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QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 04:48 PM) You don't think having him up working with Sanchez and the MLB coaches on his defense every day would help him? Read subsequent post.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 04:40 PM) It'd at least get him more time with big league coaches (whether or not you think thats a good thing is a different story) as well as occasional starts. Regardless, he will be up in a month either way. I don't disagree on the big league coaching part, but "losing a whole month of reps" at 2b would seem like a major loss. No matter how much you do it in practice, if you're not doing it in games, you're not practicing. Things like keeping focus, making decisions, footwork under pressure, all those split-second decisions you make, a month without that seems like a real loss. I don't think the greatest coach in the world can make up for game action.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 04:31 PM) I'm not saying I'd do it, but it's an interesting concept in theory. I agree. It would be another "all-in move". If you keep Samardzija, it might be worth that gamble.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 04:23 PM) Would you be willing to jettison Beckham to bring up Micah? With Micah's biggest problem being "defense" it does seem like having him "play DH for 2 months" could lead to a real developmental setback for him.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 03:49 PM) Anybody else think we should overpay for Heyward? 2/3 OF defense set for 5 years. If we're going to spend $20 million this offseason on someone, finding a corner OF who can hit and play some defense fits this team a heckuva lot better than signing an expensive RHP.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 04:04 PM) #Dodgers view Yovani Gallardo of #Rangers as a backup plan if they do not land Cole Hamels or David Price, source says. @FOXSports https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/625395492415864832 Since when are the Rangers sellers? I thought they were looking to buy.

Robertson will still deal with this.

White Sox starters haven't walked anyone in 5 games. First time they've had that long of a streak since 1972.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 03:15 PM) How much is Jeff owed the rest of the season? Cueto's total salary this season is $10 million, Samardzija's is $9.8 million. As of right now, if Cueto has $3.3 million remaining, Samardzija has about $3.2 million.

QUOTE (joejoedairy @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 02:47 PM) Shuck in RF, Avi at DH Avi isn't all that good of a candidate for the DH spot either. He's still in that weak hit up the middle and to the right side mode.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 02:39 PM) No walks through 5. Besides the 3rd inning, Rodon's control is looking good. He got some people on in the 3rd and I think his control deteriorates some when he has to pitch from the stretch. Might be a mental thing, might be a "repeating your motion" thing, but the fact that he's figuring out ways to deal with that is another positive sign. When he throws strikes early, he's just about unhittable. Throw a solid changeup in there in a year or two and....eek.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 12:47 PM) Pixels was expected a week ago to make as much as $38-40 million, so yet another in a long line of Sandler disappointments. If not for Grown Ups 1/2, he'd really be under water. The Trick with Sandler movies has been that he keeps them cheap enough that they're still profitable & they can just keep churning them out. No matter how bad they are or now little any of us want to see more.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 01:49 PM) Not even close. I mean I suppose he's still got a couple of years to reinstitute slavery or something. 14 months is enough time to invade someplace for no obvious reasons and then produce the largest economic collapse in 80 years. That could push him into the race.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 01:29 PM) Johnson doesn't need to dominate, just show enough to be relied on as a back-end rotation pitcher. He has middle to upper rotation stuff, but he's going to have a fair amount still to learn. He doesn't have "Rodon" level filthy stuff, but he has solid stuff. Assuming his fastball doesn't have the 2014 issue again, he'll just need to learn how to pitch to big leaguers.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 09:52 PM) Odds we find ANYONE that will take LaRoche? Or just..anything to not see him here in 2016... Maybe a month ago, but not with what he's done the last month. Maybe if he has a good August/September you could clear it in the offseason.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 09:45 PM) Johnson has done pretty well this year. Do you think he'll dominate in his second stint in the bigs? No.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 09:20 PM) If Mark Buehrle wins tomorrow, he will be 1 win behind Sabbathia and 2 wins behind Colon for the lead among active pitchers. He will likely soon pass those two and reign as the active leader for as long as he wants to play. He's only 36, so he could hold this title for awhile. Has he said what his plans are beyond this year? He's as good as ever, and should get a healthy deal from someone if he wants to keep going. Sure hope he does. Has a real chance at the Hall, imo. He's at 48 career fWAR and 60.7 bWAR (fangraphs always underestimated him IMO because he doens't striek people out). For the Baseball Reference numbers that already puts him right in the range where he's in the discussion. End of the year he'll be next to guys named Drysdale, Marichal, Vance, Eckersley. B-R says that in their numbers the average pitching HOF has 70. Fangraphs he's a bit farther away but with a legit shot remaining.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 06:20 PM) So Tim Anderson is leading the Southern League in hits and SB. Does he move up to AAA? If yes, when? Please no. Plenty of things for him still to learn.

