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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 20, 2015 -> 10:14 AM) I'd be surprised if Drabek wasn't DFA'd. To me it is move #1. The interesting thing is who will be move #2.

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We haven't even got to May Day yet, and Johnson isn't really hurting the team as of yet. If the veterans were performing, you wouldn't even notice Johnson so far.

I am disappointed to see Sox fans acting like insecure babies about Rodon coverage vs Bryant coverage. We are a smaller fan base. We are never going to get "equal coverage" until that changes. Quit being jealous of something that doesn't even matter.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 19, 2015 -> 07:35 PM) Majors and minors in the same year mean an option was used each of those years.

I hate to say it, but if anywhere is made for Tim Tebow, it is Philly.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 19, 2015 -> 05:35 PM) Anybody think Quintana will be heading to the DL? Or Noesi? If Quintana was going to the DL, Rodon wouldn't be coming up as a reliever.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Apr 19, 2015 -> 05:34 PM) I would have waited the 10/11 days and bring him up in May, but hard not to get excited. Hopefully the Sox can clear a spot in the rotation for him in due time. Now that we are past the last Friday date the incentive for the team is either to bring him up now, or wait until mid to late June. No point in waiting 10 or 11 days.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Apr 19, 2015 -> 05:02 PM) I'll never understand that philosophy. It's a sunk cost, see if you can Zach Duke him and get at least some value. Can't see having a 4 lefty roatation Even the Yankees have done the same thing with a much bigger distraction in Alex Rodriguez.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Apr 19, 2015 -> 04:49 PM) I hate wasting any service time coming out of the bullpen, but I have a feeling it will be a very short-term bullpen stint to preserve his innings. WhiteSox need to clear a 40 man spot and 2 25 man roster spots before tomorrow. Drabek will surely be DFA but not sure what the other move will be. Albers or Putnam would seem to be the most logical.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Apr 19, 2015 -> 04:47 PM) Not a fan. I like him getting major league experience, but it should be starting (I know, I know, this is how the Sox do it with their pitchers). Just don't know what the rush is at this point. If they are looking at 160 IP cap for this year, a period in the pen does serve to keep his IP down.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 08:07 PM) Petricka will be up as soon as tomorrow, perhaps. I thought he'd be the one replacing Drabek. I said Jesse, I meant Jake.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 03:35 PM) I really do like the idea of stockpiling arms that haven't worked out perfectly for other teams on our roster and in our pen. It worked pretty freaking well for KC. If we can hold onto him for the season he's a nice wild card to see if he can get something together, but the major league level doesn't seem like where he's going to do that. I do think when Jesse is ready, they try and sneak Drabek to Charlotte. He is the only one that makes sense.

Hey look, it is Derrick Rose!

Thomas, Shoeless Joe, Minoso, and Hawk.

lol Brooks.

QUOTE (ChiSoxJon @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 08:24 PM) Hate to say it but significant decreases in velocity can be linked to tears in some way, please let me be wrong They also often happen to high school kids making the adjustment to pro ball. Remember this is going to be his first full year in pro ball.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 03:59 PM) Darling officially starting Game 3 The right move. Bravo.

Can we not over-react to a player giving the canned answers he is expected to give? I am sure if the story got out that Beckham refused to answer Merkins questions, then it would become that the clubhouse is falling apart or something.

QUOTE (kapzk @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 09:41 AM) Chris Sale does not get rocked He does the rocking.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Apr 18, 2015 -> 08:36 AM) A-Rod and a ton of cash for John Danks and Conor Gillaspie. Can A-Rod still play 3B at all and who says no? Kenny always gets his guy………….. From the start of this year Arod is owed $21, $20, and $20 million per year. Plus the HR bonuses are still looming out there. Even if you could figure out this year, it still leaves 2017 uncovered by any of John Danks. I can't see the Yankees sending enough money to make the entire contract revenue nuetral, at least.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 06:45 PM) Realistically, what are the odds Ventura is fired before, say, July? June? August? Does anyone think we'd actually let him go? 0 0 0 No.

QUOTE (shipps @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 04:56 PM) Lets say that the replay shown that he didnt tag him. What would be saying then? Boy Robin sure was smart, he saved us from _____________ there! No there was no reason to not give it a whirl for s***s and giggles even if it was a no tag. If I had to guess, the opposite of what everyone else was saying.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 04:48 PM) They'd probably hire Buddy Bell as the interim. Think about that. Or Paul Konerko.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 17, 2015 -> 04:05 PM) No, I'm saying that "the umps get to decide how fast the game needs to move on" to me translates to "your manager moved to f***ing slow and lost the game because of it". It's not a defense, it's an indictment. Don't let me stand in the way of a good old fashioned torch parade.