Daniel Hudson Is Gonna Be Good

It’s got great downward movement, but if it’s at the ankles or in the dirt every time hitters will lay off it. He’ll have to have it dive around the kneecaps and shins (easier said than done) for it to be a really effective out-pitch.

probably just my imagination… but with his consistency at the bottom of the zone and missing down… he didn’t get the high strike called in his favor. It seemed that he threw almost all of his pitches at the knees or below, and when he went up in the zone, he either broke a bat, or got a check swing ball called on him. Hopefully some of those borderline high pitches will be called for strikes.

If the Sox were able to produce 2 major league talents each year each draft?

GASP

Honestly, I think the current rotation with Garcia and Hudson at 5 and 6 is ideal. And I’d be happy to see Hudson start in the pen next season since the Sox appear to have 1 good reliever.

That being said. The offense is awful and I don’t think Q and Rios being resurgent is enough to fix it. The Sox desperately need to add a quality bat. The two things they could be considered to have a surplus of are a SP and a SS. I think one if not both of those is going to go in a trade…

just getting home after attending these last two games i need it. i thought he looked good as well. that “triple” by cabrera was in the air an awful long time and i thought it would be caught. possibly some combination of jd being too deep and/or too slow. also, i thought he had punto struck out on the 2-2 pitch before eventually walking him and then span.
lots of boos for jd after his dribbler to the mound. sad.

Scutaro, 33, has been bothered by heel pain since late July. Monday’s MRI revealed a tear in his plantar fascia, a band of thick tissue in the foot.

"As soon as I feel good, I’m going to play," Scutaro said. "If it feels good, I just want to play. I just like playing. I don’t like sitting around here and watching the games on TV. I hate that."

Take it from Q, Marco….go get some nice off-season rest.

but i brought my son and he had a good time so i wasn’t as disgusted as usual. Shawn is now 0-3 for his career with 2 shutouts! I may not bring him ever again. However, Mark Salas went out of his way after the game to flip us a ball which really made his night. He was very proud walking out with the ball after the game. Thanks Salas!

It was fun if one didnt follow it from purely baseball perspective. Anyways once Ozzie started emptying out the bullpen, my brother tells me if Linebrink comes in we are leaving. Probably the one and only time I was hoping Linebrink would pitch the 8th or 9th

Guess where I found that?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/tim_marchman/09/19/peavy.start/index.html

Probably a spring of clear fresh water that never diminished in the drought and never froze in the winter was the closest to what we had instead of the soul they all talked about. I remember when I was a boy the Chicago White Sox had a third baseman named Harry Lord who could foul off pitches down the third-base line until the opposing pitcher was worn out or it would get dark and the game be called. I was very young then and everything was exaggerated but I can remember it beginning to get dark, this was before there were lights in ballparks, and Harry still fouling them off and the crowd shouting, "Lord, Lord Save Your Soul." This was the closest I had ever come to the soul.

the white sox have been messing with us there about to win 12 st8 games and take the al central title. win 2 games vs twins 3 vs indians and 6 vs the tigers. its like 2008 all over again maybe we will even have a game 163

i dont venture here as often with the sox out of it and the minor league season coming to a close, good to see a thoughtful piece on the future. from what ive read, hudson’s ceiling is a three. cheat or anyone else, do you see anything that suggests otherwise? just based on what was said about him in this post and others in the past, it seems like if he can develop a quality out pitch, he’s got the control and make up to stick around for quite some time.

http://baseballanalysts.com/archives/2009/09/measuring_the_i.php

With exception to 2007, he’s been a stud. Up to now:

244.67 IP, 3.31 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 9.6 K/9, 3.1 K/BB

 I noticed he turned 33 recently. Looking at him comps on BR, George Sherrill popped up, but there was nobody else with significant recognition IMO. Is wear and tear, and decline in mechanics associated with age a concern for the Thorndog?

If not, what’s our magic number? I have to play for something.

“other than Beckham and Buehrle what is there on this team that is a given?”

where does the Tribune find these geniuses?