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Just what the Indians need, more pitching. Now they're more likely to see what they can get for Carlos Carrasco again in the next 31 hours.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 04:54 AM) for me, i really hate to be a killjoy..... but let me ask this one question, if the sox make the wc, their first team will be whom in the playoff??? all teams are positional themselves with some great trades. so i will be very pragmatic in my saying this. maybe it is my natual hard hardheadedness that making me question this. the sox are in one unbelievable hot streak. the hitting is out of this world. sanchez, melky saladino .... so what will be everyone opinion will be when the hot uhhh hot streak ends, as it normally does. what is the real identity or this team. the hot streak will end. i really hope it doesn't. i truly want to see another ws ring. so the window of opportunity is now, like the rangers who mortgage their future, the sox needs to add pieces or ........ i will let you finish the the "or" part. at LAA or Houston for a one-game, sudden death playoff like the Royals/A's last year

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 07:37 AM) No, the Oakland that seems to fleece the Sox every time they make a trade. This dates back to the infamous Chad Bradford Moneyball trade, although Olivo turned into Garcia eventually. Foulke/Mark Johnson/Joe Valentine for Koch/Cotts (eventually contributed in 2005). Swisher fiasco for Gio/Sweeney/DeLosSantos. Sanburn hasn't exactly lit the world on fire, although it's Adam Dunn we're talking about. Ray Durham for Adkins was one of the five worst of KW's regime.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/batting/_/pos...ARBR/order/true Even Adam Eaton (despite the terrible start) has Carlos Gomez beaten in the WAR battle. Gomez's defensive numbers must be down from where they were a couple of seasons ago. I wouldn't give up Montas and Micah, and I'm not sure pushing Eaton to RF is a great idea, either. It would certainly improve our outfield defense overall, but the cost would be pretty high considering Gomez for 1.33 years vs. Montas/Micah and whatever they get out of Avi for 5-6 seasons each. Seems like an overpay...but it all depends on the eventual MLB role of Montas.

I'd love to see ONE example where a white kid in a typical suburban area or even near a university campus was shot to death in similar circumstances...

QUOTE (WBWSF @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 06:13 AM) I read where the White Sox TV ratings have gone up a great deal on this winning road trip. I'm just wondering if the White Sox fans will turn out for this upcoming homestand. There are a ton of unsold tickets for this series against the first place Yankees on WhiteSox.com. I'm hoping for some good crowds this weekend which is shaping up as a big series for the White Sox. Surprised Yankees' fans haven't scooped them up already. Their reaction to this year's team isn't too far removed from our reaction to the 2012 team, not quite trusting it (A-Rod at age 40 is doing what? Teixeira's not hurt again?)...although the Yankees have a much bigger division lead and more veterans on their squad.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 07:18 AM) Urias also is only 18 but progressing rapidly. Yeah, his ETA definitely wouldn't be until around the trade deadline next year...leaving the Tigers with two and one-half rotation spots to fill, essentially.

That would leave them with Verlander, A.Sanchez, Urias and mystery/mystery for their starting rotation. Of course, if they ended up signing the likes of Greinke or Cueto as a FA, then they'd immediately vault back into discussion as a playoff contender in 2016. You could also see them bringing back Rick Porcello for a "fixer-upper" contract (one year and option) in order to make another run at free agency like Justin Masterson attempted with the Red Sox.

