Cooper: Jenks will be ready when it counts
March, 7, 2010
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Bruce Levine | ESPNChicago.com
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Jerry Lai/US PresswirePitching coach Don Cooper is not concerned about Bobby Jenks' status for Opening Day.
Jerry Lai/US PresswirePitching coach Don Cooper is not concerned about Bobby Jenks' status for Opening Day.Cooper had this report on Jenks: "It was his first outing of the spring. He's just getting on track. He had been a tad behind but he is now on track and we're moving along with him."
Jenks, coming off of an off year in 2009, had 29 saves in 35 attempts before injuring his calf muscle and not pitching the last two weeks of the season. Cooper doesn't seem to have any concern.
"What we know about Bobby since 2005 when he joined us is when the bell rings he is ready to go," Cooper said.
Manager Ozzie Guillen was asked about whether Jenks has to re-prove himself to management this season.
"No, he has to prove something to himself," Guillen said. "He's our closer until he's not our closer anymore. He's got to go out and do what he's been doing in the past, and we have a lot of confidence in him. He's our man."
Jenks had a rough first outing on Saturday, giving up two runs on two hits, allowing two walks in one inning.
"I have to treat it like it was a regular game," Peavy said. "I wasn't going through the motions. I was putting something on it. For the first time out in spring training, in a game mode, in my mind I was very pleased."
Peavy said he will throw against the Los Angeles Angelsin Tempe, Ariz., next time out. The Sox pitcher will also host Wood Jock 2010, a big-league fan fest in Scottsdale, Ariz., this weekend. This will be a charitable event that will include Peavy, San Francisco Giants Barry Zito, former New York Yankees outfielder Bernie Williams, Cincinnati Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyoas well as Sox teammates Scott Linebrink, Omar Vizquel and Gordon Beckham.
All participants will sing and/or play an instrument.
"I'm pretty excited about the week coming up," Peavy said. "This should be a great event and hopefully will help a lot of people."
TEAM LEADERS
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Paul Konerko
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| OTHER LEADERS | ||||||||||||
| HR | A. Dunn | 14 | ||||||||||
| RBI | A. Dunn | 33 | ||||||||||
| R | A. De Aza | 33 | ||||||||||
| OPS | P. Konerko | 1.111 | ||||||||||
| W | J. Peavy | 5 | ||||||||||
| ERA | J. Peavy | 2.39 | ||||||||||
| SO | J. Peavy | 55 | ||||||||||




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