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Ohshit warming up.

He's definitely in the team photo.

What a waste of 9mil Nova is. Should have signed Buchholz, who has pitched *checks notes* 24 innings this year. Nova has done exactly what the Sox needed this year, even when he got lit up.

Madrigal hit 303 last year. He’s hitting 304 this year. Damn, this kid is consistent. If he’s a 300 hitter in MLB, he’s a 700 OPS even with no power. With his defense and baserunning, that’s a solid 2.5-3 WAR player. And that’s with essentially no extra base hits. Not a bad floor.

3 home runs. 0.675 percent

Glad to see him break out of mini slump. I'm sure it's boredom at this point

Should be, but he should have been gone awhile ago.

@ron883 where u at?

Tyler Flowers would be another example of a player they gave up on who went on to improve elsewhere...ironically, with his original/drafting organization, the Braves (who actually seem to know what they’re doing.)

Bassitt is 30 years old and has amassed a total of 3.8 fWAR since being traded from the Sox in 2014. Would I prefer him in the rotation over Detwiler/Covey - yah, for sure. But he's definitely not worth losing sleep over.

Dude. They’re both perverts with fetishes. Whether it’s interns, their own daughter, urination, etc.

All these things are why I have been repeating myself about why the Sox cannot have sustained success. There just haven't been any resources put into developing young players. This is on Reinsdorf. Luhnow runs his club ruthlessly. If scouts, coaches etc cannot fall in line with teaching things the way they want them taught they are gone. They have 75 high speed cameras throughout their systems. They not only take numbers and analyze them but tons of film to break down the farm and guide the youngsters. It doesn't work for everyone of course but at least they make a serious attempt to develop their players. Sustained success for a club like the Sox means they have to develop their players. They are almost 4 years into the rebuild and here we are looking at them only now trying to implement things, but I can guarantee it won't be close to how the Astros do things. After all Reinsdorf got a World Championship the old fashioned way so why bother with a new way of doing things. Too many too cozy in their jobs. It's great working for Reinsdorf but not so good at producing much success let alone sustained success. Like I said before. Where is our Max Muncy ? How many think if we had got our hands on him that he would be close to a 5 WAR player. The Dodgers took Walker Buehler with the 24th pick in the 1st round and turned him into an ace. All the Sox keep doing is picking up guys and releasing them . They catch and release. Rinse and repeat. Albert Einstein said the definition of insanity is doing something over and over again and expecting a different result. Welcome to insanity.

Last five starts, Nova has 37 IP, with TWO earned runs on 20 hits and six BBs.

Madrigal has more extra base hits this season than Jiminez.

No one ever has

Nova pitching great. Contending teams really should trade for him.

Seems like every error that Anderson makes (and he makes a ton of them), results in a run.

Q: What's wrong with this lineup? A: Nobody in it is batting below .200

My boy. Despite the Harold hate.

Madrigal RBI double. 4-6.

Get his ass up here pronto. I'd much rather see him than Skole.

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I didn't phrase that right. I didn't mean that the Sox couldn't afford him. I meant that they thought he wasn't worth the salary he was earning, going forward.

The Astros, not the Cubs are who I like to see the Sox pattern their organization after. Sad that a charter member of MLB has to take a back seat to anyone. Teams should be aspiring to emulate us. Gotta have the right ownership with the vision and financial where-with-all to get it done. Astros would be the first place I would look for a president of baseball operations.

I’m not a booing type, but I would want to boo Welington Castillo. He’s got to go.

Theres no way Castillo is on the roster tomorrow

Just the fact he was pissed at Chuck a few months ago because Chuck said Lopez needed to step it up is frustrating. Sox FO and coaches should worry more about putting their players in best position to succeed and less about what is being said on social media.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/instagraphs/job-posting-white-sox-baseball-operations/ Proposed Start Date: December 1, 2018 To Apply: Please send a resume and cover letter to ApplyAnalytics@chisox.com. CC to Fabian, Haber and Hahn as well

Control still needs a lot of work. 5 walks, 2 strikeouts should never happen given his stuff.

Even the blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.

