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QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Sep 19, 2015 -> 01:13 AM) soft bias of low expectations! lol Comparisons to other catching corps. I would say only Abreu and Eaton compare more favorably at their position

Lindor is gonna be a star

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Sep 19, 2015 -> 02:10 AM) In fairness though, Flowers and Soto together have put up more than respectable numbers both offensively and defensively. Yep, statistically it might be our 3rd best position

That's BS to throw at our pitcher

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Sep 19, 2015 -> 12:59 AM) The Sox do have a lot of holes Catcher also is a huge hole to me. Third base is far and away the biggest

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Sep 19, 2015 -> 01:55 AM) Hypothetically, who would you want from Boston? Betts, Bogaerts, and someone else? Boston likely says no, but Betts, Swihart, Rodriguez and Moncada or Devers

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Sep 19, 2015 -> 12:48 AM) Fathom, you've officially hit an all-time low in terms of overreactions. He could have thrown a perfect game tonight and I would have said same thing. Looking at mookie's numbers just now on fangraphs just makes me want a mega-deal with Boston even more

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Sep 19, 2015 -> 01:47 AM) Please get a catcher next year. Stinks that I believe the Sox were once linked to Cervelli before Pirates got him

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Sep 19, 2015 -> 01:45 AM) It would've been an easy double play if everything happened like normal. Doesn't matter

It's unearned cause would have been 3 outs after Lindor got out

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Sep 19, 2015 -> 01:27 AM) WINNER! Seriously, nothing the Sox do makes any sense. Why are they not starting to shut guys down and look to 2016? Why is Micah Johnson not playing every day? He's the perfect example of someone who needs as many at bats as possible right now.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Sep 19, 2015 -> 12:20 AM) Team has so many holes to fill. Betts, Swihart, ERod and Moncada for Sale if Boston would do it

Try Brantly as his personal catcher to change things up. No use in having a designated personal catcher if teams that see him a lot seem to pick up his patterns

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Sep 19, 2015 -> 01:12 AM) If I didn't know any better, I'd think that you're a Cubs fan by the way you post on here. You literally never post anything positive about the Sox, ever. Yep I have hated on Trayce so much. When there are players doing well, I am more than willing to give them praise. Rodon is another that I think I'm the fan club leader of. Sorry I expected more than a 3.55 ERA out of Sale and numerous starts than gave the team no chance to win

Also forget trading Q, the real piece Hahn should be using is Sale to get some impact bats

Wow Sale sucks right now. Anyone still think he's having a better year than Arrieta or deserves Cy Young consideration

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Sep 19, 2015 -> 01:05 AM) The only good thing is that this doesn't hurt his ERA. Who cares about his W-L record or ERA right now. He's clearly not pitching well. I'm surprised by the lack of disappointment in his season on this board.

Good news about Samardzija in this, as Sox are expected to go forward with QO and he's expected to decline it. http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/jon-he...years-mlb-notes

I don't think Lance Lynn will be starting in the postseason

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Sep 18, 2015 -> 05:34 PM) It is just a matter of time before Maddon's head and ego become over inflated as he gets more and more of the spotlight he seems to cherish. This team will head down the path of unlikability quickly. I believe Len Kasper has a show on every Chicagoland CBS owned radio station. Theo, Jed and Jason McCloud are all on the radio on a regular basis and Maddon has at least one weekly show. Wait until they're on the Score full-time

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 18, 2015 -> 05:45 PM) Absolutely classless comments by Maddon. Pirates handled it with as much class as possible. No one in the Chicago media would ever call out Maddon. Only person that's come close this year was Bernstein with regards to Maddon's asshole comment about people in the stands paying attention to avoid getting hit by a ball.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Sep 18, 2015 -> 02:44 PM) Remember when Y. Ventura quick-pitched Eaton and it led to that brawl? And Samardzija was in the middle of it all, and most of us loved him for it? How times have changed... Or the same guy that irritated many of us by picking a fight with Lorenzo Cain the first game of the season just because they were kicking his ass.

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 03:12 PM) I've heard Bruce Levine and a few others speculate that the reason for Samardija's decline after the trade deadline was his disappointment at not being traded to a contender. That excuses the player and blames the organization - which isn't surprising coming from a Cubs cheerleader. However, it ignores that the Sox got hot at the wrong time and were a possible contender themselves. Could be less about being traded to a contender and more about being traded so no one can offer him a QO this offseason, which greatly decreases his suitors.

Next weekend's series might be interesting, as their pre-game/post-game show host tweeted this 16 hours ago Dan Zangrilli Source: Pirates officials not amused by Maddon's comment(s)

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 11:49 PM) IIRC Belle had an out clause in his contract and he used it and went to the Orioles for another big payday before his degenerative hip caught up to him And was a pain in the butt to everyone while Ventura gets along well with everyone. Big difference