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QUOTE (ptatc @ Apr 21, 2015 -> 09:26 PM) They cannot start him and then have his innings limitin August. I agreed with the decision to put him in the pen before tonight. I did not foresee our totes awesome manager putting him in a pressure situation for his major league debut in a tight game. They literally threw the game to watch Rodon pitch. If that was the goal, they should've just started him. If the goal was to acclimate him to the bigs, he shouldn't have been inserted into a pressure situation like he was tonight. It's management 101, baseball or not...you put your people in positions to succeed.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Apr 21, 2015 -> 09:17 PM) He was a friday night pitcher in college, and is the #3 pick overall. I dont believe confidence will be his problem. Confidence in this organization. You don't think he's going to look back on his performance, as all athletes do, and not wonder why in the hell he was put in when he was? Pissed he's coming out of the pen?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 21, 2015 -> 09:15 PM) I feel like we just threw this game with no care just so Rodon could pitch. And if that was the plan, why not give him a start? Now you've wasted a QS from Noesi, shattered Rodon's confidence, and lost a game to a division foe. I just don't know what to think of this org.

They're just sitting dead red. This is some of the worst coaching for a debut I've ever seen.

Can we have a f***ing slider, please? Change? Jesus.

I barely know anything about Carlos but I do recall reading that his fb is what he has the most trouble locating. So why in the f*** is the dugout or Tyler calling nothing but fb's when he's struggling with the zone?

Bad situation to bring him in and nerves were obviously at play. I'm still excited to see him...he threw a couple of nice sliders

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Apr 21, 2015 -> 08:40 PM) Predictions everyone? I'll say walk to load the bases and then K strikeout to end the inning Pumped to see this kid finally on the bump in a regular season game

QUOTE (shysocks @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 03:39 PM) Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 1m1 minute ago Robin Ventura: "You think about (challenging) anyway if you get a maybe, yeah you think about doing it. I didn’t even get a maybe." What-****ing-ever. Who cares whose fault it was the most. It's just a rotten loss. I'm bummed, but mostly I'm still puzzled how the ump missed that. He was right on top of it. Leadership 101, pass the buck. Errr...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 03:32 PM) Is that a player publicly calling out his manager within an hour of the game ending? That's quite a look into the locker room mentality of this team, imo. Alexei has been around long enough to know what he was doing in that interview.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Apr 14, 2015 -> 08:35 PM) Working perfect for me tonight, and I'm watching on my PS4 in California. Thanks, bud. Hopefully it'll be fixed tomorrow.

Sorry if this is redundant but I really don't want to read the whole game thread....is anyone else having issues with MLB.tv? I've been on the phone with those jackasses for 90 minutes and their only solution was a factory restore on my PS4 even though it's not working on my laptop or iphone either.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Apr 6, 2015 -> 04:31 PM) but it did go by and johnson wasnt there to get it. And hit Alexei in the head with the throw? Alexei shouldn't have been over there.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Apr 6, 2015 -> 04:23 PM) Not to mention he loves... LOVES Ozzie. Said he wouldn't name names, but there was a series in Tampa when the same Sox players was drilled 3 times and the Sox never retaliated. Hawk said he went into the manager's office and asked if the Sox were going to do anything about it. The manager said he was "filing it".....Hawk and Steve then joked that that file must've gotten lost because no retaliation ever came.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 6, 2015 -> 04:21 PM) Could only be him or Guillen. I'm guessing Manuel. Yeah, you're right....Ray came about in 1998, same year Jerry was hired.

So who is Hawk talking about? Jerry Manuel?

This home plate umpire is brutal.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 6, 2015 -> 03:48 PM) Only 3 hits very disappointing. Apparently 5 hits is amazing.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 6, 2015 -> 02:52 PM) The slide was fine. The roll was not. They are supposed to do away with that. Agreed....I was responding to those b****ing about Shark throwing a strike to Perez.

For those not watching, that pitch to Perez was not a bad pitch......low and grazed the outside corner of the plate. Good piece of hitting.

I feel pretty confident about this season. With that said, even if we basically play .500 or a bit below, this will still be a fun season to watch. This is the first season in a while that I can remember not really having a whipping boy chosen on day 1....I mean we've got Gordo and Danks, but one is a bench player and the other a 4th starter, so they can't disappoint much. A lot of young guys we get to watch develop, one of the most dominating offensive players in the game, a pitcher coming up that has scouts drooling...the future is finally bright and if it doesn't happen this season, it's nice knowing that we're set up to succeed in future seasons.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Mar 31, 2015 -> 07:04 PM) Bernie Pleskoff raving about Rodon http://m.mlb.com/cws/video/topic/52577744/...e-sox/?c_id=cws Wow. My favorite part was when he included "other scouts" and then went on to sing the praises. If he does what he's capable of this season, we're looking at a potentially deep playoff run with our SP.

Over/Under/Over I think he's satisfied sacrificing power for average and just picking his spots to display the power.

92-70 and win the Central. Our starting pitching, especially when Rodon comes aboard, carries a slightly above average offense to a pretty good season.

I'm starting to feel bad for these guys on these amazingly club-friendly deals . While I understand what y'all are saying about seeing what Avi can do this season, I think now is the time to strike a deal with him. I think he's going to be a very impactful player and if he plays like I expect him to this season, it's going to be costly to pay him.