He's a superior fielder no doubt. The guy is just a great baseball player. No it's not "breath taking" to watch him pitch, but I grew up in the old school where it wasn't just about velo and strike outs. I am a big fan of him, because he shows there is more to pitching than just raw gas. Though gas is fun.

I like Walkers swing. I don't think he's going to have a problem making the adjustments to velocity and breaking pitches as he moves up.

Not overly in love with this umpire at this time.

Am I missing something other than the homer? Dinks and dunks and a double play ball. Why is the sky falling already? Are we just getting a head start on the complaining or something?

Springer ambushed a first pitch fastball and then the Astros got two scratch hits. So,what?

https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-yordan-alvarez-dodgers-cuban-signings-mistakes-astros-20190706-story.html Almost an exact copy of the Tatis deal (never even set foot onto an milb field), except the Dodgers thought they needed Fields for the playoffs...whereas the White Sox in 2016 were just desperately trying to stay in contention after the bottom fell out in that Rangers’ game. The Astros and Padres obviously knew the Latin American talent better than anyone else. He sought Yordan Alvarez, a lightly touted, teenage position player with questionable power, a relative unknown who has developed into one of the sport’s most promising young sluggers and a fixture in Houston’s lineup. Alvarez, now 22, had been signed by the Dodgers less than two months before Luhnow asked about him. He had yet to play a game in the Dodgers organization. He never would. The Dodgers agreed to trade him for Fields. They have watched from afar as Alvarez has blossomed into a 6-foot-5, 225-pound force. Fields was cut by the Dodgers this spring after 2 1/2 seasons. “Looking back on it now,” Friedman said recently with a rueful smile earlier, “we obviously wish we would have said yes to other names they asked for before him. It’s pretty special watching what he’s doing in the batter’s box.” Alvarez debuted in June and hit seven home runs in his first 16 games. He doubled Friday against the Angels and entered Saturday’s game with a 1.116 on-base-plus-slugging percentage.

There are almost daily articles that Aaron Rodgers is now not one of the best QB's ever, but is actually bad and wants to fight his coach. NFL journalism has some really good people covering, but it also has a lot of people who like the attention of saying dumb things.

This is definitely what Evan Silva did with a recent Tribune article, which had a balanced take on Trubisky (discussing both how good he looks and the times he's struggled) and he more or less fabricated a quote from Nagy that he is frustrated with Trubisky and is simplifying the offense for him. However, with only a few exceptions, this is all the NFL media is or ever will be.

Has Cease pitched like nothing but afternoon games? I fell like I've been able to sit down and watch him only once.

I don't know that Alex Gordon is truly a solution, but I don't mind him as a short term stop gap to give Adolfo/Walker/Rutherford another year to see if they can take a big step forward and become the RF in 2021. All the top tier RF options on the FA market hit the wrong way and are poor defenders. They're also going to be expensive and require longer term deals. Gordon could likely be had for a 1 year deal around $8-$10M. He is a plus defender, a decent LH bat, knows the division super well and is a good clubhouse guy. We could certainly do worse if nothing presents itself on the trade market in RF.

This seems ridiculous. Once Robert hits the majors, there will be a lot more autographed cards of his on the market. Not a good investment IMO.

Are you sure the Sox are paying this? I seem to recall from the time of the trade that the Red Sox paid or are paying all of that signing bonus.

1) Robert - Elite speed and XBH abilities 2) Madrigal - Elite contact skills to move Robert over when he leads off with either a 2B or a single/walk + SB. Basically the Pods/Iguchi tandem, if Pods could hit 30+ bombs a year and Iguchi had well above average speed.

Sosa 1-2, RBI, BB

It’s amazing that Semien was managed in two seasons by a six time Gold Glove third baseman and the manager couldn’t teach him anything. It just goes to show that great players don’t always make great managers, even though the Sox organization seems to think so.

He was part of the Frazier deal, IIRC. He got traded by the Dodgers to the A's.

Let's make it to the ALCS first. Tatis Jr's success is much more guaranteed than an ALCS run at this .point.

It’s cringeworthy because there is no “god”

Agree that the twitter post is cringe worthy. Hope this guy is better at understanding baseball compared to deciphering life.

How is this cringeworthy??? Because he mentions God?