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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 7, 2015 -> 03:06 PM) Kansas City Royals ‏@Royals 45m45 minutes ago #Royals Kelvin Herrera's appeal has been heard, and his suspension has been reduced to 6 games. He will begin serving the suspension today Herrera has been struggling a bit and Holland's back soon, so not a huge deal. http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/batting/_/sort/WARBR/order/true Lorenzo Cain leading MLB in WAR. Dee Gordon, Vogt and Joc Pederson also off to amazing/surprising starts. As for CLE, Kluber getting beaten up for the 7th time in 7 starts this season....one year wonder? Indians, mirroring the Sox, already have 2 errors in the game.

No comeback today....instead 4/4 in K's for Soria, who has really righted the ship for the back end of the Tigers' bullpen. Also didn't give Abreu a chance in the 8th with a lesser reliever.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ May 7, 2015 -> 02:58 PM) Sox can hit Soria, make it interesting. Freak Detroit out some more. Detroit usually has that 6th sense when they need to step on the gas. Like after they lost the first two of four to KC and then Price/Sanchez absolutely shut the door. After they didn't score with the bases loaded, the Tigers pretty much knew they had this game...especially after Ventura mistakenly walked JD Martinez and gave them another gift. Plus, in some ways, DET has been very fortunate they didn't have to remove Nathan for "cause" (but injury instead)....when Soria's clearly been better. That situation resolved itself well, plus they have Rondon who will come back at some point from injuries.

QUOTE (Condor13 @ May 7, 2015 -> 02:54 PM) Micah needs to hit in the 2 hole and move everyone else down a spot. I think this will help the Sox some bc if Micah get on at least Eaton won't be able to f*** it up some how. Plus Micah can bunt better then Melky can and will just shake thing up. Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Except you're getting Abreu less at-bats then. The main problem is (this year's) Eaton should be hitting last or 8th, not 1st.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 7, 2015 -> 02:50 PM) Tip that cap Hawk you do it every soft tosser that faces the Sox last 15 years. Specifically soft-tossing lefties, unknown/journeymen types with no advance scouting report, Chen/Guthrie, and rookies. Longest outing of Lobstein's career. Of course. White Sox had their chance with the bases loaded, no outs and a 1-1 tie. The last 2-3 seasons when they fail to score a run there (in that situation), it's almost an automatic loss and shoulders shrugging time. Glad I was sleeping then or I would have taken my air conditioning remote control and threw it off the wall (only to realize later how futile a gesture that would have been.)

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ May 7, 2015 -> 02:48 PM) Agreed. What the f*** is Ventura managing a team that cannot afford an incompetent manager? The real problem is that the margin of error to be competitive for the playoffs was razor thin. When you put yourself at a competitive disadvantage right off the bat, needing that guy who can actually make a difference in 2-3 games per year in the standings...we're doing pretty much the opposite.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/splits/_/id/...victor-martinez FWIW, there's almost zero split differential for Victor Martinez the last 3 years, LHP/RHP.

QUOTE (Real @ May 7, 2015 -> 02:44 PM) laroche has to go hes just so f***ing terrible lmao. edit. that was eaton. Unfortunately, we're stuck with BOTH Eaton and LaRoche for awhile. Soria coming in now...not going to mess around in the 8th this time, Ausmus with the "must win this game" decision.

Nick Castellanos is slightly better against LHP, although no great shakes against either this season. http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/splits/_/id/31065/jd-martinez JD Martinez has a pronounced split differential against lefties. 94 OPS points lower this year. The biggest problem is ignoring the 20 k's in his last 30 plate appearances. It's like they thought he was the same hitter the White Sox faced earlier in the season, when he was one of the top 20-30 hitters in the game.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ May 7, 2015 -> 02:35 PM) Ventura's managing is indefensible You know things are pretty bad when the "Lil' Bulldog" is frustrated with the current state of affairs. Beat the Royals two times...no momentum, same with this series. Just can't seem to get anything going without self-sabotaging it.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 7, 2015 -> 02:33 PM) Do the White Sox have an advanced scouting crew? Castellanos is in a huge f***ing slump wtf are they doing. The margin for error is quickly eroding with this season and these sorts of things are just giving games away on a weekly basis. Frustrating man. JD MARTINEZ HAD STRUCK OUT 20 times in his last 30 plate appearances before that at-bat. The bigger question is why they even walked him.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ May 7, 2015 -> 02:29 PM) From a bullpen standpoint this inning has been managed terribly. Also no reason to throw to third on the fly ball and allow the guy on first to move up. If the throw was actually accurate, the runner would have been out. That said, he hasn't thrown the ball well (or intelligently) all season. His defense/offense/baserunning have all been equally bad.

Thanks Ventura, great move there. You face Castellanos (who's equally competent against RHP and LHP, basically). Tigers announcers just AMAZED ("it's crazy, really" is the direct quote) that Ventura walked a guy who'd just struck out 20/30 times. Said he was feeling for the ball when he flew out and it wasn't a typical swing like when he's going well...hasn't hit one single ball hard for over a week, literally.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 7, 2015 -> 02:28 PM) You don't save other arms in a 1 run game Apparently we're not all that interested in sweeping the Tigers.

