December 15, 20205 yr Author 21 minutes ago, flavum said: New Sox 1st base coach? What is his connection to TLR?
December 15, 20205 yr Here’s an interview Eddie Robinson did with Ben Lindbergh last year. Long career in baseball... https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-1454-where-have-you-gone-mr-robinson/ ...and now he has his own podcast. Good for him! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-golden-age-of-baseball-with-eddie-robinson/id1535227249?i=1000494175588 Edited December 15, 20205 yr by flavum
December 16, 20205 yr Jesse Rogers has been vocal the last few days about the rising possibility of the Cubs dealing Yu. Watch out for the Twins here, as they pursued him a few years ago.
December 16, 20205 yr 3 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: https://www.baseballtradevalues.com/the-trickiness-of-nolan-arenados-trade-value/ Just a fun quick article on Arenado's trade value.
December 16, 20205 yr On 12/12/2020 at 3:17 PM, Vulture said: Dahl is arb eligible through ‘23 with a baseline now of 3 million. No reason the Sox couldn’t or shouldn’t have beaten that if they are looking for production at a budget. Definition of a buy low signing. Good move for the Rangers though David Dahl is a Colorado player with Colorado splits. He had a .751 OPS on the road, 1.000 OPS in Colorado. And that was his good year. If you look at his career splits, they are worse. Dahl is cheaper than Eaton, but away from Colorado, he's never been better.
December 16, 20205 yr This would have been a nice pickup by the White Sox. $3M guaranteed plus a second year team option. https://www.mlb.com/news/mike-zunino-rays-agree-to-deal Also, MLB reports DeScalfani will sign with the Giants, terms pending.
December 16, 20205 yr 42 minutes ago, VAfan said: David Dahl is a Colorado player with Colorado splits. He had a .751 OPS on the road, 1.000 OPS in Colorado. And that was his good year. If you look at his career splits, they are worse. Dahl is cheaper than Eaton, but away from Colorado, he's never been better. His splits were better than LeMehiue. There have been studies performed that demonstrate coors effect has negative impact on road splits. Players road splits consistently improve after leaving the Rockies. Someone posted these previously Players generally normally hit significantly better at home no matter where they play as well. Probably still a .800+ ops hitter. If you actually watch the game it is clear he can hit Edited December 16, 20205 yr by Vulture
December 17, 20205 yr Not sure where else to put this or if it's already been mentioned, but Chuck's podcast interviewed Katz. Some really good insight here, including guys preliminary work with Reynaldo Lopez. He specifically said they're working on the curve ball and bringing that back.
December 17, 20205 yr Author 13 minutes ago, MiddleCoastBias said: Not sure where else to put this or if it's already been mentioned, but Chuck's podcast interviewed Katz. Some really good insight here, including guys preliminary work with Reynaldo Lopez. He specifically said they're working on the curve ball and bringing that back. Here is to hoping for good things. Kid needs some confidence and repeatability to his stuff.
December 17, 20205 yr 19 hours ago, fathom said: Jesse Rogers has been vocal the last few days about the rising possibility of the Cubs dealing Yu. Watch out for the Twins here, as they pursued him a few years ago. Darvish traded to the Twins would be a kick in the sack for White Sox fans.
December 17, 20205 yr 41 minutes ago, MiddleCoastBias said: Not sure where else to put this or if it's already been mentioned, but Chuck's podcast interviewed Katz. Some really good insight here, including guys preliminary work with Reynaldo Lopez. He specifically said they're working on the curve ball and bringing that back. Hopefully the first order of business for Katz is letting every arm that abandoned their curveball under Cooper bring it back.
December 17, 20205 yr MLB Network is speculating (albeit jokingly) that Yadier Molina will sign with the White Sox soon. I wouldn’t be shocked at all.
December 17, 20205 yr 16 minutes ago, chetkincaid said: MLB Network is speculating (albeit jokingly) that Yadier Molina will sign with the White Sox soon. I wouldn’t be shocked at all. I can absolutely see how they (Sox) could talk themselves into it
December 18, 20205 yr 7 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said: Hopefully the first order of business for Katz is letting every arm that abandoned their curveball under Cooper bring it back. Why would Cease want to start throwing this pitch again? He doesn't need it.
December 18, 20205 yr 7 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said: Hopefully the first order of business for Katz is letting every arm that abandoned their curveball under Cooper bring it back. It's nice to get a brief break from "JR is cheap" "TLR is a drunk" "RH is the worst GM ever" over and over in every thread to listen to this little oasis of sanity. Wow is this exciting. The idea of Katz working with Cease, Lopez, Kopeck and Crochett...be still my heart. There's also a nice article in Bleacher Report about the White Sox home grown relief staff. So very much positive in this organization. So much to be excited about.
December 18, 20205 yr Author 2 hours ago, michelangelosmonkey said: It's nice to get a brief break from "JR is cheap" "TLR is a drunk" "RH is the worst GM ever" over and over in every thread to listen to this little oasis of sanity. Wow is this exciting. The idea of Katz working with Cease, Lopez, Kopeck and Crochett...be still my heart. There's also a nice article in Bleacher Report about the White Sox home grown relief staff. So very much positive in this organization. So much to be excited about. 2 of those three are the organization shooting itself in the foot and then wondering why they can't walk.
December 18, 20205 yr 3 hours ago, Yearnin' for Yermin said: Why would Cease want to start throwing this pitch again? He doesn't need it. I remember that intrasquad game. He looked like an ace. K'd a bunch of guys. Then during the season we never saw that Cease again. 8 K's in 4.2 innings. Edited December 18, 20205 yr by CaliSoxFanViaSWside
December 18, 20205 yr 12 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: I remember that intrasquad game. He looked like an ace. K'd a bunch of guys. Then during the season we never saw that Cease again. 2019: Fastball - 51.5% slider - 21.0% curveball - 18.5% changeup - 8.9% 2020: Fastball - 47.8% slider - 30.1% curveball - 9.3% change of - 12.7% Crazy that he threw half as many curveballs in 2020 as he did in 2019, and replaced that usage with sliders. Was this by Coop's design?
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