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http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/white-...ady-next-chance Rodon definitely doesn't seem in any way shaken or even slightly disturbed. Confidence, bordering on arrogance, but seems to be in a good way at the moment.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 06:44 AM) And they have 6 guys hitting over .300. It won't last, and tonight the slide shall begin. Caulfield will be in tears. That was you (and Hawk) when Gordon Beckham made a play only eclipsed by Juan Uribe and Derek Jeter in yesterday's ballgame. Maybe, just maybe...Manny Machado, Scott Rolen and Brooks Robinson, Michael Jack Schmidt.

QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 07:35 AM) i think 1,2-7 would be ideal. maybe not a #2. if this team continues to improve and the prospects keeps replacing the vets, i can see a good value of keeping anderson in those idea spots His walk rate is too low right now for 2...he'd have to be 7-9.

Records of White Sox head-to-head vs. KC 2010=10-8 2011=7-11 2012=6-12 One of the MAIN reasons they lost to DET, along with not beating the Tigers down the stretch 2013=9-10 2014=6-13 2015=0-3 Since 2010, 28-49 vs. KC, including 3-14 over their last 17 regular season games. (59-103 if they played 162 games) 2000's Twins-like. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?g...way&c_id=kc Yordano Ventura will be making his sixth start against the White Sox, the most he's made against any team. The fireballer is 2-2 with a 4.67 ERA against the White Sox. • Sale is 7-8 with a 2.68 ERA and a .265 opponents' average against the Royals over 24 career appearances, including 13 starts. He lost his last start against Kansas City on Sept. 17, 2014, at Kauffman Stadium. Sale has a 28-14 record with a 2.70 ERA at home. • Alexei Ramirez needs one homer to reach 100 for his career. He needs one double for 200.

THUR 7 pm Sale vs. Yordano Ventura FRI 7 pm Quintana vs. Danny Duffy SAT 1 pm Danks vs. Edinson Volquez SUN 1 pm Noesi vs. Jason Vargas http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...le19217355.html Lawrie torches Royals, Kauffman stadium fans in interesting diatribe while Ned Yost invokes 1st Amendment in defending Lawrie's rights to say whatever he wants as an American. “That was probably the worst series of baseball that I’ve ever played,” Lawrie said in Jane Lee’s story for MLB.com. “I don’t think you can even call it baseball, because it wasn’t. I’ve never been a part of anything like that in three days in my entire life. It wasn’t baseball. It didn’t feel like baseball. “And the way their fans approached everything, I hated it. The way their fans were antagonizing everything, you know, I got a first-pitch missed curveball up in my head and everyone leaps up in their seat like Bruce Buffer is about to come out. That’s not how we’re doing things. Lawrie insinuated the Royals lack veteran leaders. “A lot of other teams have noticed the way they’ve been playing,” he said. “It hasn’t just been our team they’ve been having trouble with, there’s been some other teams. This is some tired stuff that’s been going on, a lot of people around the league are watching the style of play that’s been going on.” Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...l#storylink=cpy http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...le19165827.html I’ve seen camera angles that make the Herrera pitch look lower than the shoulders and I’ve seen camera angles that make the pitch look higher. If Herrera wants to argue it was unintentional, gesturing at his head didn’t help his cause. But the other guys started it and Major League Baseball did not fine or suspend Lawrie for blowing up Escobar. If MLB fined or suspended Kazmir for throwing at Cain, that hasn’t come to my attention. If MLB found anything wrong with Jeff Samardzija hitting Cain on opening day, I haven’t heard about it. Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...l#storylink=cpy

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 22, 2015 -> 11:28 PM) How did Viciedo become relevant here? They dumped Viciedo...which has been validated by the fact that nobody has picked him up, as of yet (maybe he's waiting for the right opportunity/injury to crop up). At any rate, there's a HUGE question mark in the minds of many whether Avisail Garcia's capable of being a SOLID #5 spot hitter, especially in terms of power and his swing mechanics (more line drives/doubles than homers). Who's the best candidate to fill in that RH power gap if Garcia doesn't become the player he's expected to become? One is Davidson, the other is Courtney Hawkins...with Trayce Thompson having an outside chance because he would bring "plus" defense to another corner position, which is sorely lacking since Garcia and Melky are both below average fielders and Melky's getting older by the day. And I don't think anyone in the organization views Tim Anderson as anything besides a 1-2 or 7-8-9 guy at the big league level initially...at least not until he matures into his body and starts putting up more power numbers up on the board.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Apr 22, 2015 -> 09:40 PM) You should stick to the pale hose threads and talking about Kris Bryant and leave the "prospect alert" talks to the big boys. Been doing this a long time my friend. Wasn't talking about "cool" in terms of status or upside.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Apr 22, 2015 -> 09:32 PM) Rooting for Davidson myself. Also I hope Guerrero doesn't have the case of the YIPS similar to Lester. Had 2 errors today on pickoffs and I believe from the 4 errors he's had in his professional career, 3/4 have been from pickoff attempts. Yes, I've been watching this kid before it was cool. And it's still early, but it looks like Jaye has FINALLY figured out how to pitch to AA hitters. It's cool now, lol? Did whoever has adopted him for the prospect alert not do a good enough PR spin job, lol? I would think Adolfo, Montas, Hawkins, Anderson, Danish and Adams would be the "cool kids" of our system...with Davidson inching back into the picture, and maybe Trayce.

