flavum

QUOTE (flavum @ May 8, 2011 -> 12:30 PM) I like the 6-man rotation for the rest of the month. They only have this coming Thursday off, and supposedly pitchers do better on 5 days rest, so why not? Buehrle- Sea, Oak, LA, Tor Jackson- LAA, Tex, LA, Tor Danks- LAA, Tex, Tex, Tor Peavy- LAA, Cle, Tex, Bos Humber- Oak, Cle, Tex, Bos Floyd- Oak, LA, Tor, Bos Then they can figure out what they want to do. Chances are the person to take out of the rotation will answer itself by then. I'll quote myself, because this is what the Sox are going to do, according to Mark Gonzales. They will go with a 6-man through June 1. So....I rule.

Thompson 2-4, HR Mitchell 1-3, no Ks Heidenreich-7 inn, 2 runs

Viciedo walks. Balta, I think you're the key to his success.

Danks 2-3, HR Making strides?

Charlotte- Viciedo 3-3, HR http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...chraaa_colaaa_1 Birmingham- http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...cmcaax_biraax_1 Winston-Salem http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...potafa_wswafa_1 Kannapolis- http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...lexafx_kanafx_1

Promise me something... When the Sox win tonight, don't say "we won another series". Say "We won our 4th in a row, and tomorrow we're winning our 5th in a row".

Mitchell struck out for the 8th straight AB, and then popped up to the SS.

Looks like this pitcher for the Indians AAA team is pretty good. Wonderful.

Guess what Mitchell did in his first AB? I think that's 7 straight.

Charlotte http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...chraaa_colaaa_1 Birmingham http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/gameday...cmcaax_biraax_1 Winston-Salem http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...potafa_wswafa_1 Kannapolis http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...lexafx_kanafx_1

I'll give Thompson more of a pass. He's 19, and still learning. The key for him is to improve as the season goes on. Mitchell...I'm afraid this another football player bust.

Shouldn't first round college players be better than low-A quality to begin with? I just think he's not good.

I'm going to stick with my mantra--"Winning series only matters in October", but hopefully this is the start of a 16-4 run, or something like that. We need wins, and a lot of them, now.

Hosmer is going to be a beast. I'm jealous. So how's that 2012 draft looking?

Nobody should pencil Mitchell into a 2013 or 2014 Sox lineup. He's not good.

Charlotte http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...chraaa_tolaaa_1 Birmingham off Winston-Salem http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...lynafa_wswafa_1 Kannapolis http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...capafx_kanafx_1

I like the 6-man rotation for the rest of the month. They only have this coming Thursday off, and supposedly pitchers do better on 5 days rest, so why not? Buehrle- Sea, Oak, LA, Tor Jackson- LAA, Tex, LA, Tor Danks- LAA, Tex, Tex, Tor Peavy- LAA, Cle, Tex, Bos Humber- Oak, Cle, Tex, Bos Floyd- Oak, LA, Tor, Bos Then they can figure out what they want to do. Chances are the person to take out of the rotation will answer itself by then.

Cardinals want Buehrle? When Peavy comes back you can rule out Humber, Floyd, and Danks coming out of the rotation.

Ethier streak ends at 30.

3-4, 4.47 ERA 7 shutout innings tonight.

Mr. Furbush is having his way with Viciedo. 3 K's

Viciedo 2 k's so far against the lefty.

Charlotte--Viciedo at DH http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...chraaa_tolaaa_1 Starter for Toledo is named Furbush. By Cracky. Birmingham http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...biraax_jacaax_1 Winston-Salem http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...lynafa_wswafa_1 Kannapolis http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...capafx_kanafx_1

The Sale thing really bugs me. If everything was going well now--team playing well, Sale pitching ok, and Thornton closing, then I could get behind Sale being in the bullpen. With everything going wrong, Sale really needs to be sent down now and get him 20 starts in the minors this year.

If Sale is truly in the rotation plans for 2012, he should be in the minors now, you know, starting.