Jose Abreu

Even Abreu's defense has improved throughout the year

anderson

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Sep 10, 2017 -> 03:48 PM) With the amount of talent expected in the '18 draft, I'll take a top three no problem. Making the right choice draft night is what really matters. Yup- given that there's no clear cut #1 or #2, it's not that big of a deal.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Sep 9, 2017 -> 11:26 PM) You're telling me about sample size when you listed his last 16 games. My limited sample size is bigger than yours . I'm in no way implying Devers is or will be better than Moncada just don't like the lucky schtik, You have more chances to get lucky when you at least put the ball in play . I hate evaluating players with less than a few full seasons like this because no matter which range you use for their stats (even if that range is every MLB PA), the sample size will be small and likely insignificant. I get it though- he has looked good overall but I still think he's due for more regression.

Didn't watch tonight, but I feel like he gets pulled late in games with some regularity now. I assumed it was just for rest purposes, but I trust ptatc's judgement

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Sep 9, 2017 -> 10:14 PM) So now he's only hitting .300 . That's a pretty good mean. An unsustainable, lucky .300 with limited sample size

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Sep 9, 2017 -> 08:53 AM) True but it's about more than the pitchers. Shields pitching against that Giant lineup has disaster written all over it. Especially if the fielding miscues continue. Not trying to be doom and gloom, just realistic. Yeah we both took a loss on that one

QUOTE (NCsoxfan @ Sep 9, 2017 -> 01:09 PM) I haven't seen one poster who has said Moncada is doomed, merely that there's concern. You guys are also conflating things. Yes "x type of players have had big slumps", but it can also be true that "x types of slumps are more correlated with hitters who end up struggling". They're obviously not mutually exclusive. You're right, but 19 ABs isn't a big enough sample size to be a slump, if that's what you're implying

A Garcia

Delmonico

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 9, 2017 -> 12:17 PM) What DL stints they have those years? Jones was injury-free those years, but Petricka had 1 DL stint and Putnam had 2 (1 in each year) over those spans.

QUOTE (NCsoxfan @ Sep 9, 2017 -> 12:04 PM) You can either think that very small sample size gives you no signal, or SOME signal (however small it may be). Heaven forbid I think it was slightly telling. It's possible to like a player, want them to succeed, and still be concerned. Nobody knows how this kid's career will unfold. It was 19 ABs for a kid who wasn't even MLB ready, and everybody knew it. There are so many 19 AB sample sizes where all-stars hit .000/.100/.000 or bad hitters hit .474/.524/.788. At the end of the day, those 19 ABs will be something like 2 tenths of a percentage point of his career.

QUOTE (NCsoxfan @ Sep 9, 2017 -> 11:14 AM) I am worried. I don't think he's a .180 hitter, but he might not be better than a .240 hitter with lots of walks. We were warned based on his cup of coffee last year with Boston. My god

QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Sep 9, 2017 -> 01:24 AM) He'll be better than Tim Anderson at the plate at a bare minimum. He's not this bad. Although Devers is looking like he would've been the best get like I originally thought. Devers has been horrible lately Edit- .197/.258 with a .487 OPS in his last 16 games. Regression to the mean.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 9, 2017 -> 09:00 AM) Petricka had 67 and 62 appearances in '14 and '15, Putnam had 49 each in back to back seasons. Jones is even a stretch at 65 and 70. Jones wasn't a top 10 usage pitcher in either year.... let alone Petricka and Putnam.. To be fair, they would've had more without their in-season DL stints

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Sep 8, 2017 -> 01:52 PM) I think tonight's game is the Sox best chance for a win and I'm not all that confident in this offense against Moore. Despite shark bait pitching Saturday, he's still opposed by James f***ing Shields, ugh. Sunday is Bumgarner, LMAO. Definitely potential or a sweep if the Sox don't put up some offense this weekend. Shields vs. Samardzija? They're practically the same pitcher*... give me a 7-6 SF win *before someone brings in stats, I just mean they're inning eating RHPs who get lit up

It was a good run for Delpo

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 8, 2017 -> 10:38 PM) Not worried, but I think they need to seriously consider dropping switch hitting. I've voiced this before, but I don't think having him bat as a LHH vs. LHP would yield better results. Especially when he used to be better as a RHH. I still have faith that he'll become adequate from the right side with more work.

QUOTE (Tony @ Sep 8, 2017 -> 11:24 PM) Yeah this quote sucks. Rodon's concern with the shoulder: "We’ll see. Still evaluating. I’ll definitely be back to pitch next year, no doubt about that." Via Merkin Why would he even say that given how supposedly minor this injury is? Something about that quote rubs me the wrong way. That's like me needing to sharpen my pencil during an exam and voluntarily assuring my professor that I will be able to complete it in time.

Don't tell Nats fans- they're already saying he's a bust and they won the trade because he allowed that HR. Seriously.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 8, 2017 -> 09:07 PM) Only one unearned that inning. Doesn't make any sense to me Gameday app says otherwise

I wonder what his line would've been with a regular strike zone.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Sep 8, 2017 -> 04:57 PM) You and I differ in our definitions of "Good" then. 1.37 peak WHIP with K totals below 7 don't qualify for me. He was our most reliable reliever over that span, even if he's not someone you'd want on a contending team. On a relative basis, I've always liked him because he's better than the other garbage we would throw out there

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Sep 8, 2017 -> 03:11 PM) Petricka's been in the majors for 5 years, and has yet to add a season that could be described as good. 2014, 2015

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 8, 2017 -> 01:41 PM) No, it's still projected to go right up the middle of Florida, we're talking shifts of 20-50 miles or so of the path of the eye. From everything I've read, the models this far out are pretty accurate, so there would have to be a massive failure in the multiple models in all the same way for it to shift that much. It's pretty much a lock, just wait for results from Broward county to come in and......oh my god. [sorry for the bad election joke] Lol, when you stared talking about the models being accurate, I was thinking of an election joke too