Nor DeAza as a punching bag. Hopefully, Geo Soto's a stabilizing presence there, as well.

Also, with Viciedo gone from the organization (still unsigned), there's actually a need for some RH pop in the line-up (assuming Melky Cabrera starts to hit for more pop as well). That's going to have to come from either Hawkins, Trayce Thompson or Matt Davidson.

Blessings abound. No "Sox Killer" Jeremy Guthrie in this series and Bruce Chen is presently hanging out with Greg, Bill Self and Ozzie at the Lawrence Applebee's and enjoying some chicken wings w/ honey mustard...

If the Cubs had all those outfield bleachers tickets available to sell, you can bet they'd be well ahead of last year's pace.

Let's not forget Alexei's pretty direct questioning of the decision not to review the Castellanos tag play... And perhaps they can figure out a way, while they're at it, to keep Jose Quintana from being in the bottom 10 in MLB WHIP.

LOL. Rick Hahn wouldn't have traded Reed for Davidson and pushed Jeff Keppinger out so quickly if they felt at the time that Conor would be the long-term solution at 3B.

If the Indians get swept, yes....I'll bet anyone they don't come back to make the playoffs. No problem. They've got the starting pitching, but are way short in the bullpen. Brantley seems like he's not 100% with the back issues, Kipnis hasn't been good since 2013 and that leaves Carlos Santana as their main offensive threat. With Gomes out, they're just not a scary team offensively....doesn't matter if they get Nick Swisher back or not. And Michael Bourn hasn't been able to translate his style of play to the AL, not unlike Juan Pierre with the Sox. They're paying him $16 million a year to be a non-entity.

We miss Guthrie (only a 20% chance of that happening) and Bruce Chen is gone, so that's worth at least one win right there. KC 3-3 vs. the Twins, 8-1 against the rest of MLB (other loss was to OAK)

Dykstra is getting enough attention to make the "hot sheet" at some non-BA publications. As far as Davidson, sure...if Gillaspie falls short the first 3 months of the season, you're probably going to see a change...if Davidson can demonstrate sustained success, meaning this month isn't just a blip or anomaly or random noise like a Jared Mitchell hot streak.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Apr 22, 2015 -> 06:14 PM) Motherf***er! Have the Yanks always had his number? He's on your fantasy team or you're trying to negotiate his long-term deal in free agency? The Yankees, on paper, could have a really nice offense...but they're going to need full-health seasons from A-Rod, Beltran, Tex, McCann, Ellsbury, Headley, Gardner, etc.

Nobody's going to pay attention to Cooper's surliness because it's his normal modus operandi. You have to drop 77 f-bombs like Price to get any attention these days. And I don't believe Don could survive the media scrutiny that goes with being a big league manager for more than 2-3 weeks (and those would be weeks the White Sox were playing fairly well and he wasn't being second-guessed).

The Indians announcer (radio, Tom Hamilton) was still going on about the "sterile" environment and how it's one of the most boring stadiums built during that time period. Hard to get away from the perception at this point...even with all the improvements, roof, greenery, etc. Even the way he said renovations or improvements, it was kind of tongue in cheek, like he wasn't that impressed. Well, it's hard to argue that Jacobs Field/Progressive isn't a much better stadium, and that's where he watches 81 games per year (with the dismal crowds notwithstanding.) And it's also hard to find a worse stadium from that late 80's to late 90's period of stadium construction. If so, what is it? Coors Field?

Hawkins, fwiw, is out OPSing Anderson by quite a bit...even though it feels like Anderson's been the one playing the best by far of the two up until this point. Early season, one or two good games can change the complexion quite quickly.

I'm sure they'll have a convenient "snow delay" to wipe out his start now... Except it seems like Warren and the Yankees are determined to give all those runs right back. SIGH.

Putnam warming? Kind of like a no confidence vote there from Ventura and Cooper.

Cle and Detroit this weekend is going to be huge for the Indians...possibly an elimination series. Great, whats the one thing u dont do in that situation? Walk someone. Cleto could do that. Beckham and Ramirez brought their gloves today, thats for sure.

Cant wait until we need to get out moustakas, hosmer, morales and gordon....with who tmrw? Sale shouldnt be trying to throw a CG in brutal weather. Micah trying to hit that pitch past Harrelson's long drive record in golf.