bubba phillips

And in that time (3 years) he has collected about $1.5 million in salary (if he got the MLB minimum each of those years).

It's retroactive---he can come off as early as May 27.

Been stealing an MLB salary for 3 years.

Yea, 9 errors in 29 games is great. I hate to think what Stone considers bad defense.

Exactly. That was my point. When you keep adding teams that were successful in the 3-5 year range, it's no longer an anomaly. Other candidates this year could be San Diego and Philadelphia.

Don't forget to add Atlanta to that anomaly: the Braves won the NL East in year 3 of their rebuild.

About time for Renteria to drag out the old tired clichés like "I'd rather lose 15-1 than 1-0" or "it's just one game, we'll forget about it and come back fresh tomorrow"

And Al Lopez as manager. Don't forget Don Gutteridge as 1B coach and Tony Cuccinello over at 3rd.

That would make it 6 years of a 3-5 year rebuild. Still think it's too early to tell?

A Captain Obvious type call. Banuelos ERA coming into the game: 2.70. Other starters: Rodon 5.19, Giolito 5.32, Lopez 6.69, Nova 8.33, and Santana before he got dumped, 9.45.

Over/under: Boston scores 2 runs in the 1st inning.

Could also be describing K. Williams. No wonder they're such a great FO team.

I wouldn't consider DH'ing as "playing" in the sense that McCann would be too tired to catch, if needed. On the other hand, he could collide on the basepaths with Castillo and they could both get hurt

SportsCenter also said that Boston had won 87 consecutive games in which they were leading after 8 innings.

For you "let's tank again this year" folks: currently the Sox would have the 8th or 9th pick in the 2020 MLB Draft.

By definition, a Quality Start. As lousy as the pitching has been (both starters and RP), the Sox are in the middle of the pack in the AL in QS.

Do the White Sox have an Outfield Coach in their farm system? If so, he (they) apparently never spent any time working with Jimenez. They guy has ZERO instinct in the outfield. I know the kid is slow and clumsy, but some things can be taught---such as throwing the ball in and hitting the cutoff man.

ENOUGH ALREADY!!!!! Four friggin' threads on this topic? Four friggin' days talking about it? It was an issue that grabbed national attention for ONE DAY. But apparently a lot of people on this board want it to live forever.

Engel should get down on his knees and thank God every day that the White Sox are doing a complete rebuild. Because of it, he has been drawing a major league salary for the last 3 years that would never happen otherwise.

Then they should let the umpires know that. Then maybe West wouldn't have tossed Anderson.

To those of you defending Anderson's antics: Would you feel the same way if the situation was reversed? Say it was the KC player who showboated after hitting an HR and the Sox pitcher then plunked him on his next AB (which you damn well know Renteria would order). I would bet most of you would back the Sox. It's not about what is being done, it's whether or not it's your team that is doing it.

Looks like Renteria has settled on the sequence of pitchers out of the bullpen to go the last 3 innings (in a close game): Fry, Jones, Herrera, and Colome.

By the White Sox? We don't fix 'em, we break 'em. Other teams fix what we break.

Don't underestimate KC. They just swept 3 from Cleveland. They're 4th in the AL in runs scored (while the Sox have the 2nd worst pitching staff in the AL). They also lead the AL in fielding, with a total of 3 errors in 15 games. Hell, we have a couple of guys who have more than that all by themselves. This series is definitely not a given.

That's not necessarily true. He can play another position and then return to the mound. I believe it was the Cubs who did just that this week.