beautox Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 4-2 twins, its really coming down in cleveland. top of the 9th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 (edited) By my count, the Twins will now be up 3-2 against Minnesota on the season series. Even if they were to lose tmrw (Twins), that's a helpful 2 game swing between the Sox and Twins right there in the standings. It's also why "not who you play but when you play 'em" means so much. NY had won 5 of 7 coming into the weekend, and just got Chapman back to form the most intimidating bullpen since the Nasty Boys in the late 80's/early 90's and arguably a better iteration of that trio in terms of overall ability. We will also have the advantage of facing the Royals w/o Moustakas, Danny Duffy without having built up his arm strength after going to the bullpen the first six weeks and Dillon Gee. Finally, the KC pen is just not nearly as good as NY's, simply because Soria and the 7th inning have become such an adventure with Soria, and Hochevar hasn't been as sharp, either. Edited May 14, 2016 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 (edited) Game over, 6-3 Indians (Gomes hit a homer in the 9th off Jepsen). Still 5 GB. KC and DET still to play. If Baltimore wins tonight, they'll tie us for the best record in the AL again. Last week, they were something like 4 games over .500, and we should have been at +14 after Tuesday. (They beat up on the A's just like the Sox did, and took the first two against DET). Edited May 14, 2016 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 (edited) 6-3 Twins win Edited May 14, 2016 by flavum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Ausmus might not manage a game against the Sox this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarComing25 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Braves! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 (edited) Losing 11 of 12 or 12 of 13 or whatever it is right now...there might be no choice left for Avila but to can Ausmus and see if they can salvage the season somehow. He's not the reason for the recent bullpen struggles, Miguel Cabrera and JD Martinez to be shades of their former selves (Cabrera actually pulled a 93 MPH fastball to left for his first "typical" homer in weeks), for Justin Verlander's fastball to be 90-92, for Anibal Sanchez to blow up every other start, for a talented rookie in Michael Fulmer to go through growing pains...the scapegoat more than anyone though seems to be Ausmus/Justin Upton and Anthony Gose to a lesser extent. It's pretty remarkable with Castellanos, Zimmerman, Kinsler and Victor Martinez playing so well that they could lose that many games across a stretch of almost two weeks. Edited May 15, 2016 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpd9189 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 There's honestly no reason why the Sox shouldn't win the ALC this year. This division is garbage aside from the Sox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 QUOTE (dpd9189 @ May 15, 2016 -> 12:07 AM) There's honestly no reason why the Sox shouldn't win the ALC this year. This division is garbage aside from the Sox. May 20 - June 19 6 with Detroit 7 with Cleveland 10 with Kansas City Opportunity to prove that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 (edited) CLE Weaknesses: 1) Brantley's hurt again, and Gomes' bat isn't quite back yet. 2) The rotation hasn't really clicked yet, and Kluber especially has fallen off from 2014 in terms of stuff. 3) Lack of resources to make big additions, have to trade from their farm system. 4) Bullpen in front of Cody Allen, and Allen has walked a lot of people for a closer although he flies under the radar except for roto owners/daily fantasy gamers. 5) Defense 6) Back end of the rotation, Tomlin and Anderson 7) Health Strengths 1) Core of Kipnis/Lindor in the middle infield is one of the AL's best. Lindor is an even better fielder than Carlos Correa, more speed but less power and highly deserving of more national acclaim. 2) Additions of Uribe, Napoli and Rajai Davis have helped to stabilize the club. 3) Santana's OBP. 4) Potential of Bauer if he comes back to the rotation, 5) minor league system 6) stuff of Carrasco (when healthy) and Salazar ROYALS I'll just go through their weaknesses, lol. 1) Injuries to Moustakas, Medlen and Young (partially due to ineffectiveness as well, those DL trips) 2) Morales has looked like the version who sat out the beginning of 2014 and never got his stroke back 3) Escobar has a terrible OBP and has gone backwards offensively...Alex Gordon also has struck out too much and hasn't looked like the same player from 2014. 4) Swapping out Soria for Madson has been a disaster. The rest of the bullpen, especially Hochevar and even Herrera recently has been more human than the 2014/15 iterations. 5) Infante's basically toast and Mondesi's suspended, so no quick fixes there. 6) Cain, until recently...has struggled offensively and had single digit XB hits a week ago 7) Duffy hasn't stretched out his arm and Dillon Gee's a waiver claim...putting a lot of pressure on Volquez, Ventura and Kennedy to carry the rotation 8) Ventura hasn't emerged as the "true ace" he was projected to be and his stuff has degraded a bit in terms of crispness Tigers... Why bother discussing them for now? If they get closer to .500 I'll waste some time on them, but for now they're toast just like Ausmus. Edited May 15, 2016 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHurt3515 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 At least all the other AL central teams suck right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Reds up 4-0 on the Indians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panerista Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 15, 2016 -> 05:56 PM) At least all the other AL central teams suck right now Rough week and only lost one game. I'll take it. No one seems to want to chase this team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Indians up 7-4 after 4. Reds suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Tigers beating up Berrios. Kinda glad he's not pitching like a phenom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Jordan Zimmerman isn't gonna let the Tigers bullpen blow this huge lead, he will blow it himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Chris Cotillo @ChrisCotillo 58m58 minutes ago Minor-league signings today: David Huff to Angels, Robbie Grossman to Twins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 (edited) Danny Duffy will start in Chicago with a pitch count of around 60. Gee- Quintana Duffy- Gonzalez Ventura- Rodon Edited May 17, 2016 by flavum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHurt3515 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 DET/KC win again today with KC having another game tonight. Sox need to get it together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Central Division is very very weak this year. I'd expect 5-10 over .500 will win it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Moustakas is coming back Tuesday for the White Sox weekend series. Will sit out one extra day (Friday) to avoid facing Quintana in the opener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 The Reds may have the worst bullpen in the history of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 (edited) If you remove David Robertson from the equation, the White Sox might not be far ahead of the Reds. Edited May 19, 2016 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarComing25 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 18, 2016 -> 10:47 PM) If you remove David Robertson from the equation, the White Sox might not be far ahead of the Reds. Is this is a serious post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ May 19, 2016 -> 09:05 AM) Is this is a serious post? they are pretty much all the same except for nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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