Harry Chappas

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 06:42 PM) Wow. This reaches a new level..even for you. Isn't Sale pitching Thursday?

Anyone think Maddon is going to recreate the wheel here and use Chapman at random times throughout the game and not necessarily just to close.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 05:35 PM) This is going to be an ugly series. Why not throw Fulmer Wednesday? Why not throw Fullmer in the last two Turner starts.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 11:24 AM) They'll get Quintana and Robertson in a deal. Do they need Frazier as well? I can't remember how 3B is for them? Blockbuster involving Q, DRob, Frazier for Moncada+ That deal requires a player on their active roster.

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 09:23 AM) That's an absolute haul for a rental player. Even if extension is on the table, Yanks are winning this one. Just reaffirms that someone will overpay for Q/Sale this deadline and Sox best not flinch. They have the money to sign him for whatever he wants. He is not a rental to them.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jul 24, 2016 -> 06:09 PM) Found it kind of curious the Sox brought up Sanchez for the 26th man . Thought a reliever ,who Robin probably doesn't use anyway, might have been brought up considering the dire straits the Sox pen was in. Needed that left handed bat v one of the worst pitchers in baseball

He and Anderson are something. Bullpen is taxed due to turner and sale but still split series.

Not a Robertson fan but he still has value. Melky has good value right now. At least they won. Frazier was awful.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jul 23, 2016 -> 10:56 PM) I really can't believe so many people condone this type of behavior and blame management for punishing him. I said sale was at fault....to that end the fans that went to see sale were screwed over for no reason.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 23, 2016 -> 10:09 PM) Three Too bad Jones couldn't field a f***ing ground ball Also Sale and the White Sox screwed over the fans that paid to see one of baseballs best pitch Reinsdorf and both organizations he owns are a f***ing joke

Sale should pitch after rain delay

Sadly I agree my exuberance for the white sox decreases every day. I used make the whit sox a daily routine....maybe its age, I am 45 but I don't think so but just don't care any more.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jul 22, 2016 -> 02:28 PM) We have a very unique opportunity here. The demand for starting pitching is insane, we have two young/cheap/controllable left-handed starters available, and there are multiple contenders in need of pitching with elite farm systems. For a franchise mired in mediocrity, this is an opportunity of a lifetime. The packages we could receive would be unprecedented and inject an incredible amount of talent into our organization. I would fully expect seven top 100 prospects (several of them elite) & another couple B types. And that's just for Sale & Quintana. Trading guys like Robertson, Duke, Frazier, Melky, & Lawrie would only increase the overall haul. By the end of next offseason, we could easily have the best farm system in baseball, quality major league assets in Eaton, Abreu, Anderson, Rodon, Fulmer, & Jones, huge draft & international pools for 2017, and a ton of financial flexibility. That's option A and is right there for the taking. Option B is to half-ass it three more years, lose Sale for a comp pick (if they still exist), and remain in mediocrity for the foreseeable future. I can't believe we're even having this debate. I realize that rebuilding is painful, but there is no doubt in my mind it's the quickest path for us becoming a legit playoff contender again. I do not trust this organization and their professional scouting ability to make the right choices in trading these players.

Quintana is underrated and would most likely not garner equal value to his worth in a trade but he would be the safer trade. Sale is the Ace lights out wow factor pitcher. You trade him it is headline news if the trade fails it becomes white flag memorable. Quintana holds value to GM's and teams but to the casual fan and media he is a good pitcher and thus safer trade in the big picture. If that trade blows up, it is a little bigger of a fail than the Peavy trade but would not appear as franchise altering than a Sale failure. Thus I think Quintana goes for a major league ready bat......one that with this organization will have no OBP ability and suck in 18 months similar to Avi Garcia. Avi Garcia sucks.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 22, 2016 -> 10:52 AM) The complaints about Turner starting tonight were before Hahn said they're open for business. Was there ever a good explanation given as to why Turner was starting over Fulmer? Now that they are open for business and the clock is ticking why not let Fulmer start until Rodon comes back and then move him to the pen?

