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Even with the most recent spade of losses, I'm less concerned than I was that we need to start over. In June, it looked like every young piece we had was a bust. Eaton was terrible, Sanchez couldn't hit, Micah couldn't field, Davidson was garbage again, Anderson was only hitting singles. Davidson sucks, but everyone else has shown up. We still have huge question marks in the outfield, which is ridiculous considering the amount of resources we put into OF drafting for years, but we still need to get really lucky on someone to be an allstar rather than just a starter.

I'm really bummed.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 07:55 PM) Still has a 745 OPS. Yeah, everything is an upgrade, but he also has a -1 Drs. Don't want a declining fielder from ages 31-35

That was a nasty pitch and a hilarious swing.

Looked up nick markakis stats this year. Glad we avoided that.

ESPN is showing Cowboys practice. The NFL is unstoppable.

Well, just got home. Home run?

Berate him more!

QUOTE (shysocks @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 12:48 PM) Pile on Avi time! There are 159 qualifying hitters in MLB. Avisail Garcia is 152nd in Zone%, or percentage of pitches thrown to him that are in the strike zone. He is 2nd in Swing%, or percentage of pitches thrown to him that he swings at. Not a good combination. Nobody throws him strikes because he'll just hack away at anything. He had actually started to show progress on that last year, but it's completely fallen apart. Great stuff, thanks.

His pitch selection is just embarrassing. Pick any spot out of the zone and throw it to him 4-5 times. He may hold off 1-2 times, but he'll swing at the rest of em. Ugh, Carlos at bat in the 9th was so impressive too. I really am impressed with him.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 11:09 AM) The Shark getting blasted for 9 run and Sale getting blasted and a bullpen that can't seem to hold onto a lead. Robertson is really scuffling and I wonder if it's confidence lost or more? Relief pitchers have fragile egos. Last night was a heartbreaker. I wouldn't have sent Ramirez and MLB network showed the play and pointed out Ramirez broke back to second to make sure the ball didn't get caught. Once he did that McEwing should have held him. Aggressiveness can work to your advantage and against you too. This one didn't go our way. Carlos Sanchez almost tied it anyway with that liner to right. The kid has really started to show some promise with the bat. With all the bad we have seen since our 7 game winning streak this team is still only 3 1/2 out of the wild card At the time I was so mad at how poorly ramirez played that, but I had to remember that Laroch was at bat. There would have been a shift that may have put the SS right there.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 10:01 AM) Technically winning is going to hurt the system more as well, I am guessing most aren't opposed to that. Not as much as losing 2 early round picks and the affects it has on the pool.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 09:51 AM) As long as it isn't hurting spending on the draft and internationally, it isn't hurting anything. Well, i'd argue the Melky/Robertson signings did do just that.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 09:36 AM) Kind of like Sale, Rodon, and Fulmer huh? Don't speak about things you have no clue about. I wouldn't pull the Fulmer card just yet.

I like how you were mad when you thought Laumann was promoted, and then stayed mad even after you learned he was basically pushed aside into a smaller role, and are still mad.

Jose Abreu has 23 walks this year.

Hostetler may well have a breath of fresh air philosophy, but, it would be nice to see someone with experience in the way another successful org was run to provide that jolt rather than someone working in theory.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 07:25 AM) I don't have as much of a problem with them promoting Hostetler. My issue is that Laumann was rewarded for his sub-par performance with a promotion up, just like Kenny Williams. White Sox Baseball: Loyalty without Accountability I don't necessarily know that his was a "promotion up"

Last night was tough. I was so impressed by Carlos and Abreu fighting back like that. I've been in the wait-and-see mode with Avi, not wanting to fully give up on that talent. But this team's offense has turned on without him, and it's defense has turned on without him. We have to scrape for everyhting, and you just can't have that big of a liability in RF. I say platoon of Schuck/Trayce. Let's see how good we can do with a defensive heavy lineup.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 09:47 PM) 7 homers in 42 innings for Duke Good Lord

So happy for Carlos. Ashamed I gave up on him in June.

But provide plus defense.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 03:27 PM) For what it's worth, I was tipped off about something along these lines a few months ago. The person I heard from said Rick started to listen more and more to Hostetler at the expense of Laumann. The person that I was in touch with felt Laumann was actually better at his job than Hostetler. We'll see how it work out. One thing is clear...over the last 15 years the Sox have had a number of people in charge of amateur scouting and minor league operations. In my opinion that part of the reason the minor league system is in the shape its been in. Mark It hasn't seem like it has been that many. Laumann was 9 of those years.

Melky's slash line was insane.

OK, so it does seem like Laumann is in a much more reduced role.