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QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 08:43 AM) It seems like Eaton will be our only "everyday" outfielder with Melky/Jackson/Garcia/Shuck/Sands sharing 2 OF spots and DH. Indeed. Seeing more and more teams move to this model.

QUOTE (VAfan @ Apr 13, 2016 -> 04:31 PM) As much as everyone wants to wail on Avisail, I think you have to take his slow start in context of how other players on the team are hitting. Garcia's OPS of .530 is actually AHEAD of Brett Lawrie .516 and Jimmy Rollins .505, and part time guys Navarro and Shuck, and he's not far behind Alex Avila. Only 2 hitters are excelling for the Sox -- Eaton and Abreu. EVERYONE ELSE is below where we would hope they will be on the season. The problem with Garcia isn't so much the slow start to the season as much as it is the slow start to his entire career.

Ump was legit bad.

Yeah, good riddance.

Guys we didn't f***ing DFA Trayce Thompson, we traded him for Todd Frazier. The fact that we needed a third baseman more than literally anything else and the price was Trayce Thompson does NOT mean that the White Sox think Trayce Thompson sucks.

None of these are solutions. The front office doubled down of the Garcia bet, now they have to see if it pays off. If it doesn't, hopefully it won't have dragged the team out of contention and they can expend resources to replace him in July.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Apr 11, 2016 -> 01:33 PM) The number being used ("over 3") is 3.57. 3.57 is definitely not 30% less than 4. You're also assuming that he never improves. (Since OP said he doesn't put up a season as good as 2014 Rollins even at full ceiling, and someone decided to make WAR the only stat being talked about) Ok, well it definitely is still 15% less. And you could remove that line and still have all the same arguments. I would agree with the sentiment of the poster that Saladino has shown us literally nothing to indicate that he has a 4WAR season in him somewhere. It's possible he reaches 4WAR in the same way that it's possible that literally any player reaches 4WAR, which is in the instance that players sometimes miraculously get a lot better. One partial season of defensive data (that takes about three full seasons to become reliably predictive) does nothing to change that. OP's point is correct: even acknowledging Rollins' age and decline, it's far more likely that Rollins bounces back to a level he's reached several times in the past than it is that Saladino reaches a height several times higher than has been indicated by anything he's ever done.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Apr 11, 2016 -> 12:28 PM) His WAR/162 was over 3 last year. In order to make a case for Saladino to be owed more PT literally five games into this season, you have taken 2/3 of a single season of defensive data from the less popular of two divergent WAR systems and extrapolated it to an entire season. And it STILL ends up 30% lower than the number quoted in the post you quoted. You're using numbers the way tobacco companies use numbers.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 8, 2016 -> 12:15 PM) Control thnx

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 8, 2016 -> 11:51 AM) Does that "delete" feature work only for a single game, or could it be used for a longer stretch of games, like 107 years worth? I think you just have to hold Shift and you can select multiple.

I heard they're going to delete the game.

Matt Thornton > Bobby Thigpen

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 7, 2016 -> 08:56 AM) Sounds like we should see Saladino at SS. It might also be a day to give Cabrera a day off and use Sands or Shuck. I'd like to see Melky get a stab at some bad pitching to get him rolling.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 4, 2016 -> 01:41 PM) Maybe you are different from me, but every time I couldn't watch a game and recorded it, no matter how well I planned, it never worked out. Same here -- very rarely turns into the intended experience, for one reason or another.

Dude is probably cooked but depth is never bad.

Very surprised they didn't choose the lefty.

QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Mar 31, 2016 -> 05:19 PM) God that phrase is so stupid and way overused on this site. How is trying to find a reasonably priced DH "hero worshiping"? If he hits like he did in 2014 he's still worth $6-8M/year on the open market easily, if not more. 1 bad year doesn't make the guy done forever. He does have an .848 OPS this spring and steamer has him projected at .281/.332/.441....it's no doubt a gamble, but if we could get him at below market value and implement a weight clause I don't see how it's such a crazy idea. I think we have to consider the fact that Boston has benched him in favor of an okay-hitting first baseman who may not even be able to field the position as evidence that Sandoval hasn't shown a lot of "bounceback promise," and there's no reason to believe a weight clause will work here when it hasn't worked anywhere else he's been.

I thought it seemed strange they'd cut him -- their staff is VERY shaky. Makes me wonder if something is wrong with him.

Honestly I don't think I want him at any price. He would just clog up DH for five years.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Mar 31, 2016 -> 06:56 AM) Loney has been a very consistently good average and OBP hitter vs. RHP, in his career. The last 3 years, in the A.L., in over 1000 at bats, he has averaged .300 with an OBP of .350 vs. RHP. Those numbers are right in line with his career stats. It is also worth noting that he does not strikes out very often, and He's a good defensive first baseman. Here are the AT BATS, AVERAGE and ON BASE PERCENTAGE STATS, for the last 3 years: 2013 395 .299 .352 2014 428 .304 .355 2015 277 .296 .341 He will turn 32 in May. The problem is that there is no place for him to play. If an injury happened to Abreu, or one of the outfielders, he would be a decent replacement at 1ST, or DH. However, barring that scenario, he would be on the bench, as an occasional late inning defensive replacement to spell Abreu. The team does not have an obvious need for a left handed pinch hitter, as no one is that bad against RHP. If we got Loney, it would be to play the exact same role LaRoche would have played -- splitting time at 1B/DH vs RHP. He be expected to get ~450 plate appearances. I don't think they'll get him because I think they want to save their money for something better, most likely down the line.

I don't know why it's hard to believe that Rollins is simply better than Saladino at this point. "But Eminor3rd, Rollins had a s*** season last year. Have you seen his 2015 numbers?" Yes, I have. Have you seen Saladino's 2015 numbers? They're substantially worse. I think Saladino has a little upside, and I think it's clear that Rollins is on the decline, but it's not uncommon at all for these types of veterans to bounce back to a significant extent after their career worst seasons -- and even Rollins' career-worst season was 19 points of wRC+ higher than the "exciting" Saladino rookie campaign that has everyone so sold on him. Rollins' strong Spring just adds confidence in a bounceback, and a Rollins bounceback clearly has more upside than a Saladino "breakout." Rollins is one year removed from a 4-win season. And if Rollins IS cooked, Saladino is still an option. There's just no reason to be anything but pleased that Rollins earned the job.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 30, 2016 -> 12:16 PM) What do you mean by this? Only actual starter not getting the day off. Just joking

What did Frazier do wrong?

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