Chuck Garfien ‏@ChuckGarfien 9m9 minutes ago

 

White Sox starters ERAs in the 1st inning:

Samardzija 10.00

Noesi 9.00

Quintana 8.00

Danks 7.88

Sale 6.75

Rodon 0.00

The lack of ability to score runs is what's killing the Sox

Having an ERA that is 13/15 teams in the AL isn't helping.

we all should agree, this is a season, so far, as a season of miserable results and failures.

Team simply not good enough to be down 2 or 3 runs and come back every night.

Wade Davis—who might have been the best pitcher on the planet in 2014—told me that if you throw strike one to a hitter, the at bat might be over. Too many big league hitters have no two-strike approach; instead of choking up and looking to hit the ball the other way, they just keep taking the same swing. And big league hitters don’t like to strike out, so they start chasing marginal pitches after only one strike; they’re afraid to hit with two, especially if the pitcher has a devastating put-away pitch. So if a pitcher can throw strike one with a pitch the hitter isn’t looking for, the hitter might take the pitch and then expand the zone in an effort to avoid a two-strike count.

 

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...l#storylink=cpy

 

 

Thought this was interesting in terms of who really battles on the White Sox with 2 strike counts...and the hitters that seem to get themselves out, aren't selective enough...let pitchers having control issues get off by swinging at the first pitch, etc.

 

Of course, we've had a number of marginal/journeyman/AAAA pitchers shut down our offense over the years. It's not usually the guys with the best stuff who traditionally have wiped out our line-up, although we're something of an equal opportunity employer as far as being susceptible to all makes and models of pitchers this season.

It might be the communication between pitcher and catcher. This is not good. Usually hitters have a better chance seeing the pitcher the 3rd time around.

Fire Don Cooper.

Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 1h1 hour ago

 

From White Sox notes: Sox outscored 41-14 first inning, 41 the most in baseball. Sox have been scored on in first in 10 of last 18 games.

Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 1h1 hour ago

 

From White Sox notes: Sox outscored 41-14 first inning, 41 the most in baseball. Sox have been scored on in first in 10 of last 18 games.

He didn't note that the 14 is the worst in baseball.

Outscored 45-14 now.

 

Worst in the majors.

 

Please KW, more inspirational speeches to the media. They always work so well.

 

At least when Ozzie took the focus off the team, it used to work to the team's benefit until the 2011 season.

Edited June 3, 201510 yr by caulfield12