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Ugly game for Bonemer…0/5 with 4 K’s

Oppor might have the yips. Jeez

My first reaction was "Cannon - not again." But maybe he wasn't so bad: no walks, several Ks and several of the runs were unearned.

Has there been a Shane Smith sighting anywhere? A rejuvenated Smith would be better than any trade.

Looks like the yips for Oppor. Sheesh

48 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Ugly game for Bonemer…0/5 with 4 K’s

Yeah, that was disappointing to see. His strike out rate was solid last season last season too (21.2% across A and A+, but mostly A). He's still got an OPS of .960 which is great, but that strikeout rate is rough. Up to 30% this season.

15 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Ugly game for Bonemer…0/5 with 4 K’s

Ouch.

15 hours ago, ron883 said:

Yeah, that was disappointing to see. His strike out rate was solid last season last season too (21.2% across A and A+, but mostly A). He's still got an OPS of .960 which is great, but that strikeout rate is rough. Up to 30% this season.

Yea. He was called out today on BA about how bad his May was. The in zone contact rate is not great.

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55 minutes ago, DirtySox said:

Yea. He was called out today on BA about how bad his May was. The in zone contact rate is not great.

Fegan has a nice piece today at Sox Machine about how Fuller is not that concerned about contact rates.

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Talking White Sox offensive philosophy with Ryan Fuller -...

In a recent postgame session, a reporter asked Will Venable if his team’s offensive rally was a testament to the value of just put the ball in play. Even in the afterglow of a run-manufacturing rally
7 minutes ago, Timmy U said:

Fegan has a nice piece today at Sox Machine about how Fuller is not that concerned about contact rates.

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Talking White Sox offensive philosophy with Ryan Fuller -...

In a recent postgame session, a reporter asked Will Venable if his team’s offensive rally was a testament to the value of just put the ball in play. Even in the afterglow of a run-manufacturing rally

Awesome. Pulling it out for others.

Bonemer looked solid as a rock as a hitting prospect last season because his contact rate, raw power and swing decisions -- the three principles -- all looked above-average. Whereas this year, he's voraciously pummeled fastballs to such an extreme degree that he's slugging .576 even after a prolonged cool-off period.

That's great, but opposing pitchers have responded by peppering him with breaking balls. It's rare to see a hitter in High-A who sees more sliders than fastballs, but it has Bonemer's contact rate under 70 percent and his strikeout rate around 30 percent in the South Atlantic League.

More than anything, Fuller sees this as a valuable challenge for Bonemer to confront for the first time as a 20-year-old in the minors, rather than in Chicago.

"He went a little heavy in one area, opposition made an adjustment, now we need to counteract that," Fuller said. "He wants to be that player and there are a few. Vargy's doing it right now -- above-average decisions, above-average contact, above-average damage -- Bonny's certainly got that skill set. That's why you play in the minor leagues. You find out where you need to make adjustments, whether that's swing, the approach you have, what you need to do in terms of training time every single day. That's going to be a fun one to find a way to make another adjustment and get on a heater again."

3 hours ago, DirtySox said:

Awesome. Pulling it out for others.

Does this guy just shorten everybody's name and put "y" at the end of it for nicknames? We've got Bonny and Vargy so far.

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