Dick Allen

So Trump is tweeting Cohen will never flip on him. Isn’t that implying some guilt?

Fuck Verlander for whining. But also fuck Anderson for getting picked off down 5-0. It is dumb baseball.

White Sox starters are 1-9 with a 5.99 ERA. Think how bad it would be without Lopez.

With Gonzalez, Shields, and Fulmer in the rotation, and the crap they have coming out of the bullpen, this team is going to be bad. I don’t agree with it’s going to get worse, because it really can’t be worse than the last 14 games. get better. The question is how much? It is hard to watch them play now. Kopech will be up fairly soon. Then Rodon later. But other than that, help isn’t really on the way. I thought with all the awful teams and 2 of them being in the same division, wins would be a bit easier than usual. But this team is bad. And it isn’t just bad talent. Stupid baseball. Renteria talks about winning and losing the right way. If he thinks all the little league mistakes they make are losing the right way, I am not so sure this rebuild will be a guaranteed success. With all the teams who have done it, plus all the teams who will always have a shot because of money, there aren’t enough good players around for every rebuild to be a smashing success. Hopefully because of the head start their best players on cheap contracts gave them, this will work. If the Sox were in some other teams shoes, and didn’t have the bounties for Sale and Eaton and Q, I couldn’t imagine how long this would take.

It is 4/20

Not bad for a bust.

He can’t get his slider to look good enough to swing at.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 18, 2018 -> 06:40 PM) Jones not even remotely close No biggie, runner is meaningless sets up forces everywhere.

Jones doesn’t have his good slider yet.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Apr 18, 2018 -> 06:31 PM) I do like the new base stealing Sox, but a steal of third wasn't really necessary there. Ormally I would agree, but with Engel at bat, a WP or PB seems like a better chance than a hit.

Verlander vs. Shields on Friday. Can they call it now?

There are going to be some real deflating losses with this bullpen. Amazingly, they sucked but Voltstad was mostly nails.

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 18, 2018 -> 12:59 PM) We also were set in the OF for the next decade with Joe Borchard, Brian Anderson and Ryan Sweeney... Exactly, and it's not like it only happens to the White Sox. Especially with bats, the Sox have really struggled for over a decade now. Eventually, just luck should get them to have some success, but except for maybe Eloy, all these guys have some issues. Adolfo with contact. Rutherford with power, and for me ,Robert right now for at least health. It seems he gets nicked up a lot.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Apr 18, 2018 -> 12:22 PM) The current outfield roster is probably a mute point. The future window of contention, opening wide in 2020, will likely feature 3 of the following 4 young outfielders: Eloy, Robert, Adolfo and Rutherford. i'm beginning to think that everyone else is just a place holder. I don't know about you guys, but I find myself more interested in following the Minors. I can't wait until Eloy and Robert are back on the field. You never know. It wasn't too long ago we were wondering who the Sox would put in the OF with Courtney Hawkins. Except for Eloy, the rest are still a world away. There is talent there, but sometimes talent and hard work aren't enough.

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Apr 18, 2018 -> 11:11 AM) I see no benefit to giving Trayce AB's when we know what he is already, there's a reason he's been on 3 different teams already this year. He's the original Adam Engel, great defense and no bat. He's been on 3 different teams and has 7 AB. The thing is, before he hurt his back he was better than Engel, better than Tilson and better than Cordell. Engel can get some time in AAA. Cordell can't play for a few weeks, and Tillson still needs time in Charlotte. It's basically a free look. Give him a couple of weeks, see if he can get back to his old form. If not, no big deal. If so, you just upgraded your roster for nothing. Ideally Trayce probably needs AAA to get back to where he was, but you do have a means right now. And if he falters, you are closer to no one claiming him and getting him to AAA.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 18, 2018 -> 09:34 AM) So weird that Trump gets super angry whenever we have to do anything negative towards Russia at all and is once again undercutting any sanctions against them. The reason is so obvious, and it gets no play.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 17, 2018 -> 07:38 PM) I would like to say: "Rest In Peace Barbara Bush." She appeared to be a very nice lady and a classy individual. Peace to her loved ones at this difficult time. Mrs. Bush was a gem. Roger Stone had some nice things to say about her. God this guy is an ass.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Apr 18, 2018 -> 10:29 AM) Royce Lewis went underslot at 1 last year. It's pretty common actually. For example, lets say one of the HS bats knows he's going in the 8-10 range and will make $4 million. They would absolutely sign with the Sox for $5 million saving the team $1.5 million for future picks. Most of these guys are't going to school and they know it. Are there really a lot of examples of going underslot with the top 5, and having that pay off big later on, since these pools have come into play? I hope it's rare the Sox draft up here. To take a guy they don't have as their top available player, so maybe they can get an upgrade around pick 40 doesn't do anything for me.

According to Buster Olney, Mike Trout is going to go down as one of the greatest players ever. That's why he's considered an expert ladies and gentlemen.

Jose Valentin had a pretty severe split as a switch hitter. His lifetime OPS as a RH batter was .598. He hit LH vs. a LH pitcher one time in his career and hit a 2 run homer.

So far the best FIP on the greatest rotation ever assembled is 4.10.

The Blackhawks used to give away free tickets to several games in late March, early April the final few seasons of the Bill Wirtz era. All you had to pay was a nominal ticketmaster fee and you could be on the glass. I bet most people had no idea. It still was half full at best. I went several times with my wife. She of course now asks if that will be available again. I told her if so, not for a very long time.

Send him back to AAA, claim Trayce Thompson. Let Trayce play a couple of weeks and see what happens. If he sucks, DFA him, and let him move on to his next team or go to Charlotte. It's a free look with Cordell down. Engel has a spot in Charlotte.

Nikki Haley not happy. At what point will the huge conflict of interest Trump has with Russia get hammered upon? Eric said they get all the financing they need from Russia. Piss Putin off, Trump Organization goes belly up.

Guaranteed Rate with their downward arrow has advertising at Wrigley Field. Go figure.