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Sierra doesn't look too bad. At least he get some hits unlike Danks

No DP Alexei.

Well Jose did the job of getting him over. Good AB

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 6, 2014 -> 07:59 PM) It is the one pitch he cannot lay off. And I am not sure how he can't, they aren't even close to the plate.. If he would not swing at them he would be walked all the time and pitchers will be forced to throw the fastball or leave a hanging slider. I really hope he can adjust soon

How many times does Abreu have to swing and miss at a slider way out of the zone to understand not to swing at it?

Noesi with another good start.. Hopefully he can sustain it once he goes through this line up the 2nd time around

What a fantastic AB by De Aza to start the game!

The OS roster had him 74 OVR I think, I bumped that up to around 79-80 and upped his potential a bit.

Got the Show. Takes forever to install everything and I am having display issues on my TV.. Black bars around the screen. Both sides and top/bottom. Tried doing TV settings and changing the screen size but nothing worked.. It is giving me a headache and I don't know how to fix it

Pitching has been pretty good of late. Offense needs to come back to life but all this cold weather isn't helping a damn thing.. Also the injuries to two of our good left handed hitters has hurt this line up a lot.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 5, 2014 -> 02:55 PM) Are the OS rosters ready? Yes it is.. The corrections roster should be up tomorrow hopefully. I think they made a few mistakes like Danish, Anderson, Johnson, Rondon not being in the roster. It was a mistake and I think it will be corrected with the update

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 5, 2014 -> 02:00 PM) You will see more seniors than ever going in the first 10 rounds, because when they sign for a small bonus, the team can use that money to offer extra to an underclassman or HS pick. That is what I thought he was talking about so I didn't understand why he was saying after Round 15..

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ May 5, 2014 -> 11:21 AM) Generally speaking, I am ALL for drafting positionless, one tool guys that can hit in the later rounds. I think the hit tool is the most important and that our team has been a case study on it being harder to teach than people want it to be. After about round 4, give me Dan Vogelbachs and the other teams can have the Kennyn Walkers. I asked one of the scouts at the game the other day right after he hit the home run where he thought Tellor would go and said since he is a senior not previously drafted he would probably go after the 15th round just because how the draft is set up with the whole money aspect that I don't know much about. He would be someone a team would draft because they can sign him for less money and try to use more money on guys they are trying to lure away from college or their senior year.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 5, 2014 -> 12:07 AM) http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0,1739372.story Well, I should have expected a Cubs' (former Sox) beat writer to spend 70-75% of his total line space on the Cubs. Well, it's their home games, so have at it. Didn't mention anything about Semien, Erik Johnson (counted to be the 4th starter or possibly 3rd for the next five years) or Davidson. In addition, the improvement of Flowers merits a mention, as well as Dunn (if for nothing else but trade return value). Finally, Conor Gillaspie, when healthy, has been a huge bright spot in the early going, helping to provide more balance to the line-up. Can't read it. Not a "Plus" member

I am one that doesn't care about these advanced stats. I feel like OBP, AVG, RBI, AVG w/ RISP, BB, K, R will pretty much tell you what you want to know about a hitter. OBP is the biggest one for me. If you are getting on base a lot you are giving your team a chance to score.

Glad the Wite So won today

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ May 4, 2014 -> 08:08 PM) 62 aye That is amazing with 5 K's and 2 BB's in 6 IP

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ May 4, 2014 -> 05:45 PM) Danish 6.0 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts, ERA on the year now 0.84 Is it true he only threw 62 pitches? If he can stay healthy, he is going to be good one

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 4, 2014 -> 12:32 PM) You're obviously biased and only championing the kid because he goes to your school that hinders your argument from being considered across the board. I wouldn't jump at a kid because he's a switch hitter, it's a nice a additive, but it's not a reason to draft someone. But in the 15th round, who gives a s*** bring him on. If he's having that kind of success you might as well mix him in with the several other project picks. Yeah I am a biased but I am not claiming he should be a top 5 or 10 round pick. But after he would be a great pick up and someone to follow. QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 4, 2014 -> 03:35 PM) Yeah, I know, Sale came out of a tiny school still known more for basketball, and Pujols an even more lesser-known JC program in Kansas City (Maple Woods). It can happen. Will just have to trust the scouts on his hitting potential. Sometimes it's very hard to determine without top-flight competition and playing year-round, like what happened with everyone overlooking Trout tucked away in New Jersey. There are a lot of great players that come out of smaller schools so I have some hope, I know nobody else has seem him play besides myself but I would rather us draft him then some other team He had another 4 hits today and an RBI. Close to batting .400 on the year now. There were about 4 scouts at the game yesterday and around 5 or 6 there today. I know one of them yesterday was for the Padres and I saw a Mariners and Royals scout there today.

Jose needs to learn to either lay off the slider or hit it or he will never see a fastball again

Another QS for Rienzo. Him and Carroll have been great for this team

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 4, 2014 -> 12:25 PM) Not when it matters I should of rephrased that and asked does he ever hit the ball hard..

Does Danks ever hit the ball

Nice swing by Jose! Need more of that!

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 4, 2014 -> 02:12 AM) I would worry about quality of competition with that particular school. We drafted a guy who was at a junior college in the first round last year. There are players drafted out of junior colleges, community colleges, and smaller colleges then Southeast. I know he won't be picked in probably the top 15 rounds, but after I think he will be a great pick up and will be a fun bat to follow.. Not many first basemen our switch hitters who have power from both sides of the plate. Here is what he did in the prospect summer league after his sophomore season: Prospect League Stats