Fitting that Keyser's buddy gives the Sox the lead

DeAza for triple crown!

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De Aza is going to make a believer out of Keyser by the end of this year

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Fuckin' Flowers. What an idiot. I'll take the 3-1 lead though.

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You're a funny guy.

He is so much more acceptable in LF and towards the bottom of the order

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Is that what they're shooting for? Less bad? I took a judo class with Less Bad yeah yeah yeah.

eggs-actly. also he should have to stay planted on the base until the ball is in play.

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Viciedo is going to have trouble getting playing time.

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Give him Dunn's spot. What an ugly AB right there. He needs to go.

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87mph on the outer half of the plate belt high, and Dunn swings thru it. He is just awful.

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This would be great. Dunn has been such a black cloud to this team almost since he got here

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Some of you guys should chill on Semien. I'm willing to wager he has better numbers than Beckham by years end.. (low bar, yes)

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Anyone mind if I rip the radio broadcast? Farmer is so annoying.

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Move your ass, Flowers. Man.

Great job by the Big Fella. Now how about getting some more runs.

Cleto is going to be another in the long line of Cooper success stories that RPB refuses to acknowledge

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RPB doesn't acknowledge Coop as a great pitching coach? That seems odd.

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Not true. I think Cooper is great.

I think all pitching coaches are overrated in general but Cooper is good. Especially if you put any of the health stuff on him.

What makes you think that? You obviously know the game better than I do but he looks awful.

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I think the Twins will lose 100 games this year. Especially with the weighted schedule in a pretty tough AL central. Sox will at least go 11-7 against them.

Nate Jones doing what he did last year.

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Ventura as well.

You have Cleto pretty much rolling for the past month and just brought them out of a bad situation but he simply cannot go beyond .2 innings?

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late in the game and down two...leadoff walks...and Ventura figures that Flowers gives him the best chance to get that score tied up

he really is not very good as a manger. I'd put him in the low-average range.

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10,625

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Now you're trolling.

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C'mon guys, snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

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Twins suck!

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fucking semien. that guy is clueless right now.

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Yeah, he looks overmatched at this level.

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Call it approach, call it makeup, adjustments... he doesn't have tools. I've looked at a couple guys the last few years that weren't prospects come up into timeshares, blossom into ASG type players in Allen Craig and Matt Carpenter. They are contact hitters that have a plan up there, and call it feel, but i see the same makeup in young Marcus. Semien is almost the reverse of what folks on this board will correctly deride as KW types; unlike previous and current White Sox prospects in that he draws tons of walks and has good contact numbers. His career arc is similar to the 2 players I mentioned, here is a quick summary:

Simien had a monster So. year at Cal, but only hit about .275 with no power as a Jr.

After falling to the WS as an unnotable draftee, he held his own in Low-A (.253/.320/.376) despite being just 20. Most guys that age will be in rookie league.
In 2012, he had a bustout of sorts (.273/.362/.471) hitting 14 HR at High A Winston-Salem. I had the chance to observe him and a couple other, more heralded draft picks down there. *
2013 in AA saw him win the leagues MVP (.290/.420/.483) with a 15 HR/ 20 SB campaign in 393 at-bats, and spend brief times with the AAA and MLB clubs.

He's basically played 2 full seasons at the professional level and shown remarkable improvement. Obviously, you guys are watching the games (I have not been able to view either game live) and his career may wound up as a journeyman. I'm just saying give him time to get acclimated, he can play all of the infield positions adequately to above average, and has the arm strength to play 3B or SS. He has shown the ability to improve at each level.
*I can understand if you think I may conflate his value, or have a personal interest in seeing him succeed, as everyone likes to find a diamond in the rough after seeing some guy that nobody heard of in the minors. Only time will tell.

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