Dick Allen

Unless Sale and Rodon can each make about 70 starts, scoring 2 runs isn't going to win many games.offense has to get it in gear.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 16, 2016 -> 07:39 PM) Pen getting used heavy tonight Jennings can use the work.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Apr 16, 2016 -> 04:48 PM) I guess that I do tend to explore some pretty desperate alternatives, in my never ending quest for a left handed hitter. I'm the first to admit that. However, don't you agree that the Sox do in deed need a left handed bat? Right now, Melky is pretty much the only guy who can break up the string of Abreu, Frazier, Lawrie and Avi. Yes, you're right. I do obsess over that void, on the Sox roster. You will note that our offense has pretty much stunk, during these last few seasons, that I have been harping on this topic. If these guys were getting it done, all from the right side, it would be less of an issue. Rick Hahn has himself, similarly expressed the need for a left handed bat. His choice of LaRoche was a failure, and Kenny Williams' pick of Dunn, wasn't exactly a smashing success, when you consider the cost. So I guess my suggestions haven't been much worse, and would have cost a lot less. They're just lucky LaRoche bowed out of the remainder of his contract. I wish that this organization would finally address this need, and acquire a decent left handed, power bat. Then we could all stop speculating about these desperate possible solutions. Until then, the "quest" continues. Do you have any realistic candidates, whom you would like to suggest? I would think currently the only candidate I could think of that would definitely be available at a low price is Jay Bruce. He obviously would be a gamble. I just don't think middle of the order bats are available right now at a price that makes sense. Eventually they will be.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Apr 16, 2016 -> 07:24 PM) Agreed. Just weird. Almost as if he has the YIPS or something. His k rate was pretty low last year. I think he got too hung up on it. Spring training he struck out 11 in 9 innings and he has 4 in 2 innings so far. IMO he is trying to be too perfect trying to get the k instead of throwing his sinker and getting grounders.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Apr 16, 2016 -> 07:16 PM) What's up with Petricka's control this year. He's already walked 5 guys this year. He only had 18 all of last season. Hawk was saying they were worried about it in spring training. I have always liked him, but if he isn't going to throw stirikes, give him a Knights uniform and call someone else up.

Looked like a swing to me.

Danks looks really skinny to me. He never was big, but looks like he lost a few pounds.

Missed a good one to hit.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Apr 16, 2016 -> 03:44 PM) To all of you who are complaining about having raised this idea again: I stated, shortly after posting it, that I agree that it's a bad idea, especially now that he appears to have a serious shoulder injury. My original interest was based upon the fact that his career numbers vs. RHP are pretty intriguing: .298 .352 .484 He is still only 29 and I was speculating that Boston might eat enough of his salary to make it palatable. I assume that the wise crack about Sizemore was yet another of the never ending references to my ill advised fascination with his potential "comeback". Will I never live that one down? LOL I still don't think that it was a foolish suggestion. That was a couple of years ago, when Sizemore was still only 31. He's the same age as Cano and Sin Chu Soo, who had both just signed huge free agent contracts. Back then, as now, the Sox needed a left handed bat, with Dunn retiring. Hey, he would have been a better gamble than signing La Roche. At least we wouldn't have had to commit to more than one year, and with almost no impact on the payroll. It would have saved us the whole disrupting fiasco over Adam and his son. Sizemore didn't make the comeback, on which I wanted to gamble. So what? What kind of a gamble did La Roche turn out to be? And he was 35 when the Sox signed him. What is getting old is in your quest for a middle of the order left handed bat, you suggest hitters who aren't middle of the order hitters anymore. Sizemore hadn't played in 3 seasons yet you thought he would make a fine clean up hitter, Panda sucked last year and really was no better than Conor Gillaspie the year before, that was before his got even heavier to the point he belt exploded on a swing and a miss the other day. Panda is eating his way out of baseball. If he wasn't owed the money he was owed, he probably would be stuffing his face right now somewhere as an ex ball player. He is a talented guy, it is a shame he either won't get the help he needs to put himself in a better position to perform, or he just can't do it. It isn't like he has to be all that well conditioned to play baseball. But he is off the charts now, and going the wrong way. It is one of those signings where you just knew what was going to happen. The guy has played well fat before, but he is getting older and fatter. I would think a professional athlete being paid what he is being paid would want to be in the physical condition he needed to be in to provide the most value. From some of his comments last year, it seems like he doesn't really give a s***. He is content getting paid .

