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2012 Series #2 vs White Sox -|- April 9th, 10th, and 11th.

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CHICAGO WHITE SOX (1-1) vs CLEVELAND INDIANS (1-2)

GAME 1 -|- April 9th, 7:05PM ET. -|- Chris Sale (0-0) 0.00 ERA vs Josh Tomlin (0-0) 0.00 ERA

GAME 2 -|- April 10th, 7:05PM ET. -|- Philip Humber (0-0) 0.00 ERA vs Justin Masterson (0-0) 1.13 ERA

GAME 3 -|- April 11th, 12:05PM ET. -|- John Danks (0-1) 4.50 ERA vs Jeanmar Gomez (0-0) 0.00 ERA


PROJECTED INDIANS LINE-UP FOR THIS SERIES:
1.) Brantley
2.) Cabrera
3.) Choo
4.) Santana
5.) Hafner
6.) Duncan
7.) Kotchman
8.) Kipnis
9.) Hannahan

PROJECTED WHITE SOX LINE-UP FOR THIS SERIES:
1.) De Aza
2.) Lillibridge
3.) Dunn
4.) Konerko
5.) Rios
6.) Ramirez
7.) Flowers
8.) Morel
9.) Beckham


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No reason we cannot win all three of these games.
 
Gotta think the lineup is switched tomorrow, Santana catching 4 games in a row? Maybe I guess, they did have a off day.

Dunn looks to be back, but they suck everywhere else, well besides Paulie.

4-2 would be nice
 
I'm gonna be disappointed if they drop their usual two-of-three to Chicago. We should have the pitching advantage and our offense is better as a whole, as well.
 
Gotta think the lineup is switched tomorrow, Santana catching 4 games in a row? Maybe I guess, they did have a off day.

Dunn looks to be back, but they suck everywhere else, well besides Paulie.

4-2 would be nice

I agree. Sale is a LHP, so I'm thinking Santana will DH and Marson will catch. That seems to be the plan for the entire year (Hafner sitting against LHP) - Acta just diverted away from it because of opening day.

I expect:

CF-Brantley
SS-Cabrera
RF-Choo
DH-Santana
LF-Duncan
1B-Kotchman
2B-Kipnis
3B-Hannahan
C-Marson
 
I agree. Sale is a LHP, so I'm thinking Santana will DH and Marson will catch. That seems to be the plan for the entire year (Hafner sitting against LHP) - Acta just diverted away from it because of opening day.

I expect:

CF-Brantley
SS-Cabrera
RF-Choo
DH-Santana
LF-Duncan
1B-Kotchman
2B-Kipnis
3B-Hannahan
C-Marson

Love to see Donald get some time as well.

I view him as a guy who needs a bit more time than your average utility man. He should see a lot of playing time this year.
 
Should win two of three. I'll say tomorrow and Tuesday, with Gomez dropping a close one late on Wednesday.
 
I hope Choo can get something going this series, I really do. A few doubles, a homerun, and a steal would be awesome. We haven't saw this man swing a hot bat in a long time.
 
3-3 after this series.
 
I don't want to start a new thread on this, but Nick Camino just tweeted the following:

"Just heard Indians fans will have some more good news in the next few days. Organization looking to keep core players, I know that."

My first guess is a 4-5 year extension for Sizemore. :tongue: Just kidding of course.

Let's take a look at the current roster, who the candidates may be, and what year each player is signed through:

C-Santana - 2017
2B-Kipnis - 2017
RF-Choo - 2013
SP-Masterson - 2015
SP-Jimenez - 2014

Based on that information, I'd have to guess it's either Masterson, Choo, or (dare I get greedy) both.
 
If it's just one player, I'm hoping it is Masterson. Carlos and Kipnis are still far away from hitting free agency so I'm not too worried about them leaving just yet.
 
No way Boras lets Choo sign here. I say it is Masterson.

Love Acta getting creative with the lineup today -

Indians April 9 lineup @WhiteSox: Donald 3B Cabrera SS Choo RF Santana DH Lopez 1B Duncan LF Kipnis 2B Cunningham CF Marson CA Tomlin P
 
I completely forgot Lopez made the team. I'm surprised Donald is leading off.
 
Fuck Choo. Maybe he wants to do something, anything on the field before he thinks about getting a big pay day.
 
BRANTLEY ISN'T PLAYING! YES! YES! YES! YES!
 

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