Crain: White Sox Can't Dwell On Early Bullpen Struggles
For the most part, things have gone pretty well for the Chicago White Sox this season, but one area of rising concern remains to be the team's bullpen, and closer Matt Thornton.
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For the most part, things have gone pretty well for the Chicago White Sox this season, but one area of rising concern remains to be the team's bullpen, and closer Matt Thornton.
Ten games into a major-league season is no time to declare a crisis. There will be normalization of underperformance, just as there is in the other direction. In time, players will be who they are.
Matt Thornton hasn't got off to the best start for the 2011 season. In his 3.1 innings pitched, he's allowed seven hits and walked two and given up six runs, although only one of them was earned.
Just three games into the season, and it's the Chicago White Sox offense that's stealing most of the attention, but that's not due to under-performing starting pitching.
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