Feeky Magee

Detroit announcers still talking about Abreu's homer. Saying that if was in a couple of months it'd be a lot further out.

Our right-field defence this season has been great to watch

JOSE JOSE JOSE "Wow... that guy's a beast" - Detroit announcers

EAT S*** MOYES WOOOOOOOOO!!

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 11:00 PM) From Red Sox prospect site re: Rodon Scouting Report: Excellent defensive shortstop with a projectable body. Also capable of playing second base more than adequately. Offense is far behind his defense. Decent bat speed. Has shown flashes of gap power in batting practice, but hasn't made consistent contact or shown much in game power at lower levels. Utility player ceiling. The Rodon/Rondon bug rebounds off NC State's Carlos and strikes Cleuluis in reverse.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 10:30 PM) He is something else on the field. I would very rarely advise someone to watch amateur Youtube videos of minor leaguers fielding but Rondon is worth it. Not much better than a Venezuelan shortstop doing his thing

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:42 PM) Do you want a mulligan on this comment? He's been horrible. But we did win the game so I'm very very happy and give him credit for the save. Horrible this season or for the White Sox or for his career?

Fingers crossed it's just the organisation being ultra-conservative, knowing how important he is to the future of the team, and knowing the unlikelihood of competing this year.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:58 PM) What's the better stat, FIP or xFIP? I prefer xFIP. It corrects guys getting lucky with HR/FB percentage. Although it's not perfect because some guys can sustain relatively low HR/FB. But it is more predictive long-term than FIP. The best of all is SIERA I think, not only is it a bit more predictive than xFIP, but it tells us more about the complexity of pitching. It doesn't ignore balls in play, but does attempt to correct them.

Edward Pitts knows what to do guys https://twitter.com/ehp313

By the way, the edited title needs an edit. Unless Chris spilled some salsa on his flexor.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:36 PM) The wrist flexor muscles sit on top of the UCL. You can strain them two different ways while pitching (insert wrist flexion while on the computer joke here). One is to over exert the wrist flexion or pronation or turning the hand palm down. This usually comes from fatigue. The other is when there is stress on the elbow in a valgus motion during the throwing motion. This is when the humerus leads the forearm too much and you can injure the UCL or strain the muscles which are trying to help the UCL hold the medial side of the elbow together. They hope that the muscle strain is not from the UCL loosening and the muscles need to do the work. Ideally it's an isolated strain and it's 2-3 week rehab. Thanks. So theoretically it could well be down to throwing a lot of pitches?

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:23 PM) <!--quoteo(post=2961894:date=Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:17 PM:name=Feeky Magee)-->QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:17 PM) <!--quotec-->It's cool that we have a new Matt The Bullpen Guy Who Everyone Abuses Constantly Despite His Statistical Decency so soon after Thornton left. What numbers are you looking at that makes him look decent? He's blown 3 saves, his WHIP sucks, and his K rate is terrible. Well, I was more talking about his last few years, but if we're talking about the year, he's not been great, but he's not been awful either. Hasn't walked many. Very low sample-size to be reading too much into. Plus he's coming off an injury. QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:22 PM) Forgive me, what's FIP? Fielding independent pitching. It attempts to show what an ERA should look like over a period of time. Accounts for guys with artificially low/high ERAs because of bad/good luck that they don't control. It's a better predictor of future performance than ERA. Fangraphs uses it over ERA to calculate pitcher WAR. QUOTE (scs787 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:20 PM) Matty Ice era down to 3.00. His FIP (Whatever that it, I just wanna feel cool) is 3.08....Much lower than Daniel Webbs 4.48. It was actually 3.08 before tonight. Now 3.41.

Aren't flexor muscle strains typically from overuse? My brain is telling me so but I'm not sure where I'm actually getting that information from.

Dan Hayes ‏@DanHayesCSN 41s Chris Sale is going on the disabled list. #WhiteSox Welp

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:17 PM) Dan Hayes ‏@DanHayesCSN 31s Stay tuned for Chris Sale news. *starts looking around for a goat to sacrifice*

It's cool that we have a new Matt The Bullpen Guy Who Everyone Abuses Constantly Despite His Statistical Decency so soon after Thornton left.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:08 PM) Holy f*** you suck Lindstrom. QUOTE (Baron @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:08 PM) God damn Lindstrom sucks QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:11 PM) F Lindstrom Cool your jets boys. Matty Ice.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 08:58 PM) Refresh my memory, how did Lindstrom get a blow save in Boston? His line reads 2 innings, 1 hit, no runs, no walks. We decided to put Cleto on to start the 9th and he walked two guys

Great job by Belisario keeping Cleto out of the game.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 08:18 PM) That will raise ADA's poor OBP. Was gonna be a walk anyway

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 08:15 PM) Did he? He had stopped and then went after the ball was thrown away. McEwing gave the send sign originally, Tank stopped, someone else said they thought McEwing held him up after initially giving the send sign, I didn't see it though.

As I understand and from what I've seen, you get one challenge, and keep the challenge if you win it. After the 6th inning, there's no official managerial challenges, but they have tended to go to a replay anyway if the manager comes out and wants one, and it's not 100% clear.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 08:09 PM) He sent him, then held him up, then sent him when the throw went wide. I'm on about the original send. Did McEwing hold him up then? I thought Tank decided to stop himself.

Safe. By the way, why the hell was McEwing sending Tank? Would have been out by a mile with a throw on-line.