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QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 09:50 AM) We also haven't seen many lefty starters, which is likely when our stats will jump up. All of 1, and they should have won that game had Peavy not gotten torched.

Jesus do they need this. GET SOME

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 10:24 PM) Is our bench as weak as it has been in Sox history? Lot of no names. The bench is just fine.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 08:49 AM) I'll give you that. But the fear that this team just makes too many outs to be a serious contender haven't been disproved yet. I like to evaluate the team every 27 games. We'll see where we are at the end of the month. That's probably a pretty good sample size - a lot better than 8 games anyways.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 08:45 AM) Almost every team goes through an 8-game stretch like that during the season. Just so happens the Sox did it during the first 8 games They've also faced Shields, Felix, Iwakuma, Gonzalez, and Zimmerman, as well as Jeremy Guthrie who may as well be Christy Mathewson against the White Sox. They've faced some really, really good pitching. The fact that they're 4-4 is, quite frankly, a surprise in its own right.

Thankfully they built that new stadium in Miami, it's made a huge difference with the fans http://deadspin.com/photos-marlins-park-is...empty-472406862

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 08:42 PM) Thank god for Williams/Hahn/Marco Paddy that Santos hasn't done anything for the Blue Jays. That's actually very unfortunate. I really liked Sergio Santos, and he was an incredible reliever with the Sox. The Sox return be damned, I wished Santos would find some health and success. QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 09:10 PM) Hard to say what really happened...it might have been one of this situations like the Cubs with Hoyer that they were already talking to Paddy about bringing him over when that trade took place...although if they got caught, it would be considered tampering or the baseball version of "insider trading." You can speculate all you'd like. Fact is, he was brought in afterwards.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 04:49 PM) They were advertising a $5 beer and peanuts deal last night I'll take 4

QUOTE (Cali @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 04:19 PM) Buehrle will probably dominate the Sox though. Soft tossing lefty with a good change up? Forget about it. Gonna need Flowers and Viciedo to hit a few homers a piece. 2012 Sox vs LHP - .755 OPS (compared to .735 vs RHP) 2012 Sox vs finesse pitchers - .793 OPS (versus .703 vs power & .693 vs avg P/F) They would hit Buehrle just fine.

If Strasburg makes it to his first contract, there's no doubt he's at least a $30+ million a year guy.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 9, 2013 -> 02:22 PM) I did, too, mostly. The only blurays I own are Blackhawks Stanley Cup video, The Departed, and the three Batman movies. Batman Returns, Batman Forever, and Batman & Robin?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 12:52 PM) I see your hairless mammels and raise you an eel inside a human. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/09/e..._n_3046785.html So THAT'S why Adam Richman stopped doing Man vs Food

At least the White Sox had prospects in the lineup. Everyone that played for Norfolk today is AAAA garbage.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 01:59 PM) I'll be somewhere out in right-center When Dunn hits a ball your way, save it for the kiddo.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 01:32 PM) I agree with the others. That team was so dominate that it will go down in history as one of the best. It is like the steel curtain, it will always be talked about as one of the best teams of all time, due to the defense and Payton. It deserves to be talked about. Then it should be held as such and people should stop comparing current Bears teams to the 85 team. It would be like me comparing the current Sox team to the 2005 team - what's the point? Reminscing is fine, because I do that with the 2005 team from time to time too, but leave it at that and move on.

QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 10:19 AM) My birthday is December 23. For my 17th birthday I received a Brandon McCarthy jersey. I turned 17 in 2006. "December 23, 2006: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with David Paisano (minors) to the Texas Rangers for Jacob Rasner (minors), John Danks and Nick Masset." Hahaha, that was so awesome

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 10:12 AM) I'm glad we are still bringing everything back to 85 bears, only 30 years later. I always feel terrible when I reference 2005 regarding recent White Sox success, even though that was almost 10 years ago. Then I remember that it could be worse.

The Sox jersey to own is Terrero.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 09:43 AM) I don't think they'll DL him. It'll be few days that'll turn into a week. That's more White Sox. If they had to bring up anyone, I hate to say it, it'll probably be Morel. I agree, and that's in the event they face a lefty.

Moore's a good scheme fit, nice situational pass rusher off the edge, but he is just brutal against the run.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 10, 2013 -> 07:57 AM) Eduardo? (Seriously, this is MLB, you can't just use "Escobar".) Yes. All 5'10 160 of him.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 9, 2013 -> 11:26 PM) One of the hardest things for me to do is convince people who look only at errors and FPCT that Alexei is an elite defender. Yes, you make like 20 errors but your range gets you to 200 more attempts, which obviously have a much higher degree of difficulty to make a putout. People don't really listen though. "But so and so had less errors, what are you talking about" You'd think you wouldn't have to explain this to someone who actually gets advanced stats though. Luis Aparicio is considered to be among the best defensive shortstops of all time. Look at how many errors he made. I'm obviously agreeing with you, just saying that you don't get to that point without being really f***ing good.

In case you were wondering, Pelfrey looks terrible. He's Jon Garland with a worse sinker. Can get guys to roll over the ball when he keeps it low, but it's a fat, flat 91 MPH 4-seamer if it's at the belt or higher, and his offspeed looked terrible.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Apr 9, 2013 -> 12:37 PM) It's a ball, but that call barely gets attention if Pierzynski receives it correctly. Pierzynski absolutely turned that into a ball and made it look awful. Perception is reality, and catchers can help or hurt themselves when receiving pitches. Pierzynski gave up on it, which is enough to make it a ball. Even had that caught the zone, you still should ball it. It's shocking that Pierzynski would give up on a curve ball that could possibly end the game and didn't miss by THAT much. This is what I saw too. It was clearly a pitch out of the zone, but this isn't Robbie Alomar or Fred McGriff bad. It was a wide strike and just so happened to come at an inopportune time.

QUOTE (Paint it Black @ Apr 9, 2013 -> 12:47 PM) I don't see how that risk is any different than paying a free agent that same amount of money. Their future isn't guaranteed just like a free agent's. Free agents are signed because they've had success previously in the majors. There's obviously risk, but there is far less risk in a major league free agent compared to a 20 year old international free agent. Teams can certainly overspend, but how smart was it for the Mets to sign Kazuo Matsui? or the Yankees to sign Jose Contreras? I'm sure the Red Sox are extremely happy with their decision to pay Daisuke all that they did too. I don't see how you can say they aren't a large market club. It's the 4th biggest metropolitan area in the US and they have the 8th biggest payroll in the MLB. Both of those specifically point to the team being a large market club. Compare that to San Diego, Tampa Bay, Cleveland, or Pittsburgh. All are generally smaller metropolitan areas in the US and don't typically spend a lot. Cleveland opened up the purse strings for the first time in years this year and they're going to have a mediocre product. On top of that, I don't understand how you can say it's cheap. Michael Ynoa signed for $4.25 mill with the Athletics, and while he just got an extended stay stateside last year, he was not very good. He's still incredibly young, but there's no doubt that he's a greater risk than spending that $4.25 on someone else. Really, it's not like these guys are all going to go in the top 30 or the top 150. They'll be interspersed throughout the draft and teams will be able to draft and sign them and build a collection of talent just like anyone else. It all still comes down to scouting and development.