Jose Abreu and the 2014 White Sox

BP scout bite on Abreu:

“He’s a beast and for real. He may run into a few slumps as pitchers adjust, but he has excellent bat speed and some of the best raw power to come along in recent years. But he's not just a pure slugger. He knows how to control the bat and maintains very fluid actions with his wrists.”

What would you imagine Jose Abreu would fetch if he was put back on the market after the first month of the season? More than 68 million?
12:21 Dave Cameron: 168 million.
12:21 Dave Cameron: Probably over 8 or 9 years instead of 6, but he’d get way more.

This team seemed kind of boring at the beginning of the season but I'm into it now.

Viciedo: .348/.410/.528 with 11 doubles

Granted, as a defender, he's probably turned 11 singles into doubles.

exciting for Abreu and to see when Chris Sale's body will fly apart

Alexei Ramirez has been on fire too.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/change-name-month-april-abreu/R6rQkjZ4

isn't there already a 2014 WS thread

Jose Abreu is just a bull, that guy has a hellacious uppercut swing not unlike Pujols or Sheffield to really drive the outside slow stuff. The fact the guy is already killing those kind of pitches the other way is pretty crazy as often your new player hot start is from people groovin' in the fastballs left and right then it dries up when they start going slow and away.

http://mlb.mlb.com/r/video?content_id=32575665

No shortstop better than Alexei Ramirez these days, says Hawk.

The double play he made last night was pretty amazing.

http://mlb.mlb.com/r/video?content_id=32703863

Or maybe I should say Starlin Castro's base running was amazing(ly shitty).

de aza went 0-3 on #4 pitches seen

B3A De Aza grounded out to second
B6A De Aza Strike (looking), A De Aza bunt popped out to pitcher
B8A De Aza grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop

Shawon Dunston Hitting Academy Award 2014

kep prob wanted his release but this just reads as ice cold

@mlbdepthcharts Updated #WhiteSox roster: IF Jeff Keppinger activated from DL and designated for assignment ...

sale's already 14th in fWAR

Batters have an OPS+ of 2 vs Chris Sale this season.

.126/.175/.192

also abreu has been activated

Adam Dunn can never keep his gum in his mouth and it is fucking disgusting.

Ventura must really not like his bullpen.

Los Angeles - Bottom of 8th
Chris Sale pitching for Chicago
E Aybar doubled to left
C Iannetta singled to center
C Cowgill grounded into fielder's choice to third
H Kendrick singled to right
M Trout homered to center
J Petricka relieved C Sale

Adam Dunn can never keep his gum in his mouth and it is fucking disgusting.

― Andy K, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 03:12 (5 days ago) Permalink

check his BB rate, i bet walking and chewing gum at the same time is tough for him.

<3 Quintana <3

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jose-quintana-is-better-than-you-think/

http://media.nbcchicago.com/images/485*306/Adam_Dunn_8-5.jpg

https://d13csqd2kn0ewr.cloudfront.net/uploads/image/file/63816/w640xh480_USPW_328139.jpg?ts=1407295982

http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/134/files/2014/08/adam-dunn-mlb-texas-rangers-chicago-white-sox2.jpg

hawk and stony will be joined in the booth by a penguin next inning

and adam eaton ran full-speed into the wall on a homer that was several rows back

https://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/862705837.gif

too much of a prima donna for the d-backs

that dude right behind the fence is just so disappointed in eaton

it's probably his dad

Pete Reiser lives (well, not literally)

‏@Lynn_Henning
Not sure the last time a big-league batter struck out on five consecutive change-ups, but Conor Gillaspie, am darned proud of you ...

i doubt it'd happen but jose abreu has a not-impossible shot at the triple crown

whoa, he's hitting .380 post-ASB!!

The rest of the team though... http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/august-was-one-worst-months-white-sox-history

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/93665050/anthony-castrovince-with-jose-abreu-future-of-white-sox-looking-good

Abreu this season has a 172 OPS+, which is a way of saying he's been 72-percent better than average. In the game's long history, just one other rookie who qualified for the batting title has posted an OPS+ of 170 or higher, and, no, it wasn't Mike Trout (168) in 2012.

It was Shoeless Joe Jackson (193), way back in 1911.

Mildly emo about Paulie's retirement. That 2005 World Series win (just after I moved to Chicago) was what got me back into baseball, and he's the last vestige of that team.

You forgot Hawk.

He is a vestige of something else.

Konerko's thank-you video to fans: http://m.mlb.com/cws/video/topic/9105476/v36552901/a-personal-thank-you-from-paul-konerko/?c_id=cws (includes bonus Hawk)

refreshing, considering how the other goodbye is being dealt with

http://www.instantreplaysportcard.com/items/97minors/alb97.jpg

It's sad though understandable that Konerko's retirement is being overshadowed by Jeter's.

*swallows hard*

...except he is nowhere near the player Jeter is.

career WAR:

Jeetz 71.7

Nerkz 28.3

It's sad though understandable that Konerko's retirement is being overshadowed by Jeter's.

yeah i know i know

not really that sad, tho (seems like would be entirely a Chicago thing)

I guess. The Sun-Times today came with a special supplement and poster.

he played 16 seasons for the sox, was quite good as recently as two years ago, hit five homers on the way to the team's only title in the last 90+ years, ppl are understandably attached and they should be

the whole jeter thing has become insufferable because of media worship (and maybe he didn't do anything to puncture it, but i'm not sure he could have), but there are people like k3v who grew up with him and loved him and that's cool. and so it is with konerko. abreu was objectively a better player, but he didn't have the same impact on a community