Polar Bear Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 1 minute ago, strike27 said: But help is on the way. Robert and Madrigal will be major upgrades. What’s frustrating is Hahn’s unwillingness to upgrade the rotation. Obviously injuries haven’t helped but his acquisitions so far are just embarrassing. They are both well over a year away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOFHurt35 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 That Geico sign in LF sure gets a lot of play when Nova pitches. There should be a premium charged for that advertising spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mqr Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 1 minute ago, strike27 said: But help is on the way. Robert and Madrigal will be major upgrades. What’s frustrating is Hahn’s unwillingness to upgrade the rotation. Obviously injuries haven’t helped but his acquisitions so far are just embarrassing. Not sure what your expecting to add in June that will be some revelation. They’re an injury away from calling one of us up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Just now, Greg Hibbard said: Mazara looking like Babe Ruth in this series To be fair, he’s faced three of the worst pitchers in baseball 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hibbard Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 (edited) We seriously need to stop placing a false equivalence on $9 million of bad money to Alonso and Nova each vs. $300 million to Machado. Almost every major league team spends a bad $10 million on one to two players every season. Edited June 23, 2019 by Greg Hibbard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mqr Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Just now, Moncada said: They are both well over a year away Lol no 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strike27 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Just now, Moncada said: They are both well over a year away Disagree. Robert should be up no later than Mid-April next year, and Madrigal shortly after that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moan4Yoan Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 1 minute ago, fathom said: To be fair, he’s faced three of the worst pitchers in baseball Yep. He hasn’t been anywhere near this good on the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, Greg Hibbard said: We seriously need to stop placing a false equivalence on $9 million of bad money to Alonso and Nova each vs. $300 million to Machado. Almost every major league team spends a bad $10 million on one to two players every season. But when Rick does it those are the "best" players he acquires. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lillian Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 At this point, I'm beginning to wonder if there is something wrong with Alonso. He has never been anywhere near this bad of a hitter and he is known as a good defensive first baseman. He's had plenty of playing time to shake off what had appeared to be a slump, but is now becoming more like what he is. I'm perplexed. ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 seeing Robert and madrigal in the lineup with eloy yoan tim and james man that is exciting I have to say fuck, we need pitching badly colome+Rutherford for a starting prospect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mqr Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 1 minute ago, Baron said: But when Rick does it those are the "best" players he acquires. James McCann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sox80 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Just now, Real said: seeing Robert and madrigal in the lineup with eloy yoan tim and james man that is exciting I have to say fuck, we need pitching badly colome+Rutherford for a starting prospect? That probably won't be enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mqr Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Just now, Lillian said: At this point, I'm beginning to wonder if there is something wrong with Alonso. He has never been anywhere near this bad of a hitter and he is known as a good defensive first baseman. He's had plenty of playing time to shake off what had appeared to be a slump, but is now becoming more like what he is. I'm perplexed. ????? He wasn’t a very good hitter in his prime and age he caught up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sox80 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 I really hate nova! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hibbard Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, Baron said: But when Rick does it those are the "best" players he acquires. But some context is required for that statement as the Sox are in a unique position in their rebuild. Before Machado came on the radar as a serious acquisition we were always going to go after veteran stopgap guys. One of those guys happened to also be James McCann. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sox80 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 And I really hate sunday day games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOFHurt35 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, Lillian said: At this point, I'm beginning to wonder if there is something wrong with Alonso. He has never been anywhere near this bad of a hitter and he is known as a good defensive first baseman. He's had plenty of playing time to shake off what had appeared to be a slump, but is now becoming more like what he is. I'm perplexed. ????? Chicago White Sox is going to be known as the place veteran players go to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, mqr said: James McCann James was definitely not even close to being the "best" player we got this offseason. In reality it was Nova, Jon Jay and Yonder. To put it plainly Rick has done nothing atleast in my eyes to show that he is a good GM. Edited June 23, 2019 by Baron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Lillian said: At this point, I'm beginning to wonder if there is something wrong with Alonso. He has never been anywhere near this bad of a hitter and he is known as a good defensive first baseman. He's had plenty of playing time to shake off what had appeared to be a slump, but is now becoming more like what he is. I'm perplexed. ????? But he was a lefty, so that was a nice signing! In all seriousness maybe he heard the rumors of every pro athlete cheats on their spouse on the road and that's why Machado signed with the Padres so Alonso wouldn't see him banging gals behind his sister's back In all true seriousness I'm not perplexed. Perplexed means I care and quite honestly he's so pathetic and thus irrelevant and so I don't give a rat's ass Edited June 23, 2019 by soxfan49 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hibbard Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Just now, HOFHurt35 said: Chicago White Sox is going to be known as the place veteran players go to die. The Steve Sax Experiment Redux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moan4Yoan Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Greg Hibbard said: We seriously need to stop placing a false equivalence on $9 million of bad money to Alonso and Nova each vs. $300 million to Machado. Almost every major league team spends a bad $10 million on one to two players every season. The Machado money wasn’t bad money. Just because some people jumped to the conclusion that it was a good idea not to sign Machado because he had a bad start, go check his numbers now. https://www.mlb.com/player/manny-machado-592518 Edited June 23, 2019 by Moan4Yoan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy U Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Just now, HOFHurt35 said: Chicago White Sox is going to be known as the place veteran players go to die. I would argue they have been for a long time - Steve Carlton, Ron Santo, Bobby Bonds, Canseco, Ken Griffey Jr., Adam Dunn. Yonder and Nova are part of a proud tradition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOFHurt35 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 1 minute ago, Greg Hibbard said: But some context is required for that statement as the Sox are in a unique position in their rebuild. Before Machado came on the radar as a serious acquisition we were always going to go after veteran stopgap guys. One of those guys happened to also be James McCann. But why? Why do the Sox have this self imposed rule vs just going the AAAA route? Or Go the Rule 5 route, international, etc. No need to piss money away like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hibbard Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Just now, Baron said: James was definitely not even close to being the "best" player we got this offseason. In reality it was Nova, Jon Jay and Yonder. Except that’s not the way baseball goes, as we know. Look at what happened with Giolito and Lopez. It’s not like the NBA where you can count on production with a smaller range of variance. Baseball players (outside of superstars) have a huge range of variance in their performance from year to year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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