Offensive is the key word too...

 

As a team the Sox are hitting through 7 games.

 

.239 ba

.268 obp

.387 slg

.654 ops

3.86 runs/g

 

With RISP

.175 ba

.208 obp

.408 ops

1 extra base hit

12k's vs 7 hits

 

And yet this team is 5-2. Does anyone venture to guess where this team would have been last year recordwise? 1-6 or MAYBE 2-5???

Offensive is the key word too... 

 

As a team the Sox are hitting through 7 games.

 

.239 ba

.268 obp

.387 slg

.654 ops

3.86 runs/g

 

With RISP

.175 ba

.208 obp

.408 ops

1 extra base hit

12k's vs 7 hits

 

And yet this team is 5-2.  Does anyone venture to guess where this team would have been last year recordwise?  1-6 or MAYBE 2-5???

 

 

I don't know. Considering the quality of our pitching is better than that of last year's, I'd say around the same if not one game better. We'd have Carlos and Maggs producing right now. I'm still happy with this team though.

 

That just goes to show you the importance of this year's pitching staff.

 

As Contreras and the other Sox pitchers go (to a lesser degree), so go the White Sox in 2005. ^TM

The pitching has been amazing so far -- as of this morning, we have the best era in the American League, and we're 3rd in strikeouts and whip. So far it's been very encouraging, let's just keep piling on the wins.

The pitching has been amazing so far -- as of this morning, we have the best era in the American League, and we're 3rd in strikeouts and whip.  So far it's been very encouraging, let's just keep piling on the wins.

 

I think that's the plan. (Shhh! It's a top secret plan.)

I think that's the plan. (Shhh! It's a top secret plan.)

Sheesh, I get jumped on for one sentence of ra-ra. Got a sarcasm jones today?

Sheesh, I get jumped on for one sentence of ra-ra.  Got a sarcasm jones today? 

 

Nothing personal. I actually do think my sarcastic side is coming to the surface.

Didn't last season the Sox have a great record with BA/RISP but had problems getting the runners to scoring position in the 1st place? In any case, it's a positive sign that we've been able to win despite the way our offense has been.

I don't know. Considering the quality of our pitching is better than that of last year's, I'd say around the same if not one game better. We'd have Carlos and Maggs producing right now. I'm still happy with this team though.

 

 

One full, healthy year of this year's pitching with Frank, Maggs and Lee woulda been ineteresting. Oh well, no point in wondering I guess.

Nothing personal.  I actually do think my sarcastic side is coming to the surface.

 

Should that be in green?

Edited April 12, 200521 yr by Leonard Zelig

I'd like to see the sox get between 5-6 runs a game, and have a team ERA near 4.00. With Rowand, Dye, Crede and Uribe hovering around .200, and Frank due back to give opposing pitchers headaches, the slump shouldn't last long.

I think our offensive stats are mostly a product of the pitching we've faced so far. Those averages are gonna shoot up once we start facing some below average pitchers. Although, we are gonna need people to hit good pitching if we're gonna really go anywhere.

I'm VERY glad that our pitching is off the hook right now, but we're going to be in trouble if our offense continues to exhibit a .268 OBP, and especially a .208 OBP with RISP. As good as our pitching may be, they need more run support.

 

I'm expecting things to kind of even out of the next couple weeks, where our guys will start driving in more runs but our pitching will sink a little below the "stellar" level. The end result will be the same, though.

need to pick it up offensively to keep winning -- but we have faced some solid pitchers (Santana, Millwood, Radke, Westbrook).

I'm VERY glad that our pitching is off the hook right now, but we're going to be in trouble if our offense continues to exhibit a .268 OBP, and especially a .208 OBP with RISP.  As good as our pitching may be, they need more run support.

 

I'm expecting things to kind of even out of the next couple weeks, where our guys will start driving in more runs but our pitching will sink a little below the "stellar" level.  The end result will be the same, though.

 

 

If the end result is a 5 out of 7 success rate, I'm sure we'll be happy with that. Most of us, anyway.