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QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 03:22 PM) If stats say he has a good arm, it's even more evidence those are garbage stats. The eye test says he throws like a girl. Yeah that's the worst argument ever.

Please do something positive Semien.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 03:18 PM) Assists don't equal good arm. It simply means more teams are willing to run on you. Soriano throws like a girl. UZR and DRS don't agree with that, especially not at the beginning of his career. I don't know where you get the idea that Soriano can't throw. You can say he has awful range or doesn't know how to play the outfield (he looks so lost sometimes), but I don't think you can say he can't throw.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 03:11 PM) Don't they both throw like girls? Only Gardner. Like I said, Soriano's arm basically made him an acceptable left fielder when he first started playing the position.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 03:12 PM) Soriano is your example the arm? I'd take Jermaine Dye over Soriano every day. Soriano has/had one of the best arms in baseball. He's regularly tops in OFers in assists (He's #4 among active players right now). UZR and DRS also liked his arm (especially when he first started playing the OF).

Quintana almost got speared by that broken bat. Nice outing though.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 03:06 PM) In RF?? No way, disagree. Range is more important than the fielder's arm in every outfield position. I'd rather have 3 Brett Gardners than 3 Alfonso Sorianos in my outfield.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 03:05 PM) The first 3 games havent "proven" anything to me other than we look like we have more energy and confidence. Baseball is not a sprint. Garcia's never been known for his range, this really isn't anything new.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 03:03 PM) Who said it was unique? I asked if it was your opinion for clarification. I prefer him in right because of his arm, I like a strong arm throwing home from RF. Range is a hell of a lot more important than arm. As you can see in this game today.

Go yard again Alejandro.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 02:55 PM) No it's not. It's not a law or anything, but teams tend to stick their worst outfielder in LF. I don't know if there's any real evidence to backup that LF is somehow the easiest outfield position, but from the very small sample size of data we do have on Garcia, he's atrocious in RF and CF, but not awful in LF in his VERY limited time. AND ADAM DUNN!

Yeah, he shouldn't be hitting second.

Good to see Eaton hit something other than a ground ball.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 02:52 PM) So you have the opinion the worst fielder in the OF plays in left? That's usually the case.

Avisail will probably end up being a LFer.

Bad Luck Jose should be made into a meme.

Damn it.

Mauer finally got a hit.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 02:36 PM) Leury needs to bunt more. He just can't hit. I hate bunts. But yeah Leury should be bunting at least once every at bat.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 02:35 PM) That is 2/7 You could have told me he's 0-7 with 7 Ks and I'd totally believe you.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 02:35 PM) Flowers should have gotten rung up and somehow got a hit again. CB Bucknor's strike zone is pretty bad.

It's hard to believe that Flowers is actually hitting .286.

Alexei belongs in the 2 spot.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 02:25 PM) Sometimes I wonder why there aren't more dugout fights. I would have lit my teammates up if I was Q. That's a great way to burn bridges 2 games into the year. I'd be pissed, but I wouldn't make a huge deal out of it.

Quintana's absolutely nasty today. It's a shame Flowers and the defense cost him a shot at going deep in this game.