May 21, 201312 yr QUOTE (iamshack @ May 20, 2013 -> 10:05 PM) Adam! It's nice when middle of the order players do middle of the order things. You have a chance to win games.
May 21, 201312 yr It's a good thing the ball wasn't jumping out of the park tonight. Salty and Middlebrooks both might have tied it.
May 21, 201312 yr QUOTE (bbilek1 @ May 20, 2013 -> 08:25 PM) I am a couple miles north of Comiskey and the lightning and rain has arrived. We won just in time. just saw the radar -- looks like you guys are in for a good one tonight.
May 21, 201312 yr We play the next 16 out of 19 at home? Including Cubs, and The Fish? Time to make a run!
May 21, 201312 yr QUOTE (Knuckles @ May 20, 2013 -> 10:41 PM) We play the next 16 out of 19 at home? Including Cubs, and The Fish? Time to make a run! Yup. It's now or never.
May 21, 201312 yr Hopefully they get more than 21,000+ the next two nights, especially for the marquee match-up WED.
May 21, 201312 yr school will get out and they'll get more, although it's delayed because of the stupid strike early in the year.
May 21, 201312 yr QUOTE (Knuckles @ May 20, 2013 -> 11:41 PM) We play the next 16 out of 19 at home? Including Cubs, and The Fish? Time to make a run! 16 of 19 in CHICAGO I believe. 2 of those 16 will be at Wrigley.
May 21, 201312 yr QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 20, 2013 -> 10:55 PM) school will get out and they'll get more, although it's delayed because of the stupid strike early in the year. Cps kids are not the draw, it is the suburban families.
May 21, 201312 yr Nice win, White Sox. I have one question. Are we (meaning the Sox) getting good again?
May 21, 201312 yr QUOTE (bbilek1 @ May 20, 2013 -> 10:12 PM) I was surprised by the choice but the Rookie ST Party is Wednesday. Anyone else going? If I could teleport like in Star Trek from China to USCF, I would gladly do it!! I'll try to make it to a game between June 16th and the end of July when I'm back home in Iowa.
May 21, 201312 yr Author QUOTE (greg775 @ May 20, 2013 -> 11:20 PM) Nice win, White Sox. I have one question. Are we (meaning the Sox) getting good again? We are finally getting most of the guys to play near their historical norms.
May 21, 201312 yr QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 21, 2013 -> 08:07 AM) Axelrod has turned into a pretty damn fine pitcher. For a 6th starter filling in, and a guy who was released and signed as a minor league FA from the scrap heap... yeah, I'd say he's been a very nice acquisition. He's a major league starter.
May 21, 201312 yr QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 21, 2013 -> 09:17 AM) For a 6th starter filling in, and a guy who was released and signed as a minor league FA from the scrap heap... yeah, I'd say he's been a very nice acquisition. He's a major league starter. Axelrod as a starter at the MLB level: 19 games, 108.1 IP, 4.32 ERA, 75 K, 35 BB, 1.33 WHIP, 14 HR Personally, that looks like a 4th starter to me. It's not a large sample size by any means (which his minor league numbers are, and those are phenomenal), but there's enough there for some stabilization. The Sox have a lot of talent in their rotation, but Axelrod really should be in a rotation somewhere in the majors.
May 21, 201312 yr QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 21, 2013 -> 09:39 AM) Axelrod as a starter at the MLB level: 19 games, 108.1 IP, 4.32 ERA, 75 K, 35 BB, 1.33 WHIP, 14 HR Personally, that looks like a 4th starter to me. It's not a large sample size by any means (which his minor league numbers are, and those are phenomenal), but there's enough there for some stabilization. The Sox have a lot of talent in their rotation, but Axelrod really should be in a rotation somewhere in the majors. The jury is still out for me until he gets at least 30-40 starts. Remember how good Phil Humber looks for 15-20 starts?
May 21, 201312 yr QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ May 21, 2013 -> 09:42 AM) The jury is still out for me until he gets at least 30-40 starts. Remember how good Phil Humber looks for 15-20 starts? Here's where I see things differently. Humber in AAA - 104 G (93 GS), 527 IP, 4.70 ERA, 403 K, 164 BB, 1.37 WHIP Axelrod in AAA - 31 G (31 GS), 188.1 IP, 2.58 ERA, 167 K, 52 BB, 1.10 WHIP You can compare their other minor league numbers too and Axelrod is far superior. There might be some John Ely to Axelrod's game, and the second or third go around the league may start to destroy him, but I absolutely think he's a 4th starter in the majors. I wouldn't be surprised if he faded off into the distance - righties with 89 MPH fastballs don't often make it in the majors - just that I think he absolutely deserves a shot.
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