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https://www.milb.com/scores/whitesox/2019-08-19 https://www.milb.com/scores/whitesox/2019-08-19 Kubat for AAA. Flores back at AA for third post rehab start. I hate to ask this, I know it is a free board etc, etc. I don't post often in the MLB game threads as many are extremely negative. I get the frustration but I come to the minors for hope. On any given day, someone by virtue of chance will have a decent/good day. Lately, I am seeing the negative spill over to the minors. Could we limit the plain "he sux" comments or put them in a thread about that player? I have no problem with someone wanting to discuss a players poor performance but many of these players most of us have never seen. Many are playing for their careers as roster decisions loom. They are doing all they can in often shitty circumstances. Sorry and I know I will get slammed but everybody have a great day.

Yermin 2r HR in second!! Free the beast!

Sounds like WSI is in the.....roadhouse

Robert 2 run HR. That is his 28th of the season. 12th at AAA.

No big loss anymore. Due to some kind of internal dispute, the front page of the site hasn't been changed in seven years. I remember when it was founded 20 years ago and was about three total pages. It went through changes and grew tremendously. Now it isn't much. There were still some good fans who posted there but there weren't all that many during the last few years. Mostly fans calling other fans "dark clouds," or posting an illustration with a chicken running and the sky falling. The site used to have game recaps but that hasn't happened this season. They stopped starting threads any time the White Sox lost. The fact is if you weren't some kind of cheerleader, you weren't wanted there. And it showed with many abandoning the site. The basic concept of WSI was good. It was a place for Sox fans to voice their opinions and vent. There were other features that documented the history of the team. But at times, I think people running the site feared offending the White Sox. If it is a fan site, it is a fan site. WSI was an ambitious project and had a good run. I was treated well by some there. But its time has passed. What would really be interesting would be a fan site that covered the team like a media outlet and did it with objectivity. Give fans some power.

Why would they need to steal bandwidth? That place has like 3 people posting.

That's seafoam green, not teal.

This is remarkably tone deaf to what an addict goes through on a day to day basis. I'm not about to sit here and argue with you for feeling this way because clearly you have made up your mind, but it is not nearly as simple as you think it is

Keep this crap out of minor league threads

A friend of mine told me that WSI is no longer around. Is that true? Gee, what a loss if its true. I don't know why anybody would possibly post over there.

I picked a good guy for my favorite player. Nice play there by Jose who also homered and drove in 3 tonight. Hope he enjoys a cold beer if we win.

Wat in da fuk...

Sox have so many guys whose weakness is low and away sliders, they’re going to single-handedly give half the league TJs.

He pitched hit because Collins took a (ricochet) ball off the right knee cap.

Durham announcers on Robert: "Can't the White Sox bring him up now?"

This was from before tonight's game

No shit, and this part of the problem we are seeing when it comes to evaluating players on the Sox. It’s the same as when people were suggesting Tilson could be a future piece. Just cause they look solid on this god awful team, it doesn’t mean they have any business being on a contending team.

I just don’t get it, during this “hot streak” since the break he’s struck out a whopping 4.3 batters per nine with a very flukey HR rate leading to an xFIP over 5.00. Given he’ll be 33 in January, we should explore every and all alternatives before even thinking of settling for him.

I think he reads this board and is just doing it to aggravate people here.

So how many of you are WSI refugees?

But... left-handed hitting!!!

Like, say, futuresox and chicagosportsnow

The two most important parts of the rebuild are batting 5th and 6th and getting less PA's in the lineup.. I like Ricky as a tank commander, not as a competent manager.

1. Tigers .306 2. Orioles .315 3. Royals .355 4. Marlins .366 5. Jays .409 6. Pirates .415 7. Mariners .416 8. Sox .447 9. Rockies .460 10. Padres/Reds .472

Yes and Abreu. Four starters for the 2020 White Sox

i am also open to working with my current employer next year instead of retiring.

Of regular season in the minors? 2 more weeks.

Don't even sweat it Bama, you're always spot on starting this thread up daily

Zack Collins last 10 games: .459 5 dingers 12 rbi's. He has been eating his Wheaties.

