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I'm not going by history if it's ever happened. I'm reading the tea leaves on what been happening with Sox lately. If you can't sign a single player to a contract higher than $5M what makes you think he doesn't covet eliminating Robert's contract ? This is new level JR. He's at a whole new level of we cannot compete the way things are now. He's spending money ( buying up parking lots around the UC ) preparing his son's to keep the Bulls and sell the Sox and not spending on the Sox preparing for the strike.

But no reason to put Elko in again.

Yeah he'll be getting sent back down pretty soon.

I like them both but McKnight is a professional whereas McGuffey seems more like a fan. I kept asking myself how does McGuff keep getting regular work as a podcaster, 1st teaming with Garfien and now with Kap.

Robert is as good as gone by the trade deadline . I just don't see a scenario where JR wants to pay the rest of his salary for this year. I'd like to think that isn't true because that's the number 1 reason Getz will be getting low-ball offers or have to pay part of his salary to get a better prospect. Unless Robert picks it up in a hurry they aren't getting much for him. Please let me be wrong More than a couple teams making offers would help. Robert destroying the Cubs will be a good start. Just stay away from the wall in Wrigley.

On the new ReKap podcast they had Tyson Bagent on .McGuffey asked him Sox or Cubs and he said Sox ."Gimme the Sox.Gimme the Sox.Screw the Cubbies " right in Kaps face .It was hilarious ,right at about the 28:25 mark. He did give a shout out to PCA though. Looks like he went with a PCA haircut.

Oops . 😋wwasn't really paying attention so I checked the box score after they showed him on the field after that inining figuring they were showing him because he was just brought in and saw he didn't have an AB yet .

Welcome Gomez to your new team.

Great so he puts Elko in at 1st now.

2 chances that inning to PH Elko against a LH to look for 3 run HR. Venable surrendered .

I forgot the road emoticons .Let's see if we can avoid the shutout.

Elko was like the 4 leaf clover and Venable said no thank you. 😉

As much as I try to show others here that there are good things happening this is just some good things happening because there are talented individuals and coaches on this team . The problem is there are not enough of them and the owner isn't doing anything to acquire anyone but the players hanging onto their careers by a thread . Much of the talent is in the starting pitching and the young players the Sox got from being bad and tanking like Meidroth, Quero and Vargas ,Shane Smith and Mike Vasil. Smith and Vasil are instant payoffs from the Rule 5 Draft. Vasil picked up on waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays. Didn't even have to develop them. OK editing this. Sox did work with Smith added the Kick change up and his velocity ticked up. He just developed very quickly after he was acquired . Baldwin, Cannon, Davis Martin, Sean Burke , Luis Robert are products of the Sox farm system. Robert is on his way out the door. Sorry Greg. And he won't be the only one. Even some of the young talent like Korey Lee (26) or Davis Martin (27) could be traded. If Getz can't get decent talent for Robert I doubt Reinsdorf would even want to pay Robert's $20M salary next year so he might be given away just to shed his salary. That's the only possible reason Bob Nightingale is saying they want to be rid of Robert by Memorial Day just 2 weeks from now. He isn't nicknamed Boob for nothing but sometimes he's right. Frankly I don't think it will happen that early. But it could if Reinsdorf tells Getz he wants most of his $15M salary from this year off the books ASAP. So hold your horses and slow your giddyup about the Sox being back. Last April and May maybe you remember the Sox had an 11-8 run . This current run will end and talent will be traded and even more salary will be dumped and many more games will be lost than won. There is more talent on the way but it is thinning out rapidly after some devastating pitching injuries and Colson Montgomery's recent failures. I'm sure once the lineup starts producing a little with the arrival of Teel and Braden Montgomery the once strong pitching staff will continue to crumble because Tommy John surgeries take a while to heal and pitchers take time to recover and the healthy young pitchers will tire because they have not built up much endurance yet . Hagen Smith, Noah Schultz and Grant Taylor will have setbacks and are not sure things as the Colson Montgomery saga so poignantly shows how quickly promising careers can falter.

Post game Show with Chuck and Ozzie. Highlights and interviews with Venable and Sosa.

His English is good enough to not use a translator. I've seen him and Sosa interviewed and Sosa used the translator . Vargas does not. You can find the Vargas interview towards the end of yesterday's White Sox Winner thread with the CHSN Post game Show I posted from YouTube.

Colson just slowed down a little to let Braden catch up, that's all.

Back on April 1st I said he had a small hitch in his swing where his 1st movement was moving his hands back. After the Sox biomechanic , Aaron, found the flaw, Fuller worked with him on a different hand position to close a hole in his swing and likely work on the things I hear Quero talk about which is getting your hands moving forward. I haven't seen any side by side video to see the difference but it seems to be working.

On Pete Rose Night in Cincy Davis Martin shut down The Not So Big Red Machine by allowing just 1 run in 6 2/3 innings. Sox won 4-2 with 2 solo HRs from Lenny Sosa and Michael A. Taylor. Sosa's was an opposite field HR and his next AB he put one off the wall for a double but nothing became of it . Sox are now 7-6 in May. Martin lowered his ERA to 3.65. Robert was 2/3 with 2 singles, a walk and a stolen base. Andrew Vaughn was 1 /4 with an RBI double to drive in Robert after his steal. Chase Meidroth had a single and 2 walks. Vasil got his 1st career save pitching a scoreless 9th for the Sox 3rd save this season.He lowered his ERA to 1.80. Steven Wilson pitched 1/3 inning to close the 8th out .His ERA is 2.19.

Road emoticons ! 1st road series win since September. 7-6 in May.

Save situation.

Just missed about as high on that yellow line as can be without going out.

So even harder then when not a natural OF or experienced one. Line drive over you head , going back , head bouncing, turning head , it gets on you quick. Sure I thought the play should be made but I'm a fan. I see OFs miss that kind of play all the time.

Robert had trouble at the wall too early in his career.

Guess I'll have to check my posts in whatever gamethread you started that I put that in .