WestEddy

How do you define quality? Peters, Pereira and Antonacci have all put up positive fWAR one month into the season. Three starters are out injured, right now, which happens across the game at times. Why don't you tell us the perfect profile of the perfect backup? Anybody the Sox acquire is either a retread, washed up, too inexperienced, wasn't born an outfielder, doesn't bat 1.000, or some other made up BS. The truth is you have no point.

All teams rely on "dumpster diving" every season. The fact that you feign ignorance of this simple fact to troll Sox fans on a daily basis is an indictment of you. They've developed their left-fielder. You whine about fundamentals when he makes common rookie mistakes. They amassed a group of outfielders to work with in the offseason. Pereira is injured. You will claim that Reinsdorf ran out on the field and kneecapped him, himself because he's "cheap" or something. Tristan Peters is pretty much their starting CF. But he once made a mistake and isn't batting 1.000, so he "sucks". They just grabbed a 5th OF off the waiver wire. I'm sure if you bother to look, every single major league team has done that a couple times, now, in the first month of the season.

He was already playing in AAA games. Every single team plays the waiver wire all year. Break out the smelling salts and relax.

I'm sorry, are there potential All-Stars in their prime sitting home, waiting for the phone to ring right now? The waiver wire is it. I can't imagine anybody was thinking an Aaron Judge was out there, waiting for the Sox to sign him.

They probably pay a subscription fee to MSN for an office bundle so they could use PowerPoint to put together their offer package.

I wonder if that means Hays goes back on the IL.

Your closer can't close a lead the starters didn't get to him.

Oh, that's why Hays didn't pinch hit. If they did tie, Hays would have been RF in the bottom of the 9th.

I chose this version over the original. There's an entire genre of analytical YouTube videos on the era of teen car crash songs. That first inning should have really produced something. Kelenic getting picked off in the 4th was pretty bad.

There was definitely a path to victory. They didn't even have to play a perfect game. The Padres should have won two of three.

They'd have to put him through waivers. That could be a no-brainer, as it would be flukey for a team to grab him up, but I'm not sure where they are on the 40-man. Who replaces him? Gonzo?

They sure don't have that losing streak monkey on their backs anymore.

Hays was on the bench. Maybe he's achy today.

Would anybody roster him on the big league squad if they DFAed him? I guess a team could claim him and immediately put him through waivers to see if they get lucky.

Yes, you were right on cue. Who stops you from commenting on pitching injuries? Unless you consider somebody mocking the notion that the White Sox are the only team who has pitching injuries as big, bad meanies stopping you from letting fly.

I guess I would have pinch hit Hays, but if Acuña's on the team, he's gotta bat in some of these.

Bido warming in the B-P-do.

Then the $4.5M Getz acquired this last off-season's "best LHP" for was larceny madness!!

5/$110M - then everybody can quit whining about that.

..but not winning. LOL.

Considering their history, this is their World Series.

Then c-ya tomorrow.

Everybody who announced that the Sox wouldn't win 70 this year are suddenly being cheated out of a deep playoff run they fully expected all along. LOL.