Gonzalez and Day Settling in at AA-B-Ham

[maggsmaggs]

It's a free article:

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=146

 

Good Quotes though:

GIO

In those two outings, Gonzalez’ fastball has been up to 93 mph, and his low-80s hammer curveball and changeup have both been above-average to plus pitches.

 

DAY

“His slider is a 60 (on the 20-80 scouting scale) every night,” Regier said. “And some nights it’s a 70. It’s been more about him trusting the fastball and not wanting to throw nine sliders in a row to get out of an inning more than anything else. We’ve really tried to get him to balance out the use of the fastball-slider mix.”

“If he was a position player in Double-A at 26, you’d say to yourself, ‘Well, I don’t know,’ ” Regier said. “But this is a 26-year-old with a fresh arm and a really good body. He has to feel like Tattoo on Fantasy Island right now after being in big league camp all spring. He’s not too far away."

 

Lots of good press on our prospects right now, love to see it.

[BearSox]

Good article... I am really getting excited by Day, and I really wanna see that slider of his. We have a few good future arms for the pen: Day, Perez, Logan, and a couple others. We are stacked with pitching right now... it seems like we went from having one of the worst pitching farms to one of the best.

 

And I really think Gio will make everyone forget about Garcia in a couple of years.

Edited April 12, 2007 by BearSox

[CWSGuy406]

Even Roto had a little blurb about Day.

 

I don't know where Day fits in just about yet. Everyone has done well in the early going for the Sox. The back-three, who most people thought were going to struggle, have shown well in the early going. That's not to say it's going to last, but it might -- Aardsma showed this type of success with the Cubs in the latter part of the season last year, and Masset should be here for a while because he can throw three-four innings at a time. I'm still skeptical about Sisco, but so far, so good.

 

We're in a good spot... in fact, if guys like Logan, Perez and Day keep succeeding -- along with future relievers OMGrosso and Long keep pushing from the lower minors -- I wouldn't mind trading one of our proven arms for something of more value to us (an actual MIF prospect? a catching prospect?). I'd go so far as to say Jenks could become available... (blasphemy, I know)

[BearSox]

actually, if Jenks doesn't show considerable improvement by mid-may... he could be out of a job.

[shawnhillegas]

actually, if Jenks doesn't show considerable improvement by mid-may... he could be out of a job.

 

He has blown 1 save, and hes throwing 93-95. He's not what he was in 2005, and at some point this year he may not be the closer, but do you think we are just going to cut him? Ridiculous.

Edited April 12, 2007 by shawnhillegas

[WhiteSoxfan1986]

Whats Day's fastball like?

[maggsmaggs]

Whats Day's fastball like?

mid 90's, but pretty straight or so i here. Control on it is getting better.

[Heads22]

Remember, BA said Tex has the best slider in the org. I hope to get his interview up in the next couple of days.