Vs Charlie Morton (1-0, 1.64 ERA)

Moncada back to the 2 hole.

Does Palka get his first hit today?

4 minutes ago, hogan873 said:

Does Palka get his first hit today?

Palka's response to his slump, "its impossible to go 0 for 500." 

Go Sox!

Would prefer to see Rondon get an extended look.  

8 minutes ago, Chisox378 said:

Palka's response to his slump, "its impossible to go 0 for 500." 

Go Sox!

Chris Davis: Hold my beer.

3 minutes ago, hogan873 said:

Chris Davis: Hold my beer.

Everyone has noticed who the last player Chris Davis got a hit off of was, right? I can't stop smirking every time I see that in an article. 

2 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

Everyone has noticed who the last player Chris Davis got a hit off of was, right? I can't stop smirking every time I see that in an article. 

I knew it was James Shields before looking it up, because of course it was.

Just now, Quin said:

I knew it was James Shields before looking it up, because of course it was.

That reply was perfect. Thank you.

Please take Castillo away from Ricky ffs

I have a low confidence level for victory in today's game!

4 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

Please take Castillo away from Ricky ffs

Please take Ricky away from this team!...

1 minute ago, SouthWallace said:

Please take Ricky away from this team!...

Baby steps 

Here's the pro-Castillo in this order case:

- Through two games, it seems the Rays have moved Morton toward being more like he was with Pirates, much higher 2seam/sinker (Was 4 seam/curve with astros)

- Castillo is actually a damn good sinker hitter.

He's a bad curve hitter though, so he may just get curve after curve.

5 minutes ago, bmags said:

Here's the pro-Castillo in this order case:

- Through two games, it seems the Rays have moved Morton toward being more like he was with Pirates, much higher 2seam/sinker (Was 4 seam/curve with astros)

- Castillo is actually a damn good sinker hitter.

He's a bad curve hitter though, so he may just get curve after curve.

Counterpoint: No

And honestly I don't think that Castillo isn't a major league player or anything but he shouldn't be batting cleanup or anywhere in front of Eloy

it reminds me of when Dewayne Wise was Ozzie's best friend and he is batting him leading off and second and all of us were like WTF NO WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS!?!?! Except Greg who was like "yay bat him cleanup because he made that great catch"

Soon as Eloy gets comfortable, that should be the end of Castillo in the 4-hole.

But yeah, it still sucks anyway. He needs to start hitting now because otherwise the life or death of each rally started by the top falls on Abreu or Moncada. They can't do it all for us. Castillo kills rallies. 

Edited April 9, 20196 yr by South Sider

Get your Picks to click in before the game starts. I need some competition.

1 minute ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

Get your Picks to click in before the game starts. I need some competition.

Where do we post them?

Just now, Chisox378 said:

Where do we post them?

click home scroll down until  you see PTC thread.

I like Ricky moving Anderson up and the others down. Give the hottest guy we have more PAs.

Let's see if Santana can pitch more than 5 innings today. Hopefully he fares better than the rest of our rotation...the last starts of Giolito, Lopez, Rodon and Nova have been abysmal.

Santana‘s stuff doesn‘t look great to put it mildly.

4 minutes ago, GermanSoxFan said:

Santana‘s stuff doesn‘t look great to put it mildly.

Nope, more of the same. Starting at bats off 2-0, throwing lots of pitches. Teams are going to destroy this pitching staff if they can't get ahead.

Nice recovery by Timmy there.