Dick Allen

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 25, 2017 -> 10:46 AM) Melky lf Abreu 1b Avi rf Davidson 3b Moncada 2b Anderson ss Narvaez c Engel cf Rodon p Excellent. Moncada can learn how to bunt in the 5 hole.

Make America Great Again. Official Trump merchandise is handled through a Canadian company that was founded by Germans. It must be so great to be Trump. His hypocrisy is so large, he doesn't get called out on it ever.

DJ Carassco former White Sox reliever, is now a Dodgers scout. He came to Wrigley today to see Gonzalez.

I would have pulled Swarzak. No career saves. A ninth inning freak out can hurt his value. 39 pitches Friday, 25 yesterday.

The Babe not having a stellar day.

Engel is kind of like Trayce Thompson. Blah minor league numbers, has some power, looks like a plus defender, looks at times to be much better than his minor league numbers.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 24, 2017 -> 03:08 PM) After the last two starts by Gonzo I hereby appoint him the Sox ace He seems to be one of those guys who is either really good, or really bad.

QUOTE (beautox @ Jul 24, 2017 -> 02:52 PM) makes no f***ing sense. Living in the liveliest of live ball eras; here is a bight f***ing idea lets do everything that is the converse of that... It's like the Bulls and their idea that a poor shooting team could be really good. Why you are making Yoan Moncada give up an AB is beyond me.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 24, 2017 -> 02:50 PM) Hawk and Stoney saying that Renteria is trying to get the players in the mindset to learn and lay down good hunts when the team is good. Ok then Rick When they are good, if Moncada is anywhere near where he is supposed to be, having him bunt would be the last thing on anyone's mind.

QUOTE (beautox @ Jul 24, 2017 -> 02:48 PM) listening to the cubs broadcast they think Moncada is putting that bunt down on his own, I don't buy that for a second. Because they would be in disbelief a major league manager would have him bunt.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jul 24, 2017 -> 02:09 PM) what a lucky catch. Hit the heel and popped right into the glove. LOL at Schwarber, he's a ball of meat out there. Jessica Mendoza said he just looks like an athlete last night. What is the deal with the fascination of Kyle Schwarber?

Ricky is making the right move here. If he gets burned by the pitcher or Heyward, it isn't on him.

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Jul 24, 2017 -> 12:50 PM) We had Robertson, Kahnle, Frazier, Quintana helping to provide some level of stability to the roster in the first half. Hard to peg where we end up exactly, but right around 60 wins is looking to be realistic. 2018 is going to be painful, but at least we are fully prepared for that going in. Our minor league talent should ideally be one step closer to the majors next season, with many ETA's in late 2018 or 2019. Yes. If the Sox made those trades the day before the season started, they most likely have the worst record in baseball right now.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jul 24, 2017 -> 01:42 PM) We are in a year that means nothing, why would he feel that right now? He is the great hope. The guy gets more attention than anyone on the team by far. He needs a few hits.

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Jul 24, 2017 -> 01:39 PM) I've never been a fan of bunting, because the majority of the time you are conceding an out. Baseball is a game of outs and why make things any easier for the other team? In the National league it might make more sense with most pitchers being awful at the plate. The hitter has to be awful, and the k-rate has to be up there (although I would never have Matt Davidson bunt), and he would have had to have shown you either in spring training or BP or somewhere, he was up to the task. Too many times the White Sox hitters have shown they have no chance getting a bunt down. Stop after the first attempt. At least stop after the second attempt. Thankfully, he didn't have Moncada try it with 2 strikes like he has a couple times previously, when everyone in the park knew what would happen.

