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Hey guys, pitchers give up doubles to Miguel Cabrera sometimes.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 11:39 AM) Thus destroying whatever trade value that he has Whose trade value is being destroyed in that scenario, Danks? There's nothing there to remove.

I hope Bryant strikes out 5 times, 10 games in a row, just so Scott Boras looks stupid.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 11:04 AM) However you want to move the pieces around, you only have 8 right/switch hitters, and that's only if you play both Soto and Flowers. Assuming that doesn't happen, you have to start at least two lefty batters. Eaton is a given, but if you want to bench LaRoche, then you are starting Gillaspie, Johnson or Shuck, so I'm not sure what you gain by insisting that LaRoche sit vs LHP. 8 Eaton 7 Melky 3 Abreu D Avi 6 Alexei 5 Beckham 4 Sanchez 9 Bonifacio In my world Sanchez is with the White Sox (and the first part of the season hasn't done much to dissuade me) but he has some grisly numbers against lefties in his MiLB career too. But he wouldn't be here for his bat anyway. What you'd gain is a better look defensively, one you don't have with Avi in right and Bonifacio at 2nd. I want to clarify again that I'm not suggesting ALR is an automatic sit against lefties but his career numbers against them no longer seem important. If only we still had Viciedo.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 10:44 AM) People are posting about having both catchers in the line up. Apparently they have forgotten what they have posted about these catchers in the gamethreads. Soxtalk is a collection of different people, not one gigantic dumb opinion-spewer that's constantly contradicting itself as this post alludes. QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 10:51 AM) LaRoche has a career .715 OPS vs LHP and Flowers has a career .662 OPS vs LHP. There might be specific lefty pitchers that have given LaRoche problems where it might make sense to sit him, but let's not even get close to the suggestion that LaRoche needs to be sitting regularly vs LHP. I agree that LaRoche's struggles against lefties are a little overblown, but his splits have widened in the last couple of years and there are reasons to believe that maybe he isn't as capable against them as he used to be. I think DHing Avi is the answer.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 10:21 AM) I shamelessly want to see Rodon in the rotation asap b/c I believe he gives the Sox a better chance to win and be a potential playoff team. I dont know that it has ever been done before, but why not have Danks and Noesi split the 5th start every week? It still seems as though the team doesnt want to use Danks in long relief, but Noesi might be a slightly better option in the 5th spot, so why not just have them combine to go 4-5 innings each 5th day? Might be able to save the bullpen a little and still get max value out of them. I've seen this type of thing batted around before, probably on Fangraphs, specifically in relation to mitigating the 3rd time through the order penalty for pitchers. It's not a terrible idea but I'm sure people will come up with reasons it wouldn't work that I haven't thought of.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 09:13 AM) Ventura would be crucified at 35th and Shields if he did this and an injury happened. QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 09:08 AM) Not really. Then the DH just moves to catcher and your pitcher has to hit the rest of the game. Not really that big of a deal for one game in the rare instance that the starting catcher would get hurt. Everything said above is true.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 08:52 AM) White Sox lineup today at Tigers. Beckham, Soto and Bonifacio in today. http://t.co/XdCPcu15Ek https://twitter.com/ChiTribKane/status/589063183920304130 A little surprised at Soto but I guess he's straight up Shark's personal catcher?

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Apr 16, 2015 -> 05:29 PM) I like your optimism but we don't have the pitching to do that. I could see 2 of 3. Aren't we lining up Shark, Sale, and Q in this series? If we were ever gonna have the pitching to sweep them, that's how it would go. I'm more worried about the offense. David Price has a chance at a Maddux the way this team is hitting.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 16, 2015 -> 12:17 PM) After 3 batters, the Royals have scored 2 runs against Cy Milone Kennys Vargas just homered off of Jason Vargas to tie it at 2. It's a Vargasm.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 15, 2015 -> 03:00 PM) Is DeAza still excelling with the O's? Why do players do so well when they LEAVE Chicago?? Rios had eight RBIs when he got hurt the other day, etc. Eaton needs to get his head out or he'll lose his leadoff spot. He isn't hitting. You asked that question like two days ago and it was answered.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 15, 2015 -> 02:53 PM) Not that much. He deserved the strikeout with that effort. But it is comforting to know he would have reached base if Robin didn't put the bunt on. Plenty, and so what? Why do you care so much how Soxtalk distributes its criticism? Nobody is saying Eaton would have reached base without the bunt call, that's just a pointless deflection. The manager made a bad decision that hurt the team's chance to win. Period.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 15, 2015 -> 02:46 PM) Eaton's AB did not help. As I stated, I don't agree with having him bunt with 2 strikes, but the fact is the player should be able to execute the bunt. And the player is being rightly criticized as well.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 15, 2015 -> 02:40 PM) Clearly if Eaton didn't bunt, this was a victory. Dude, you don't have to support Robin at every opportunity. This was an indefensible decision and whether it "cost us the game" or not, it certainly, inarguably did not help.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 15, 2015 -> 02:36 PM) Thanks. I know at times late in game, bunting becomes a tad bit more defensible, but I didn't know how much that held through in this situation. If the game had been tied, for example, a successful sac bunt would have increased the win probability from 68.4% to 69.7%. If we had been down 1, same thing, an increase from 44.6% to 47.3%. Down two, it was a clear mistake and once you have two strikes... my god. Standard disclaimer that win probability totally ignores the players and teams involved.

QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ Apr 15, 2015 -> 02:21 PM) Stupid to have the bunt play on there at all (my opinion), stupider when the pitcher just walked one guy and hit the next (my opinion), completely and indefensibly stupidest to still have it on with two strikes (fact). Just plain dumb baseball. That pretty much covers it.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 15, 2015 -> 02:16 PM) Out of curiosity, anyone know what the win probability stats say about bunting with Eaton there?? (And please ignore the two strike bunt, everyone else knows how bad of an idea that was) 1st and 2nd, no outs, we had a 23.8% chance of winning. A successful sac bunt would have made it 16.3% (this is why we perhaps should avoid bunting most of the time). A bunt single would have made it 40.3%. Eaton has a 42.3 lifetime BUH% but it seems less likely when he's clearly showing sacrifice.

QUOTE (aboz56 @ Apr 15, 2015 -> 02:12 PM) You'd think a leadoff hitter would be able to get a bunt down, but apparently that is not the case. People will deflect the blame to Robin for even calling for it and that's fair, he deserves it. But even if it's a stupid job, Eaton has to be able to do it.

This is one of those Other 42.

First person who defends that decision gets kicked in the teeth. Also, EATON. You're a professional baseball player, time to act like it.

Now's the time for one through three to wake up.

Robin's PH strategy seems to be a dart board, but hey, it's working.

QUOTE (brett05 @ Apr 15, 2015 -> 01:42 PM) I gave the link. Feel free to read up on it. LOL you're ridiculous.

QUOTE (brett05 @ Apr 15, 2015 -> 01:40 PM) History says otherwise. But you are entitled. Instead of linking to his Wikipedia page and forcing us to read through a wall of text, NAME AN EXCEPTION. You're clearly well-versed in the history, it should be simple.

Top of the order really needs to get its collective act together.