All right Chris, there's 2 more than you're used to getting. Put on a show. Very nice of the Indians to put up a Doby statue. compliments on that.

QUOTE (Baron @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 04:00 PM) They arent rebuilding in 2016. I think they've made that fairly clear. Then they need to get a position player back for Samardzija.

QUOTE (SoCalSox @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 03:59 PM) I may be crazy for thinking it but I truly think Shark will be dealt & re-sign here next year. I'm taking the "get what you can for him" mindset right now. I will be very, very angry if Jeff Samardzija is re-signed by this team. I don't believe they have $20 million a year to spend...but if they do, give me a position player for God's sake. Heyward or Gordon or someone that will actually help the weaknesses on this team. "The 2016 white sox. Just like last year, but vastly more expensive!"

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 03:58 PM) I don't know if I agree with your first statement. There is always someone they could throw in there. What's the worst that could happen? They lose the game? But yes, I agree it appears they are at least planning for the possibility. Who knows, maybe it's a little bit of gamesmanship on their part. Depends on if whoever pitching had an option or was eligible to come up. They may also not want to blow the 40 man slot if the person on tap that day wound up being someone not on the 40 man.

QUOTE (SoCalSox @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 03:35 PM) Would gladly ship Shark & an arm like Putnam to grab a guy like Aaron Sanchez/Jeff Hoffman or even a guy like Pentecost/Pompey and a gamble-type prospects. Yes, I know the Sox already have Fullmer, Montas, Johnson, Adams, & Danish down in the minors as potential starters within the next few years but adding another top notch starting prospect would allow them to trade a piece or two for a hitter instead of spending in FA. I don't think they'll have to add a starting pitcher even if they don't add anyone else given how long the list you just wrote is. However, I also would have no issue with Hoffman. Too many young starting pitchers makes it a lot easier to trade one of the other starters in a year or so to fill multiple holes. That said...if they trade Samardzija and they don't get a position player back...that's even more of a commitment to the necessity of 2016 as a full rebuilding year. There's only 5 slots in the starting rotation, can't work 7 different pitchers into those roles to make them trade-worthy.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 03:10 PM) That's not how park factor works. It compares how offenses do in our park versus how they do in other parks. Our offense is horrible, but it scores 3.15 runs at home (funnily enough, exactly the same as the Cubs do at Wrigley) and 3.72 runs on the road. Meanwhile, our pitching has a 4.47 ERA on the road and a 3.21 ERA at home. Our offense could theoretically score 1 run per game, and if we got shut out every game on the road but scored 2 runs per game at home then the Cell would likely rate as one of the top hitter parks due to the difference. The ineptness of our offense is controlled for through this stat, we're comparing the offense to itself, not to other offenses. One problem though is that other things could influence the "park factor" if, for example, you had hitters who were struggling in front of the home crowd because of all the booing or something like that. Any way you do it, that's a tricky calculation.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 03:46 PM) At the most basic level it means that a Samardzija deal is something that might be close enough that they need to plan for it. If EJ went today it almost certainly meant that Samardzija could not be traded before his next start. They're at least thinking about it.