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Incomplete. He continues to talk about sustained success and multiple championships. He's got a long way to go to accomplish what he set as goals . Step 2 is make the playoffs 2 years in a row and advance to the ALCS or beyond.

Why the F would the Sox bother putting out something about Tony LaRussa ? Misdirection ? Hey BB wanna tell me who or what a misdirection is aimed at and why ? Can we all move on ? Who is the next thread going to be on . Al Lopez ? Hey he spoke Spanish didn't he ? Dig him up !

Those 3 options don't cover everything so I didn't vote. I prefer he not be hired but I don't care enough for it to affect my rooting interest. I'd take a look at people from Tampa Bay very closely. The same old names get thrown around so how about Matt Quataro bench coach of the Rays. Maybe he can bring along Dewey Robinson the minor league pitching coordinator of the Rays or Kyle Snyder the pitching coach.

Very well written and heartfelt. You know if they do hire HInch, the cheating scandal will be back in the news and part of that hiring will bring talk of the 1919 White Sox. Yes it will die down but is that a look we want associated with the Sox as they embark to create a new image ?

Why does no one blame the pitchers in game 3 who gave up 9 walks ? You bring your best guys in to do a job and they fail and it's on the coach ? I think it was time for Coop to go too. It's just past his time but in the end the players failed with all the walks and poor hitting with RISP and Crochet and Eloy got hurt.

Light em up up up . Light em up up up !!!

https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/mlb-baseball-2020-losses-playoffs-fans-coronavirus-rob-manfred He's 31 and Mannfred says MLB lost $3B that's $100M per team. Even if those numbers were used to try convince the MLBPA to cower in fear there is no denying that you probably shouldn't be throwing around $125M 5 yr. contract under current conditions because the financial losses are significant nonetheless.

He'll be lucky to get half of that.

Don't forget Stone also said we are way too right handed in the lineup. I also got the feeling he would trade Eloy.

Not only hated the production but kept taking jabs at RR saying he played too much and hitting 4th and 5th most of time. Critical that McCann didn't play as often as he should have using missing both games against Berrios despite past good stats against him. Also critical that EE and NM played so much and got chance after chance to keep playing. Just like last year when the Sox had the perfect opportunity to give Yermin a shot they refused. Last year they gave Welington Castillo and AJ Reed AB's over him and this year they kept letting EE flail and fail. That's my opinion not Stone's.

If you think that's the case I should get a "fire" for a hot take !

We'll see, but no one should think he can still start. He's a walking injury with control issues. A slider isn't elite unless you can throw strikes with your fastball and slider when needed. Throwing it at someones back foot works if you can throw strikes and get ahead of hitters.

Nope . Why give him a $1M when a minor league deal is for a lot less ? What has he done to deserve $1M ?

I like how this thread is going on like it will be business as usual next year. Y'all are in for a huge shock. McCann gone, Colome gone, Mazara, Rodon, Leury , Sanchez and anyone I'm missing who is questionable for non tendering will be m non tendered and it will pretty much be that way for every team. Free Agent signings ? Good luck with that. Owners are going to flood the market with players and let them sit there a long long time.

I think you are in for a rude awakening with not just Rodon but at the rude awakening every FA and every guy there is a question about non tendering on every team. The market is going to be flooded with players . Teams will be looking to cut expenses everywhere. Everyone on the Sox that can be non tendered will be non tendered. I used to think Leury would survive it but not any more. The more players on the market the cheaper you can sign them for . I wouldn't expect much to happen til February. It's going to be a long ,long, long off season for those expecting moves. Baseball and the owners have lost a lot of money. You can believe that or not because it won't matter. They are going to act like they lost a ton of money. It won't be collusion though I'm sure that word will be tossed around a lot. That's just what Covid created and could and probably will create again in 2021. There's going to be a lot of minor league deals and 1 year contracts and for a lot less than we or the players suspect . Unless there is a miracle cure coming soon we may be looking at another abbreviated season which means even more losses for owners.

