Sunday, April 19, 2009

What I've noticed so far...



Below is some observations I have conquered over the first 12 games this season about the Sox.






  • Our pitching is not as scary bad at 4 and 5 that other people(myself included) had thought. Colon is learning how to use his off-speed pitches because he doesn't have his 95+ fastball anymore. Contreras has been decent, but will be better once he gets his control back

  • Carlos Quentin is a monster

  • Brian Anderson is figuring out how to hit major league pitching and judging it. He has 6 walks through his first 40 at-bats. Last year he had 10 walks through 181 at-bats. If he can keep his OBP over .320 and his average over .240, hit 15-20 HR with 60+ RBI's we should be in good shape.

  • Brent Lillibridge looks 12 and sucks at everything but running

  • Alexei Ramirez looks lost at the plate. He looked lost at the beginning of last year. Some blame it on the cold weather but that is a bullshit excuse because he would have been hitting at the Trop over the weekend. We just need to be patient and relax

  • Paulie looks real good at the plate. His thumb injury has seemed to pass and has his timing back.

  • Mike MacDougal needs to go away

Final Word: If the pitching holds up, they should easily win the division.

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