KC at White Sox

It's Greinke vs. Conteras this afternoon as the White Sox look to extend their winning streak to 5 and polish off a second straight sweep of the Royals. The kid that KC is sending out to the mound today is one of my favorite young up and coming pitchers in the league. He reminds me of Buehrle in a way, in that he isn't overpowering, but he throws strikes and comes after the hitter. If Jose can hold up to his career averages vs. KC, this should be a decent pitchers duel.

Side note: After commenting a few days ago on Iguchi, I had said the only thing that disappointed me about him was his range on defense. Last night he shot me down on that one, making a couple plays on balls up the middle that I didn't think he could get to. On one of them, the ball bounced out of the palm of his glove and deflected to about 3 feet from Uribe, who was covering 2nd. Uribe was able to come off the bag and grab the ball, and sling it over to first just in time for the out. It wasn't pretty, but we got the out and avoided having men on 1st and 2nd with only one out. He could be the best pick-up that KW has made in the off-season since taking over the helm in 2000.