CWSpalehoseCWS Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 GSB! @Grab_Some_Bench New #WhiteSox LHP reliver Luis Avilan's splits will make you tingly inside. Has 128.1 IP vs lefty hitters in his MLB career, so by no means a small sample size. Those lefties have mustered a .283 (!!!!) SLG% against him. And that # held true last year at .280 That is pretty impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 And royals fans think their farm will supplement a better bullpen why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 (edited) QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 4, 2018 -> 07:12 PM) The pessimism is well founded. he's that bad. Seriously, he may have made the decision for me to not get mlb.com this year. I'll go crazy watching him pitch. Perfect though, again, for those who want one more tank season. He's perfect cause nobody can accuse the Sox of tanking cause he has a name and makes a good buck. But he will get the tank job done. I'm not lying when I say Royals fans are rejoicing. It's better for them than New Year's Rockin Eve. Can you please elaborate? I have no idea how his stuff was last year, but his K rate was above his career average and his BB rate wasn’t too much worse. The HR rate obviously appears to be an outlier though. Regardless, the stats seem to be pretty good. Did he blow a bunch of saves or something? If that’s the big problem then I’ll happily role the dice on him as our closer in a rebuilding season. Edited January 5, 2018 by Chicago White Sox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 5, 2018 -> 01:09 AM) I don't get the pessimism with Soria. He's had one bad year ever and that year was hardly a total s***show by White Sox standards. We're going to get something much nicer than Jake Peter in return for him at the deadline. Yeah KC fans hate Soria but think they should get the world for Herrera who was awful last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Friday Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jan 4, 2018 -> 08:22 PM) Can you please elaborate? I have no idea how his stuff was last year, but his K rate was above his career average and his BB rate wasn’t too much worse. The HR rate obviously appears to be an outlier though. Regardless, the stats seem to be pretty good. Did he blow a bunch of saves or something? If that’s the big problem then I’ll happily role the dice on him as our closer in a rebuilding season. His average FB velo was the highest of his career, so at the very least his arm seems healthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGajewski18 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Greg, Soria had a 2.23 FIP last year and striking out over 10 hitters per 9 innings. He was damn good last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elrockinMT Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 QUOTE (GermanSock @ Jan 5, 2018 -> 01:40 AM) Don't care for the trade either way. No cost except money which the sox have plenty available due to the low payroll but also no real gain. Yeah you could say they need relievers but honestly they are already projected to be a last place team next year, so why not lose 95+ and get another top3 pick (which might happen anyway fangraphs actually projects them as the worst team of the majors) Ole Coop will fix em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 4, 2018 -> 07:12 PM) The pessimism is well founded. he's that bad. Seriously, he may have made the decision for me to not get mlb.com this year. I'll go crazy watching him pitch. Perfect though, again, for those who want one more tank season. He's perfect cause nobody can accuse the Sox of tanking cause he has a name and makes a good buck. But he will get the tank job done. I'm not lying when I say Royals fans are rejoicing. It's better for them than New Year's Rockin Eve. Greg demands a better major league roster in 2018. Rick Hahn improves the talent roster for the 2018 roster Greg is furious. Sounds about right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWSpalehoseCWS Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jan 4, 2018 -> 07:22 PM) Can you please elaborate? I have no idea how his stuff was last year, but his K rate was above his career average and his BB rate wasn’t too much worse. The HR rate obviously appears to be an outlier though. Regardless, the stats seem to be pretty good. Did he blow a bunch of saves or something? If that’s the big problem then I’ll happily role the dice on him as our closer in a rebuilding season. Soria comes across as one of those "deceptively good" stats guys. He struggled last year with RISP and high leverage situations. Check out his Fangraph splits, small sample size, but not good by any means. Even so, I don't think there's any reason to freak out over him being on the team. Sox needed pen arms bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmmmmbeeer Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 So Rick Hahn just went out and got 2 great deadline-flip candidates and $4M in cash in exchange for a AAAA player? And people (person) are b****ing? GTFOH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 QUOTE (Blackout Friday @ Jan 4, 2018 -> 07:32 PM) His average FB velo was the highest of his career, so at the very least his arm seems healthy. Awesome to hear, thanks for sharing that. I’m very optimist about this trade now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFutureIsNear Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Very