Dick Allen

I don't know why they are bunting anyway, but if the first 2 attempts did not show you it wasn' t going to work, it boggles the mind.

I am not sold long term on any, but Sanchez is probably the one I would say has the best shot of staying near their current level. Leury has hit HR at a ridiculous pace for him. Davidson has a lot of homers. I just can't see Leury keeping up power-wise and his average is coming down. He could be a decent utility guy with his speed and ability to play a ton of positions. Davidson fans way too much. He to me is the 2011 Brent Lillibridge. You look at their offensive stats, Lillibridge for 2011 and Davidson for his career, they are almost identical. The massive amount of whiffs eventually catch up to you IMO. Sanchez probably isn't a .300 hitter or a .750 OPS guy, but he has a lot lower of a fall from current production to be believable moving forward. At least we are discussing guys seemingly playing over their heads than the under of the previous several seasons. Hopefully they all keep it up, but that doesn't seem realistic.

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ May 28, 2017 -> 07:24 PM) If the weather holds up and Sale v. Quintana holds up, Mon/Tues walk up will be pretty strong. They might have a decent walk up, but walk ups aren't all that large anymore, and I really wonder what kind of draw Sale is. Most of the time when they had th k zone $20 lower deck tickets and a free shirt when Sale pitched $15 on Sundays, it was nowhere near sold out, and that was just a few sections. It appears the Sox draw well on Saturdays and Sundays and seem to be in the teens during the week.

There won't be a huge crowd tomorrow. A lot of tickets available. Most of the top 15 rows in the upper deck are unsold, there are about 4 or 5 sections down each line virtually unsold. Tuesday is even more available. Their average may go down.

QUOTE (oldsox @ May 28, 2017 -> 05:00 PM) They wanted to get the Save for Robertson. If they bring him in too early, no Save. Plus he wanted to give some quality work for Beck. If he is going to bring him in at the first sign of trouble, even if it wasn't Beck's own doing, just have him come in. There is zero reason David Robertson should be warming up unless you are going to use him. A lot of pitchers aren't in that category but most closers are. He should be more concerned with White Sox victory totals vs. David Robertson saves. If you are going to warm him up before the 9th started, put him in the game.

Renteria had Robertson warmed up when he brought in Beck. I don't understand not just bringing him into the game as long as he was warm instead of waiting for trouble. Especially considering their best hitters were coming up.

469 career PA for Schwarzenegger and a .216 career hitter. .144 with a .519 OPS vs. Lefties in hi career. Yet he is going to be a star. How come White Sox players don't get to fail as much before being labeled? Schwarzenegger may be a great hitter some day, but right now he pretty much blows, but Theo drafted him so he is BAbe Ruth.

This is pretty funny http://toofab.com/2017/05/26/jimmy-kimmel-...fourth-graders/

It was Burdi's first back to back outing of the season.

QUOTE (harkness @ May 27, 2017 -> 08:48 PM) Frazier pinch hit when we needed contact was pretty bad move. .. He was 3-10 with a homer vs. the pitcher.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ May 27, 2017 -> 11:44 AM) Of course you do. You can't get enough of them. And when did Eaton ever need to get better? He was a hit from the start. The only thing I didn't like about him was he clowned a bit much for my tastes. Yea, I suggested trading him, but not because he was a bad player. You have to give something to get something - that's one of my revolutionary ideas. I never fawned over Davidson. I fawned over the trade and what I what I thought was a good start to a rebuilding process. I'm no scout. I don't know if these prospects are good or bad; I just go by the rankings, and if you trade a replaceable reliever for a top prospect, that's a good thing. And I think most would agree. Eaton wasn't as good as his numbers was the line you constantly used.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 27, 2017 -> 11:16 AM) I must have missed all of the fawning over Davidson while you were complaining about Adam Eaton and saying that he would never get any better I don't pine over your posts, you are contradictory and irritating. Do you think you know more than GM's in the game, and you say it all the time while touting your Ideas as if they are revolutionary. More Saladino amirite They should be building the team around Trayce Thompson and his .589 OPS in AAA. It is amazing how wrong he has been but still posts like he knows everything.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ May 27, 2017 -> 10:19 AM) The rebuilding process. You have to bring somebody up, Ahab. As much as you pine on my posts, I'm sure you realize that I've consistently given Hahn credit for the Reed-Davidson, well before Davidson's breakout. You also ripped him for trading for Kahnle and cried when he re-signed Avi.

