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How about a flyball Avi, it's been awhile.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ May 24, 2016 -> 11:12 AM) http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15688193...young-candidate LOL, wow. All I have to say about this piece. I don't care if it's petty, calling him "Chicago's Other Ace" when he was the first one is offensive and stupid.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ May 24, 2016 -> 09:45 AM) Agreed. Time to let Navarro take 80% of the ABs. Avila can catch Sale and thats it IMO. The dude's only plan at the plate is to walk, and if that doesn't work, he's pretty much an automatic out. His ABs are hideous. At least let Avila catch Rodon, Navarro has rated as easily the worst pitch framer in baseball this year, I think he's played a big role in Rodon's struggles this season.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ May 24, 2016 -> 09:46 AM) Must win game for the Sox IMO. The shot of Kluber shutting down the offense tomorrow is pretty high, so they need to win this one for sure. The Sox have hit Kluber well, especially Abreu, who has dominated him. Maybe (hopefully) Abreu can get start to get back on track with him. Kluber's velocity is down this year, and his fastball was already pretty mediocre before that happened. Despite this, fastball usage is way up this year for him, so he's been getting hit around a bit more.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 24, 2016 -> 10:03 AM) I see them as an 88 win team talent wise (preseason prediction). I believe at the time I made the original post they were on pace to win 95 to 100 games. I didn't think I was calling them a terrible baseball team, at least that is not my opinion. I just believe they would be overachieving to win 95 games and they would need everything to fall in place. You believe they have the talent to win 95 wins. I hope you are correct. But out of 78 votes in the pre season prediction thread, 4 people had them winning more than 94 games. You had them at 84 games in that same thread. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=98487 Wait a minute, if you see them as an 88-win team talent wise then why would they need everything to go right to make the playoffs? I don't actually believe they are a 95-win team, I believe they're an 83-85 win team, but with the good start and the ability to add someone through trade at the deadline I see no reason why they can't win 87-91, which should put them right there for a playoff spot. I think I just have a problem with people misusing "regression to the mean". If you expect a guy to hit .250, if he's hitting .300 at the halfway point you don't expect him to hit .200 in the second half to make up for his overperformance, you still expect him to hit .250 and finish the season at .275. Same logic here. If you think the Sox are an 84 win team, but through 7 weeks they're playing at a 95-win pace, you don't expect the team to play below 84-win pace the rest of the year to get to that number, that doesn't make sense. You now adjust the expected wins upwards (in this case an 84 win pace the rest of the season means 87 wins), unless you see something that makes you think they're no longer an 84-win team like you thought.

Not that close. Out.

Nice pitch for the K.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ May 23, 2016 -> 09:09 PM) Why is Cody Anderson dominating the White Sox? His velocity is up and he has control of his curveball.

Avi back to not lifting the ball. Hasn't hit a flyball in weeks.

Sucks that we have to cheer against him now. Happy that he has multiple rings though. Always liked him.

Nice positioning! Good job not melting down after the double.

C'mon Uribe be a bro and get out.

92 mph, where has that been?

QUOTE (Special K @ May 23, 2016 -> 08:46 PM) I think you are missing his point, which is that this team is outperforming what they were expected to do. Very few, if any, would have predicted the Sox to be in first place at this point. That fact that we keep out performing with an under performing DH gives me and probably other pause, as odds are the team will begin to suffer on offense with a hole at such a crucial position in the lineup. No I get his point just fine. He claims everything is going right, and that is patently false. And even if they have over performed, those wins are already in the bank. Even if you think the Sox are just a .500 team, that means you now expect them to win 85-86 games, which was enough for a playoff spot last year.

That curve looked good. Damnit he actually looks good today.

Anderson doesn't usually throw this hard, right?

Just 3 more innings Johnson.

That ball was right down the middle and called a ball? Worst called pitch I think I've seen this year.

His velocity was fine last year. Is it just mental?

I'll take it.

What the hell is this camera angle?

Comcast quality is still subpar. Can at least watch it now though.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ May 23, 2016 -> 08:03 PM) Just say NO to Collins. He is a Florida born kid who played little league,high school and college in Florida. He has never played a season in a cold climate. He will wilt his first April in Chicago. He is better off playing for a team south of the Mason Dixon. Draft a cold-weather player. Any Canadians in the draft?? Using this logic we should have never drafted Sale.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 23, 2016 -> 07:27 PM) Yeah, which is why I found it stupid that Robin was trying to save the backend of the bullpen for that game. The first game is much much more winnable. The second game has a chance to be a huge blowout for either side. Why assume a blowout? What if both pitchers get rocked?

I understand the frustration with the bullpen usage but it was definitely due to the doubleheader. Robin was trying to get 2 out of Duke and not have to resort to using Jones and Robertson if possible. Pitchers didn't get it done.