Chicago White Sox

This team better come out and play some focused baseball tonight. Last night was a complete embarrassment and hopefully Ricky gave them a wake-up call afterwards.

I have no idea how accurate MILB Gameday is, but Adolfo just took four pitches that were barely balls for a walk. He really seems way more selective this year.

Luis Gonzalez with a nice rebound from the golden sombrero yesterday. So far he’s 2/3 on the night with a grand slam

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 17, 2018 -> 08:02 PM) Non earned. Basabe just homered Fathom, you have MILB.TV right? Is it normal that so many games aren’t televised?

QUOTE (KrankinSox @ Apr 17, 2018 -> 07:51 PM) Hitting prospects have been pretty quiet tonight with the exception of Rutherford's RBI double: Collins 0-1, K, BB Zavala 0-1, K, BB Basabe 0-3 Adolfo 0-3 Sheets 0-3 Yrizzari is 2-3 and Mercedez has a HR The W-S guys are sporting some ridiculous BABIPs so it’s only natural we see some regression to the mean. The good news is the K rates have been pretty solid for all of them.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 17, 2018 -> 07:43 PM) the average is nice but is this "untapped power" ever going to show up? Four doubles in nine games is improvement vs last year. And the kid is still a twig, more power will come as he fills out. It’s going to take time though.

Henzman with a rough start. Pulled after two innings & six runs.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 17, 2018 -> 04:38 PM) He's 8 for 41 which is .195. 10 RBI in 12 games is good. Five homers is good. However ... he had 3 of the homers and 5 of the RBI in one game. Yikes. 2 HRs and 5 RBI in the last 11 games. Remember I am not a statnik. I like the walks obviously and I still worship Davidson, but ... disappointment is creeping in because of my fan eyetest. I'm glad I'm not controlled by advanced stats. His first season he has 26 HRS and 68 RBI in 443 at bats. Before advanced stats that was rookie of the year contention, baby. His wRC+ is basically double what it was last year (165 vs. 83), but since you're not a "statnik" let's project his current traditional stats over 443 plate appearances so we can compare to last year. 2017 Actuals: 26 HR, 68 RBI, 19 BB, 165 SO 2018 Forecast: 43 HR, 85 RBI, 85 BB, 153 SO But I get it, that .190 batting average is real concerning compared to the robust .220 he posted last year. Certainly that .118 point differential in BABIP will not normalize over the course of the year.

QUOTE (ecupittfan @ Apr 17, 2018 -> 04:20 PM) Ill be at the winston salem game tonight vs the rangers affiliate Down East Wood Ducks. Got box seats. I will give an update late tonight. “How much wood would a wood duck chuck if a wood duck could chuck wood” - Jason Benetti (4/17/18)

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Apr 17, 2018 -> 03:28 PM) At least Leury is in center. Gonzalez is so boring. I'd much rather watch a fringy guy like Stephens or Guerrero out there every 5th day if this team is going to be terrible. Totally agree, but better for their development to have Gonzalez eat some innings for a coupe of months.

Lol Greg, only you could love Davidson after his horrible 2017 but be disappointed in him after a much improved start to 2018.

QUOTE (Scoots @ Apr 17, 2018 -> 02:10 PM) Is it though? Look at how much Davidson is walking and he's not hitting very well right now either. Davidson has a .169 BABIP. He’s had some bad luck including last night.

Has there been official word on the severity of Cordell’s injury?

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 17, 2018 -> 11:54 AM) Moncada's stock was way down compared to what it had been a few months before when the WSox got him. I know I follow KLaw closely to a fault, but he wasn't even a top 5 guy anymore for him. Boston clearly saw some things they were concerned about, which is why he was no longer untouchable. It's up to the WSox and Yoan to fix these holes now Ehh, Law may have been down on him, but the rest of the prospect community universally considered him a top 3 prospect and some still had him right at the top.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 17, 2018 -> 11:41 AM) Yeah this looks correct, though I'll say I'd be fine with Leury back in CF full time. I agree with this. Leury looked really good last year pre-injury. I think he deserves another full-time look.

QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ Apr 17, 2018 -> 10:55 AM) IMO if you're hitting around .240 you have to hit 40 bombs or you're not useful. You’ve really been saying some mind-boggling things lately. Moncada batted .230 last year and still put a wRC+ of 104 and would have been worth 3 to 4 WAR depending on his defense. Maybe not the ideal outcome, but certainly a useful player.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 17, 2018 -> 08:42 AM) With few exceptions, they are playing all around awful. The errors, baserunning gaffes, are occurring almost every game and by the boatload. It is one reason I want the Sox to draft Madrigal. Probably comparing him to Altuve is unfair, but little guys do flourish. He could be a RH Adam Eaton who can play middle infield. And on top of it, his baseball IQ is supposedly off the charts. It's one thing this team needs. Saladino is probably the highest baseball IQ on the roster. He hardly plays. I'd say Yolmer is probably next, and it's up in the air if he really is a regular player on a contender. Everyone else is iffy. I think its a big need. Maybe some of his baseball smarts could rub off on others. I agree with the first part. We’re just playing sloppy baseball and I blame Renteria for that. He made some comments about last night’s debacle and didn’t even seem too upset at the players. He’s got to be on top of these guys and hold them accountable for their f***ups. Can’t be a player’s coach all the time. As for your second point, we definitely need more baseball intelligence on our roster, but I don’t think you address that through the draft. Being fundamentally sound & focused at all times has to be engrained in the organization’s culture & development system and we’re not seeing that at moment. I think adding some veterans in the coming years will help to some extent. And I agree about Yolmer’s baseball IQ and am starting to believe he may be an everyday player. He’s probably been the most impressive player this year for us on the positional side. If he can maintain most of the power he’s flashed he has a chance an all-around good 3B.

QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ Apr 16, 2018 -> 11:51 PM) Also, wouldn't it be Sox luck to have nothing go right? This could be our payback from the baseball gods for winning that 05 series. Suddenly, everything goes wrong. Wasn’t the last decade our punishment?

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Apr 16, 2018 -> 11:40 PM) There's been nothing on Hansen (reminds me of the sox being super quiet on Rodon last year).. getting me a bit nervous there. They said he’s just started a throwing program and is effectively at the beginning of spring training.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 16, 2018 -> 11:22 PM) Vizquel will be the manager of the next White Sox playoff team... You’re really pushing this.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Apr 16, 2018 -> 11:20 PM) It's lack of focus. The athletic play doesn't give him time to do anything but react. The previous ground ball is a piece of cake. He took his eyes off the ball. Which is why Tim should be on the bench tomorrow. Ricky has to be tougher on these guys. The lack of concentration on that play could have theoretically cost us this game.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Apr 16, 2018 -> 11:12 PM) I fully expect us to take 2 out of 3 from Houston, because White Sox 100% what will happen.

Ok now this s*** is like Benny Hill. What a f***ing joke.

Oh boy this isn’t good.

Come on Avalin, get out of this jam!