Hatchetman

I'd much rather trade Reed or Borchard than those other two.

I think his personality has very little to do with it. His stuff is very hittable. Same speed, same location.

108 career starts. He blows.

People make excuses for this guy every freakin start. He's a fifth starter. He hasn't improved since since day one in the majors. I can't wait until he's got 6 years in.

Is this the last year on Ortiz' deal?

His ERA in Charlotte is now 3.51. He must be getting torn apart. Did he have like an 8 run outing or something?

I don't care if he sings falsetto, just make intelligent moves.

He's chances go down with each 0-fer.

Is this common? I don't know any other flesh and blood sox fans, so I can't comment. I was a big fan of the white flag trade. Goddam if Caruso hadn't lost his marbles and Barcelo didn't blow out his arm. Oh well...

2 weeks ago i thought rauch was done and should be released. now i've got him penciled in for 14 wins next year

I've been saying what that writer has been for years. But i'm way in the minority and you don't want to piss of 90% of your fans, so we must go for it! Future be damned!

We're 2nd in the AL behind Tampa (at least according to that.)

what's his ERA down there, like 3.30?

Over his last 6.2 relief innings, he's given up 9 runs.

Grimsley is an ok reliever. We could use an ok reliever, but I wouldn't have given anything of value for him.

OK. Cotts has much better "stuff" than I imagined when he was in the minors. In AA, what really stood out was his ability to not give up the long ball. In the majors, that's probably his biggest weakness. His control is really lacking, not just talking about walks, but pitches in the strike zone too. The place for a guy with shaky control and gopheritis is not as a specialty reliever IMO. I think he should be down in AAA as a STARTER. If he can get his arm stretched out and get his control back, he could be useful to us in the second half of the year. Bring up Jose Santiago who is a proven mediocre major leaguer.

Didn't he have something like 24 straight outs before last night's game? or am I imagining things?

this knuckle curve...he couldn't throw that exclusively (like a true knuckleballer), could he? it would be nice if the white sox tried to "create" a knuckleballer. that might be too unmanly for a guy like KW though.

he hasn't gone through the progression of sore arm - surgery - ineffective comeback phases yet. give him time.

After watching the video of him, he sort of reminds me of a young steve avery.

Bring it on. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I'm willing to take the risk.

Where's the panic button? I can't find the GODDAM PANIC BUTTON! f***!! AHHHHH!

we sux. that bullpen is absolutely unbelievable. what a disgrace.

big mistake not bringing in some veteran scrub starter into spring training.

What did Reed hit at long beach state? i don't really care about this enough to argue about it. just don't think .314 at stanford is impressive at all. maybe he'll be the next humberto quintero. i'm just happy (and shocked) the sox signed all their guys.