint. You think Mike does something very heinous to the uncle....... The Mike story-line is great and a part of me thinks it is becasue I know somewhat how it ends. It always seemed like Hector was a stroke victim, but with Vince Gilligan you never know.

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 22, 2016 -> 08:22 AM) Were those the twins on Better Call Saul last night? On the parking garage? Yes they were.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Mar 22, 2016 -> 07:10 AM) Any chance that Saladino start vs LHP and Rollins vs RHP, at least for the first few weeks to see how they're doing? Saladino will get plenty of AB's if he can hit even a minimal amount this year. Robin has shown he will use his bench players when they don't absolutely suck.

Don't look now, but Dougie has been looking like an NBA player for a little bit now.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 21, 2016 -> 06:37 PM) It's funny how they signed him to a minor league deal, yet he was basically given the starting job from day one without a real competition. They signed him to minor league deal for a couple of reasons, #1, they could, and #2, the 40 man roster was full at the time of his signing. It should have been obvious to all at the time of his signing that he was the leader for the job by default.

Apparently we have Chet Lemon's son in the system. How in the heck did I not know that!??!

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Mar 21, 2016 -> 05:43 PM) I think I've seen enough of Lollis. He had a decent first two innings, but got destroyed the second time around.

Jacob May with a sweet diving catch into RCF.

For those keeping score at home, Carlos Sanchez is playing 3B with Tyler Saladino at SS.

Lawrie with a great diving play in short RF in an exaggerated shift.

Saladino short and quick drives one off of the wall, knocking in Shuck who had singled and stolen 2nd.

Thome on Tim Anderson, talking about the thing that stands out for him is how good of a hitter with two strikes. Said he calms the game down with two strikes. Also mentions that his defense is really improving.

Melky Cabrera with a BOMB to deep right.

JI JIM THOME IN THE BOOTH

Real strong and accurate throw by Navarez to nail Lindor trying to steal second. That makes three good innings for Carroll too.

Matt Lollis is scheduled to pitch next, I know nothing about him, but found this interested after googling. http://www.draysbay.com/rays-prospects/201...ort-pitchfx-afl