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http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/ventur...te-sox-rotation

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Jim Callis ‏@jimcallisMLB Jun 20 Micah Johnson. @wooding_charlie: @WhiteSox Second Best Prospect assuming Rodon 1.

The US could have also had a couple of other goals with a bit of different bounces as well. The one where the keeper was out of the net, and the defender made the save was pretty crazy.

IIRC, wasn't Richard pretty bad out of the pen when he was with us?

Too bad there isn't a way to fade that action. I'd do it in a heartbeat. It is like taking money from people betting on the Cubs to win the WS. Numbers Never Lie ‏@ESPN_Numbers 9m Odds of #USMNT winning World Cup (via @Sportsbook_com): Before Ghana match: 200/1 Before Portugal match: 80/1 RIGHT NOW: 40/1

Saw Enders Game over the weekend and really enjoyed what they did with it.

Too bad Rodon hasn't looked at the lack of lefties on this team and figured out that he could start his service clock this year if he wanted to. Instead he is going to quibble over a few hundred K apparently.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 10:33 PM) Like I said, nobody from the rotation has been quite so poor to earn demotion yet. If they see Surkamp as a starter, it's pretty normal he's still in AAA. Added to this that if you're just judging by ERA, as this team seems to do quite a bit, Surkamp isn't exactly jumping out as an option just yet. Henry Rodriguez is a reliever signed to a minor-league contract so I'm not sure what relevance he has. If they saw Surkamp as a starter, he would have been here during the desperation moments when we were stretching out relievers, even if it was only for an emergency start.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 09:48 PM) The report was put out Love's camp I don't care who put out the report. SOMEONE needs to get their ass on the phone and recruit out of that family. Especially if you want to go public and comment on the roster at various points, you really should be doing something to help it. If you aren't going to help then STFU.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 10:25 PM) I'd rather look at the numbers which show him producing several more runs than he's given up for the Sox than holding a grudge about the method by which he gives up those runs. Except the "numbers" ignore those runs.

Rose prefers Love, but won't f***ing do anything about it. Jesus Derrick, even Scottie Pippen seems to be trying to recruit for the Bulls. http://www.csnchicago.com/bulls/report-der...carmelo-anthony

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 08:22 PM) Like I said, circumstance. Scott Carroll was called up on April 26th, when he had a 1.57 ERA at Charlotte. Surkamp's was over 6 at the time. Noesi had been claimed the day before. Rienzo had been called up a week before. Those were the 3 main moves the White Sox made to bring in/up pitchers and they were all done while Surkamp had a 6+ ERA at AAA. He obviously wasn't going to get the call then. Since then Carroll's performance in the rotation was enough to demote him to the bullpen, and whilst Surkamp's been largely excellent for Charlotte, nobody's been quite bad enough to demote from the rotation. If Rienzo keeps pitching like he has been doing, and Surkamp does too, I think Surkamp should get a couple of his starts before Carroll should. Whether that happens, we'll see. There is no reason he couldn't be called up today. There are also spots in the pen. Our only lefty is Scott Freaking Downs. Javy Guerra was called up not long ago. Carroll is in long relief now. If they thought Surkamp was better, he'd be the teams long man, today. Hell we even signed Henry Rodriguez to a contract. Despite all of this, Eric Surkamp is still in Charlotte.

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QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 07:21 PM) Well, at the time the Sox needed that person, Surkamp's ERA was (artificially) high. Carroll's peripherals are bad. And in the rotation, which is what we're talking about, he had a 6.20 ERA. I have no doubt that they view Surkamp as a 4A player at this point. If they didn't, he would have been here already. Considering all of the moves they have made to bring up pitchers, and to bring in pitchers from outside of the system, they can't view him very highly at all. Those things speak for themselves way more than his numbers do.

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QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 07:11 PM) What's Carroll shown that he's got a better chance of being an acceptable starter than Surkamp? Let's be fair, he's a career minor leaguer who is only up because he happened to have an artificially low AAA ERA when the Sox had a desperate need. 2014 at AAA: Scott Carroll: 5.09 K/9 3.52 BB/9 Erik Surkamp: 10.31 K/9 2.09 BB/9 Easy. Carroll is getting batters out at the major league level. The sad thing is that even though the Sox were so desperate, they STILL wouldn't call up Surkamp.

Wow, that was a kick in the gut.

I don't see what the upside is here. Dude is a 5th starter. If we are going to pick the trash, I'd rather it have some upside.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 03:17 PM) http://instagram.com/p/pjEVkeDCxW/# A sign? (Those are apparently Pippens kids BTW) The one kid is wearing a LeBron shirt. I bet Scottie got it half off.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 03:29 PM) De Aza, in case you missed it, is hitting .367/.418/.571 in June. This is exactly what I mean with De Aza. If you look at the numbers, you see one thing. If you watch him play, you see another. He cost the team a run in the field, and he is bunting with two outs in the ninth, in a situation that dictates looking for an extra base hit. He is the hitters version of Javy Vazquez, except not nearly as good.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 03:14 PM) Not enough +1 in the world to illustrate I agree with this. Truth be told, I was shocked he was brought back this year. I was surprised a bit, but I also thought that there were other more important things to take care of. After the other moves that have been made, moving De Aza moves up the list.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 03:02 PM) So what does it say about our lack of depth/ability to develop outfielders that we had no choice (in Hahn's mind) but to bring someone with so many clear flaws and clearly on the wrong side of 30 back for that salary? I'll be shocked if he is here again next year.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 02:48 PM) Have the Sox even had an outfielder's coach the past ten years? Eventually you have to quit blaming coaches, and blame the players where due. De Aza is just a terrible OF. He is a baseball-stupid player in general. He gets into bad positions, he makes bad decisions on the basepaths, etc.