LDF Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 27, 2015 -> 03:42 PM) David Robertson Zach Duke That's your short list of guys who are guaranteed spots in the bullpen. thanks. this maybe the strongest this pen has been, how would you compare it to the 2005 pen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 27, 2015 -> 08:42 AM) David Robertson Zach Duke That's your short list of guys who are guaranteed spots in the bullpen. Barring injury, I'd say that Perticka and Jennings are also locks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 QUOTE (LDF @ Feb 27, 2015 -> 09:53 AM) thanks. this maybe the strongest this pen has been, how would you compare it to the 2005 pen. Until the actual season happened youd have expected the 05 pen to be weak. He'll their closer out of ST didn't last a month and they went through 3 Closers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 27, 2015 -> 09:58 AM) Barring injury, I'd say that Perticka and Jennings are also locks. I think they are likely to make it, but there are situations I can see where they wouldn't keep them. Jennings is basically a flyer despite having put up good numbers previously because the club obviously wasn't high on Rienzo, so I don't think there's attachment there. Petricka has option and if he has no command, I don't think they are married to the idea of him being in the pen. Literally, the short list for guaranteed bullpen pitchers are Robertson and Duke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 JJ Stankevitz @JJStankevitz 1m1 minute ago #WhiteSox Jesse Crain encouraged by progress after bullpen session Friday: http://bit.ly/1McA5uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 27, 2015 -> 09:58 AM) Barring injury, I'd say that Perticka and Jennings are also locks. And I think our best reliever from last year deserves to be in our bullpen as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminor3rd Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Mar 6, 2015 -> 02:12 PM) And I think our best reliever from last year deserves to be in our bullpen as well... Adam Dunn retired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShandyMan Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Mar 6, 2015 -> 01:12 PM) And I think our best reliever from last year deserves to be in our bullpen as well... Petricka also has a good amount of potential to develop even further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 QUOTE (staxx @ Mar 6, 2015 -> 01:21 PM) Petricka also has a good amount of potential to develop even further. Petricka had a rough end to the season, but I'd still take Putnam over him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shysocks Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Mar 6, 2015 -> 01:19 PM) Adam Dunn retired. Michael Jordan, Roger Clemens, and Brett Favre also "retired." Don't give up hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisox05 Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Big crowd out to watch Jesse Crain throw live BP, including Ventura and Hahn. https://twitter.com/ChiTribKane/status/574989398535593984 Jesse Crain throwing live BP today. #WhiteSox http://t.co/U1LR4FxW8C https://twitter.com/CSNHayes/status/574990609028542464 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Is this a surprise? Any reports on velocity/pop and whether he can throw the slider? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisox05 Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Crain threw 30-pitch Live BP. Will have another session Wed or Thurs but moving closer to getting into game action https://twitter.com/scottmerkin/status/575018235508056067 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Mar 9, 2015 -> 01:45 PM) Crain threw 30-pitch Live BP. Will have another session Wed or Thurs but moving closer to getting into game action https://twitter.com/scottmerkin/status/575018235508056067 Great news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisox05 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Crain another good live BP session today. Feeling good physically. O-day roster won't happen -- sox won't rush --but he's on radar for '15 https://twitter.com/CST_soxvan/status/576090719565185024 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 Chicago White Sox @whitesox 3m3 minutes ago .@JesseCrain threw live BP again today and said it's the best he's felt in a long time. #SoxSpringTraining Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 Chicago White Sox @whitesox 10m10 minutes ago From @JesseCrain RT @scottmerkin: Crain on live BP: "I felt really close to a place where I haven’t been in a long time. So I’m happy." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 Scott Merkin @scottmerkin 1h1 hour ago Jesse Crain felt great again throwing live BP. He'll throw one more session on Sunday and then they'll re-evaluate Crain's next step is probably a B game or Minor League game but he seemed as confident as he's been all camp today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elrockinMT Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 12, 2015 -> 09:57 PM) Scott Merkin @scottmerkin 1h1 hour ago Jesse Crain felt great again throwing live BP. He'll throw one more session on Sunday and then they'll re-evaluate Crain's next step is probably a B game or Minor League game but he seemed as confident as he's been all camp today Thanks for sharing. This is great news and hopefully he continues his comeback successfully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisox05 Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 (edited) #WhiteSox mulling the next step for Jesse Crain. Could be side session, B game, simulated game. But he feels best he has since injury. https://twitter.com/CSNHayes/status/577182319552823297 .@JesseCrain threw live BP again today and said its the best he's thrown all spring. Thinks next step is either B game or minor league game. https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/577183502770290688 Again great progress for Jesse Crain. Another live BP session and it was the best he has thrown all spring. Some sort of game next https://twitter.com/scottmerkin/status/577185980496551936 Could be simulated game, B game, Minor League game. He has been off the mound 10 times this spring. https://twitter.com/scottmerkin/status/577186082053185536 Edited March 15, 2015 by WhiteSoxLifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord chas Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Good to see Jesse is getting closer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSox Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I believe that there were 76 relievers in MLB that averaged at least a K per inning. The Sox had 1 - and that was Cleto in limited duty. (veal, too, in 6IP). The guys were young, so they can improve; but I also don't think we had many "must carry" on that staff last year. As for Crain, he hasn't pitched in nearly 2 years and is 34. Even if he does come back, at what level of effectiveness will he deliver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 QUOTE (GreenSox @ Mar 15, 2015 -> 04:07 PM) I believe that there were 76 relievers in MLB that averaged at least a K per inning. The Sox had 1 - and that was Cleto in limited duty. (veal, too, in 6IP). The guys were young, so they can improve; but I also don't think we had many "must carry" on that staff last year. As for Crain, he hasn't pitched in nearly 2 years and is 34. Even if he does come back, at what level of effectiveness will he deliver? No one really knows at this point, but chances are extremely high that he'll be better than Belisario/Downs/Francisco/Veal/Snodgrass were last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) QUOTE (Mike F. @ Mar 15, 2015 -> 07:29 PM) No one really knows at this point, but chances are extremely high that he'll be better than Belisario/Downs/Francisco/Veal/Snodgrass were last year. He was better than them last season when he didn't get in a game. Right now, he isn't better than those guys if he were put on the mound. Hopefully he gets back up to snuff but I believe he had a shoulder injury, and you saw how it changed John Danks. Crain's recovery is taking longer. I wouldn't expect the 2012 Jesse Crain to emerge this season. If it does, it's a huge bonus, but to think he will be anything more than a mediocre 6th or 7th inning guy this year is really pushing it IMO. Apparently it was bicep surgery. Here is an article from March 22 last year. He thought he would be game ready at the end of April or the beginning of May. http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastros/2014/...ury/#21129101=0 Edited March 16, 2015 by Dick Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 16, 2015 -> 02:39 PM) He was better than them last season when he didn't get in a game. Right now, he isn't better than those guys if he were put on the mound. Hopefully he gets back up to snuff but I believe he had a shoulder injury, and you saw how it changed John Danks. Crain's recovery is taking longer. I wouldn't expect the 2012 Jesse Crain to emerge this season. If it does, it's a huge bonus, but to think he will be anything more than a mediocre 6th or 7th inning guy this year is really pushing it IMO. Apparently it was bicep surgery. Here is an article from March 22 last year. He thought he would be game ready at the end of April or the beginning of May. http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastros/2014/...ury/#21129101=0 i like crain but all i would say, with out pointing out the real obvious point, is we the sox fans can get some service time from him. otherwise he will not make a dent in this collection of arm the sox FO have assembled. the players the sox signed, he players from last yr and whatever arms that may be considered, this is the strongest group the sox have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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