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I wonder if the Sox front office is getting sick of losing amid this parade of bringing guys up like Meidroth, Elko, etc.

Baseball is such a joke. Today's hot story: "Arizona Diamondbacks starter Corbin Burnes will undergo Tommy John surgery. Brutal loss for the D-backs in his first year of a six-year, $210 million contract." I mean, cmon. 17 mill a year down the drain. If baseball teams refused to pay these run of a mill oft injured pitchers this kind of money there would be a trickle down effect and games would be affordable. Those people who lived in the glory days when they could go watch MLB at Comiskey for 8 dollar box seats and have to be a glutton to spend even 10-15 bucks total on glorious concessions (food, drink, hats) should count their blessings. They could go to 20 games a summer sit in the box seats and have a blast instead of waiting on guys like Cole, Burnes to heal up. And owners wonder why governments won't pass laws taxing normal people so the billionaires can build stadiums for free. Ha. I despise Reinsdorf of course but can understand why he wouldn't want to give ANY pitcher a huge contract especially in this era of 4-5 inning starters (of course Jerry doesn't do it to keep things affordable for the loyal fans who support his wretched organization). Pitchers should be poorly paid. They are all clones of each other. Fierce fastballs and the out pitch cutter or whatever we're calling it these days. Four innings, bye bye. Get well, Mr. Burnes. it's not your fault you are hurt but also enjoy that money.

True. It's because of the new way teams use starting pitchers. Pitchers are restricted to about 4 or 5 innings max so the Sox can throw out a bunch of average to below average arms and then start the parade of relievers with guys who throw hard and have cutters. So with all teams' rotations about the same (4-5 inning wonders) you get six decent hitters and you can contend. We've now got close to six with Teel up and Elko up to go with Beni, Quero, Meidroth and Robert.

Sox are average to good at home right now; abysmal on road. The new manager is a success cause last year they stunk at home.

Soccer is different. Soccer owners are different. Baseball and football are not building IMO unless the city or state pays a huge portion.

There's no way the stadium will be built without a deal with the city or state to pay for most of it. Things don't work otherwise in sports. If a new stadium is built, it ain't gonna be at 35th and Shields area. Ishbia has no ties to that area and Bridgeport may be quaint but it's old money and Ishbia just isn't building in that part of the city. It would make no sense for Ishbia to build where the current stadium is located. Hello Arlington or somewhere downtown or yes, moving the team out of state which is most likely if the city/state don't build them a new stadium downtown. Or Arlington build them one.

Worth reading. A reasonable way to look at the Sox future. Hard to say this guy is 100 percent wrong. Maybe this puts on hold talk of any new stadium.

See I am normal, not weird or an outlier.

Questions for all the experts on rebuilding vs keeping star players. Let's say the Sox had the Cubs' PCA. Would you all be in favor of trading him for prospects in the name of our rebuild? Or would our fans get to enjoy a star? I'm thinking the Sox would be shopping him for the cliche 3 stars in the making rather than actually enjoying a player for say 10 years. Not sure I trust the Sox way of building a WS champ.

Wow. I wonder if Taylor's HR will hold up. Sox got the one hit needed to win one against Benetti's boys.

Is Vinny Capra any good? He has quite the name, reminding folks of Cousin Vinny and Frank Capra. I wonder if Vinny is having a wonderful life.

Any boos?

Big series for Detroit but only if they sweep us. A 4-game sweep cannot be overstated how that can vault a team's prospects for the postseason. Then the Royals get to turn their season around (again) against us in a 3 game set. I'm thinking this may be the series these 2 clubs just CANNOT get up for the AAA Sox. That said bet the house tonight on Chicago, definitely bet the house on the Sox Friday night vs. KC. These teams cannot possibly be excited about playing baseball in June against our Sox.

He's 32 isn't he? That's pretty old.

You'd think Robert would seek help from some hitting gurus. Has to grow old making outs more than 80 percent of the time.

It's wrong on so many levels. For instance the Royals got well when they mauled the Sox all four games in that series. Now the Royals have reverted back to their lousy team and desperately need to play the Sox again to get back on track. We're single handedly affecting pennant races by our lousiness. I'd feel so much better as a fan if the commissioner reprimanded the organization or took away our first round pick as a penalty for this b.s. brand of baseball rosters. Sox are so bad the only player allegedly worth anything in a trade is a .180 hitter. Good thing these pitchers have been good this year cause the everyday lineup blows, even tho it's better than last year's lineup.

Too bad Tauchman is 34. He seems hitterish. Do I need to add him to the list of current Sox I like? Right now it's him, Meidroth, Beni and Quero. I don't really care about any of our pitchers. Should I? Houser (is he related to Dick) had a nice line today.

How come we didn't keep Naperville Nicky over Rojas. Who makes more cash? Gotta be close and Naperville Nicky probably would account for about 100 tickets sold per home game.

Mitey Mite gets the first mention of canning the manager award. Not picking on you Mitey, just giving you props for the first. Usually when a team blows the manager gets the blame even tho GM and owner are worse offenders.

Baltimore the latest to get some much needed wins over our Sox. Lotta teams tend to get fixed when they play Chicago.

Sox remain kind of crummy on the road. Not too bad at home. Why is this Rojas guy on the team? That Mayo guy should be fined. He went out of his way to shove Sosa and almost start a fight. Today's performance suggests it's time to trade Robert for scraps if anybody wants him. The guy is a great fielder but simply can't hit. Give him a change of scenery and if he turns into Tatis well the Sox will know they are jinxed. Robert can't hit a baseball.

Except for Rojas that's not a horrible lineup. Sox by 4 today. That's about the best lineup our skipper could come up with. Bet the house.

Did you watch his 3 hits today? He's raking. He's now my favorite Sox player.

Beni is hitterish. He makes a difference in the lineup. Some opposing GM could steal a very good ballplayer. He's our all star pick right now folks. He might even get an at bat in the game.

The discussion is closed on the game thread as it was nicely heating up so to speak with differing thoughts. What I was trying to say that got pointed out after my post about statniks is three homers isn't bad in 30 at bats. The guy would actually hit a ton of HRs at that clip. And as quin pointed out he had 10 K's. Big deal. I've been told K's and HRs are the way to go. Nobody cares about batting average anymore just as pitcher W/L record means nothing. In another lost season let Elko mash or fail. This idea you can wreck a player by rushing him is a cliche that is not true. Uh, Bobby Witt? He hit .254 in 2022 with 135 K's in 150 games. He had a .294 OBP. The next year he upped his homers from 20 to 30. Again he was not ruined by them rushing him at age 22. Elko is 26 for gosh sakes. Bring him up and don't treat him like u did Colas.