QUOTE (Yoda @ Jul 24, 2017 -> 01:18 PM) Any guess on what the score will be? 4-1

QUOTE (Yoda @ Jul 24, 2017 -> 01:10 PM) No one has predicted the score yet. I'm thinking 9-2 Cubs. Wind should be blowing in. That could keep it close.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 24, 2017 -> 12:50 PM) Timely article on exact this topic. He isn't really worried about the situation as much as the skill. Translation: He knows this year, and these games don't matter, so he is using these games as extended spring training to teach skills and evaluation what players can and can't do. http://www.csnchicago.com/chicago-white-so...ria-and-bunting Most of this roster won't be around when the Sox are good again. Even if Moncada was a good bunter, bunting in that situation was dumb if you are trying to win a game. Why not get him prepared to do something you would want him to do to win the game? The problem here is Renteria is in absolute love with the bunt. I'm not one of these don't bunt ever guys. I do think there is a time and place for them. He should use those times if he has this urgency to bunt. I've yet to ever see a good player have some polish taken off his abilities because he wasn't a good bunter. It seems Renteria cares about this skill way too much.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 24, 2017 -> 12:43 PM) I wonder if the front office is just letting Renteria do whatever he wants this year, and then after the season they'll talk about situations that came up that they would like to see differently next season. Early inning bunting has to stop. .Working on Yoan Moncada's sacrifice bunting seems to be something that shouldn't be on any agenda whether you are trying to win or just worried about development. If they are going to talk to Ricky about it, the sooner the better. Let the kid experience the situations the team will need him to come through in future seasons.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 24, 2017 -> 12:32 PM) Yes, but he is now a major league baseball player and should know how to bunt. First off, one of your better run producers should be Moncada. Secondly, he's bunting to move runners along for the Yolmer Sanchez. Thirdly, he is up 2-0 with a crappy bullpen, Swarzak unavailable and Pelfrey with 96 pitches, and isn't playing for the big inning. Lastly, Moncada had never bunted in his life. If he took one off the finger and broke it, that would have just added to the stupidity. Maybe major leaguers should know how to bunt. That's a separate argument. But not all do, and Moncada is one of them.

QUOTE (Soha @ Jul 24, 2017 -> 12:27 PM) I don't know how they could possibly be worse next year than they are now. I mean, we have 5 bad starters right now and a gutted bullpen. Even if a few of these guys come up and struggle badly, how much worse can they be than the garbage we're watching now? You won't have the decency of the dearly departed. Robertson, Kahnle, Swarzak, Q.....without those guys, this team would be even worse, and no one would worry about draft pick position. It would be etched in stone. The team hasn't won a game since the 2 trades.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 24, 2017 -> 12:20 PM) Either a whole lot of shady/questionably legal financial dealings or it shows he's not nearly as wealthy as he claims which, based on how he's acted in the past, is the most important thing to him. Probably all of the above.

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Jul 24, 2017 -> 12:11 PM) Once Swarzak is gone our bullpen will be totally gutted. That, coupled with a weak rotation will have other teams feasting on our thin pitching staff. We are very much headed towards a top three draft pick, with a real chance at #1 overall. Exactly. Maybe Rodon finds a groove after a while, but after that the Sox should be favored to lose all of their remaining games. Obviously there will be some wins sprinkled in here or there, but top 3 seems like a lock, and depending how bad Philly and SF make themselves, at least pick 2 seems probable.

I hope the Sox sweep, but just win at least a couple of these. There are plenty of losses coming for those who want the Sox to lose all the time. And thank God they didn't lose more a couple of years ago and drafted Benetendi. They would win more games this year, and maybe even last, and most likely next. Screws up 3 drafts vs. 1.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jul 24, 2017 -> 10:26 AM) This discussion was about batting, and my OPS remark is about batting, so this was not a discussion about all-around game. I am saying I don't want a hitter to emulate Fox. I agree. The Sox need better. Louie Aparicio was a HOFer. Hawk said he wouldn't be upper half now. I would imagine the same with Nellie. Nellie was great for his time, but the game is played differently now. .710 OPS great defense is fine, but Yolmer Sanchez this season .701 OPS, great defense. Yolmer seems like he's a good kid, but he's a back up.