southsider2k5 Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 QUOTE (Baron @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 02:17 PM) Texas Ranger announcers apparently have no idea why we traded Rios Just like any hometown announcers, they won't talk bad about their guy until he leaves town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 12:57 PM) You also complained when Konerko came back saying he would play too much and take ABs away from Abreu. Now you are complaining the 25th man on the roster isn't in the Opening Day line up. Obviously complaining is your hobby, but make up your mind what you are going to complain about. Irony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 QUOTE (Baron @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 02:17 PM) Texas Ranger announcers apparently have no idea why we traded Rios Jose Abreu. That's the reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 02:19 PM) Just like any hometown announcers, they won't talk bad about their guy until he leaves town. I just found it amusing when they said "he hits well and plays good outfield...I dont know what we're missing here". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 QUOTE (Baron @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 02:23 PM) I just found it amusing when they said "he hits well and plays good outfield...I dont know what we're missing here". Thus proving that either they have never seen the guy play before, or that Hawk isn't the only Homer in baseball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 02:25 PM) Thus proving that either they have never seen the guy play before, or that Hawk isn't the only Homer in baseball. The Rangers announcers are massive homers . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 QUOTE (raBBit @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 02:34 PM) Wind blowing out HARD to LF. Wouldn't be surprised to see Abreu's first bomb today with his plate coverage. Here's to hoping! Last year Nolasco gave up two on opening day to Bryce Harper. 4 would be nice. Abreu, Dunn, Garcia, and Flowers. Get off to a nice start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Anybody going to make a game thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 01:07 PM) I have no idea what a versatile hitter is but I'd prefer the #3 slot to be a good hitter. A versatile hitter is a guy who isn't automatically wrong for most situations he might come up to the plate. You don't want a powerless guy, a pull-only guy, an only-homer guy, a no-walk guy, a high-strikeout guy, etc. He needs to be good enough to drive in your good hitters that are in front of him but also not so good that he's wasted by coming up with 2 outs and nobody on in the first all the time. He's versatile because he is a jack of all trades at the plate, at least against righties, which is when he will be batting third. Of the players in this lineup, Gillaspie had the second highest BB% last year. Paulie had a tenth of a percentage point better, but they aren't competing with one another for time anyway (and the guy who PK would replace had a much higher BB rate than PK). In this lineup, only two players had low K rates than Gillaspie, one of whom is Eaton who had almost the exact same K rate and the other is Alexei. He also had the third best isolated power in this lineup, after Dunn and Flowers. His overall production is middling in the context of this lineup, but... only Dunn and Avisail had a better wRC+ against righties and I'm not sure if I believe Avisail is going to rip righties like he did in the majors last year. If you like OBP, he's second to Dunn by only .003. And this is all despite significantly lower than career norms in BABIP despite good LD%, GB% relative to career averages. And we are learning more and more that the 3 hitter isn't supposed to be the kind of player that we always thought. They come up with empty bases more of than not and when they do come up with men on, they're often your base stealer types who need a well-rounded hitter at the plate to do their thing. One of the most statistically justified parts of lineup building is alternating righties and lefties, and he does that too for this lineup. Cliffs: -he actually is one of the better hitters in the lineup, at least by track record, and definitely against RHP -he does a variety of things well, especially against righties -the 3 hitter isn't as important as you think it is -it is very nice for our lineup that we can have it alternate lefty-righty without putting our only fearsome hitter (Dunn) in front of Abreu in the order QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 02:25 PM) Thus proving that either they have never seen the guy play before, or that Hawk isn't the only Homer in baseball. The thing is that we didn't necessarily trade Rios because we thought he wasn't that good or because he was a bad guy -- he was just expensive, getting older, and we had just gotten a guy who could fathomably replace him for 6+ years at a much lower price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Dunn gets booed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Oh hi, Oberon. I love you. Go Sox! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsoxhurt35 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Got off work early! Let's do this boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 QUOTE (Baron @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 02:47 PM) Anybody going to make a game thread? This is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Let's do this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshPR Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Listening in on my phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 One up, one down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 03:09 PM) This is it. Alright wasnt sure if we were using this as the general thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Kurt Suzuki really hurt us when he played for the A's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 Wind looks nasty already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Gameday has Sale at 95, 95, 95, 95. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feeky Magee Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Wait all this time for baseball season and the f***ing Cubs are playing extras on my stream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 3 up, 3 down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Marcus decided not to soft toss the ball that time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 03:00 PM) Oh hi, Oberon. I love you. Go Sox! If it didn't look like mid-February Chicago out in Bismarck right now, I'd be right with you. But it still feels like winter, so no Oberon for me yet. Next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsoxhurt35 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 123 baby. Let f*** this team up today. Chew em a new asshole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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