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How do his curve and slider look? He's relying on his offspeed stuff more this inning so far. And, another walk...but still keeping the Sox within striking distance.

Whichever team in the AL Central can add one more quality starting pitcher (KC/DET) and/or a big bat (KC/CLE) wins the AL Central. A lot depends on how well Michael Brantley and Gordon come back from injuries as well. Daniel Norris is the X-factor for the Tigers.

Well, it wouldn't be a Ynoa outing without a walk somewhere in there for good measure.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Jun 14, 2016 -> 08:54 PM) Ugh don't remind me lol More athletic Miggy Cabrera. 30/30 potential, could play CF in a pinch, etc. Hyperbole from Williams sometimes outdoes the best Buddy Bell can come up with. Obviously, Ynoa has to keep batters honest with that slider. Get them off the FB. 10 MPH pitch speed differential will play. How good is that slider?

Ynoa for starter, lol...got up to 96 MPH. Has thrown just a couple of sliders. Or Purke. ANYONE...

Greg, excellent job jinxing the Royals. Kudos, I now own all the houses in Cleveland, Flint and Detroit that were underwater.

Ynoa at 93-94. Now 95.

So much for that inning. Avi's never going to be a good basestealer...just takes way too long to get to full acceleration.

Well, our average against RHP is a sub 700 OPS, so that's not really so far off... But yeah, he should be playing defense as the first priority to get the most value out of him. He's played LF before, but it would hardly make sense if you still have Avi playing RF no matter how you rearrange the defense. Unless you want to move Cabrera to RF just to get Saladino into the line-up in LF. Doesn't make a whole lotta sense.

If the White Sox have/had more confidence in Avi/Shuck/Sands/Coats/Rollins than Hayes, then that should tell you something. Great job holding serve by Purke after getting tattooed around early. Finally, wonder how many kids in Chicago under age 15 are staying up until 11 p.m. to watch the ending to this one?

Wonder if the same package that got Frazier would have been good enough for Evan Longoria? He's having an excellent season again (quietly)...since nobody pays attention to Tampa Bay anymore.

Eric Surkamp is pitching tonight for the A's. 6.43 ERA so far, so he'd fit right in.

Seven doubles for the Tigers tonight. Purke reaching the end of his rope. Who does Ventura go to? Probably Ynoa. Not much of a choice. Unless Tim Anderson is putting on a show tonight, except for getting thrown out at home on Eaton's infield grounder.

The odds of a comeback aren't nearly so high, especially after losing Anderson at the plate and giving up yet more runs. Might as well see what Ynoa can do over 2-3 innings. We already know what Purke can and can't do. Probably going to end up surrendering 12-15 runs tonight by the end of this. This is going to be a 4 1/2 hour game....Tigers scoring in every inning so far. Wonder how many teams have scored every single inning in a game? It could happen tonight. All without the benefit of a HR.

I'm starting to think Carroll needs to be back in the starting rotation. At least he can eat innings, if nothing else.

Almost all of Gonzalez' pitches are within 5-6 MPH of each other. Except when he throws the occasional curve or change-up.

Why isn't YNOA or Purke in this game now? Is Ventura deliberately trying to get fired? Maybe he just wants to force the issue...

Great, we just walked a .147 hitter. VENTURA, please just get thrown out, take Avi Garcia with you and let's see if they can come back again without your "assistance."

Latos/Gonzalez/Johnson/Danks/Shields. LOTS OF bad pitching this year, except for Latos' first four. Gonzalez had a good stretch going until tonight.

Aviles again. Sox killer skipped yesterday's game hitting-wise, thankfully.

The metrics say that Jackson isn't quite as good as his reputation anymore, but he's 10X the outfielder Garcia ever was/is/will be.

Paging Tyler Danish.... Oops, gone. Do we still have Purke to throw out there?

57 pitches for 7 outs. Jesus.

Muscle memory. How many times did Beckham try to change his mechanics/hands over the last 5-6 years? It got to be just as much a mental as physical issue there at the end. If I'm the Reds, even though Bruce doesn't have a position, I'm holding out for more than Avi Garcia....and they'll get it from someone.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 14, 2016 -> 06:47 PM) Good news is the farm system sucks, so anyone they deal that's still in the minors isn't a huge blow Chris Carter still makes some degree of sense, more than Braun. But lots of teams could use an all or nothing hitter who won't cost much salary wise and won't require the surrendering of top prospects, either. Still not the LH solution, though.