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Don Cooper going nuts...and tossed.

Flowers is so f***ing bad. I hope we dont score and walk off Mariano

Nice base running Paulie

How does Rios not score on that

Lol defense. So many unearned earned runs this year.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Aug 7, 2013 -> 11:41 PM) No he criticized White Sox fans for cheering the fact that he got hit. And he would be correct. It makes the fan base look stupid. Ah okay, the news clip they showed made it seem like he was criticizing Sale. But yeah, it clearly doesn't make anyone who cheered look stupid.

Wasn't much, but thought it was funny. Apparently Girardi had a bit of a cry fest about it after the game.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 7, 2013 -> 09:41 PM) As a doubleheader call up under the new rules, does he have to be added to the 40 man roster? I would imagine so, but was wondering the same thing. Our 40 man is wide open anyways. 36 with Leesman now by my count. I could see Wilkins, Johnson, Semien, and a reliever take those spots come September.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Aug 7, 2013 -> 08:12 PM) While that's great in theory, when has that really been practiced? I ask because I have no recollection of a team trading a bad contract along with a top prospect for nothing. Though I appreciate his otherwise positive outlook on the White Sox organization, Bernstein doesnt know s*** about White Sox. He knows nothing absolutely nothing about the farm system and doesnt actually follow most games. Yeah, spot on.

I don't think Jerry Meyer.is a random internet person.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 7, 2013 -> 03:50 PM) Build from WHAT? We have s*** in our system. The FA market is going to be littered wI'm h "damaged goods." Teams are locking up their good young players early (just as we did with Sale) so they aren't hitting the open market. The guys that do hit the market are doing so because they want a monster contract (how many of those turn out well?) or because they are mediocre and expendable. If you want to keep Sale, you're looking at having to basically build through the draft. Given where we are right now as an organization, that is going to take time. Time that will be wasted with Sale winning 6-7 more games for us a year to put us in 3rd or 4th place instead of 1st or 2nd. The FA market is fine, and certainly a lot more sure thing than anything you have suggested thus far. Mix it in with what we have and you can have an average offense with a great, cheap pitching staff. That is a recipe for winning. You want to trade Sale for four position player prospects. We will be lucky if two of those pan out. And those two will not have the value of Chris Sale. I'm lost as to how anyone can consider this a good plan. If you want to keep talking trading Sale, I strongly suggest you get off the idea of prospects being the centerpiece.

That's the whole point. He's signed through 2019. 2019. 2019. That is plenty of time to build around him.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Aug 4, 2013 -> 11:38 PM) Agreed on Wolverine. Me and my friend almost walked out of it. The first Wolverine was the worst movie I have ever seen. No exaggeration. Literally the single worst movie ever. I would watch any other movie in the world over that pile of crap. Can't believe they made another.

QUOTE (daggins @ Aug 7, 2013 -> 03:25 AM) Sale is cheap for several more years. If the Sox don'tproblemave a contending team by 2016, they can still deal him for a lot of value. Why give up now? I could see moving Addison Reed, but even then, not until next deadline, if the team is tanking again. Yeah it's weird. The people who want him traded want to get a package around two top prospects. You will literally have no problem getting that 5 seasons from now for that.

He's signed through 2019...

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 7, 2013 -> 03:02 AM) No one will give what I'd want for Sale. Plus Sale is huge if you are going to contend in the postseason. McCann isn't all that bad, but all the injury issues are troublesome. Career 119 OPS+ is pretty nice out of a catcher (problem is he'll have to move positions at some point). However, its a major upgrade over Phegley/FLowers production. Someone probably gives him a lot of money. He'll have a limited market since a lot of the AL teams will want to move him, which I would be fine with down the line. But for now I'm all aboard the McCann for catcher train. Here's a good analysis from MLB Trade Rumors/ATL paper for his market: Braves catcher Brian McCann finally seems to be fully healthy and has been red-hot over the last two weeks, leading David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution to predict that if McCann keeps it up, he'll score a free agent contact close to Yadier Molina's five-year, $75MM deal with the Cardinals. O'Brien notes that this deal will come from an AL team that will eventually transition McCann to a DH role, which is why I'd argue that McCann's eventual contract will fall at least $10-$15MM short of Molina's deal. McCann's bat doesn't carry a $15MM average annual value if it's not coming from the catcher position, plus Molina brought elite defense and a less-checkered injury history into his new contract. 4 years 60-65 mil, sign me up

Why Robin...Why

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 7, 2013 -> 01:45 AM) $14m per year should get you a pretty darn good offensive player. Brian McCann for four years.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 6, 2013 -> 11:43 PM) I think Erstad was the last #1 pick to win a WS with the team that drafted him. Pat Burrell

I'm not really looking for a job, but I applied to one the other day and it brought up the memories of horror of trying to find one when I was unemployed. I'm going through the checklist "under job requirements" for this job and there's about 10 bullet points or so. As I keep going down, each one I say to myself "oh, I fit that one perfectly!" and so on. Judging by the write up, I couldn't be more of a perfect candidate for what their looking for. I'm a better fit there than at my current job. So of course I get my hopes up thinking they'd hire me on the spot after seeing that great resume of mine. And of course I don't even end up hearing back from them. Ah, oh well.

QUOTE (ron883 @ Aug 6, 2013 -> 11:21 PM) I believe in this draft, the difference between the number 1 and 2 could be great. Maybe I'm over rating him, but Rodon sounds filthy. I think he will be special. A quick to the mjaors player like Sale. Sale's rise was historic. I wouldn't count on anything similar.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 6, 2013 -> 09:44 PM) Yes, everyday players. Being prospects and being nationally recognizable are so incredibly far apart so that makes for one terrible plan.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 6, 2013 -> 09:29 PM) I don't expect to be competitive for at least 2-3 years. Not saying it couldn't happen, but not expecting it. What do you think would bring more excitement to this team? A few very good, exciting, young and nationally recognizable position players, or Chris Sale? Again, if we didn't seem to have a surplus of pitching I would understand, but we do...to go along with a dearth of position player talent. You want nationally recognizable players and your idea is to trade Chris Sale for prospects??

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 6, 2013 -> 09:19 PM) To move Sale, I am asking for Bogaerts, Bradley, Ranaudo, Webster, and Cecchini. Even then, I'm taking my sweet ass time making the deal. Im not doing that either.

With the success of Santiago, Q, and Rienzo in two starts, I would be looking to trade for pitchers from our minor leagues if I were another team.