Nova's deal is not going to impact signing a better starter. If they signed a top 5 free agent starter they would still need a guy like Nova. Nova is a nice back end guy as he takes the ball every 5th day and gives you 6 innings. There are too many Covey, Banuelos, Santiago, Deitweiler starts Especially if Kopech and Cease have inning limits. Even with resigning him they need another starter.

An ERA below 5 plays now right? I feel like all of a sudden we’re back to needing guys like Sirotka & Parque in this new offensive era. They just can’t be your best pitchers.

They have the big names in Trout, Ohtani and Pujols, but their overall roster sucks after the first 5-6 players.

Luis Gonzalez has been pretty good the past month or so. While the BB & K rates have been solid all year, he’s finally starting to make some loud contact. He should start 2020 in AAA and it will be interesting to see how he responds to the juiced ball and the bandbox the Knights play in.

The only do-over I want is the millions of hours I spent on the message board from December through February. Good lord, that was unhealthy.

Free Yermin! We have a spot open on the 40 man. Why not?!??

The problem, of course, is every other stat that you didn’t mention.

Thinking is also a skill.... man....

This is the type of shit posting that adds absolute zero value to the board and simply makes you come off as a whiny little b****.

If that's the case, this rebuild is doomed. The goal is to have as many of these guys performing at as high of a level as possible simultaneously. That should be the goal now. Playing silly service time games with Robert and Madrigal is counterproductive. The only clock that matters at this point is the one on Giolito, Moncada and Lopez. The goal should be maximizing that clock.

Yea it's been a win win for both clubs no doubt: but from this point on it's going to be a bloodbath for them and a massive win for the Sox.

They won a World Series.... if anything it's a win-win.

Hindsight is 20/20, but Harper should've been the primary target, not Machado. The Sox are likely better for it moving forward without Machado. Same can't be said sans Harper. We need a RF, and while I get the hesitance b/c we've been burned before on NL hitters, Harper is easily the most prolific talent with the largest set of tools compared to Dunn or LaRoche. Despite the huge addition of Machado, the Sox and Padres are both making the same modest improvements from last season.

Lol...my perceived high ground? I’ve made plenty of dumb claims on this site, but I do try avoid speaking with absolute certainty and I definitely try learning from my mistakes. Don’t catch feelings because I’m saying history may be repeating itself here. And yes, I did in fact move to Nashville, but never planned on leaving this board (maybe my initial post on the subject misstated my intentions). Being away from Chicago makes this board an even bigger necessity in my life.

Since you like to search and repost others to support your perceived high ground, why don't you pull up the posts about you leaving this board? Something about moving to Nashville because you were so distraught. Obviously that didn't happen.

Because right now we have no other OFs (one once Robert is ready) and his value would be greater being a slightly below average LF than being a DH. What I don’t get is your desire to forgo that possibility and immediately settle with him at DH. What does that accomplish? This “he will get injured” narrative is ridiculous. He’s been an OF his entire professional baseball career and I don’t recall any of his minor league injuries being related to doing dumb shit in the OF. People are overreacting to a couple stupid / dangerous plays.

If you think that’s bad you should see what I wish upon Tom Brady

@greg775 this may be our chance at getting a Guillen back as manager of the White Sox. I hope so. Nothing beat Ozzie talking about the rats at Wrigley Field. Comedic gold.

Agreed 100%. I always hate the hockey fan meatheads that say hockey is the best because players will play with a broken leg...how are you helping your team by playing injured? lol give me someone who can skate.

On the one hand, I appreciate ya'll owning your takes OTOH, this take ain't it chiefs. Moncada was diagnosed with a strain by an MRI, and it is serious enough to be out 2 weeks. This is a legit injury. And no, I don't care about the time you played through 3 broken ankles for your beer league softball team or whatever other dumb story makes you think a guy not being able to play through a hammy strain is soft.

Where are all the "He's just a wimp that can't play through pain" takes from last night? C'mon, take a bow ya'll.