15:$22.5M, 16:$22.5M, 17:$22.5M, 18:$22.5M, 19:$20M club option ($6M buyout) 2019 option guaranteed at $24M if Hamels 1) has 400 IP in 2017-18, including 200 IP in 2018, and 2) is not on the disabled list with a shoulder or elbow injury at the end of the 2018 season Since we're on his block list, it probably wouldn't have been possible anyway, but $99 million for 4 1/3rd seasons isn't exactly cheap. That's $22.85 million, on average, per season...for his age 32, 33, 34 and 35 seasons. It would be the White Sox equivalent of giving up Tim Anderson, Montas and Courtney Hawkins/Micah Johnson, and then you'd have to add in a pitcher who would have roughly the equivalent value as Matt Harrison to the Phillies (not sure who that is on our team, definitely not Danks). Would any of us think of that as a bargain? What if we signed a pitcher like Samardzija (both around the same age) for 4 years and $91.5 million? Granted, there's the perception that Hamels is an ace and Samardzija's more of a 2/3 guy, but there's no guarantee that Hamels will be as dominant in the AL, either.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 01:33 AM) When is the last time a weekend of baseball played out according to the most likely scenario? True enough, and Hernandez got lit up Wednesday afternoon anyway. Maybe the time Cotts started for Buehrle against the Yankees in 2003 and we all knew it was the wrong move...except for Manuel.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 12:47 AM) Cop is done for. Even if the guy speeds off that absolutely doesn't warrant deadly force. Call in a bolo and the clown would have been caught eventually. Milkman can come and destroy this post if he dares... LOL. Well, obviously the defense attorney's acting like he was already speeding off at breakneck speed and that he was in danger of being dragged under the car or even killed by the driver (DuBose) beginning the process to put his key in the ignition or reaching to turn the engine over and start it (assuming he'd turned it off in the beginning), but there's almost no way to continue spinning the incident that way with the pretty compelling video evidence. I'm sure he will start warning all motorists stopped by the police will be emboldened by this video to flee the stop as soon as the officer gets out of the car and starts approaching the side door. Guess the police will have to start using more of those devices like in Fast and Furious that latch onto the metal and knock out the car's electrical system and stall the engine.

Just to put this whole thing in perspective, the Angels could be facing Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke and David Price this weekend. Passan http://sports.yahoo.com/news/three-way-dea...-050518209.html Reliever Paco Rodriguez reportedly would be going to the Braves and reliever Luis Avilan to the Dodgers as well. Since the Dodgers already paid Oliver $28 million and $2 million for this year's salary, the Braves would control his rights over the next five years for just $32 million, so the Dodgers just ate $30 million as part of this deal....

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 12:05 AM) Good post, Big Finn. I thought I knew baseball, too. The Sox won a few games, sure, but always played horrific enough during little losing streaks to fall to 7-8 below .500. I figured once 7-8 under .500 a big-time losing streak on a road trip (like this one) would put them 13-15 under .500 and that finally would be that. Now I figure the law of averages suggests we can't immediately follow a good streak by losing a lot and falling 7-8 games back AGAIN. As of today I also believe. If the Sox keep catching the ball and Melky keeps hitting like this, I'm confident the pitching will be there like it normally is. They might have fooled us again, but let's hope not. I'd love to play the one game wild card and see what happens. If we win that and the pitching rotation was set right, we might make the Royals sweat a bit. Except we'd be making the Astros/Angels sweat if Sale was lined up...

Rock said that he'd basically lost his relationship with the "insider" Sox contact and wasn't sure if it was worth it to try to get it back, or words to that effect.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 10:57 PM) http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/30/us/ohio-sam-...sing/index.html White cop shoots African American man as he tries to undo his seat belt. Appalling. Sadness for the man who was shot and killed and his family members who are devastated. Cops continuing to show no restraint, make fools of themselves and cause tense situations regarding race relations. Shooting to kill in these non dangerous situations is so unnecessary. This cop who probably has no record now goes to jail the rest of his life probably. Agreed with about 50% of it, except for the last sentence. I'm can't remember the last time there was a similar "questionable shooting" where a police officer served 10-15 years, let alone a life sentence. He won't keep his job, but 90% chance he's exonerated by a grand jury. After watching the video, it's clear the fact that DuBose was trying to start the car and flee will have to be taken into account, but it's almost impossible to make the argument that starting a car would constitute an action requiring deadly force in return. Worst case scenario for the officer, you've already taken down the license plate (and he was driving on a suspended license, so there were logical reasons why he would feel he should try to make a run for it, at least in his own mind) and you call for assistance/back-up. It would be one thing if the officer was in front of the vehicle and he was trying to run him down...or if he was reaching anywhere near his belt/pants/under the seat or glovebox for any type of concealed weapon.

