June 23, 201510 yr QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jun 22, 2015 -> 09:45 PM) Jim Callis @jimcallisMLB 6m6 minutes ago Ceiling is frontline starter. Has that stuff. @SSS_joshnelson: With Fulmer joining the @WhiteSox - what do you think his ceiling is? Sale Rodon Shark Quintana Fulmer EJ, Montas, Danish, Beck in the wings. Staff looks real good to me. Just get some hitters lol With Guerrero and Adams on their way. Hell, I'll even add Drabek due to his performance this year. Going to have to start trading some of them for hitting.
June 23, 201510 yr QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jun 22, 2015 -> 09:45 PM) Jim Callis @jimcallisMLB 6m6 minutes ago Ceiling is frontline starter. Has that stuff. @SSS_joshnelson: With Fulmer joining the @WhiteSox - what do you think his ceiling is? Sale Rodon Shark Quintana Fulmer EJ, Montas, Danish, Beck in the wings. Staff looks real good to me. Just get some hitters lol Going to have to trade some of those guys to get a decent team, unless one can be built trading everyone but Sale and Abreu. Danish, Beck = pen, but possibly good ones.
June 23, 201510 yr Curious to see if Fulmer comes out for the 8th. Edit: curiosity has been answered. Edited June 23, 201510 yr by BlackSox13
June 23, 201510 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 22, 2015 -> 09:01 PM) Fullmer's delivery is lightning quick. Reminds me of the delivery that Brandon McCarthy had when he first came up. Not necessarily a good thing with the injury history of McCarthy. The only knock on Fullmer is the high effort to the delivery.
June 23, 201510 yr QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 22, 2015 -> 09:47 PM) Danish and Beck don't look like MLB starters to me. Would love to use Danish as trade bait if he has value Danish and Montas in the bullpen would be great as well if it came down to it. I think either one could be a closer
June 23, 201510 yr QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 22, 2015 -> 09:05 PM) Not necessarily a good thing with the injury history of McCarthy. The only knock on Fullmer is the high effort to the delivery. I always thought one of the knocks on McCarthy (originally) was coming almost completely over the top...that it was going to lead to shoulder problems and force him to adjust his delivery. It also led to his fastball not having much movement, although the 12-6 curveball was nasty.
June 23, 201510 yr QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 22, 2015 -> 10:05 PM) Not necessarily a good thing with the injury history of McCarthy. The only knock on Fullmer is the high effort to the delivery. I am guessing in this case, and knowing their draft history, they don't pick Fulmer if they aren't either comfortable with his motion, or if they think they can get him to adjust. Remember the Sox have passed on pitchers in the past for that exact reason.
June 23, 201510 yr Great article on Fulmer. Needless to say, Vandy doesn't expect him not to sign http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/cws...mmodores-brink/
June 23, 201510 yr Really like having him. If we can get another good arm for Shark, rotation should be in a great cost-controlled position. How we get those position players though, a real struggle. Would love Hoffman.
June 23, 201510 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 23, 2015 -> 09:43 AM) I am guessing in this case, and knowing their draft history, they don't pick Fulmer if they aren't either comfortable with his motion, or if they think they can get him to adjust. Remember the Sox have passed on pitchers in the past for that exact reason. I don't think they really look at it as much as other teams. Look at Sale. His motion scared alot of teams off. Anyway as I said there really isn't much not to like about his other than the effort. Cooper preaches decreasing the effort anyway.
June 23, 201510 yr QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 23, 2015 -> 06:43 AM) I always thought one of the knocks on McCarthy (originally) was coming almost completely over the top...that it was going to lead to shoulder problems and force him to adjust his delivery. It also led to his fastball not having much movement, although the 12-6 curveball was nasty. That is the good and the bad of throwing over the top .It creates a great curve ball but it allows the hitter to get a good look at the pitches if they are all thrown from there. Dave Stieb was a pitcher who was effective with throwing the over the top curve but dropped down a little for the fastball and slider. It doesn't necessarily lead to shoulder injuries but that motion does put more stress on the shoulder. Then the further you lower the arm angle the more stress goes to the elbow.
June 23, 201510 yr i hate mentioning this, but with the pitching and selection of the pitchers, i really trust the sox org, blindly.
June 23, 201510 yr Ben Badler @BenBadler 3h3 hours ago Carson Fulmer woke up with a fever, @mlananna writes, then pitched Vanderbilt to one win away from a national title: http://bit.ly/1N5EqRk
June 23, 201510 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 23, 2015 -> 01:53 PM) Ben Badler @BenBadler 3h3 hours ago Carson Fulmer woke up with a fever, @mlananna writes, then pitched Vanderbilt to one win away from a national title: http://bit.ly/1N5EqRk That can be dangerous. A fever makes the body tissues more extensible and pliable, thus makes any tissue more susceptible to injury.
June 23, 201510 yr QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 23, 2015 -> 08:04 PM) That can be dangerous. A fever makes the body tissues more extensible and pliable, thus makes any tissue more susceptible to injury. i didn't know that. here i was going to say something about his intestinal fortitude and his determination to play.
June 24, 201510 yr I'm waiting for one of our mods (can't remember his name) to tell us that Fulmer is 99.99 % certain of signing with Sox.
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