Stamp of approval for this thread. Hawk loves baseball and the Sox and he showed it. Can any of you who love the Sox imagine having to stifle your real thoughts and feelings because you can't say certain things ? Try it in future game threads next year. Hawk was an ex ballplayer turned fan behind the mic.

What you bolded is insane. I have no idea how pulling Dunning lost the game and those saying it can't explain why . In order to think that you would need a crystal ball. Apparently if Dunning was left in Crochet doesn't get taken out ? If Dunning was left in the guys after Bummer don't walk 7 guys and give up 5 hits and 6 runs in 3.2 innings ? If Dunning was left in do the Sox get key hits in 2 bases loaded 2 out situations in the 2nd and 7th innings or do better than 3 for 14 with RISP ? In the 2 losses the Sox were 3 for 22 with RISP . We missed Eloy. Also 2 postseason roster moves backfired. Leury and Rodon gave the Sox nothing. Would Lopez or Detwiler have been any better ? Mendick ? McRae ? Flores ?

I gave you fire because you said "fire".

You win with pitching. I'm all for trading to make the team better but you don't give up years unless you get years in return. Just because the ultra rich, always in contention, alway in perpetual sunshine Dodgers can sign a guy they traded for doesn't mean the Sox can duplicate that because they can't. Trades have to be smart. Chicago is not bathed in sunshine year round. The payroll isn't $250M and we aren't in contention year in and year out. Dodgers are an elite franchise. The Sox can't even beat out Cleveland, Minnesota, KC, or Detroit for division titles. Giving up players when they are still cheap unless you get back other players who are still cheap is pretty much the only way the Sox can operate. It's a lovely fantasy though. If you want to talk about Yelich I prefer to look , not at the extension, but at the trade that landed him in Milwaukee . The Brewers didn't trade for a guy with one year left. They traded for a guy with 5 years left. They gave up a bunch of prospects for a guy on the rise who then became one of the best in baseball. That's how you do it. I can accept comparing the Sox to the Brewers not to the Dodgers.

yea oh wait we aint the Dodgers and Chicago isn't LA who every year has a chance to win the World Series. Every year we go through the same thing . Let's trade for a dude and extend him. There was a lot of that talk round these parts when we traded for Samardzija and we paid for it against the A's with Semien and Bassitt doing some damage.

So you expect a Top !0 RF in baseball to just forego Free Agency ? Not likely. You just can't give up Cease (+) for a guy with 1 year left with just a hope and a prayer of locking him up.

Why couldn't he stretch out with the Sox ? If he's healthy we don't know how long that will last. He showed ability to get MLB hitters out. Use him as an opener. I don't know how other teams do that on a consistent basis but might as well use him now before his arm explodes. Start him once a week until he hits his innings limit if he lasts that long.

I wanted Brantley 2 years ago. He didn't get much play around here 2 years ago when everyone was so sure one of Adolfo, Gonzalez or Rutherford might be ready. Now he would just be another DH. He got 19 starts in the OF this year. He's no good to the Sox if he can't competently play the field anymore. Astros don't seem to think he can. Sox might keep Mazara . Funny thing was no one wanted him for what he was, a consistently good hitter against RHP. That Mazara would've been super on the Sox. That's why I always stuck up for Mazara . Consistent hitter vs. RHP with a chance to break out . He would've been a vast improvement over 2019 RF but instead he turned into an exact copy of them. Get the old DH I expect a decline . Get the young RF in the prime of his career and he gets sick and plays like crap too ? That hurt. I can understand how this year sucked for him . But him sucking for the Sox just continued our strange ability lately to pick exactly the wrong guy.

So what do you think happens with Crochet next year ? Assume he doesn't need major surgery. They did draft him as a starter so when does he start starting ?

I remember something on here that had video clips of him looking in great shape as compared to earlier clips of him looking roundish. You might have to do some digging using search here. I think Colas is a long shot to be ready by 2022 . Try this thread in Future Sox : July 2nd Latest from Futuresox & our James