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QUOTE (ptatc @ Jul 24, 2016 -> 03:39 PM) Shiny, happy, people in the win thread. Ha good song but not the one I'll be using.

Ok now where's all the good posts because we walked it off ?

Sale is to blame as much as anyone. He's the one who depleted the pen .

Quite the disaster but Robertson pitched yesterday and twice today.Should be more level headed about it.He doesn't have a rubber arm. Feel bad for Q .

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 24, 2016 -> 06:53 AM) Not scientific, but probably the majority of people on Sale's side are under 30, probably much younger. Eh we all have b****ed and moaned about Sox management . I can only imagine being a player wondering what the f*** are they doing. A highly competitive person often gets angry under those conditions. It's not right what he did but it's also understandable. I am sympathetic to him but wish he'd find another outlet for his anger and come to his senses and apologize. I am sure he regrets it already.

QUOTE (Insp @ Jul 23, 2016 -> 06:40 PM) Has Sale become such a basket case that he can't accept wearing some of the historic jerseys from the team's past? If by historic you mean one of the ugliest pro sports jersey's ever created.

An Avi HR ? An Avi HR !!

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Jul 23, 2016 -> 05:49 PM) so they switched? I read Sale was upset about the s***ty '76 jerseys. Too much starch in the collars.

If true Reinsdorf will be selling those jerseys for White Sox charities soon.

Jennings due to come in but rain delay. Sox ahead 2-1 On 2 base error on Castellanos on a shot by Frazier, Saladino infield single. Avi RBI sac fly to CF. Saladino steal of 2nd which actually was a heads up play where he might have been looking for a ball in the dirt and once he saw it took off and Saltalamacchia didn't catch it cleanly. Then with Saladino running Castellanos heads in towards third to cover it on the stolen base attempt and Navarro shoots a double right past him for an RBI.

Wondering which position player will end up pitching today ?

Now no one cares about the game, Albers pitched yesterday and he's starting. Yikes. This will be brutal.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jul 22, 2016 -> 07:10 PM) Adolfo was #2 on mlb.com list when the Sox signed him. Sox finished 2nd on Soler and offered $25 million and wanted Puig prior to Dodgers signing him. They've shown interest in top guys before. A #2 prospect for $1.6M . Compare that to a real top guy like Moncada who the Red Sox basically spent over $60M on. Coming in 2nd on guys is just typical Sox. Day late and a dollar short . Is that real interest or token interest ? Got any excuses for the lack of Korean or Japanese guys ?

If Q continues to pitch well in the years ahead the Sox have options on him for 2019 and 2020. Profar will be a fairly young free agent in 2020 and Boras is his agent. Q has more years of control than Profar. Nuff said .

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 22, 2016 -> 07:14 PM) Velocity down a bit? Wouldn't have guessed Turner would throw harder than him tonight. Command was off.

See Fulmer wasn't sharp as I said.

QUOTE (Insp @ Jul 22, 2016 -> 07:09 PM) Amazing.....that little Frenchman swinging one of those long loaves of French bread that do not come with any wrapping just got a HR. If you want to cal 6'4" 220 little...

I'm gonna give Robin some credit for mixing up the lineup a bit against Fulmer. Melky/ Morneau 3/4 was good.

Oh hell yes Morneau ! 3 run bomb and Sox take the lead.

Abreu's been stuck on 11 HR for a while. Time for 12.

That's Ok Frazier the Sox don't need a walk against a less than sharp Fulmer.

Conpletly fool VMart on the 1st pitch. Clearly he was looking outside . Albers throws a great pitch on the corner and bad ump calls it a ball.. Why doesn't Narvaez get that call ? Is he bad at framing too ?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 22, 2016 -> 06:10 PM) And when Ranaudo s*** the bed you would wonder how they can bring up a guy wth an ERA over 17 . Most teams aren't 7 or 8 starters deep. Bringing up Turner to start was a pretty curious move considering he would have to be DFA 'd if you want to return him to the minors. With a guy who throws as hard as him maybe you don't want to DFA him and instead can use that heat in the pen. Ranaudo was the smart move . I think he gets claimed since he has a live arm if DFA'd

Umpiring at home plate is terrible.

QUOTE (Policiious @ Jul 21, 2016 -> 11:49 AM) Rodon is cheap and under team control but he has not shown me much. What about Saladino and Garcia for Hill, Garcia is on almost everyone's exit list and Saladino will not be a starting position player for this team. Yeah next year's FA pitching class is not much but IMO the Sox have a better chance of resigning Hill if he's on the team for the 2nd half of the season expecially if he has a quality receiver to throw to in Lucroy. WS have 2 ACE starters, most MLB rotations have none. Getting Hill to add to Sale & Rodon gives Hahn the flexibility to trade Quintana who is way under paid and should get the Sox at least 2 starting position players with good bats in return. Lucroy is a terrific Catcher with a quality bat and while Braun is on the wrong side of 30, he is still playing at a high level, maybe you ask for a 3rd player (prospect) from the Brewers. Add Lucroy and Braun to this lineup and it is much improved which will take some of the pressure off the pitching staff since they won't have to throw the perfect pitch all the time to win. Trade for Hill and you have a Sale, Hill, Shields and Rodon rotation for the rest of this year; very solid. Remember also that lots of salary is coming off the payroll this offseason (Latos $3M, Rollins $2M, Rodriguez buy out $1M,likely Morneau $1M, Danks $15M plus the Sox have another $13M back early by 1 year because the DH who couldn't hit retired) that's $35M That's $ that can be spent on Shields (if he decides to stay, if he opts out then the Sox have another $10M at least to spend) and/or Hill plus any talent they get in trade for Quintana. This team needs postion players who can hit and trading Quintana the only way to get them besides trading Sale which is a non starter for me Re: Rodon his last 8 starts last year showed his enormous potential when he had a 1.81 ERA . If he can tap into that potential more consistently he's a huge force going forward. Many hoped that would happen this year. It hasn't but considering he is still very raw as an ML pitcher it should come eventually.