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He is just an absolute pleasure. Going to be driving through Charlotte in an hour, going to just scream Luis out the window.

Pretty sure triceps are the back of your arm.

It’s just frustrating because all year the fielders have communicated poorly on balls in the air and many of us have commented someone is going to get hurt this year if this continues.

This is only year 3 of a 5-6 year rebuild. The Sox have plenty of time to find a left fielder.

He wasn’t good to begin with defensively. I sure as hell didn’t mind watching Frank Thomas bat knowing he wasn’t going to play 1B. Besides, you could improve both the defense and the lineup by adding a LF who can actually play there and hit a bit.

Basically hitting the Injured List twice this season by playing dumb defense.

They really need to just make him the full time DH whenever he returns. You can’t afford him getting injured so much due to his clumsiness defensively.

Getting complete game shutout by Glenn Sparkman should equal one firing.

I'm not sure what you (and some other posters on this board) know what flip means in terms of baseball or sports in general.

A 4 game slump doesn’t erase a guy being a top 10 position player in baseball for three months.

He will be too busy laughing at Hahn’s incentive-based contract offer as he accepts a much larger guaranteed contract from another team.

I'm sure Gerrit Cole can't wait to play on this team.

Cool. Our #1 prospect is destined to be a DH. That's worthwhile, and we by no means have an overflow of those types.

Is this a serious take? That was TIlson's 100%, Eloy should have backed off that ball

We're starting to play like I thought we would on the road (lose series after series). We've been good at home, better than a normal tank team. I expect a big time nosedive in August and September; we're talking mega losing.

This is so perplexing. You spent a lot of last season telling everyone that Giolito was interesting and may become something good, and props to you for that. Now he's having an all-star season, and as one of his "biggest fans" (which you kind of aren't, if this is your opinion on him), he's now "nothing more than a 3-4"? That's ridiculous, he isn't the 1.5 ERA guy he was in May but he also isn't suddenly a #4 pitcher. Long-term I think he's a very good #2 or low-end #1 but two bad starts (and really just two bad innings, if we're being honest) doesn't take a guy from future ace to #4.

Use the discount code "beef" for a voucher for a free hot dog at the game * *not valid for the purchase of kosher dogs or the good dogs with the grilled onions at the carts

Trade him while he's hot, grab a lotto ticket, move on.

I predict they will dangle Abreu, Bummer and Colome and walk away from trade offers since they won’t get the value they want. 15 days to go.

you are probably right... we are just playing more like what we really are.

Thank god you are not our GM.

.353/.393/.451 H8ers

He's a pretty great 4th outfielder. While I agree with posters above that he doesn't fit on this team, he's kind of refreshing to watch with all the crap we've thrown out there the last several years. Professional at bats, steady defense, \aggressive but not reckless base running. Just a smart baseball player.

I think he's a 2, but I also think he comps pretty well with Scherzer. I'm undecided, but at this point if you asked if I wanted him to start game 7 of the world series, I'd say no. So in that regard, he's not an ace. Also, Buehrle wasn't an ace. Out of all our pitchers, I think Kopech is the ace because he has the heaviest fastball.

A 4.50 ERA and a 1.33 WHIP against the Royals isn't "good."

Let's overreact to two bad starts against the Cubs.

I think the most unrealistic of any of those is that the White Sox would send cash to anyone.

If the White Sox get swept in KC I hope Renteria gets fired. I would rather have Hahn get the boot but I don't think that will happen. The team has looked horrible on this road trip. If the team keeps losing Renteria should go.

Please add @vilehoopster to that list. Honestly, I would throw in cash considerations to make his takes go away. Trade Andrew Vaughn? WTF

Maybe they all went on a bender.

Yeah, the White Sox should make trades for rental backup players this year. Great idea.