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 22, 2016 -> 07:11 AM) A 2-1 game in the 7th should be a game that can be suspended if the teams are playing the next day. Rules need to be looked at again. Anyway, if the Sox lose tonight, they go 23-10, then 23-40. It has become a staple of the White Sox for the last few years. Don't just lose games, lose them in extended streaks that end a season in a matter of weeks. This season went from great to in the can over the Texas, Yankee, Houston series and then the Royals sweep via the bullpen ended it. The sereis win for a few weeks was neat but in reality they never swept anyone and improved theor record somewhat, it did not do much. In regard to hitting/fielding it seems to me that the White Sox have become prone to players becoming uncharacteristically or even historically bad. Abreu can no longer field his position, Dunn was benched to avoid having one of the worst seasons of all time, LaRoche last year, the utility guys they seem to sign and then have to eat he contract. Beckham fell apart, Abreu is a singles hitters. Avi Garcia is one of the most useless players I have every seen and is far and away the dumbest. This organization needs a good house cleaning. Steven A Smith was on the radio a week or so back talking about the Bulls and Sox and I think he hit he nail on the head when he said the front office of both teams are very comfortable and that is what is preached from the top down. Thibs was let go because he did not tow the line. This seems to be right, stay alfoat don't suck too bad and everything will be fine.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Jul 22, 2016 -> 12:44 AM) I'm curious what kind of value Eaton has? s***s and giggles mainly. He's one of the guys I'd keep. (Anderson, Eaton, Fulmer, Rodon) Lawrie is another guy we could keep in the end as well. Still young and would lock down 2nd or go to 3rd if we got Moncada to play 2nd. Lawrie is exactly what is wrong with this team.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jul 22, 2016 -> 01:59 AM) I know the Sox lost but it has always seemed unfair in a game like this that the visitors got 7 innings to score their runs while the Sox got only 6. I wouldn't call a rained out game like this a home field advantage. Score reverts back to the end of the 6th. One run off mike pelfrey....Todd's philosophy is not working

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 21, 2016 -> 01:36 PM) Someone posted the Pirates the other day and after trying to write about why it wouldn't work I talked myself into thinking they have the means to get it done. The problem is on both sides though. Fair payment for one of these guys is their top 3 prospects (taillon, Glasnow, Meadows, plus their catching prospect) and the Pirates aren't going to give up both pitchers plus meadows in the same deal and I don't care who its for...and the White Sox aren't going to move these guys. I think there needs to be some creativity with a three way deal so one team does not deplete their system but two systems take a hit to a degree.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 21, 2016 -> 01:27 PM) Pirates going after Q is my dark horse team. Have some great prospect depth, headed by nice trade chips in Glasnow and Bell. I think Melky is a guy they could use as well. I have no faith in this organization doing anything right as they failed miserably on their evaluation of Avi Garcia. The 30/30 centerfielder that can't play the outfield, run the bases or hit for power.

Until they change their philsophy on hitting they are doomed. In the day and age of pitch counts and OBP, this organization adheres to neither on the offensive side. Nobody is selective at all they swing at he first strike they see.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jul 21, 2016 -> 07:27 AM) Expanding has nothing to do with athletics. It's all about tv revenue. BYU, Cincy, USF or UCF would make the most sense out of the rumored schools. I don't know the point in bringing in Houston since the Big 12 already has that market covered. Does the BIG 12 have a championship game?

They have one every day player with an OPS over 800 Until they figure out that that stat means something as well as playing defense is a good idea They will continue to fail

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 20, 2016 -> 03:17 PM) Maybe I am just used to White Sox hitters swinging at so many pitches, but it seems to me White Sox pitchers throw a lot more balls than most pitching staffs. White Sox hitters swing at crap pitches and get themselves out. Abreu is doing this at an alarming rate.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jul 20, 2016 -> 12:10 PM) Pomeranz for Baez might be a good swap, right? You know who would be a good trade for Baez, Robertson.