Chicago White Sox Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 On 4/22/2018 at 11:04 PM, southsider2k5 said: Still means a roster move. We already cut one OF at Bham. Who gets cut? Expand That Brett guy isn’t really a prospect so he can go at any time. I’m not opposed of rotating Booker, Fisher, & Polo across two OF spots. At some point they’ll need to bump up a couple of the W-S outfielders to AA to make room for Robert & Luis Gonzalez, so some of the more fringey prospects at AA or AAA will have to be casualties for the legit ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 On 4/22/2018 at 11:39 PM, thxfrthmmrs said: The 2 best teams to follow this year has been WS and Kanny. Early return from the 2017 draft has been very good outside of Burger and his injury. Hopefully when Eloy gets going and when Hansen returns, Bham starts cooking as well. Expand Puzzling to me the lack of power Sheets has shown as a professional Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 On 4/22/2018 at 11:43 PM, Feeky Magee said: I know people are down on him, but Zack Collins is walking 27.7% of the time, top of the Southern League, next highest is 20.6%. He's running a .059 BABIP. If he had last year's .283 BABIP, he'd have an OBP of .404. He also had a wRC+ of 166 at Birmingham last year. He's not been great but far too much doom and gloom about him. I think he'll be fine. Expand Of course his walk rate is high, he doesn't swing at anything. Not sure I've ever seen anything like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feeky Magee Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 On 4/23/2018 at 12:16 AM, fathom said: Of course his walk rate is high, he doesn't swing at anything. Not sure I've ever seen anything like it. Expand Might be frustrating at times but he's had wRC+'s of 151, 133 and 166 at his 3 extended stops so far before this year. You can't say it's not largely working overall unless you think he's suddenly lost any ability to get hits on balls in play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footlongcomiskeydog Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 On 4/23/2018 at 12:20 AM, Feeky Magee said: Might be frustrating at times but he's had wRC+'s of 151, 133 and 166 at his 3 extended stops so far before this year. You can't say it's not largely working overall unless you think he's suddenly lost any ability to get hits on balls in play. Expand The kid has 2 hits in 12 games this year and a 152 slugging percentage. In what bizarro world is that considered good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feeky Magee Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 On 4/23/2018 at 1:33 AM, tlongo81@gmail.com said: The kid has 2 hits in 12 games this year and a 152 slugging percentage. In what bizarro world is that considered good? Expand Might be worth reading what I said. I said he's not been great this year but he's been largely good as a minor-leaguer so far and with some normal luck he'd basically have been fine this year in a small sample-size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thxfrthmmrs Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 On 4/23/2018 at 12:14 AM, fathom said: Puzzling to me the lack of power Sheets has shown as a professional Expand He reminds me of Rangel Ravelo as a prospect, but might develop a tad more power when it's all said and done. However there's more hope for that type of hitters these days. Good contact hitters could easily hit 15-20 HRs a year thru good use of launch angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerksticks Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 On 4/22/2018 at 11:51 PM, Feeky Magee said: Your 2018 AL Rookie of the Year Eddy Alvarez was 1-3 with a homer and 2 walks tonight. Was 2-2 with a walk, a double and a SF on his season debut. Expand Love this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 23, 2018 Author Share Posted April 23, 2018 Alvarez's upside is a slightly better Saladino...hopefully with the same positional versatility (age is the biggest factor working against him at the moment) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 On 4/23/2018 at 12:14 AM, fathom said: Puzzling to me the lack of power Sheets has shown as a professional Expand I wouldn't sweat it too much yet. His FB% last year was ideal for power but he had an abnormally low HR/FB% (4.7%). That number is probably an aberration and should start to creep up over time even if the power hasn't really translated yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 On 4/22/2018 at 11:10 PM, ChiSoxJon said: Time for Spencer Adams to hit the 'pen (where I think he can be very successful) Expand Seen you say this a couple times now. I don't see it. What about him screams reliever to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 On 4/23/2018 at 4:15 AM, caulfield12 said: Alvarez's upside is a slightly better Saladino...hopefully with the same positional versatility (age is the biggest factor working against him at the moment) Expand Probably more like we originally thought of Leury. A track guy with zero power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSoxJon Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 On 4/23/2018 at 2:25 PM, NorthSideSox72 said: Seen you say this a couple times now. I don't see it. What about him screams reliever to you? Expand Doesn't seem to be overly effective as a starter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 On 4/23/2018 at 4:39 PM, ChiSoxJon said: Doesn't seem to be overly effective as a starter Expand That is not a reason to see him being successful as a reliever. What do you see that makes you think he A) won't be a good starter and B) would be better in relief? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 On 4/23/2018 at 3:09 PM, southsider2k5 said: Probably more like we originally thought of Leury. A track guy with zero power. Expand Anecdotal, but he crushed that HR yesterday through the wind. It didn't have huge distance, but it was loud off the bat and the wind was knocking everything down to LF that day. The girlfriend was making fun of how tiny he is right before that pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 I would still take Engel's defense over Leury's quite easily. I think Adam is taking his struggles onto the grass. That said, I am losing what little hope I had of him ever hitting enough. Not just because of a year's worth of results, but how he looks doing it. I think you start working Thompson in more starting now, and give Engel until like June or July to get going on offense. If he can't do it, ship him to AAA and he's just not part of the plan anymore. Hopefully by then you'll have a healthy Cordell, Tilson with his feet under him too. So there will be options available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSoxJon Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 On 4/23/2018 at 5:10 PM, NorthSideSox72 said: That is not a reason to see him being successful as a reliever. What do you see that makes you think he A) won't be a good starter and B) would be better in relief? Expand Guy is in his third year in AA with not much improvement if any, given his pedigree worth a shot Same goes for Guerrero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
credezcrew24 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 On 4/23/2018 at 8:53 PM, ChiSoxJon said: Guy is in his third year in AA with not much improvement if any, given his pedigree worth a shot Same goes for Guerrero Expand Adams just turned 22 and hasn't even been eligible for the Rule 5 draft at this point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Adams improved pretty dramatically last year in the areas he needed too. This year its 2-3 starts and I wouldn't read a lot into it yet. And yeah, he's still a good couple years younger than the average player in his league. But again, there are legitimate reasons why a pitcher may do better in relief than starting. As far as I can see, none of those apply to Adams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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