So a LH pitcher that fares better against RH hitters vs. a LH hitter who can't hit lefties.

 

 

Who wins?

 

It was pretty obvious Rienzo was on the way out.

Hopefully Jennings.

The front end of the bullpen is actually a little overcrowded now. Not the best depth in the world but there is a bit of depth there at the moment.

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White Sox know Dan Jennings needs to improve vs LHHs. Rick Hahn said Don Cooper sees ways to make it happen.

 

Coop'll fix that.

The Carroll thing still puzzles me a little. Radio silence on his twitter since the roster move.

 

Speaking of twitter, Jennings is quite the ahh....let's just say he's extremely religious.

RE: Carroll I'm guess he has an open spot here, but Sox are letting him see if there's anything better out there. Protip: there won't be, but can't hurt to look.

Hopefully Jennings.

Exactly, but what I am getting at is this, say Jennings doesn't improve vs. LH hitters, and he is warming up in the bullpen, and a righty is on the mound with a LH hitter coming next who really doesn't hit LH pitchers much at all, say Jayson Heyward. Is the manager a fool to bring him in knowing he is not as effective vs. LH hitters, or is it a good move because that is more than offset by the hitter's righty vs. lefty splits?

 

Obviously, it would be ideal to have a lefty who is good vs. LH hitters available, but many times it doesn't work that way.

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Have we ever had a left handed roogy?

Ehren Wasserman?

No doubt Hahn deserves a good grade for upgrading the weakest part of our team last year.

 

Now to get a bat or two to fill-in that hole in LF and C.

Such an awesome trade. Amazing work RH.

 

Florida must think Rienzo can be a starter in the long-term. LOL.

Awesome. I really like this move. Great to see us shoring up that bullpen. Even if Jennings regresses some, losing Rienzo doesn't concern me at all.

Three takeaways:

1. This means Rodon will probably start the year in the minors and come up in June. This makes me happy.

2. I wonder if they have picked this guy out before the meetings. Hahn already talked to Cooper about Jennings. I wonder if that conversation had before the meetings.

3. Is Kenny out of the loop on some things. Before the meeting started he said he expected Rodon to work in the bullpen then move to rotation next year. The moves done make me think Hahn felt otherwise.

KW is not out of the loop. KW is just saying things to the media because that's what KW does.

I really don't know enough about Jennings to evaluate. Is he just insanely lucky with that WHIP. FIP isn't all that bad either, probably largely driven by the high strikeout rates, but really hard to like those BAA's. Curious what his actual stuff is like, etc, and how he projects going forward.

Exactly, but what I am getting at is this, say Jennings doesn't improve vs. LH hitters, and he is warming up in the bullpen, and a righty is on the mound with a LH hitter coming next who really doesn't hit LH pitchers much at all, say Jayson Heyward. Is the manager a fool to bring him in knowing he is not as effective vs. LH hitters, or is it a good move because that is more than offset by the hitter's righty vs. lefty splits?

 

Obviously, it would be ideal to have a lefty who is good vs. LH hitters available, but many times it doesn't work that way.

Situations like what you describe is where Robin, as the team manager, will come into play. I would try to build some confidence in Jennings by putting him up against lesser hitting left handed batters and see how he performs. Its something Robin will have to find out by trial and error.

 

I would go ahead and bring in Jennings to face Heyward and see how it turns out. Given Jennings backwards splits, at this point I'd guess Duke and Garcia or Surkamp would see most of the action against good hitting left handed batters.

 

To answer your question, I don't think the manager would be a fool to bring Jennings in.

 

no matter what, for me, it was a move to acquire arms, esp arms

with exp since we lost a Bassitt.

I realize this is a minor move, but it's hard not to love this. Rienzo is a throw-away player, unfortunately, and Jennings is 27, has pitched 100 good innings, and is under control for 5 more years. Love this, even if he's only our 6th inning guy.

Nice deal Rienzo had no future in Sox uniform.

I can't believe Rienzo was worth even a warm body.

 

all I can say to that is LOL

Jennings' video page...him getting hit in the head is scary stuff.

 

http://miami.marlins.mlb.com/search/media....layer_id=543359

Jennings' video page...him getting hit in the head is scary stuff.

 

http://miami.marlins.mlb.com/search/media....layer_id=543359

 

From watching some highlights, seems to throw his fastball consistently at 93 mph. Seemed to hang a lot of offspeed pitches to lefties, which probably explains the splits.

Coop couldn't stand Rienzo's pitching. He probably would have told Hahn he could fix me if it meant he didn't have to work with Andre anymore.

When I first read this, I thought the thread title said Desmond Jennings. I got really excited for a second.

It wouldn't surprise me if Rienzo has a good major league career. He has a plus pitch.

I don't think the Sox liked him though.

Jennings walks too many. Bad WHIP. We'll see.

It wouldn't surprise me if Rienzo has a good major league career. He has a plus pitch.

I don't think the Sox liked him though.

Jennings walks too many. Bad WHIP. We'll see.

 

I geuinely think you are the only White Sox fan who could find anything wrong with this deal at all.

I geuinely think you are the only White Sox fan who could find anything wrong with this deal at all.

I also wouldn't be surprised if Rienzo had a decent career at some point. He has decent stuff, strong fastball and curve ball as well as room to grow on both, but that doesn't mean I have any problem with this deal.

I geuinely think you are the only White Sox fan who could find anything wrong with this deal at all.

Technically speaking the upside from the trade perspective would be with Marlins. If Rienzo can pan out in the NL into a 4th / 5th starter, probably more valuable than Jennings upside as a reliever. How likli that is is another story but I could see plenty of scenarios where Rienzo contributes a greater WAR long term than Jennings. Jennings happens to be a nice fit for now but comes with his own issues. We aren't talking about some stud reliever here, rather a solid back of the pen guy with really bad lefty splits.