But he put up a .658 OPS last year and can bat left handed. It is amazing how so many have attraction to other teams trash. Grady Sizemore is still available

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Apr 16, 2016 -> 02:29 PM) Man, some of you act like Danks gets lit up every start. Makes you wonder if they realize other teams don't have Cy Young contending 5th starters, but most of the punching bags were sent away. This one remained and they have 152 games to keep punching.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Apr 16, 2016 -> 11:01 AM) Prefer 5 years of Saladino to 2 months of a platoon hitter. If I'm right on Saladino, it would allow them to trade Anderson for a good hitter (not a platoon hitter) with perhaps some extra years, instead of wiping out everyone else in the farm, if they have to. We'll see what happens. Sox love to trade with Billy Beane. Interesting thing about Frazier is that he spent 4.5 years in the minors before he hit the majors...and that was as a college draftee. For every one of the guys who became legit core players for contending teams after sucking it up until they were 25 years old, there are hundreds, and probably thousands who did not. All your prospects on Oakland lead them to 68 wins last year and 4-7 this season. In another year they will become heroes playing for a s***ty team and will need to be traded for more mediocre prospects.

He's playing in loving memory of Drake.

The Bulls did not renew the guy who was Benny the Bull the last 12 years contract. #accountability

One of the new CSN women called the home of the Cubs Wrigley Park. I think I am in love.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 15, 2016 -> 08:39 PM) Awesome pitching performance. I'm not sure how much longer we can win games like this. All year. The 2005 team won the opener, the first game after the All Star break, and the clincher all 1-0. They will start hitting, but if Latos isn't a mirage, and they stay healthy, this team is going to be tough.

I am glad they didn't trade or suspend spSale for popping off to KW.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Apr 15, 2016 -> 01:17 PM) Yeah those bags outside the stadium are like half the price and double the size. Even cheaper at Jewel.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Apr 15, 2016 -> 10:15 AM) Give me a break. There are legit organizations and I'm sure his trip was a part of it. http://www.slaverynomore.org It's Adam LaRoche who was a strikeout machine and barely hit .200. For some, if he spent last winter curing cancer he would have done something wrong and obviously had another agenda.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 15, 2016 -> 09:01 AM) My bad, I read that first line. It's not like he's 21 so who really knows if he will hit, but it is one of the few White Sox position player prospects the last decade you can say is fundamentally sound. For a while, when they brought guys up, it looked like they had just taken up the game in the past couple of years.

QUOTE (ewokpelts @ Apr 15, 2016 -> 06:07 AM) he's still a big f***ing idiot. ten bucks says jesus freak got busted with a ladyboy. Spew your prejudice somewhere else.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 15, 2016 -> 08:07 AM) you know who has a career minor league OPS of .608? Tyler Saladino That's his major league OPS. But it is interesting how much more he seems to be thought ofwhen he went from probable starter to utility guy.

The Twins are already 7 games out.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 02:55 PM) Don't forget Emilio Bonifacio who was re-signed by Atlanta. There you go. If used properly he's a stud. It's a good thing Steve Stone never was a GM. If he had Todd Frazier and talked to other teams about trading him, they would think he was someone else.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 02:51 PM) Like to know how many times three teams from the same division started the season 6-2 or better the first 8 games. Probably only a few times. Considering it's been 61 years since the Sox and Cubs both started out 2-0, I think you're right.