April 30, 20178 yr http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?c...mp;ymd=20170430 Kopech starts on his 21st birthday. 2:05.
April 30, 20178 yr QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 30, 2017 -> 10:37 AM) Lopez, Kopech, & Hansen all starting today. What a boring day.
April 30, 20178 yr John Manuel from BA on H&R today basically said that none of the pitchers the Sox acquired this offseason are starters and none of the top guys are starters other than Spencer Adams, who is a fringe back of rotation guy. He tried to say it in the nicest way possible. Said command/durability/stuff are the reasons. Not what I wanted to hear.
April 30, 20178 yr QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ Apr 30, 2017 -> 11:37 AM) John Manuel from BA on H&R today basically said that none of the pitchers the Sox acquired this offseason are starters and none of the top guys are starters other than Spencer Adams, who is a fringe back of rotation guy. He tried to say it in the nicest way possible. Said command/durability/stuff are the reasons. Not what I wanted to hear. Dane Dunning, at the very least, would disagree. Kopech is still incredibly young and has a ton of time to develop. Lopez and Giolito have struggled absolutely, but it's still very early in the season. Fulmer has made strides so far this year that appear to be encouraging. Bottom line, it's way too early to write off any of these guys as for-sure non-starters. Will that eventually happen? Absolutely. But some will make it as starters.
April 30, 20178 yr Author QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 30, 2017 -> 12:20 PM) Kopech scratched with a mild ankle sprain. He'll make his next start. Some twitter chatter about him being on social media at 2am on his 21st birthday. Should have began at Winston-Salem.
April 30, 20178 yr QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 30, 2017 -> 12:30 PM) Some twitter chatter about him being on social media at 2am on his 21st birthday. Should have began at Winston-Salem. Who cares. And why?
April 30, 20178 yr Author QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 30, 2017 -> 12:32 PM) Who cares. And why? He's immature. He's starting a day game. If he partied last night, he's not ready for AA at his age. I'm not commenting on this any more than that. If you disagree, feel free.
April 30, 20178 yr QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 30, 2017 -> 12:35 PM) He's immature. He's starting a day game. If he partied last night, he's not ready for AA at his age. I'm not commenting on this any more than that. If you disagree, feel free. So being at high A would have kept him from partying? Ok.
April 30, 20178 yr QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 30, 2017 -> 01:16 PM) Alec has a no no through 5. Throwing strikes too.
April 30, 20178 yr Hey Matt or Brian or whoever, is there a reason on why teams are able to run all over Hansen? Is he that slow to the plate or is there something else going on there?
April 30, 20178 yr QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Apr 30, 2017 -> 12:04 PM) That sucks,really look forward to Kopech starts Dunning filling in for him!! Jake Dunning!!
April 30, 20178 yr QUOTE (Blackout Friday @ Apr 30, 2017 -> 02:03 PM) Dunning filling in for him!! Jake Dunning!! That legit confused me when I first saw it on twitter. Ha.
April 30, 20178 yr Author Nice to see Basabe have a respectable batting average. No rush with him, but you don't want to see him struggle too much either.
April 30, 20178 yr With my previous post, I should have said that that wasn't my opinion, it was Manuel's. I believe that some of those guys are going to start. Biggest hope for starters right now are Lopez and Fulmer, I believe Giolito can start if he can repeat his delivery after making adjustments. The sky is the limit with him if he can figure that out. Honestly, If Giolito can separate performance from progress, I'd like to see him work with Coop for a bit like Fulmer did last year. Then he can go down to Charlotte again and iron out the kinks. It seemed to work really well for Fulmer last year. Both Giolito and the team have to know that he's going to take his lumps in the majors, and he's here to work with Coop. I know it wastes service time, but if it helps him become the best he can be, why not? Edited April 30, 20178 yr by Jack Parkman
April 30, 20178 yr QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ Apr 30, 2017 -> 11:37 AM) John Manuel from BA on H&R today basically said that none of the pitchers the Sox acquired this offseason are starters and none of the top guys are starters other than Spencer Adams, who is a fringe back of rotation guy. He tried to say it in the nicest way possible. Said command/durability/stuff are the reasons. Not what I wanted to hear. In a vacuum I would be more inclined to agree with Manuel's "hot take" but this is one month into a season and these arms are in one of the few organizations that has shown time and time again they can develop every type of pitcher and polish turds from the scrap heap while protecting arms from serious injury at the major league level. Some of them will not cut it in the rotation and will be transitioned to the pen but the notion that Adams is going to be the only one that cracks a rotation makes me chuckle.
May 1, 20178 yr QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 30, 2017 -> 12:35 PM) He's immature. He's starting a day game. If he partied last night, he's not ready for AA at his age. I'm not commenting on this any more than that. If you disagree, feel free. It was his 21st birthday. I think he gets a pass for being hungover.
May 1, 20178 yr QUOTE (beautox @ Apr 30, 2017 -> 04:07 PM) In a vacuum I would be more inclined to agree with Manuel's "hot take" but this is one month into a season and these arms are in one of the few organizations that has shown time and time again they can develop every type of pitcher and polish turds from the scrap heap while protecting arms from serious injury at the major league level. Some of them will not cut it in the rotation and will be transitioned to the pen but the notion that Adams is going to be the only one that cracks a rotation makes me chuckle. Manuel said he thinks Giolito has too big of a body to ever throw strikes consistent enough to be a starter. Really? Then why was he so high on him in the past? He didn't suddenly grow 4 inches. Manuel also said he can't think of a single pitcher of Giolito's size to ever have a nice long major league career without command issues. Really? CC Sabathia is also 6'6", 40-50 pounds heavier, and has a career 2.7 BB/9. Roy Halladay was also 6'6", but about 20-30 pounds lighter than Gio. Pretty great career with a 1.9 BB/9. And those are just the first 2 guys to come to mind.
May 1, 20178 yr QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 30, 2017 -> 12:35 PM) He's immature. He's starting a day game. If he partied last night, he's not ready for AA at his age. I'm not commenting on this any more than that. If you disagree, feel free. Here is a good example of someone making a big deal out of nothing
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