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I agree that it will get better. This part of the process is like a pointillist painting - get too close, focus on the details of every game, and it looks like an unfixable mess. I would say that the only player in Charlotte of consequence is Kopech. Most of the "guys" are in W-S or on the DL.

Good thing you aren't Hostetler then.

Yeah basically the record means nothing. The sloppy play isn't good, but we can't know what steps are being taken to address this behind the scenes. The team will probably cycle through some peripheral guys (pen and bench depth) to try and keep fresh while the regulars struggle. My biggest concern right now is the effects of 4/5 of the rotation being unable to go more than 4 innings.

The problem with keeping Gio up at this point is that he is taxing the pen badly. You can only get so many innings out of the long relievers. If they insist on keeping him in the majors, maybe it would be better if he worked out of the bullpen this season.

Mostly agree, but it is hard to build chemistry when you're losing 10-0 every night.

Gio looked good in ST so its rational to expect improved performance. He's going to have to be optioned, I think, not only for his sake, but to preserve the rest of the pitching staff.

This dude, who has won every award and prize under the sun, getting peeved that a young player on a terrible team is trying to bring some excitement to the losing side of a drubbing, is a good example of what scholars call "bullsh*t".

I smoked some of that Astro shizz and now i'm surfing on a rocket! Just kidding! I came to watch baseball, not do drugs! Happy Friday ya'll

I hope we can all look back at the Oakland trip as the point when Yoan put it all together.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 17, 2018 -> 08:59 PM) These double plays are insane. We must lead MLB so far this year. I was curious so I checked - after that one, we have 14, which is tied for first with a lot of really bad teams that have played more games than us. So yeah, it's bad.

I am somewhat concerned that Yoan does not understand that pitches in the strike zone are strikes and will be called against him. He spends a lot of time admiring them, perhaps enjoying the arc in their motion, or the whizzing sound as it passes by, and very little time swinging at them.

ok checking out for the evening, but I just gotta say, the rebuild is doomed, optimism is for children and fools, we live in hell and you could wake up dead tomorrow. cheers!

He needs a day off for sure, he's either looking at strike three or swinging through center-cut fastballs.

Here's every Avi at bat: Pitch 1: Fastball taken for a strike Pitch 2: Slider out of the zone, swinging strike (add some amount of foul balls/draws) Pitch N: Ground out weakly to the left side

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Apr 12, 2018 -> 07:07 PM) For the record, I’d have Arenado higher on my wish list than Machado Your comment was in response to the Harper question, and you only commented on Harper. You could have said “Harper will be too expensive and I think the others will also be” Lol yeah, I could have said some totally extraneous stuff not related to the question, you're right.

Yurchak broke the curse, hopefully he can rebound. First inning for Kanny is a slaughter. 6 hits and 2 dongs.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Apr 12, 2018 -> 05:37 PM) And you don’t think Machado’s going to get a rich contract? Where did I say that? I don't think the Sox sign either of them, or Donaldson for that matter.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 12, 2018 -> 05:03 PM) Not sure why we are never linked to Harper. Probably has to do with our owner never dishing out rich contracts, combined with the general invisibility of the White Sox Schoenfield kind of sucks, and generally doesn't know anything about anything, so I wouldn't read much into this.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 11, 2018 -> 03:31 PM) So I'm gonna write this and hope someone can confirm: Rondon was released -Rondon could have then signed for a major league deal for any amount and years - When he signed for a minor league deal, he was then constrained by service time when he was brought up, so the sox still have his rights for 3 years Is this correct? Or could he have only signed for this type of deal? I believe he was DFA'd, but otherwise, I believe that is correct. The Sox control the rest of his arb years.

Good: BASABE! Micker is looking p good early. He's still not walking, but the K's are in check McClure decent in his second outing Jose Rondon might be sort of interesting I guess Bad: Rutherford 0-4 3K's Each affiliate struck out at least 10 times :s Ugly: Ryan Cordell...woof Yurchak still 0-fer the season

This team is not nearly as bad as is being presented. Team wRC+ is 128 (league avg is 100) and we're in the top five in OBP and HR. The starting pitching is terrible, but also young with upside. They will still probably win ~70 games and have almost no money committed beyond this year. Stop being such babies.

Patrick Leonard, who is still 25, is having a nice early season, but it's hard to shake the idea that he's little more than depth. Between Palka, Skole, Leonard and Gillaspie, Charlotte is just brimming with fringy 1B/DH types.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 10, 2018 -> 07:54 PM) What's the scouting report on Skole...in terms of positional versatility? 1B/DH/LF? Can he play RF or potentially 3rd? Did anyone watch him carefully this spring? I know he's 28 and probably AAAA material. He seems constrained to the IF corners. Danish with a weird line: 2IP 0H 0R 0BB 0K

Sheets hitting is nice Him having like, one XBH is less encouraging

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?s...mp;ymd=20180410 House, Lambert, McClure.