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with the SB, that likely means Abreu will bat this inning.

This is exactly what the bullpen needed. Who'da thunk it... a 29 year old making his major league debut. Such is the Sox '14 season! Go Sox!

that shot off of Price, crap that was hit hard. You could hear the reverb of the impact even in a crowded stadium.

How many pitchers has Cooper actually "fixed"?? Like... 2? The rest were guys who were already pretty good. I remember when the Sox traded for Edwin Jackson, the Sox were saying Cooper could tell he was tipping his pitches and knew how to fix him. He was good for a half season and went back to total suck. I hope Noesi can be at least decent. But the odds of that are nearly zero.

I feel bad (not really) for the Charlotte bullpen guys. Lastnight they had 2 guys throw 3 innings to mimic a starter. Who the hell else can the Sox sign off the scrap heap to eat innings for Charlotte?

I made this last year for the same type of thread..... still works today.

I hope that Gordon's agent has alerted him to the fate of being non-tendered in the offseason. That way, he'll be playing for a contract and hopefully actually hit well.

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Apr 22, 2014 -> 07:32 AM) From Espn.com's game preview http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?game...-detroit-tigers Verlander won five straight starts with a 1.88 ERA against the White Sox from July 26, 2011-Sept. 2, 2012, but he's taken the loss the last two times he's faced them. He gave up five runs and 12 hits in an 11-4 defeat July 9, then allowed seven runs -- three earned -- in six frames of a 7-4 loss July 25. Hope we can get to Verlander early. After a pretty up and down year last season, he looks "back" this season. I wouldn't expect much against him today.

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:39 PM) Leesman's YTD stats: http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?p...&pid=489056 THey need to bring a long man up with him. He walks waaay too many guys.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:39 PM) I can't f***ing believe Robin let him go 127 in a meaningless game. f***ing firable offfense. yeeeeaa.

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Apr 20, 2014 -> 05:41 PM) Charlie Haegar this

There's nothing wrong with having a really good, competitive AAA team. If you have a legit prospect or two down there, they'll get to experience a playoff push and pressure situations at a professional level.

IIRC, Loiaza came back in 2009 out of the bullpen and was topping out at 79 MPH

Man... the Charlotte Knights are going to be tough to beat this year.

Did anyone catch the PUIG vs PENCE PS4 The Show thing on IGN today? Couple things I noticed: - Hunter Pence is TERRIBLE at video games - The game looks identical to 2013 - The IGN host (Greg Miller) said he's from Chicago and dropped a couple "HE GAWN" on some Ks (sox fan??)

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 11, 2014 -> 01:28 PM) LHP Evan Crawford added to Winston-Salem. RHP Terance Marin, who got hammered in two outings this year, was released. Crawford was form the minor league phase of the rule-5, right? Isn't he in his late 20s?

Just my two cents here (and that's all its worth) but we do have two major pieces of the bullpen that experienced shortened spring training (Lindstrom and Belisario) as well as a major piece of the bullpen never really making it out of spring training (Jones). I'd imagine Belisario and Lindstrom should probably be hitting their strides soon and once Jones gets his ass in line (pun intended) I think we'll be ok. Bullpens are often highly volatile, its the rotation that has this fan worried. Can't have an effective pen if 40% of your rotation cant make it out of the 5th inning. Jus' sayin'

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 13, 2014 -> 10:04 PM) His father in law died at the end of spring training iirc He was murdered in front of his house IIRC.

Hahn is likely better off making a waiver claim for relief help. Our best bullpen arm was one. Once Javy Guerra is/proves he's ready, he will likely provide decent middle relief.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 11, 2014 -> 07:41 AM) Actually, Soxtalk unofficial rules dictate if a game is won, the thread starter keeps starting the new gamethread until the streak is broken. So, hopefully you start many more game threads "It's a bi-law!"

The White Sox could have signed Lastings Milledge.... BUT NOOOO.... this guy instead. *ANGERFACE*

Is Viciedo a defensive upgrade in RF?

Did you guys just catch that epic upskirt coming out of the commercial? Pervert's delight.

Where's De Aza?

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 9, 2014 -> 03:06 PM) Erik Johnson just hasn't looked good at all so far this year. Rienzo has been pitching well at AAA. I wonder how long Johnson's leash is? 3 starts? 4 starts?