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Yonder from being killed in a car accident to now being Hero. I love baseball!

Who cares? It was tasteless.

Burger was a fine selection where he was taken. I would have gone with a prep most likely but he was absolutely in that range. Some ridiculousness in this thread.

Rutherford now 3-3. Up to a robust .251 batting average.

Stop, stop. My nipples can only get so tender.

Madrigal double.

I know this will come off as petty and dickish, but I was really hoping that Alonso would have gotten DFAed before Jay & Alonso had a chance to play with each other.

This is embarrassing.

I’m not going to question his IQ. I will question everything about his defense. He’s regressed defensively and the “he lacks experience” theory is no longer an excuse.

I don't think Tim Anderson is a very smart baseball player.

I know one team that won't for sure.

Dude we better than that here....

Stiever has 4 SO 0 BB 3 H 1 ER through 5. Fastball consistently at 95/96. Haven't seen enough of the offspeed/breaking pitches to have much of an opinion. Lots of fastballs though. 46 of 62 pitches as strikes. This is his High-A debut I believe.

The perfect 7 hole hitter.

This is getting comical with those two at this point.

According to James Fegan on the comments section of his new article up today, he expects all 3 to sign this week. Said that Thompson and Dahlquist were finalizing things over the weekend!

Never change, Caulfield. Never change. 😄

Imagine for a moment being such an utterly miserable human being as to only be able to take pleasure from continuously trolling a white sox fan board about 2/17 slumps Jose Abreu is having, only to immediately duck for cover when he gets hot. i know, I can’t really imagine it either. It’s despicable and sickening behavior.

Maybe he wants to spread his love and affliction, I mean affection.

This is why I didn't like the bat throwing. Concentrate on learning to be a major league player, then you have the leeway for theatrics.

5 straight innings giving up a run......TA still not getting any better at SS

definitely the first shortstop to have a first baseman catch low throws from him.

He isn’t. Remember when he was caught stealing 3B over the weekend? Abreu has also saved his ass on quite a few routine garbage dirtball throws to 1B as well.

Good luck with that. Lip has already made up his mind.

As much as I dislike Yonder, he should be at 1st when playing...

So happy someone started a thread recently about how great the bullpen is. They must have really loved the “too much pitching” thread last year.

He beat the Yankees, Red Sox and Astros during this streak, but Caufield gonna Caufield.

Anderson getting bent over a bit tonight... he did not swing at that first pitch. Umpires have been a pile of shit the last couple weeks.

I thought Birmingham is where offensive prospects go to die? So much for Robert and Madrigal not being ready for AA pitching 😂

RON!!!

Hell of an outing from Stiever in his high A debut. 7 IP 5 H 1 R 1 ER 1 BB 7 SO (96 pitches) Likely done.

Automated strike zone can't come soon enough.

It doesn't matter if you were joking or not, joking about someone's death is never funny and should probably never be joked about. Choose your words wisely...

Robert single, Madrigal walk.

Robert singles and steals 2nd. Madrigal walks.

delete that.

This is by far one of the best deals Stan has made.

HOLY STEAL!

Robert double, Madrigal single and a SB.

I'm getting really tired of these horrendous calls

Unless the question is; "Name one of the worst off season acquisitions, in Hahn's career".

Players on the IL come off at the end of the year. We always talk about that here when we go over any possible 40-man roster issues. And you do have a case for sending him to the minors since he hasn't pitched in over a year. Sure he'll have Spring Training, but I'm sure they will want to see him go 6-7 innings somewhat consistently before calling him up.

He’s saying the Sox will have to add multiple starters to have a healthy rotation at the beginning of the year, but when the TJS guys finally come back we are actually going to have some depth. As raBBit has said before, that’s a good thing since Kopech & Cease may not be ready for a deep postseason run.

Ozzie had 75 year old Omar Vizquel get ABs as the DH. He had better numbers than Yonder.

And he's hitting 6th in front of Moncada. Edit: Yonder hitting 8th.

Being around 500 at this point in the rebuild is exactly where they're supposed to be. Don't be mad at me. Be mad at Harper and Machado for not playing very well. They're making the message board experts look bad.

That is my mo for managing my finance & accounting teams.

In 2012 Peavy had a 3.37 ERA, 3.73 FIP, 3.99 xFIP across 219 IP. Accumulated 5.0 rWAR, 4.4 fWAR and made the All Star team. I don't think he really fits here.

Face it, Greg. There are Abreu haters on this board that will never change their mind regardless of facts, data, and pleadings presented to them. It doesn't matter, especially considering we have absolutely no say in whether he stays or goes. All indications are that the Sox like him, and I would expect him to be around for at least one more year to allow Vaughn to get here. Personally, I'd be fine with 2-3 more years. He still delivers offensively and would be a great mentor for Vaughn; he's already shown to be a great mentor and leader. He's on pace to hit 30+ HRs and drive in over 100 runs. His BA is lower than it has been historically, but he's been streaky this year. I still expect him to hit .260+. I get checking advanced stats, but living by advanced stats alone and ignoring traditional ones is no way to value a player.