Seriously, does anyone in the White Sox dugout realize that JD Martinez is slumping? Also, JD Martinez basically went to the Tigers over the White Sox because of the relationship with the Avila family....even though he was more likely to be in the minors to start off if you looked at roster construction in March. White Sox really were interested but lost once again to DET (see Miggy Cabrera, Torii Hunter, etc.) 2nd place again to them.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 7, 2015 -> 02:23 PM) well...tough to sweep anybody, especially a team many think is the best in the league That and the White Sox just lack the nature of stepping on the neck of their opponent when they've got an opportunity to sweep. Giving up that run right off the bat in the 1st inning, of course, didn't help matters....along with the offense flailing away against an average or below-average starter. GREAT JOB, Eaton. SIGH. Good throw and he's out, but high and wide. They're going to keep forcing the issue on Eaton until his arm shows any degree of accuracy or consistency. Really, an intentional walk against someone who's in a terrible slump in JD Martinez? (20 strikeouts in his last 30 at-bats....worse than Adam Dunn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) UH-OH.

Last time the White Sox picked the "local" kid, it was Kris Honel. That one didn't turn out so well...injuries.

White Sox: 10-14, 5 1/2 games back in the AL Central Freak-Out Factor: 9, or one for every 0-fer from Adam Eaton this season This club scored two runs or fewer in half of its first 22 games. All three of their supposed lynchpins in the rotation -- Chris Sale, Jeff Samardzija and Jose Quintana -- have turned in at least one certifiable, Grade-A clunker. You and I have gotten on base only slightly less frequently than leadoff man Eaton. And April wasn't even over before manager Robin Ventura received the first public vote of confidence from general manager Rick Hahn, so that news-cycle requirement has already been addressed. The White Sox, basically, have been a mess, and the struggles of the stars only make the holes at catcher, second base, third base and the back-end of the rotation more apparent. At some point, perhaps soon, Carlos Rodon is bound to supplant either John Danks or Hector Noesi in that rotation, but the 22-year-old rookie lefty is probably the only real desperation lever Ventura has to pull here, and obviously Rodon can't spark the lineup. As is the case with the Indians, I'll raise the panic meter here slightly because of the division depth. The other factor that must be considered here is the Trade Deadline and Samardzija's looming free agency, which might impact Hahn's patience level if the Sox are merely hovering midseason and not actually making an earnest rise up the standings. It's a lot to ask of a club to go from 89 losses one year to October the next, and, with their slow start, the Sox have doubled down on the difficulty. http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/12275...95269-658620023

Where did the offense go this game? Heard they had bases loaded, no outs, Ramirez hit into a DP and then Beckham was retired. The first inning had the usual sloppiness with a wild pitch and then Quintana couldn't field the throw from Flowers when Cabrera should have been out at home.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 7, 2015 -> 07:57 AM) What is an EB extension? I'm guessing Emilio Bonifacio.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ May 7, 2015 -> 03:08 AM) Dave Cameron said in his chat that the Astros have an interest in Shark. I think unless the Sox are getting Correa, which is never going to happen, I think that Houston is a bad trade partner for the Sox. Maybe not. Preston Tucker, Colin Moran and Domingo Santana would be interesting. Appel and Correa aren't going anywhere.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ May 6, 2015 -> 10:19 PM) I can't stop watching the video for Yonathan Sierra Estiwal. He's 6'3 205lbs, he's 16 so he's probably not done growing, if he grew another two inches I wouldn't be surprised. Plus his swing is fantastic. My favorite phases in the scouting report by MLB were... 'improving hit tool', 'ability to drive the ball to the opposite field'. I'm jealous that the Cubs are attached to him. He should be good. That's the first time I've seen Jonathan spelled "Yonathan." Cool name.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ May 6, 2015 -> 09:29 PM) Exactly how long a list is that really? And if you consider how many castoffs were fixed for more than a year, the list gets really short. You're probably right, but this is an organization that has long preferred (as long as KW is in charge) utility level talent and declining veterans to young players with less than exemplary credentials. And that's been true even in lost years. Loiaza, Marte, Thornton, Politte, Cotts (2005, when it was clear he wasn't going to be a starter), Jose Contreras, Phil Humber, Gavin Floyd and Danks until their injuries (especially 2008-2010/11), Noesi last year, Nate Jones, Petricka, Hector Santiago (we can debate that one....Cooper loved him originally and then soured), David Putnam, Sergio Santos, Bobby Jenks, Jose Quintana....

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 6, 2015 -> 10:00 PM) Maybe you should run all game next time. Robertson let up 2 hits but Avi hit Alexei with the cutoff while a runner was going to 3rd and Alexei was able to throw out the guy rounding 1st base. Then a grounder to Micah to end the game It was McCann, the catcher. And the .350ish hitting Iglesias would have come up with runners on 1st and 3rd, only one out...probably would have scored the first run of the season (off Robertson) unless they got him to hit into a double play ball to the middle of the diamond. Big break finally went our way again.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 6, 2015 -> 08:38 PM) Sox will win this game. Bonus points for enduring optimism!