ThunderBolt

No team who has resorted to Mark Hendrickson has come away saying, "Hey! Looks like we improved the bullpen!"

There's no reason to make Buehrle the 4th starter unless his performance warrants it. Peavy, Buehrle, Floyd, Danks, Hudson/Garcia.

This is fun with sample sizes, but from what i've seen (this video) i like the movement on his heat. It's got a very nice tailing action near the backend. His breaking balls seemed to fall a bit flat, and finished high in the zone. This isn't a indicator of future success. That being said, he's very young, and is already displaying genuine stuff on an international level.

There's no reason to call a 20 year old kid who hits .280 in AA, in his 1st pro season a bust. No reason for it, no truth to it. Viciedo is going to improve very quickly. I wouldn't be suprised to see him get a call-up next September.

Peavy was damn impressive given the circumstances. Here's to a steady improvement from here on out!

My god that is GLORIOUS.

QUOTE (VenomSox @ Sep 19, 2009 -> 06:42 PM) SP Bryan Morgado; I doubt Morgado will ever do much fantasy wise for us, you know, considering how he isn't even in the organization.

Man, Jayson Nix is a good ballplayer.

Congrats to Mr Flowers on his 1st major league hit!

Any reason why this game isn't being shown on Extra innings?

Bingo. Hughes' BB/9 in the Minors was 3.5, his K's were around 7/per 9. Hopefully, we've scouted this kid, and won't be torn to pieces.

Seriously, i know A LOT of minor league pitchers, but i have never heard of Dusty Hughes. I think i'll go look him up.

Who the hell is Dusty Hughes?

I'd still start Viciedo in AAA, next year. He impressed me. He made some great adjustments, not only in the game, but in his acclimation to american life.

T-Pain is a world of suck. My god do i miss Brandon Allen

Guys like Lincecum and Cain can go out and pitch a great game knowing fully that they will not get run support. Buehrle falls behind, and hopes like hell he can be bailed out. He's a great pitcher, but his performace since perfection has been wretched.

We have quite the ACE here. Buehrle needs to stop doing this s***.

We're hardly 5.5 games back and we have six more games against the division leading team. Let's not give up, and say we did.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 18, 2009 -> 11:43 AM) Lose a lot of them that way too. That's the game of baseball though. You can't win them all. The idea is to win a plurality of your games, we tend to do that by hitting a lot of home runs. Fleeing from that method is not a good idea.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Sep 18, 2009 -> 11:45 AM) Come on. An airplane can fall on me when I walk out my door today, but it's not going to happen. I wouldn't be too sure man. I know people...

Wow, that's impressive, Jordan. You look slim as hell. Good Work!

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 18, 2009 -> 11:35 AM) It's always been a part of baseball. Since we are Sox fans we can't grasp traditional baseball since we haven't seen it in years. We love our "station to station" baseball. That station to station thing sure seems to win us a lot of games.

We're close to the playoffs, given that the playoffs are a crapshoot, we need to do our best to field a solid team going into the Tigers stretch. If Buehrle and Danks are healthy enough to be pitching right now two weeks isn't going to kill them.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 18, 2009 -> 10:53 AM) If Floyds hip is bothering him that much it would really anger me if they kept throwing him out there Oh, i absolutely agree with you on Floyd, but shutting Danksy and Buehrle down for the hell of it would be a real issue with me

QUOTE (BaseballNick @ Sep 18, 2009 -> 10:45 AM) It is beyond me that you still cannot see the value of a bunt. You're a bright person who makes valuable contributions to this site, but in no way can I agree with you here. The bunt is especially valuable to a team like the White Sox who are slow and prone to hitting into double plays that negate so many potential scoring chances. I am especially a fan of the bunt when you advance a runner to 3rd with less than 2 outs because a pitcher then has to be extra careful with with any low breaking pitch - so I really don't see how that "makes the pitcher's job easier." It takes away some of a pitcher's arsenal to what should be an RBI threat coming to hit. I don't see the math in giving away one out, to avoid two. There's very little net game. Instead, the focal point for all offensive contributors need to be on working the count and looking to drive the ball. I'm fine with the sacrifice fly, because it implies that conscious offensive effort was made. The bunt seems like a cop out.