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QUOTE (ptatc @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 05:22 PM) But anyone can close. There is nothing special about it. The bigger outs are usually earlier in the game anyway. It's not that hard to find an adequate closer unless you're looking in the wrong places. You just have to draft the right guys for the job. Look at the Royals, they have at least 3 guys who can close in that bullpen in Holland, Herrera, and Crow.

Dunn shouldn't be hitting 4th, even against right handers.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 04:47 PM) Defensive runs saved by all AL 2B with at least 2000 innings, since 2009 Just one slice of the pie, but noteworthy Gordon's got a career UZR of + 4.1 at 2B. Not great, but I truly believe he's gotten better in the past two years. If you look at the fan scouting reports, they had him very high last season at +10.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 04:36 PM) Many will peg this as a downgrade to our defense........but if we just look at 2B, what can we say about Kepp-for-Bacon? If I remember correctly, this offseason ..people were talking about Kepp being better at 2b than 3b(or saying 3b had a murky sample size) Keppinger's an alright 2B. Gordon's actually pretty damn good.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 8, 2013 -> 04:40 PM) Bernstein just said that Alexei was only "OK" defensively. Every time he talks about the Sox, the more I'm convinced he doesn't actually watch them play and just looks at their boxscores. Even in a down year last season, he was a +6 in UZR I believe. He's more than just OK. Bernstein probably hasn't looked at Alexei's FanGraphs page in a while.

I'll go to as many as I can before I move to Austin in late June.

QUOTE (Cali @ Apr 7, 2013 -> 11:58 PM) If you're from here and know any Surfers.... they're all clowns. It's the same type of personality. Good thing Ozzie is not around. Reed Jones and Flowers would all be in AAA or on other teams right now. Young honkies that they are haha I'm pretty sure Nick Swisher is an actual clown.

Yu's off to a bad start too.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Apr 7, 2013 -> 06:49 PM) Is it just me or do Addison Reed and Nick Swisher seem like they could be besties? (This did not deserve its own thread. Thanks, catchall!) Addison Reed looks like a southern California surfer dude. Nick Swisher is a clown. So, no.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 7, 2013 -> 06:54 PM) Strausburg, Verlander, and Price got whipped today. A lot of the big name pitchers didn't have the best of games. And honestly, Sale wasn't exactly sharp today either.

Nice homestand. Sale didn't have his best slider today, but he was still decent.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 6, 2013 -> 05:25 PM) He's an intense guy. I think the thread about him being traded, I put an interview in there. It's worth a listen. I found it fast: http://chicago.cbslocal.com/?podcast_url=h...mp;dcid=CBS.CHI His dad could hit a little. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/p...id=gillas001mar Probably blocked by Alan Wiggins and Tony Gwynn. So Mark Gillaspie played with Ozzie and Mark Parent back in 83. Surprised he didn't make it up to the Cubs in 85. He sure doesn't look very intense.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Apr 6, 2013 -> 01:41 PM) John Lackey making his first start after Tommy John surgery blew out his arm again. Ouch, the Red Sox sure made a bad signing when they picked him up for 80 million.

QUOTE (Andrew @ Apr 6, 2013 -> 02:10 AM) Nice work, Q! Working those Josie Vacation-Outfield lyrics couldn't be easy.....LOL. Anyways...2-3. Team can't hit. lawl

If Reed has that kind of slider all year, he's going to be unhittable.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 5, 2013 -> 10:58 PM) Mariners realized every pitch was going to be thrown inside to righties, and just started looking for it. Keppinger playing Gutierrez so far off the line was a huge play in the game. Oh well, shock the world Dylan. Gutierrez pulled one down the line the previous AB. What I didn't get was that play where Keppinger played Ryan up and then Quintana went and threw Ryan a freaking cutter inside so he can dink it over Kepp's head. That was horrible pitch calling.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 5, 2013 -> 10:57 PM) 2nd pitch looked like a pretty good pitch to hit. Something interesting with Flowers over the years is that he takes a ton of called 3rd strikes while at the same time swinging at a lot of 3rd strikes way out of the zone. Hopefully with more playing time, he'll show better plate discipline this year. That first pitch curve really threw him off. The dude's been awesome so far. Wilhelmsen threw great pitches against him.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 5, 2013 -> 10:54 PM) Offense looked good, and lost in the comeback is that Quintana off to a dreadful start this year as he's the biggest question mark by far on the roster, IMO. He wasn't bad until the 5th, but IDK what the f*** happened that inning. Everything he threw turned into a hit.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 5, 2013 -> 10:49 PM) Alexei? 9-8 in 10? I almost had it.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 5, 2013 -> 06:47 PM) Just for emphasis on how well the pitching staff did against the Royals . Royals scored 13 today on the Phillies. The Phillies bullpen sucks and Kyle Kendrick is bad.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 5, 2013 -> 06:28 PM) Hero? Alexei.

Sox win 9-8 in 10.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 4, 2013 -> 09:09 PM) Good win. I gots to give it up for Boozer. He's had a pretty damn good year (for him). With that said, I still want him gone ASAP. Unfortunately for the Booze, his TS% has been the worst of his career this year.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 4, 2013 -> 07:04 PM) Mariners better not load the bases this weekend. Sacks packed with seamen.

When will the coaching staff notice that Santiago is an awful reliever? Start him.