We have seen what he can do, little

You are playing with fire. Plus what return are you going to get if the other team knows Abreu is going to return to the Sox? It’s business and good business to sign him now at the best possible contract. These calls for him to be traded, and other players on this team as well, always start when they have a bad game or even make one bad play. That type of reaction is crazy

Yes really how do these players get there, yankees, dodgers, astros, cubs, tampa, organization s win championships, seems like I forgot to put the White Sox in that group, that's because from top to bottom they are garbage

Someone who’s defense is shut up nerd when they’re shown to be wrong.

Could not disagree more. He’s a DH with a 111 wRC+. He has managed 3 fWAR once, while putting up -20 runs in RF. This year he’s on pace for just under 2. He’s Billy Butler with a bit more pop and way less plate discipline. He can fake the outfield but he’s a butcher. And Boras is his agent, who has failed to sign a deal with the Tigers for several years despite the fact that the tigers have been motivated to lock him up as a PR move. The ask on his contract is going to be a joke. It’ll come down eventually, but why not just resign Abreu for even less?

It's not remotely close to being Abreu's best year.

He doesn't look ready to me... all you have to do is throw him a fastball at the top of the strike zone and he gone.. easy out.

Oh boy...Castillo's back. This is exciting. Can't wait for tonight's game.?

Sucks that he barely was even given a chance to get consistent AB's.

People talk about Abreu having value as a mentor. I have seen many of our players talking with McCann in what looks like mentoring type discussions as well.

^ this does not sound like the acceptance phase.

The weird part is why Hahn still gave in on the trade after pushback from Paddy and Tatis, Jr. The biggest thing with kids at ages 14-17 is projection. They were warned by Tatis’ father that he was still not done growing...maybe they assumed that meant he would lose speed instead of gaining it and have to be moved off of SS to another position. Of course, one could argue that his light power at the time would only increase with more height/bigger frame and adding muscle...which is usually the case when still physically maturing kids hit stateside. He’s now one of the arguably 3-5 fastest base runners in MLB at 6’3 1/2” and got his 13th steal on what amounted to a pitchout to Buster Posey last night. He has now also scored twice from third on short pop ups to 2B...the most recent infielder was so rattled that the throw wasn’t even close. Not to mention scoring all the way from second on an out recorded at 1B and the LUIS Robert highlight of scoring from SECOND on a deep outfield flyout. He also had to at the very least have possessed above average arm strength, because he has made 360 degree throws from SS to first in the last week at 93.7 and 94.0, the two hardest of any SS in MLB this year. In fact, if you want to pick on one of his bad habits, it’s now waiting a beat or two long like Shawon Dunston used to do in order to make the out at first more dramatic/highlight reel-worthy. So you had a still-growing SS who already flashed the three most important qualities of a quality up the middle player...speed, throwing arm and raw fielding ability. To trade that player at age 17 before you discover what you really have, knowing his bloodlines, and knowing one of the most knowledgeable GMs about Latin American talent is already insisting on that specific player...well, it should have sent up alarm bells up and down every level of the organization that they were in the process of being outscouted on their own player and that Paddy’s original scouting assessment on Tatis was being overrun by the immediacy of trying to compete in 2016 with half a roster and a foundering manager.

He’s got a .654 career OPS. Shitting the bed is what Yolmer does.

I've been a White Sox fan for more than 50 years and I loved Harold Baines. But there is no way he is a Hall of Famer. It's easy to get emotional when a player is from your team, but in this case I have to defer to the impartial national media, who almost unanimously agree that Harold doesn't belong. He never got more than 6% of the vote when he was eligible, for goodness sake.

The speech will be as the kids would say, lit as fuck.

QUOTE (Lillian @ May 28, 2016 -> 06:14 PM) I can't imagine that the Sox would take on that contract, and give up young talent. That would be very foolish. Calling Erik Johnson and Tatis (too bad he can't hit like his dad) talent are pushing it...and Erik really deserves a chance with another organization with the way the White Sox have treated him, anyway. It's the financial part of it that's most alarming and reactionary.