QUOTE (ron883 @ May 27, 2017 -> 10:11 AM) DA always putting words in other people's mouths. I said the way he was playing was DFA worthy. Never said the sox should DFA him. About time he lost some Damn weight. It appears to have served him well. No excuse for being overweight as a professional athlete. Thanks for doing what you're supposed to do Jose. DFA worthy, safe to say he's been figured out. Wrong, wrong. and his weight has been down all season, even when you started this thread. Ron, you are hitting .000 with your scouting acumen. Time to give it up.

.887 OPS. 1.6 bWAR, 1.4 fWAR, and he hasn't hit a homer at home yet. DFA was a good call Ron.

The coal miners aren't going to be happy. Natural gas is cleaner? Who knew? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/white-house-...8--finance.html

Warriors have won the last 27 games they had all of their top 4 in the line up. The only thing stopping this season and probably next season from being over assuming Curry stays, is their health.

QUOTE (Tony @ May 26, 2017 -> 06:42 PM) So according to WaPo, Kushner wanted a "secret" communication challenge set up with Russia. Nothing to see here.... Of course not. Fake news. It was interesting that President Jared "forgot" to put his Meetings with Russian officials on his security clearance form. Seems A recurring theme in the administration . He did remember when the failing NYT who only tells lies reported it. They are probably going to eventually use the phony Obama wiretapped them claim as a reason They needed these secret communication.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 25, 2017 -> 03:53 PM) Funny you ignore the fact that when I brought that up, I asked why it wasn't brought up the same week when others were talking about Trump's grandson's school taking complaints or whatever the BIG story was. Biden's perverted son and Tim Kaine's criminal of son aren't important but Trump's grandkid's school is a big deal. As far as that violent member of the terrorist group you love to talk about, you can keep defending her and her violence but I won't continue to go at that with you. You can take your arguments from thread to thread and rehash them all you want like everyone knows and loves you for, but I won't dance with you there. It's funny you cry about TMZ like things, yet post TMZ like things that apparently must mean something. You're a hypocrite. Everything you complain about, you yourself are guilty of. If this was a Hillary, Obama bashing thread, you would have no problem. You wouldn't complain. For a guy you claim you don't like, you sure do go to bat for Trump a lot.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 25, 2017 -> 03:15 PM) I mean I don't hold you to a standard in this respect. You sit here all day and post every negative article you find on Trump or the right and then post/defend every socialist/left wing article/viewpoint. Everybody knows your opinion before you put it forth. You and caulfield can really go down some rabbit holes and I am sure in ten years you can look back at the way you have used several hours a day for the past couple decades to spew your ideology and agenda in the same niche section of this niche forum. Good for you - time well spent I am sure. What I take issue with is the media playing its role in contributing to the ignorance of our country. Whether Sean Spicer travels with the president shouldn't make the top 1000 stories in the world right now. It's political TMZ gossip. Yeah but did you hear Joe Biden's son dated his late brother's wife? Creepy. Did you see where they woman who got coldcocked (no pun intended) did porn? Unsettling. Why is it OK for you?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 25, 2017 -> 10:53 AM) It is not "if". It is how many. Yes. Name cereals....Caulfield: Captain Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Rice Krispies, Fruity Pepples, pepples reminds me of the Flintstones, which brings me to the question do you know the difference between people in Dubai and people in Abu Dhabi? People in Dubai don't like the Flintstones. People in Abu Dhabi do.

I haven't seen them do it this year, so it may be gone, but last year they played a game in between innings where you go up against a player and list as many vegetables or cereal, or ice cream flavors you could in 30 seconds. There is no way Caulfield would lose unless he got caught up in a tangent halfway through.

No cuts to SS, or Medicare or Medicaid, no one will lose their insurance, it's just going to be cheaper and better care, and if you are rich enough, a big tax break. Trump making deals. That's what he does. This is a wonderful bill. Get the congressmen some beer.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ May 25, 2017 -> 08:57 AM) But if he bunts with guys like Cabrera/Abreu, what would stop him from ordering bunts from the prospects? They have not the best offense. Not a lot of power. He's trying to win, and eek out runs. If they have a line up that is potentially stacked, it might be different. Maybe not, but if he bunts too much with really good hitters, he won't have the opportunity for very long.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ May 25, 2017 -> 08:23 AM) I'm worried that the bunting will persist even when this team is good. Renteria just loves bunting, he always has. With the Cubs, he also was criticized with the way he ran the bullpen. He has had a couple of questionable decisions, but so far he's been OK there. Of course when the bullpen is getting guys out, you will always look good. He's certainly not some guru, but the players seem to like him, so he'll be OK. If the White Sox ever get to where they want to be, they won't have many guys in the line up where bunting is even a thought. That may be why he is so bunt happy now. We'll see.