fathom

This looks like a steroid-era game with two starting pitchers have a 1.56 WHIP and a 5.6 ERA in late June

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 21, 2014 -> 02:00 AM) This team's fundamentals are horrible.... I have a feeling the offense is just going to shut down now.. No one has ever accused the Sox of being well coached.

So why was Noesi's fastball only a mediocre 88 mph when all the damage was taking place?

Lack of Sox pitching depth has made this rotation hard to watch 2 out of 5 games.

Abreu!

Beckham BOMB

Eaton looked to tweak something again

For those that are worried he won't sign, there is one key thing that should make you feel better. Never in a million years would Hahn and company have locked up the 2-10 picks as quickly as they did if they thought they were going to need substantially more money to sign Rodon. Signing someone like J. Peters to a slot deal, only to lose 150k or so to add to the Rodon deal would be worse than the Swisher trade.

QUOTE (southside hitman @ Jun 20, 2014 -> 03:09 PM) I agree, which disappoints me that he didn't sign for slot quickly and include a spot on the 40 man roster or something. At least that way Boras could spin it that he did something for the guy. With the longer he hold outs, in my mind the less likely he signs for slot because what the hell was he waiting for then? If this follows the typical Boras negotiating pattern, there's going to be a meltdown on here when on July 10th, a report comes out saying that Rodon is leaning towards returning to NC St for his senior season.

Sanchez HR to center http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?con...11&sid=milb

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jun 20, 2014 -> 05:22 AM) Is Bowden insane? The Rays would never do that deal. None of those 3 are top prospects, and Micah is the only one of the 3 who has looked good this year. If this was 2013's Erik Johnson, then sure it makes for a decent trade, but Erik Johnson has NO value right now. You'd have to add like Carlos Sanchez and Nate Jones to that deal to make it happen. More like Tim Anderson and Montas

Bad game tonight, didn't deserve to win. At least Q pitched better.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 20, 2014 -> 04:57 AM) Paul Konerko hurt? 0-10, 7 K for Dunn vs Perkins

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 20, 2014 -> 04:55 AM) Some of mgmt thinks this team is too loose at times. Need to focus a bit more. Oh great, Eaton's in the doghouse already

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 20, 2014 -> 04:54 AM) You need a guy like him to fight through. He has the kind of arm you can throw out there all the time and eventually may be a shut down multi inning guy. Remember Scot Shields? He could be that guy. Petricka needs to sharpen his offspeed pitches.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 20, 2014 -> 04:52 AM) The offense needs to be better plain and simple. Didn't even strand a lot. Way too many swings like it was batting practice. Only ADA and Eaton went the other way tonight. I can't recall the last time I saw so many hitters miss an 88 mph fastball from a RHP.

Strasburg is the closest thing I've seen in this generation to having near 75-80s for 3 pitches. Unfortunately, he couldn't stay healthy.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 20, 2014 -> 04:48 AM) Morales is a switch hitter. Not sure it really matters but Petricka should have been taken out already. How many pitches did he throw yesterday? 20

QUOTE (oldsox @ Jun 20, 2014 -> 12:50 AM) You don't know what you are talking about, just guessing. You said the same thing a week ago, IIRC. Odds get lower every day. Frankly, I wish Sox would take a portion of that money and throw it at de Oca. Sox have plenty of leverage, since they get #4 next year if Rodon does not sign. Boras won't hesitate to send him back to NC State next fall -- he has done it before de Orca might be the most overrated draft pick in the history of White Sox baseball. He's an intriguing prospect, but you absolutely cannot go after him until you know the outcome of Rodon.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 20, 2014 -> 04:44 AM) Also doesn't help he is the most overused guy in the bullpen who began the year in AAA.. Seems like he's pitched or warmed up in every game the last two months.

Petricka's bad WHIP catching up to him. His secondary pitches aren't good.

Ugh, 1st and 3rd, no outs. Petricka has not been very good of late. Ventura seems to only want to use Putnam when the Sox are winning.

5 pitch inning...pretty bad at bats since the 3rd inning.

Automatic out letting Flowers hit this inning.

Very nice game for Q...that should be it for him.