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So are Casper Wells and Tyler Green now fighting to the death for the last roster spot?

Despite even more misuse by the White Sox, #TeamSantiago is looking good again.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 23, 2013 -> 04:04 AM) I still believe he could be effective if he just pitches in one inning. I meant to write up a thread on this today, about his 1st inning vs. 1+inning splits.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 23, 2013 -> 03:58 AM) I take it the fans at games aren't overly into this team ... again. Nobody expected the boys to post a comeback? Oops. My bad. Thought the crowd would be better. Sale scratch and terrible weather men played a big part, but still.

On the way home I think the whole stadium just emptied.

At least AJ is a FA again.

Can we fire Ventura now or do we have to wait after the game?

Is RV asleep at the wheel again?

Hector great tonight. LOL at the haters.

Leaving him in...

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 23, 2013 -> 01:41 AM) what has he done? He's got a potentially great arm. But he hasn't show the consistent ability to control it. He had some clutch relief appearances and a couple of good starts this season and now he's the golden god? I don't get it. Sub 3 ERA career as a starter. Pretty good for a guy we don't to give a chance, unless it is to fail.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 23, 2013 -> 01:16 AM) Half swing Ortiz 2-0 Bo Sox....................Santiago has NOTHING tonight. Sox continue to f*** around with a great talent.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ May 22, 2013 -> 04:15 AM) Axelrod in the rotation instead of Santiago is making the rotation WEAKER. Yep. And Santiago to the bullpen doesn't help much when the Sox have no idea what to do with him there.

It is f***ing pouring

Nice job by Lindstrom.

LOL

Jeez Flowers

Pouring over here. Wonder when it will hit the cell.

Thornton...ugh.

Lucky.

That's about as slow as bat speed as you will see in MLB. Wow.

No hitter

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ May 21, 2013 -> 11:15 PM) I don't know if that's true. I heard they charge a "small fee", not the entire full price. Either way, people are going to start buying games as a group. Lets say the game costs $60, and the "small fee" costs $20. Since the game downloads on the systems, you won't need the disc anymore, so you and a friend could go in on a game for $80, or $40 each. If used that way, and if that can be a loophole, then it sounds beneficial. Well, it is from the VP so I assume it is true. And yeah, I think the group buying is exactly the reason they are going through with a full fee.

This thing may be DOA if this is true. From Kotaku: But what if you want to bring a game disc to a friend's house and play there? You'll have to pay a fee—and not just some sort of activation fee, but the actual price of that game—in order to use a game's code on a friend's account. Think of it like a new game, Harrison says.

With John Danks set to return Friday, I keep seeing a Santiago vs. Axelrod discussion pop-up, so I would like to take this opportunity to point out how stupid such a discussion is. Santiago is an extremely talented starting pitcher and certainly one of the most valuable pieces on the White Sox roster. To this point in his career, he has been very much misused by the White Sox organization. To continue that trend at this point would just be absurd. Axelrod on the other hand, is very limited, but has pitched pretty well for us this season. Just not on the level that Santiago has been on (and has the potential to be on). Let's recap here: Axelrod's pitching stats Career as a starter: 4-5, 4.32 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 6.2 K/9 This season: 2-3, 4.13 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 4.8 K/9, Average of 5 2/3 IP per start Santiago's pitching stats Career as a starter: 3-1, 2.43 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 10.6 K/9 This season: 1-1, 2.95 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 9.3 K/9, Average of 5 1/3 IP per start The data is of course somewhat limited this early on in the season (and their respective careers), but as you can see this discussion is quite lopsided. Santiago is the much better pitcher and is the one with the greater potential to carry on continued success. But...But Buehrle>Wood! Santiago would be much more valuable as a lefty in our bullpen! No! Just no. While true Santiago is a very dominant reliever and we could probably use another lefty in our bullpen, Hector is not the solution. He is completely misused by the White Sox there. There is no reason to have one of your most talented players on the roster serve as a long-man. Long-men are supposed to be nothing more than talentless inning eaters. Santiago's game log shows just how much he was wasted there. In his first four appearances out of the pen this year, Hector pitched 8 innings with an ERA of 0.00, and yet the White Sox lost every one of those games. It's sad, but I think the White Sox will actually have this discussion. It shows just how clueless this organization can be sometimes. The more appropriate discussion would be John Danks vs. Axelrod. Hopefully Q doesn't drag himself into the discussion tonight.