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QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ May 15, 2015 -> 10:32 PM) It's not simply because of his start this year, more that it's confirmed how I thought his history of destroying the minors would eventually translate to the bigs. And the general stupidity of trading cost-controlled talent for a rental when you're not right there. Especially at a position of need. It was a challenge trade. I'm fine with that. I mean, look at the trade the As made to GET him. Now that is an awful f***ing trade. Sure the timing affected the return but still -- Semien is no Russell.

Great job Rodon staying calm and making good pitches to Lawrie.

mental f***ing mistake as much as physical. Know who is f***ing running. Why was he not deep anyways?

That is not a hard play at all. You have f***ing Bulter running BACK UP AND GET THE GOOD HOP.

are you f***ing serious? I'm sick of Conor.

For anyone sick of Hawk and don't care for Rowand, the As announcers are doing a great job analyzing Rodon.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ May 15, 2015 -> 10:28 PM) Is that sarcasm because he struck out? It was dumb. For a "saber oriented" poster you sure do like to have fun with selective endpoints.

QUOTE (oldsox @ May 15, 2015 -> 08:35 PM) And Phegley? lol no. He got the start in a Mariners game I went to last week. He was awful. Had a passed ball that led to a run and his hitting...yikes. He's been negative WAR so far. He stinks.

WMVP comes in fairly strong (thanks lake michigan) all the way up in N. Michigan. Lots of nights lying awake as a kid listening to the games.

Figured this could go here: some love for the state of the systems' ballparks from BA: http://www.baseballamerica.com/majors/best-ballparks-minors/

QUOTE (Wanne @ May 15, 2015 -> 05:33 PM) Chip Hale has seen enough...he's out of the closer role. Yep was just about to post this. Addison is a mediocre at best closer and he's better suited to a middle relief role. Even when he racked up some saves in Chicago it was always a tight rope act. His luck was bound to run out.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 15, 2015 -> 01:51 PM) Sox never go to arb. It's a part of their internal philosophy. They will give Abreu a pay raise (via arbitration process) and he will deserve it. Everyone wins. I don't even think they went to arb with Viciedo, who obviously they didn't care too much about pissing off.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 15, 2015 -> 03:31 PM) Best of luck to Carlos. He seems like a great kid, got chance to interview him after that insane 2-game stretch a couple weeks ago - his first unassisted interview in English (he's been working to learn it). I hope he kicks some butt. His twitter seems to be mostly about his family. Seems like a good kid.

As clown shoes as the Sox have looked at times this season -- Oakland is right there with them. This is not a good Oakland team, not right now anyways. I'm very excited for this series and to see how the new look defense performs. I hope they continue to give La Roche more time at 1B and Gordo has earned the occasional start against RHP at 3B as well as the platoon role.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ May 15, 2015 -> 01:22 PM) The whole point it appears you are trying to make is that the manager should make personal decisions and that is absolutely not the case for any team in baseball. The GM makes a roster, it is the manager's job to best utilize that roster. If the GM does not like the way a manager is utilizing his resources then the manager needs to shape up or ship out. Exactly. His point is wrong there's no confusion about it.

QUOTE (LDF @ May 15, 2015 -> 01:18 PM) you are taking 1 little snippet and embellishing it to make a point. pls reread the whole statement. jeez i would have thought i wouldn't need to explain something so simple. Your point made no sense. Chain of command. If the manager expects to have final say over his roster, he should seek another job. His job is to use the 25 men the GM gives him to the best of his abilities.

Well according to Mike Scocsia, he did, along with Doubleday, invent baseball, so he's a special case.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 15, 2015 -> 10:49 AM) Only if you think all people who work for someone else are puppets. Do you run your own business? If not, your logic makes you a puppet, since you must have a boss at your job. Robin works for Rick. It's that simple. Rick, if he's an effective manager, listens to Robin's views and takes them into account. But when they disagree, Rick rules. That's the way it works in any company. And thank goodness. Ozzie was rumored to have demanded some of "his guys" on the 25 man roster. f*** that. The manager works for the GM, not the other way around.

QUOTE (LDF @ May 15, 2015 -> 10:21 AM) is it me and my dislike on the way the sox do things or does this sound like a dysfunctional way of doing things??? i mean i want to know the truth, no matter how bad it is. convince me. Rv works at the pleasure of his bosses, including Hahn. The Sox might well have a dysfunctional FO but IMO this isn't a clear example of it.

Yea I don't think the Sox have actually gone to arb in years. Jose would be a very interesting test of that.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ May 14, 2015 -> 08:57 PM) Arbitration has always been odd to me. So, the basic idea is, Jose says 'Hey, I am playing above my contract, I want to make X dollars next year' Then the team comes back and says 'Hey, we are willing to pay you Y dollars next year' then the arbitrator says 'Hey, I've decided you will receive Z dollars next year' where Z is between X and Y. Is that correct? yes but jose is a unique case as an int FA. all drafted players are subject to arb unless they are good enough to get a long term deal eg Sale, Q, etc. Jose negotiated it into his contract, which was smart for them.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 14, 2015 -> 08:31 PM) Micah's defense is on pace to be historically terrible. yea any talk of "scapegoat" is ridiculous. He's been historically awful. You can't have that.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ May 14, 2015 -> 07:36 PM) Yea but we're trying to win this year. The FO feels we can win and I agree with them. While not overmatched at the plate, MJ's D has cost us some serious runs so far. I can think of like 10 off the top of my head and I haven't watched every game. And it's not just those plays...it's the fact that those plays have lead to our SPs having extended innings causing them to get shelled. We're going to be tight up the middle now and I think it'll be huge. CS just needs to foul off pitches with the bat and stay above .300 with the OBP. I'm pretty confident he can do 260/290/350 but I'm not sure about anything more than that. We'll see. Defense tho, yea, he's electric at times and has great hands. It's fun to watch him. Arm isn't the strongest but great instinctual middle infielder.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 14, 2015 -> 05:55 PM) No. It means he can go to arbitration if he wants to opt out of his current deal. We still have control of him for six years. The Sox win either way really. If he's opting into arb, it's because he's really good. In hindsight, his deal is a coup for Chicago given his production so far.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 14, 2015 -> 06:38 PM) There is no other position on the diamond he's suited for given that he's already had arm issues. Putting him in a place where he has to make longer throws is a very risky move for his career. He's made a lot of errors at every stop in the minors but they also pushed him aggressively upwards because his bat was playing. He's had very little time to adjust with the bat at every level, so finding time to continue working on defense was probably a challenge for him. Unfortunate side effect of pushing the kid up a level every 1/2 season. One positive is that he's been healthy. This needed to happen for him to have a successful season and it can still be a successful season. Just go down and relax for a month or two knowing you've got some MLB experience and use it as motivation to get that big league p**** again. As I said earlier, if he can't handle a demotion after playing roughly 20% of a MLB season below replacement, well, he's not going to make it anyways. If he's strong mentally, it will come out.