Game thread. Go for it.

 

Floyd scheduled to start, Jenks and MacDougal also scheduled to throw.

 

Swisher CF; Cabrera SS; Thome DH; Konerko, 1B; Dye, RF; Crede, 3B; Anderson, LF; Uribe, 2B; Phillips, C. Floyd was supposed to start but was scratched this morning due to flu-like symptoms. Charlie Haeger and Tomo Ohka will take up his innings.

Its sort of odd... Phillips and Ryan Smith are getting some good playing time at catcher. Lucy and Armstrong are the ones I thought would get that time, since if Hall is not viable, they would seem to be the frontrunners. Phillips was a strange pickup anyway, and Smith is just not someone that has been mentioned as any future prospect. I wonder what the reasoning there is.

 

Its sort of odd... Phillips and Ryan Smith are getting some good playing time at catcher. Lucy and Armstrong are the ones I thought would get that time, since if Hall is not viable, they would seem to be the frontrunners. Phillips was a strange pickup anyway, and Smith is just not someone that has been mentioned as any future prospect. I wonder what the reasoning there is.

 

Pierzynski is facing Garland tomorrow, and they had a B game this morning, so maybe Lucy and/or Armstrong caught already today.

With Quintin and Owens hurt Anderson is really getting an opportuntiy to improve his status within the organization. I still get the feeling he starts in CF and Swisher in LF and Bourgoise (sp?) and Ramirez are your backup outfielders as Ramirez is doing nothing to prove he needs to be sent down and both of these guys add speed and can play vital positions.

 

 

Edited March 6, 200818 yr by Jenks Heat

Why was Gavin scratched from his start today.

Why was Gavin scratched from his start today.

 

Flavum saw him throw up ---- see his post above

When did PK alter his stance a bit?

It looked different today.

Haegar kinda not having a great 2nd inning here.

It's gotta be tough for a knuckleball pitcher to try and earn his way onto a roster pitching in the dry air of Arizona.

 

No easier pitch to smack the crap out of than a knuckleball that doesn't knuckle.

Score update??

3-1 Texas in the bottom of the 3rd

Come on Anderson.

and Anderson K's when we needed him with 2 on and no outs.

2 on, no outs, anderson whiffs and uribe grounds into an easy DP.

that's two broken bats impaled in the field in the same game. weird.

boone gives up the dinger.

 

to a lefty.

 

4-1

Edited March 6, 200818 yr by The Ginger Kid

thome still trying to shake off the rust.

boone gives up the dinger.

 

to a lefty.

 

4-1

 

 

McDougal, Logan, and who else in the relief corp ... ain't doing well so far?

Mac is in right now....

 

1st batter retired. He is nasty, I will give him that.

throwing a lot of breaking balls up

nice K with the hammer to end the inning 1-2-3

McDougal will be given a shot to come north regardless of his spring. I think Wasserman will really have to outpitch Massett to make the team.

 

Uribe is really getting close to a DFA.

McDougal will be given a shot to come north regardless of his spring. I think Wasserman will really have to outpitch Massett to make the team.

 

Uribe is really getting close to a DFA.

I think you could package Juan and Joe to SF. But now it's sounding like Crede may not get moved so soon...