SoxBlanco

Because of the 25 pitches he has thrown so far?

This thread is exactly why I was in favor of he plan to have Kopech and Crochet start with the big league team. There will be plenty of opportunities to get multi-inning relief appearances and build up their innings. And they get to do it against big league hitters.

True, but there's also the issue of being a little anxious to get that first hit or anxious to help out the team right away. Remember how bad Eloy looked on low off-speed stuff against KC during his first series a couple years ago? I'm not worried about Vaughn.

He looked fantastic. Best fastball command I've seen from him in a long time, and he was hitting 97/98 at times. He looked like a completely different pitcher.

23 more at bats.

Tony??? That’s a horrible take. These are major league baseball players dropping the baseball and making bad throws. The manager should get 0% of the blame. If they were throwing to the wrong base or missing the cut off, then you might have an argument, but this is 100% on the players.

Yep. If Vaughn can play an adequate LF and Yermin is the DH, then our lineup is what we thought it would be during the offseason, with Mercedes replacing Eloy. And if Mercedes can produce, we might not be losing as much as it seemed when Eloy went down. Having said that, I understand it’s only one game. However, he has produced at every level, and his two strike approach looked great last night.

Mercedes could go 0-5 with 5 K’s in three of his first four games this year and still be batting .250.

You serious?

I believe he only gave up a lead off homer, and then the Twins tacked on 3 more not via the home run. But yes, that sucked. A lot.

If you are going to officially correct the official first day of spring, then I should officially let you know that the official first day of spring this year was March 20. ?

Smart, @Chicago White Sox. Get this first game thread started early so that you can do 162 of them!

Sale pitched 71 innings out of the pen in 2011, and I’m guessing they have more of a “plan” for Crochet than they did for Sale. If they want Crochet to get to 80 innings, I don’t think it’ll be an issue if he stays healthy.

Maybe the good news isn't extension related at all. What else could it be? Eloy related?

Any updated predictions now that we’ve seen some spring training lineups? I’m thinking something like this: Anderson Eaton Abreu Moncada Eloy Grandal Robert Vaughn Madrigal

I don’t think Robert is the #2 hitter on opening day.

Kopech. He needs to build up some innings anyway. If we never need him to start, great. If somebody gets hurt, then he gets a chance to build up some innings. He can throw 2, 3, 4 innings and Crochet can follow that up with a couple innings.

Eh, I actually liked the rant with the f-bombs better. I’m just messing with you. Rodon/Cease are so important to this team’s success. Even if just one of them has a solid season, I would really like our chances this year. And I completely agree that Rodon needs to work fast and get ahead of hitters. We know his slider is excellent, which makes his fastball even better if he’s ahead in the count.

This may be the most a human being has ever wanted pitcher to throw strikes in a spring training game. And I’m not judging. Just pointing it out.

I didn't realize it said Yoenis when I first read it, and I was very confused.

Wow, this is huge news if the eyeballs were in reference to Giolito. Very huge news.

He definitely didn't have his best stuff in that playoff game, and we all wish he could have pitched better, but I don't think I'd say he got "shelled". He gave up 3 earned runs. And he was money almost all season long. The point you are making is terrible.

The fans were Vornado brand with a big V. Is that Vaughn?