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Nobody expected the White Sox to be anywhere close to first place in the 2nd week of May. The Indians have been playing like a World Series hangover team and the Royals have the worst offense in baseball, and lost Ventura tragically. The Twins are in the same position as the White Sox (albeit Sano looks to be the second best young player in the division to Lindor), so that only leaves the Tigers and Indians as actual threats, with the Tigers clearly on the downside. Q, Tim Anderson, Rodon, Saladino and Giolito have given the White Sox little compared to what they were expected to...not to mention Cabrera and Frazier. The third argument is Kolek/Aiken/Rodon (none of them have set the world in fire 1-3 in the draft) or even Courtney Hawkins, that there are zero guarantees in the draft. So instead of throwing Covey out there to be massacred, the argument goes...let's put Moncada, Fulmer and Burdi on the roster (as long as their service time/Super Two deadlines have been met) and see what they can do...the odds of someone who throws as hard as Burdi and being a member of the Sox bullpen making it into his arbitration years or getting extended (see Nate Jones) seems to be an argument that wouldn't prohibit them from recalling him, as well as the argument he could learn a lot more at the big league level around Don Cooper and veterans like Robertson, Shields, Gonzalez and Holland. So what are the odds that Moncada could kick start the offense as a dynamic presence (especially impacting Anderson/Saladino/Cabrera)...that Fulmer could solidify the back end of the rotation and that Burdi could make the back end of the bullpen one of the most dominating in the game (especially when Nate Jones returns)? Would that be rushing the rebuild? I honestly don't know. The odds are certainly in favor of the Indians...all that said, it would be (and will be) fun to watch. And that's without expecting anything out of Giolito or maybe even Lopez (surely we'll see him at some point, though) this year.

Turned out the Astros made the right move standing pat...or at least it looks that way.

Thank god for Moncada. Homer and RBI double now, 2 RS. 24 runs scored, leading INTL League.

Farmer and DJ are pissed. Back to bed, 2:33 a.m. And not worth listening to this debacle any longer. Besides, the game will probably still be going on at the snail's pace they're setting. 58 pitches, not even six outs. Between Rodon, Anderson, Q and Saladino...frustrating.

Dunning with nearly 50 pitches to get six outs. And now a three run bomb. Ends that long stretch without giving up any runs. Two singles, a walk and homer this inning. Tack on an error. 71 pitches. 9-3, might not get to 5 ip for the win. Got a K but pulled from the game early.

Well, at least Winston-Salem scoring some runs today. 9 off Elias...albeit some errors mixed in.

The Saladino play was not an error but a fielder's choice?

This whole inning needs to be thrown into the garbage. Poor Q. 28 pitches. Harrelson must be blowing a gasket. Or just depressed.

But yeah, men don't have to worry about erectile dysfunction being a pre-existing condition. They can still get their Ciakis or Viagra. Women, otoh, raped or a victim of domestic violence...C-section, good luck paying for health insurance, especially single mothers. Seems like a bill that had a lot of insight from the women's perspective. You can tell from the celebratory photos at the WH and Senate working list that their needs were a top consideration all along. Thankfully, this Brewers' fan trolled Paul Ryan with his t-shirt. http://uproxx.com/webculture/paul-ryan-t-shirt-troll/ https://www.popsugar.com/news/Joe-Walsh-Jim...h-Care-43496684 Former IL Rep Joe Walsh and ID Representative Raul Labrador are making things too easy for the DEMS in 2018. Joe Walsh ✔ @WalshFreedom Sorry Jimmy Kimmel: your sad story doesn't obligate me or anybody else to pay for somebody else's health care.

https://mobile.twitter.com/HernandezJavier/...001200849887233 Incontrovertible proof that President Trump's image and implicit blessing of investor "Golden" visas as a path to citizenship...is directly connected to the Kushner Real Estate Group. Senator Patrick Leahy's going to be up in arms about this. His image was used (without permission), as well as Grassley, Jeh Johnson and Gen. Kelly with DHS. http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/07/opinions/cur...itis/index.html For far rightists, the curse of Trump's example

Kahnle reminds me of Aardsma with better secondary pitches now...

Another single for Collins. .232/759

Collins at .222 now. 745 ops

He should have two homers, according to Harrelson.

Has anyone ever figured out why Adams' velocity never picked up? Just too optimistic originally based on frame, athleticism and scouts' projections? Danny Hayes just hit a three run bomb, his sixth homer. 7-3 Knights. Kevan Smith has been red hot, too, but doesn't seem to translate at the next level for him.

Just sign Doug Fister to the minimum contract (with fair incentives based on number of starts) and flip him to a contender if he can still pitch. That would be the easiest thing to do.

Someone just bid $2060 on the Moncada charity jersey auction for the Knights. Special pink jersey for Mother's Day/cancer funds. Fulmer and Giolito are low $500's. Bidding ends middle of seventh.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ May 6, 2017 -> 07:22 PM) Just to clarify, I meant that Matt Cooper is not a top prospect in the sense that he is not ranked at the top of prospect lists and not at an age-appropriate level, and should therefore be exempt from service time concerns, not that I don't think he's a legit prospect. I think he'll be a quality major-league starter. Maybe he gets on a run...any of those guys, Cooper, Guerrero, Danish. More than likely, they end up bullpen guys, but it's not going to destroy their careers to give them 2-3 start auditions just to see what happens. You're still looking at a line of Lopez, Fulmer, Giolito, Kopech, Adams, Dunning and Hansen stacked ahead of them.

Zastryzny...Harry Caray would love that name out of the Cubs' pen. And Reynaldo Lopez with an interesting stat line tonight, essentially a quality start.

Purke in after Lopez hit a batter. Saved two inherited runners from scoring with a 3-2 curveball for the k. Reynaldo, Over 100 pitches and couldn't get through six. Only two earned runs, 7 k's, but 5 walks.

It would take 4-6 weeks before Swarzak could pitch more than 3. This all would make some sense if he wasn't going to be a free agent at the end of the year...but his value to the team and trade is better suited exactly where he's at.

The least he can do is protect the bullpen without demoralizing everyone and making most feel sorry for his predicament. This can't last much longer. They might as well start Ynoa until his arm falls off.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 6, 2017 -> 06:13 PM) Covey has a purpose and it's to delay calling up our important prospects before they're ready. I honestly think some posters here don't realize we're rebuilding. Who exactly would you like to see up instead of Covey? Doug Fister or Tyler Danish.

QUOTE (Scoots @ May 6, 2017 -> 06:13 PM) Danks? And I dont feel bad for him. Dude has guaranteed a major league roster spot, and he's making millions. Shouldn't be playing in the majors. Time to end the experiment. Results have been proven to be the same over and over again. Covey is making about $3000 for every day he's on the roster...

At least bench Harrelson for all the Covey starts.