Tim Anderson has a track record of being an asshole too. It's two guys who like to talk shit.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

I fully expect him to morph into right handed Keuchel at some point, but ride the wave for as long as possible.

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They simply are not comparable. Kuechel tops out at 87. Cueto was sitting on 93 and hitting all of his spots.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Mat Latos also threw low 90s for a time with the Sox.

I'm just saying I expect him to fall apart. I'm not rooting for him to do poorly, I just don't think he can sustain it for much longer. I hope to be wrong.

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Cueto wasn't bad last year. And he has a much better track record than Mat Latos.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Keuchel has a rag arm who relies on guys getting themselves out. Cueto is painting. Up, down, inside, outside. I kinda expect that won't last.

Cueto faded last year after starting out very strong.

We all hope that this continues.

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Everyone except Keuchel.

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He gets his money and would get a ring regardless, and he wasn't on the ALDS roster last year. I doubt he would be too broken up about it.

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Fat Latos has got to be in the pantheon of "baseball guy NPC" who pitched for the White Sox.

Tring to think of some others:

Todd Ritchie and Cal Eldred come to mind.

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Eldred had a really good run in 2000 until he got hurt.


Jose Paniagua
Mike Pelfrey

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Have to manage him very carefully. Skip starts. Keep him fresh.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Sox off today, Friday, Memorial Day, and again on June 6. That should help.

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What kind of scheduling is that? No games on the Friday before or on Memorial Day. I would have gone on Friday for sure if there was a game.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

It's because of the dopey four game series against the Cubs where its two games in each park.

The entire league should be playing games with a 1pm or 3pm start on Memorial Day.

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sox will have to keep keuchel and velasquez around to take up starts in order to manage Kopech's innings.

just keep keuchel under 160 IP

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Play Tampa in Chicago in early April. Brilliant.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Lynn will be back in a couple of weeks, so one of those guys is likely GONE or headed to the IL.

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I think we will get a rotating IL when we finally see Lynn with everyone taking a turn getting his 10 days off

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LaRussa does manage like the division is a locked-up birthright.

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I completely agree. I would love to get a great year from him, but I think it would be foolish to count on him.

For better or worse, Kopech, Cease, and Lynn will have to be the guys we rely on in important games.

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Giolito as well, but I have less confidence in him than the others you mentioned.

Also, if Grandal and Abreu continue to stay cold, this team will not win anything. Abreu has at least showed signs of maybe breaking out of it, and has a track record of being streaky. Grandal has the potential to be a worse signing than Adam Dunn at this point.

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That’s ridiculous. He’s already exceeded what Dunn provided.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

as frank said, and Giolito

That's a very strong 4 and I'm willing to take a chance one of those three will be fine as a 5th.

We don't have to worry as much about Cueto fading because he didn't start until 1/3 of the season was complete.

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Tim Anderson deserves some shit for this interview. Being called Jackie was too much for him?




Jackie Robinson? Tim Anderson is a weak-minded idiot.



https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/04/30/tim-a ... speaks-out

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Anderson definitely has an ego and can be vainglorious in his assessment of his spot in baseball but the incident is simple:

Donaldson meant to insult him and used something with racial subtext within baseball out of all the possible insults he could have used. He could have used something easy like Anderson's infidelity or his errors.

He received a one game suspension and the teams won't play again until the playoffs.

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Would it be racist to make fun of Kyle Schwarber by calling him Babe Ruth? I reject that there is a "racial subtext" to this.

And if infidelity is something to make fun of, I would say that Tim Anderson certainly isn't a minority in that area.

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Yep don’t use a black player as a comparison to the player who compared himself to that player because that has racial undertones . You’re fucking insane .

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