Heads22 Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Time to turn around our bad luck against the Royals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSox05 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I will be at the game cheering hard for another Billy Butler DP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Kid Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 damn, we had to face them when they started getting hot and now we get them as they continue to stay hot. should be a good series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Bruce Chen is still in the majors???? Good for him I guess. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elrockinMT Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jul 9, 2010 -> 02:21 AM) I will be at the game cheering hard for another Billy Butler DP. Â Â That is one guy we have to get out for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Love the "laser rubber arm" description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 (edited) QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 9, 2010 -> 09:01 AM) Bruce Chen is still in the majors???? Good for him I guess. Â Â He's been pitching great too. Edited July 9, 2010 by flavum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Bruce Chen sucks, always has. So we better score like 7 runs off him tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 9, 2010 -> 11:01 AM) Bruce Chen sucks, always has. So we better score like 7 runs off him tonight. This year so far: 3.51 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 42 K in 48 IP. He may regress eventually, hopefully tonight, but this season he has been pretty solid so far. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 9, 2010 -> 12:00 PM) This year so far: 3.51 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 42 K in 48 IP. He may regress eventually, hopefully tonight, but this season he has been pretty solid so far. xFIP of 4.90 (4.8 BB/9, 1.62 K/BB) definitely points toward a hard regression along with his history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 9, 2010 -> 12:30 PM) xFIP of 4.90 definitely points toward a hard regression along with his history. Likely. Hopefully tonight. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 He's got a .240 BABIP with career norm batted ball rates. This isn't going to last. He also allows a s*** ton of fly balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 9, 2010 -> 12:34 PM) He's got a .240 BABIP with career norm batted ball rates. This isn't going to last. He also allows a s*** ton of fly balls. Wow. GB/FB of 0.59 would be the second lowest in the game if he were qualified and his HR/9 is under 1? HR/FB of 7.6%? Here come the home runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 (edited) QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 9, 2010 -> 12:39 PM) Wow. GB/FB of 0.59 would be the second lowest in the game if he were qualified and his HR/9 is under 1? HR/FB of 7.6%? Here come the home runs.  That ballpark in KC helps.  http://www.fangraphs.com/statsplits.aspx?p...amp;season=2010  Look at his home xFIP, it's way higher than his home FIP and ERA. Meanwhile, the road FIP and xFIP match up. Gotta hope for some wind tonight  The weird thing is that Chen is actually a better pitcher on the road. Edited July 9, 2010 by chw42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 9, 2010 -> 12:40 PM) That ballpark in KC helps. Mid 80's at the cell tonight and hopefully Quentin will be back in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Pierre7 Ram6 Rios8 PK3 Q dh AJ2 Jones9 Viciedo5 Beckham4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Apparently Ozzie doesn't want to ride out Lillibridge's hot bat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Ugh, Castro needs to be playing against LHP! And Greg, still don't think they're trying to get #400 at home for Andruw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 (edited) QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 9, 2010 -> 01:31 PM) Ugh, Castro needs to be playing against LHP! And Greg, still don't think they're trying to get #400 at home for Andruw? Yeah, I gotta say you are right on that one, Fathom... Â Â Are we going to bet on this series? Â And I agree about therapist... Edited July 9, 2010 by iamshack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 9, 2010 -> 02:31 PM) Ugh, Castro needs to be playing against LHP! And Greg, still don't think they're trying to get #400 at home for Andruw? Just my guess, but I'm thinking that they are playing Andruw more for three reasons:  1. They are getting less and less confident in Kotsay's ability to play in the OF (TCQ is at DH tonight, coming back from injury) 2. They want to give him some regular at bats for a few days to see if that can get him out of his funk 3. They want one last long look at him, before deciding soon who to replace with the bat they are likely to acquire  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 9, 2010 -> 03:31 PM) Ugh, Castro needs to be playing against LHP! And Greg, still don't think they're trying to get #400 at home for Andruw? Â Well if they want to DH Quentin because of his knee, that leaves you Andruw or Kotsay for RF. Jones is the far superior defensive player and he bats righty. No problem with him playing today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 9, 2010 -> 07:32 PM) Yeah, I gotta say you are right on that one, Fathom...  Are we going to bet on this series?  And I agree about therapist...  I'd say Sox win 2 of 3, with the loss coming in a blowout on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 9, 2010 -> 02:31 PM) And Greg, still don't think they're trying to get #400 at home for Andruw? We are going up against another lefty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Now THIS is the lineup I want to see out there everyday. Sucks I'm going to miss the whole game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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