good deal. We needed bullpen pieces and got them for virtually nothing. When was Jake Peter ever going to beat out Sally and Yolmer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Love this. Could turn into a nice chip to move at the deadline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 (edited) So what does the bullpen look like now? CL: Soria SU: Jones SU: Avilan MR: Farquhar MR: Bummer MR: Minaya/Infante/Vieira LR: Covey/? Edited January 5, 2018 by Chicago White Sox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWSpalehoseCWS Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jan 4, 2018 -> 08:03 PM) So what does the bullpen look like now? CL: Soria SU: Jones SU: Avilan MR: Farquhar MR: Bummer MR: Minaya/Infante/Vieira LR: Covey/? I would think something like this: CP: Soria SU: Avilan SU: Minaya MR: Farquhar MR: Bummer MR: Infante LR: Scahill Covey either as the 5th starter spot (until Rodon comes back) or in Charlotte starting. Vieira in Charlotte. Has Jones even been confirmed to be ready by the start of the year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 It's like Dotel/Linebrink with the Sox. Deceptively good stats, but you absolutely couldn't count on him to hold a lead in August, when they were desperately fighting to stay in the division race. KC basically was desperate to get him off the roster from a financial standpoint, but mostly psychologically...Yost kept going back to him over and over again and he just completely wore out his trust by the end of the season. As a 7th or maybe 8th inning guy, he was pretty good. But he just completely fell apart the last two months in high leverage situations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jan 4, 2018 -> 08:03 PM) So what does the bullpen look like now? CL: Soria SU: Jones SU: Avilan MR: Farquhar MR: Bummer MR: Minaya/Infante/Vieira LR: Covey/? Minaya is set up for me still. Avilan is MR role Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Just a week or so ago I was questioning what Hahn had in mind for the bullpen because free agent RP's were going like hotcakes and nothing would be left if he waited too long and damned if he didn't answer my concerns by making a pretty decent trade for relief help.Thanks for listening Rick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jan 4, 2018 -> 08:03 PM) So what does the bullpen look like now? CL: Soria SU: Jones SU: Avilan MR: Farquhar MR: Bummer MR: Minaya/Infante/Vieira LR: Covey/? Could be 8 deep like last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hi8is Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 4, 2018 -> 05:37 PM) Greg demands a better major league roster in 2018. Rick Hahn improves the talent roster for the 2018 roster Greg is furious. Sounds about right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 4, 2018 -> 06:14 PM) Alexander was that nasty lefty reliever on KC last year that threw everything below the knees I remember him very well. Remembered talking about him in one of the GTs. Thank god the young guys don't ever have to face him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jan 5, 2018 -> 02:22 AM) Can you please elaborate? I have no idea how his stuff was last year, but his K rate was above his career average and his BB rate wasn’t too much worse. The HR rate obviously appears to be an outlier though. Regardless, the stats seem to be pretty good. Did he blow a bunch of saves or something? If that’s the big problem then I’ll happily role the dice on him as our closer in a rebuilding season. Can I defer your questions to Caulfield? He can explain. He was probably the most despised Royal in KC of the fans. He was that bad. QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jan 5, 2018 -> 02:35 AM) Greg, Soria had a 2.23 FIP last year and striking out over 10 hitters per 9 innings. He was damn good last year. I defer to Caulfield. QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 5, 2018 -> 02:37 AM) Greg demands a better major league roster in 2018. Rick Hahn improves the talent roster for the 2018 roster Greg is furious. Sounds about right. The other guy we got sounds fine. QUOTE (CWSpalehoseCWS @ Jan 5, 2018 -> 02:39 AM) Soria comes across as one of those "deceptively good" stats guys. He struggled last year with RISP and high leverage situations. Check out his Fangraph splits, small sample size, but not good by any means. Even so, I don't think there's any reason to freak out over him being on the team. Sox needed pen arms bad. Not a bad post but he's really bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boopa1219 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 How much money did the Sox get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox1917 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 I love this trade. A middle of the road prospect for two solid relievers that could possibly be flipped for better prospects, plus cash? This is a fantastic trade for the Sox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox1917 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 4, 2018 -> 09:56 PM) Can I defer your questions to Caulfield? He can explain. He was probably the most despised Royal in KC of the fans. He was that bad. I defer to Caulfield. The other guy we got sounds fine. Not a bad post but he's really bad. Soria is not "really bad". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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