Dick Allen

The Sackman was selected in the 8th round. They don't even have an 8th round anymore.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 08:52 PM) I guarantee Maddon's (Epstein's) not going to go into any replay situation without every possible resource/angle/feed available at his disposal. I guarantee Joe Maddon doesn't look at the replays before he decides whether to challenge.

Danks has a higher k-rate than Samardjiza. That is pretty incredible.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 08:55 PM) Three days ago, the White Sox were on top of the world, best bullpen on earth, etc. Now we're back in the doldrums, Samardzija needs to be traded before the deadline, Ventura sucks because his team came out flat and the offense is in a malaise, Eaton's not the same player he was in 2014, Abreu can't field and LaRoche should be at 1B, etc. Total 180 degree change. Bullpen is nails. 3 innings, no runs, 1 hit. I pointed that out yesterday. No 180. Considering you prefer White Sox doom and gloom, the "doldrums" as you refer to them, should fuel you. And LMAO about the Samardjiza needs to be traded by the deadline. Go back in the Wainwright thread. You were the one who mentioned Samardjiza.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 02:57 PM) I think Bennett is an explosive TE. I don't trade him unless we are talking about a 2nd round pick. I doubt we would get that, but if we could, i'm all for it. Your choice could be to pay him with a new contract based on last season, or trade him. Will he still be productive in a couple of years? Will his act wear thin? I have no idea, but he wants to get paid, and I wouldn't be surprised if the Bears aren't willing to give him more money or trade him, we will see a holdout.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 03:11 PM) Chris Rongey is terrible at pbp To be fair, it's not his job. I don't think it's nearly as easy as some make it seem.

I would just like to point out, despite being down 8-2, the White Sox bullpen was nails.

Does this count as being swept?

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 02:50 PM) He went 7 inn...........3,2 inn,,,,,,,,,,,5 inn coming into today not that great to me. The 3 inning stint was a ejection for hitting someone. But the Sox have to let him walk them. That's when he gets in trouble.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 02:47 PM) Except I would take last year's offense if I could, 13th in runs scored vs. 26th this year. That's not going to last. But it definitely is frustrating.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 02:45 PM) Well .261 after today but your point still stands. Leuri is hitting .284 with 9 steals. AAA stat perspective.

QUOTE (oneofthemikes @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 02:42 PM) He's hitting .234 and striking out 35% of his ABs. I'll stick with "struggles". But he did have a good day today, so...hooray? Some here said Javy Baez's k rate as a 21 year old in AAA would keep him from becoming anything but a bust. Guess what 24 year old has a higher K rate?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 02:38 PM) I think the going rate for pitchers like him is right around 9 figures, but then I significantly overestimated Shields's contract last offseason. A lot is going to depend on his numbers this year.

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 02:31 PM) I don't mind the idea of trading away Marty, but there is basically nothing at the TE position after him. I know he wants a new deal, but we've still got him under control for two years at a really reasonable price. Not sure that a 3rd/4th round pick is worth trading away a guy with his skillset at age 28. Yeah but he could hold out, and the Bears could be left holding the bag. The NFL is one league you can't get mad at players for wanting to renegotiate. They could get cut and get nothing, so if he turns out better than what was being paid, he has every right IMO to moan about money.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 02:30 PM) WAY too early to make big decisions about samardzija. I think everyone knows he can pitch better than this. Obviously, but is he really a 9 figure pitcher?

The Sox have 5 guys in their line up currently hitting less than .210. Hard to get to 8 .

QUOTE (Condor13 @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 02:23 PM) Connor is my least favorite player and I have been following davidson since we aquire him and really like what he brings to our lineup if we give him a shot. His D is not worse then connor, his power is way better then Connor and his batting average might be worse overall but not this year You're right, the offense could use a few more strikeouts. Didn't Conor drive in the go ahead run the last game the Sox played?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 02:19 PM) That doesn't translate, they're very dissimilar players. If you'd said "If you don't like Flowers you aren't going to like Davidson", you'd probably have me agreeing. Not really dissimilar. If you don't think Gillaspie can hit or field, when you get a look, you will realize Davidson can't either.

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 02:18 PM) Davidson had 6 RBIs today last I seen He also fanned 4 times a couple of days ago. Please, even Buddy Bell said AAA sucks.

QUOTE (Condor13 @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 02:17 PM) I hope, davidson looks like he can add some pop to our lineup The guy has a good game and we will ingore the rest. If you don't like Conor, you aren't going to like Davidson.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 02:15 PM) Hawk, we are not right back in it. The only reason we even scored was because of an error and we are still down 5 According to another poster, the only reason Baltimore scored 6 in the first was because of an error.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 02:04 PM) I dont know why you feel im upset The thing is, if he isn't walking people, he is really good. He has a crazy motion that causes him wildness. Supposedly he has made some adjustments this season. I was watching Joe Magrane go on and on about Cooper stressing repeatable motion. I thought that would be a good fit with Jimenez. Maybe I was wrong. I certainly hope the Sox light him up, but no walks through 4 innings, it's no surprise they have no runs.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 01:53 PM) Thats nice. the first good stretch he has had since he joined Cleveland. Actually his second half in 2013 was pretty awesome. I don't know why he upsets you so much.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 01:50 PM) He cant face the Sox if they signed him. And then he would still be bad and not worth the contract you wanted to give him He has actually been really good so far this year.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 01:49 PM) Yeah what's our per-game ranking? Not saying the offense hasn't been mostly a major disappointment but with all the games we missed so far the total numbers are meaningless. I was looking at the runs scored yesterday and there were teams that had played 4 more games.