Almost forgot. What is Dozier doing bunting in a tie game in the 5th, when you have a guy at second and nobody out? Not only is Dozier our best hitter, but you needed about 5 more runs with our bullpen. It would be nice though if Dozier could have had a professional at bat and moved the runner over. Thanks for the bullpen help Ryan, we could have got Clippard for jack squat... There have been so many base running errors by this team it has reached the level of being an embarassment for the coaches. A little league team can show more discipline on the base paths. The pitchers have lost their ability to hit their spots as well. And with bases loaded down 8-3 in the 7th, why wouldn't you have Hunter with 350-some career homers pinch-hitting for singles/doubles hitter Nunez? Did I just read that correctly? "What's with Sano? So far to me he hasn't shown much. When will he start hitting home runs?" Are you truly serious? You mean beyond the .300 average, .429 Obp, .522 SLG and .951 OPS. Might want to find a new sport if these are poor numbers. We could just give up on him and sign Adam Dunn, right? 62 games to go with a disproportionate 13 versus the Tribe. If they can go 8-5 against the lowly Tribe and a modest 25-24 against everyone else they would finish 85-77 which may be good enough for the wildcard, and, at the very least, keep them in the race until the very end. startribune.com/sports game comments

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 07:56 PM) s*** is going DOWN tonight. Quiet now. Everyone's still wondering what the hell happened with the Gomez deal and who will come up with the best package for David Price...Yankees, Dodgers, Cubs, Astros, Blue Jays, etc. http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tige...dline/30856131/ Love the optimism in Detroit, with a big picture of Urias as their headline story with the trade deadline approaching. It's hard to blame them with Price/Cespedes and even Soria capable of fetching a lot....and Rajai Davis and Avila will draw some offers as well. Must sting for Alex's dad in their front office to see his son auctioned off, but it's part of the business.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 09:17 PM) Slate tomorrow: DET@BAL, O's have won 5 straight so it would be nice to derail them a bit KC@TOR, Umm, Go KC? SEA@MIN, get hot for 3 games SEA Since they're starting on a Thursday, one would guess that's 4 games at Minny. Bad luck for the White Sox here, no Felix Hernandez in a four-gamer. JA Happ vs. Hughes T. Walker (rough last four starts) vs. Milone Montgomery (also rough the last four after dominating) vs. Gibson Iwakuma vs. Pelfrey Yankees FRI-SUN Rodon vs. TBA Danks vs. TBA Samardzija vs. TBA Most likely scenario, Twins split and the White Sox take 2/3. Twins leading by 2. However, with how hot the Yankees are (yes, so are we) and Rodon/Danks both going, anything's possible on the positive or negative side. About the only thing we can predict ahead of time is that Samardzija will go 7+ innings for the 10th or 11th straight time.

How can Wheeler be less of an issue than Gomez? Weird. It's like the mysterious Konerko debilitating hip condition that some even likened to Bo Jackson's avascular necrosis.

I think they're more likely to wait until August and see where they're at....and add someone that can play RF/DH or just a pure DH/1B type who can take LH at-bats away from LaRoche, like a Mike Napoli. Someone who's not going to cost a top prospect and is more along the lines of the 2012 deadline deals where teams were basically dumping salary and the best player we gave up was Eduardo Escobar.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 09:02 PM) All those tears were for naught, Wilmer. https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/626587983026724864 Man, didn't realize there was such a virulent anti-Mets strain out there. Maybe it's the whole Madoff thing. Pretty funny. Unless you're a Mets' fan. They should be happy with all that young pitching at least.

Jake Thompson? Pitcher, right? Supposedly the Reds have pulled back Aroldis Chapman from trade consideration as they want to compete next season and still have him under contract for one more year.

Jason Thompson? Pitcher, right? Supposedly the Reds have pulled back Aroldis Chapman from trade consideration as they want to compete next season and still have him under contract for one more year.

Not liking this deal as much for the Phillies without Gonzalez, Odor or Profar included. Then again, it's a HUGE contract for any team to take on. There's not insignificant risk for any team acquiring a veteran pitcher on the other side of 30 these days who has never gone through TJ. Partially depends on how healthy Harrison is...that would make it a bit more palatable.

Starting to make a lot more sense for the Phillies, although they have a long way to go...still have the Ryan Howard deal on the books. I think they're done with Utley and Cliff Lee after this year, but yikes. LOL at Chi Chi Rodriguez, loved the way he played the game of golf with such infectious enthusiasm back in the day...especially his antics on the green with the putter.