knightni Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/artic...sp&c_id=cws Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baines3 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I hope he doesn't tire his arm out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 QUOTE (Baines3 @ Jan 10, 2009 -> 11:51 PM) 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlackSox8 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 The WBC is only 2 weeks right? He'd pitch about 10 or so innings in that time during spring training anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 GVSU! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREEDY Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Gas, lui andato! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitewashed in '05 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 11, 2009 -> 11:19 AM) 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 11, 2009 -> 12:54 AM) 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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