Dick Allen

I hate the PR here.

Moncada looks like he messed his back up again.

Chuck Tanner has the managerial record for consecutive last place finishes. Obviously, the better the roster, the better the manager. Bad players make smart moves not work. Good players make bad decisions work out. Good players win, bad players don't.

The one thing I didn't understand was when he double switched the other night with Moncada. Why have Moncada bat if he couldn't swing the bat?

Yes. If you don’t mind the Sox doing it, you kind of have to live with itwhen the opponents do it. I remember Carlos Gomez wasn’t fondly thought of around here when he was “having fun”.

It's getting to the point I almost expect Eloy to go deep at least once each game. He has made a mockery of MLB pitching the last couple of weeks.

Brooks Boyer originally claimed the current netting would be lowered until game time for interaction. I don't know if that was determined to be too big of a pain in the ass or what.

I have always hated nets, but with the golf balls they use now coupled with the lack of attention in the stands whether its texting or taking selfies or whatever, it must be done.

Coop will fix 'em.

I hope he can hit .230. The White Sox prospects usually don't do too well when they are called up, but they really haven't called up a guy like this. Even Moncada, with as selective as he was, didn't draw walks like Collins. It will be interesting to see how he does. I'm sure a lot of strikeouts, but take the good with the bad. Get on base and hit some homers. I am thinking more like an old Adam Dunn. An average hovering around .200 with a k rate at about 220 a season, and an on base about .320-.330 and some homers.

I think Castillo goes on the DL and when he is ready to return, Alonso gets released.

This is false.

Lonzo has a lot of talent but can't shoot. His free throw percentage is ridiculous, so having him in at the end of games as a primary ball handler is scary. And you get his dad. Stars win. Unless it's a guy like AD who is going to flee, IMO, whoever gets the best player in an NBA trade wins the trade 95% of the time.

Moncada back. No pun intended.

I am enjoying this uptick in quality of play as much as anyone, but before I offer any apologies to Rick Hahn, being .500 isn’t the goal. I will see how this plays out. If half of these guys are for real, they should be OK. Gio, no one could have seen this coming. Eloy is staring to become the beast we were hoping. Moncada looks like he can do a lot of damage. Anderson and McCann iare hitting. Hopefully it is real. Robert, Madrigal, Vaughn. Nice line up. Will need some pitching .

Wayne Nordhagen also was in the house.

That makes it worse. Genius if it gets them Machado, massive failure and joke if it doesn't, and that's with Alonso being what he's been the last couple of seasons. Since he is nowhere near that, it's beyond belief failure. The interesting thing to think about for me was had his presence actually made Machado take JR's money, would his rope be longer than it will be now?

Rosenthal in. They will try to give the Sox a chance.

Kind of shocked they got 12 tonight. Ray Ray let us know earlier it’s easier to not give up runs in the majors than it is in AAA.

If he is upset, so be it. He was going to be a 40 man roster casualty had they waited until October anyway.

That is implying the pitchers with ERAs in the 2s in MLB would not have them if they played in AAA, and the guys with 3.00 eras in AAA might be I the 2s facing better hitters. That is pretty laughable.

Even though the release sounds cold, they actually didn't hurt him at all. He still gets paid. He can re-sign or pick another place. It's not like he was going to be able to improve his postion any time soon. So he either re-signs or gets a head start on a new team with their rehab program.

He hasn't, but his k-rate is less than half it was. He is going to be giving them up soon enough.

Because he gave up no runs in Charlotte.

Covey, Fulmer, Frare, Marshall, Osich, and Ruiz say you are nuts.