Lord help they shake up the lineup.

Abreu belongs in #4 anyway.

Bring back Walker!

Mental mistakes is right. You don't have to be a great fielder to mentally know where you're going with the baseball if it's hit to you...

 

Perfect example was Avi in that 4-3 win over Cleveland a few weeks ago...directly cost the Sox a run because he had no idea where he was going with the baseball and instead of just getting it in he double pumped and the runner scored from 1st on a base hit. It was disgusting. There have been a few times where Eaton has done the same thing but it hasn't cost the Sox so it went unnoticed. Getting caught flat footed against aggressive opponents has been a common theme in the Ventura era.

Mental mistakes is right. You don't have to be a great fielder to mentally know where you're going with the baseball if it's hit to you...

 

Perfect example was Avi in that 4-3 win over Cleveland a few weeks ago...directly cost the Sox a run because he had no idea where he was going with the baseball and instead of just getting it in he double pumped and the runner scored from 1st on a base hit. It was disgusting. There have been a few times where Eaton has done the same thing but it hasn't cost the Sox so it went unnoticed. Getting caught flat footed against aggressive opponents has been a common theme in the Ventura era.

 

 

See Colorado game last year when a runner scored from 1b on a single to the outfield.

I'd take more strikeouts if it meant more homers. White Sox have only hit 12 home runs on the season. Go look at the Astros. They have struck out more than anyone in baseball and that's a pretty good offense right now.

The little bit I've seen of Micah he's flashed some good range. Just needs polishing on footwork. If he would've settled down planted and threw, he would've got the runner. But he rushed and threw off balance and was wide of the bag

Lord help they shake up the lineup.

Abreu belongs in #4 anyway.

 

 

Why do you want the team's best player to have less plate appearances?

Lord help they shake up the lineup.

Abreu belongs in #4 anyway.

 

The only lineup where Abreu should be batting #4 is one where you have three guys who reliably get on base 34+% of the time. Otherwise you are reducing his plate appearances for no good reason.

Kottaras off the disabled list in AAA. Is he worth a look?

Kottaras off the disabled list in AAA. Is he worth a look?

 

 

Probably not. Unless you want to increase the OBP with walks.

 

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/batting/_/pos...rt/OPS/minpa/50

 

A wasteland.

 

Russell Martin, Grandal (Top 30 in OPS but 0.1 WAR), Nick Hundley, AJ (let's not go there again), Miguel Montero, Derek Norris, Brayan Pena and Jason Castro were arguably the "available" names Rick Hahn had to choose from.

Kottaras off the disabled list in AAA. Is he worth a look?

 

Hell yeah, just to have a lefty bat from the C position. Soto and T-Flo stand no chance vs. RHP.

 

 

Probably not. Unless you want to increase the OBP with walks.

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/batting/_/pos...rt/OPS/minpa/50

 

A wasteland.

 

Russell Martin, Grandal (Top 30 in OPS but 0.1 WAR), Nick Hundley, AJ (let's not go there again), Miguel Montero, Derek Norris, Brayan Pena and Jason Castro were arguably the "available" names Rick Hahn had to choose from.

 

I'd be very happy to see some walks from the catchers. This team is terrible at drawing walks.

Hell yeah, just to have a lefty bat from the C position. Soto and T-Flo stand no chance vs. RHP.

I'm honestly thinking there is nothing to lose at this point. Not like Soto has done anything to retain his backup job.

I'm honestly thinking there is nothing to lose at this point. Not like Soto has done anything to retain his backup job.

 

but the sox owners want to save some money are too loyal.

Allen Craig will be available for almost nothing, but no position unless he can catch or play 3b.

Why do you want the team's best player to have less plate appearances?

So that he's more productive per plate appearance. So that Eaton can use his speed more...right now it's insane for Eaton to even try to steal a base with Abreu up in the inning. so that when Ventura decides he needs to bunt the 2nd hitter and play for 1 run with Danks pitching, he doesn't take the bat out of the hands of the 2nd to best hitter and reduce the potential productivity for Abreu.

 

 

 

The only lineup where Abreu should be batting #4 is one where you have three guys who reliably get on base 34+% of the time. Otherwise you are reducing his plate appearances for no good reason.

Well, you're probably right about that. And that the Sox can't find 3 other hitters who can get on base a decent percentage is why this offense is horrendous.

The one positive about the offense this season is A Garcia (if he would stop trying to steal).

Scot Gregor ‏@scotgregor 40s40 seconds ago

 

Eaton back in #WhiteSox lineup tonight at Milwaukee. Said he's been working with Steverson on staying behind ball, like he did in 2014

I'm honestly thinking there is nothing to lose at this point. Not like Soto has done anything to retain his backup job.

Soto arguably is worse than Flowers.

Sox have now scored 4+ runs in 9 of the last 10 games. Has the offense turned the corner?

Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 37m37 minutes ago

 

#WhiteSox offense has a .283/.349/.403 slash line with 57 runs in its past 12 games.

Can't find the tweet but it was something like Sox scored 63 runs their first 20 games, and have scored 57 their last 11.

 

 

Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 32m32 minutes ago

 

Adam Eaton has a .381 on-base percentage in nine games back since he had the flu. #WhiteSox

@CSNHayes: Adam LaRoche in May (45 PAs): .333/.511/.485 with a homer and seven RBIs. #WhiteSox

 

Maybe it'll prompt others to stop calling him LaDunn and start calling him what LaRoche means in french and that's The Rock .

 

 

#WhiteSox offense

First 20 games: .238 BA/.288 OBP, 43 BB/161 K

Last 13 games: .288 BA/.353 OBP, 40 BB/67 K

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Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 17m17 minutes ago

 

In their first 20 games, the #WhiteSox scored 64 runs. In their past 14, they've scored 68.