Speaking of bad defense...

I think the toughest thing for me will be the amount of time the Sox get runners in scoring position but dont get them in. Currently, the Sox have more hits in the game than the tigers do, yet the tigers are leading by 4 runs. Situations like that happened oh too often last year, and the year before.

Thought that Frazier shot had a chance to leave the park, it just didn't have enough air under it.

I think the toughest thing for me will be the amount of time the Sox get runners in scoring position but dont get them in. Currently, the Sox have more hits in the game than the tigers do, yet the tigers are leading by 4 runs. Situations like that happened oh too often last year, and the year before.

The back end of the lineup is just horrible, but that's mostly by design.

Not sure what Ashe was looking for but that was a fastball right down the middle.

The back end of the lineup is just horrible, but that's mostly by design.

 

Exactly. I'm rooting for these guys to be good enough to keep playing. Nobody wants to see May hitting .134 a month from now. But .234? Sure.

Edited April 4, 20178 yr by flavum

It isn't easy against Verlander but Aasch and Anderson are just plain overmatched

Renteria should have had may bunt with avi at 3rd and 1 down. Make something happen. Too much hhacing at everything....

Not sure what Ashe was looking for but that was a fastball right down the middle.

 

We have at least 3 AAA hitters in this lineup.

Nice cutter by Jake. That came back to catch the corner.

This is going to get old really fast.

This is going to get old really fast.

 

Going to? lol.

Nice cutter by Jake. That came back to catch the corner.

I couldn't believe how huge Petricka is in person. I literally ran into him at Soxfest. He is gigantic.

Benetti called that first pitch curveball nasty...it was literally a hanger and should have been hit 400 feet. Anderson just watched 2 strikes and swung at a ball...hes gotta get disciplined, especially as a number 2 hitter. Only first game though.

 

No, he looked at a first pitch curve that most wouldn't swing at first pitch then looked at a ball that was called a strike and swung at a ball on an 0-2 count. Big difference between 1-1 and 0-2

Rebuilding is the right move. Keep saying it.

 

I couldn't believe how huge Petricka is in person. I literally ran into him at Soxfest. He is gigantic.

Well the Astros drew a 0 rating one game during their rebuild. Now they're good. So there's that.

Let say this ovvereaction comes true and Q has a down season compared to his usual numbers, the Sox still traded Sale and Eaton and got a lot back for both. How many rebuilding teams, especially as of late, kicked off their rebuilds with moves like that. So Q having a down year wouldn't be the end of the world.

Another year of Q means one less year on his contract, one more question mark (if he did have a down year), and honestly, it sets backs our rebuilding effort. No, it's not the end of the world (that comes under a nightmare scenario of all of our prospects busting), but I don't know how anyone couldn't be disappointed. Hahn sure as hell wouldn't be happy. The ultimate goal here is to trade everyone with high value, to maximize return, and speed up those inevitable down years of a rebuild.

 

On the brightside, we're losing!

This is going to get old really fast.

 

Just wait until we have to watch Covey starts for a month

Easy double play with Victor running but not in Jose's house

Rebuilding is the right move. Keep saying it.

Speaking of things that got old fast: Watching Adam Dunn, Adam LaRoche, Avisail Garcia, Alexei Ramirez, Gordon Beckham, Nick Swisher, Jeff Samardjia, Jake Peavy, and countless other people I can hardly remember anymore grossly underperform for a decade.

 

This is the right thing. It sucks, but it's the right thing.

Edited April 4, 20178 yr by Sox-35th

Abreu is just having an awful game in the field today. It is like no one from the Tigers or White Sox wants to be in the field today.

Jose is asleep.

It's going to be interesting what the consensus is on the state of the rebuild on August 1st.

It's going to be interesting what the consensus is on the state of the rebuild on August 1st.

It will certainly be easy to find the stupid people. We're better than this. A rebuild takes years.

Abreu is just having an awful game in the field today. It is like no one from the Tigers or White Sox wants to be in the field today.

 

It was obvious last year he should have been made full time DH. His defense cost the Sox a few games last year. The Sox are solid defensively up the middle but absolutely terrible everywhere else