http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/artic...sp&c_id=cws

I hope he doesn't tire his arm out.

I hope he doesn't tire his arm out.

 

I think his arm will be able to handle the 3-4 innings he may pitch.

Actually, Davey Johnson's going to carry only 5 starters and probably 7 bullpen guys. Like a regular team.

 

Thornton could get 10-15 innings.

The WBC is only 2 weeks right? He'd pitch about 10 or so innings in that time during spring training anyway.

GVSU!

if he treats it like ST, or starts earlier, I have no problem with this quite honestly. So long as the club gets him a long break or a DL stint during the year, everything will be fine.

Gas, lui andato!

 

I love how when this was first posted on whitesox.com, the headline read "Thompson agrees to pitch in the WBC."

 

Got a laugh out of that...

I love how when this was first posted on whitesox.com, the headline read "Thompson agrees to pitch in the WBC."

 

Got a laugh out of that...

Lol, yeah I caught that too. First I'm like who??? Then I saw a picture of Thornton.

Actually, Davey Johnson's going to carry only 5 starters and probably 7 bullpen guys. Like a regular team.

 

Thornton could get 10-15 innings.

 

There has to be 13 pitchers, all of whom we will know by feb 24th.

 

Currently there are 8 relievers and 3 starters.

 

Say they grab another 2 starters, which will make it 5 and 8 (they won't really even have a need for five starters but that is not the point).

 

The numbers would show that there were 10 and 3. They used leiter in the relief role due to him being the only other lefty in the pen other than fuentes (him being horrid the season prior did not help any). Leiter was used as a last resort option, so i personally look at it more like there were 9 relievers.

 

 

I don't see how more starters and practically one less reliever is gonna equate to more innings for the relievers. So instead of three starters pitching in 2 games apiece, 4 will pitch only one game, while only one out of the bunch will pitch in 2 (barring they get where they got in 2006).

 

Innings leaders in the 2006 WBC.

 

Koji Uehara - 17

Korea Jae-Weong Seo - 14

Republic Bartolo Colón - 14

Shunsuke Watanabe - 13.2

Daisuke Matsuzaka - 13

 

10-15 innings for a reliever? Ya right.