ChiSoxFanMike

4 pitchers in 1 inning lol.

QUOTE (scs787 @ May 16, 2015 -> 09:41 AM) Not sure if serious, but the guy pitched 4 of the previous 5 games. They just gave him 2 days off...,He can't pitch every game of this 10 game win streak they're about to go on! I get that, but he had an off day before yesterday's game too. In an important game to win, he should've been able to pitch. That's why the Sox paid him $48 million+. So he could close big games.

Does anyone know why Robertson didn't pitch yesterday?

Hawk, I don't want to know what you're doing in the shower.

AVI woooooooooooo

YES!!!

Rodon is ridiculously good. He's only 22 now, imagine how good he'll be at 26/27/28.

I think the key for Rodon is to get 1st pitch strikes. Once he gets ahead of a hitter, they have virtually no chance.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 15, 2015 -> 09:52 PM) What year? 2049.

The defense is letting Rodon down. Hopefully they fix that problem ASAP.

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ May 14, 2015 -> 10:10 PM) Well the Brewers suck. As a team they have the 2nd highest K% and 5th lowest BB% in baseball this year, so were an ideal match-up for Rodon's first start. Oakland should be much tougher. They're one of the better teams at putting the ball in play, and rarely swing at pitches out of the zone, so not a good match-up for a rookie with control/command issues. 10K in 7IP is probably a little optimistic. Maybe 6 IP, 4 BB, 5 SO. No idea for hits/runs. He faced the Reds last time out. I actually like his chances more against Oakland than against Cincy because of that huge ballpark and the the fact that the A's are horrible against lefties and sliders.

Any predictions for start #2 with our young stud? I'm guessing: 7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 10 K and the win.

QUOTE (InTheDriversSeat @ May 14, 2015 -> 08:13 PM) But Aaron Rowand is replacing Tom Paciorek. I believe Steve Stone's absence at the series in Oakland was planned in advance. In recent seasons, I recall Steve always skips a few series on the road. Previously, Tom Paciorek was the substitute during Steve's planned absences. I always liked Wimpy together with Hawk. I wonder why Paciorek isn't doing it anymore. Maybe he's too old, and doesn't want to travel that much now.

QUOTE (InTheDriversSeat @ May 14, 2015 -> 07:10 PM) Apparently the Sox are making a change this season. Last year I recall Tom Paciorek was the substitute on TV when an absence was planned in advance, and Michael Huff was the substitute on TV when an absence was unplanned. I didn't like Huff anyway. Rowand should be way better.

LaDunn does something productive for once. WOO!

Avi is looking better and better each and every game.

What an AB by Eaton.

I LOVE JOHNSON! Yes, I do know that sounds weird, but I don't care.

Sale looks really good so far *knock on wood*

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 12, 2015 -> 07:28 PM) dj is ripping the defense. nice to hear. So is Hawk surprisingly.

Holy sh!t.

Sparkling defense once again.

Sale needs to throw slider. He won't do anything as a 2 pitch pitcher.

I honestly hate this matchup for the Sox. Fiers is a strikeout pitcher, and we all know that the Sox strike out a ton.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 12, 2015 -> 06:39 PM) Chris Sale and Jose Quintana had been pitching since they were kids and look what happened in 2012 when they passed their career high innings by a wide margin. They fatigued and the team suffered. Mark Prior, a very similar prospect to Rodon in rank and pedigree, who has also pitched since he was a kid, wasn't handled with care and he ended up spending more days on the DL than on an MLB roster. The fact of this matter is your opinion isn't very nuanced. Sure, Rodon could possibly throw 200 innings this year. Does that mean that's what best for him and his career? Maybe it's best for the 2015 White Sox but it's not best for the organization's future as a whole. Besides, you say this team sucks as much as anyone so why risk an asset's arm mileage on this team that sucks so bad? This is a several hundred million dollar operation, not a video game. You don't push a potential high producing asset to his limits just because he can fathomably pitch 200 innings. 200 innings was just an arbitrary number that I threw out there. It just be 170 innings, 180 innings, whatever. The point that I was trying to make is that he COULD pitch 200 innings if he absolutely had to. I definitely don't think he should, as what you brought up is completely true. I just tend to not agree with the innings limit, especially when a team is in playoff contention. Not that the Sox would be anyway.