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Why would the Astros want Tim Anderson? They have the best young SS in baseball in Correa. To move Correa to 3B? At any rate, they're definitely not trading an established and successful big league hitter for someone who hasn't had the chance to prove himself at the next level.

1-5 including the Tuesday night Ryan Rua debacle in Texas. No extension forthcoming. 3 1/2 up on the Indians, 4 1/2 on the Royals and just 6 on the Tigers. A week ago it was 6/7/8 games up. Fans still on the fence about this team, 13,481 in attendance. Lots of little things, lack of clutch hitting, the defense has started to make some mistakes, the bullpen has completely turned into the Cuyahoga River in the early 1980's other than Robertson, no Frazier, etc. On the plus side, Adam Eaton continues to be one of the best players in the majors. But Jose Abreu, where art thou?

Have hated Neshek ever since he used to own us pitching for the Piranhas.

How close was Abreu's ball to going out? Following on GameDay. That's two near misses, the other was Austin Jackson's to LF against the Angels that would have been a walk-off winner.

How close was Abreu's ball to going out? Following on GameDay. That's two near misses, the other was Austin Jackson's to LF against the Angels that would have been a walk-off winner.

Robertson with 21 pitches and 6 outs. Don't think Ventura can pitch him tmrw, although I'm sure Robertson would say that he's good to go if asked.

The dreaded White, Valbuena and Jason Castro due up.

Abreu having a very rough night after that solo homer to RCF. Albers will come in here, one would presume?

They tied it up at least. Now can the bullpen hold down the Astros if we don't manage a walk-off win? Let's hope we don't have to find out!!!

QUOTE (Baron @ May 17, 2016 -> 09:07 PM) I think people forget this isnt a 16 game season. But a good portion of it is what I said above. Some of these people would be "happier" as Atlanta Brave fans. C'mon Carlos, we can screw up two sac bunts in one game, can we? Yes, it would be nice to be a Braves fan because they had 14 consecutive playoff appearances, a brand-new suburban stadium funded by taxpayers is coming...the Shelby Miller steal of the decade trade, their minor league system is brimming with talent and the only real issue with the entire organization is figuring out what to do about Hector Olivera. Oh, and the #1 draft pick next June, because there's no way the Twins will finish with a worse record. Plus you get to cheer for Gordon Beckham, Tyler Flowers and AJ, lol.

And we'll have the "Frazier was sick" excuse. Please, please, please....this team needs a 9th inning walk-off comeback in the worst possible way. Yeah, no matter what happens, the lead will still be a 3 1/2 and 4 1/2, but it's not that so much as the feeling around the team that's slipping.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 17, 2016 -> 09:01 PM) Can't wait to see what the Sox record is on June 19th. Anything less than 42-28 isn't good enough after starting 23-10. Right now, it's hard to imagine the bullpen just holding the lead for any game where the starter doesn't hand the ball over to Robertson in the 9th. These games against the Astros were supposed to be "the break in our schedule." The hell part is coming up soon. It feels like this division is going to be fought between 5-10 games over .500 now with lots of ebbs and flows back and forth. The idea of the White Sox running away and hiding from their competition went out the window last Tuesday night, along with that 11-6 lead.

To top if off, we have the 7-9 hitters due up for the 9th inning. When things go bad, they really go bad in a hurry. Amazing to think we started this week STILL as the 2nd best team in MLB according to the ESPN Power Rankings.

The bullpen has been pitching like they're still shell-shocked or have PTSD from last week's implosion/s. Somehow, they have to get their confidence back. Sale can't pitch over them forever. Royals adding insurance runs against the Red Sox, now up 7-4. Indians and Tigers won already.

All I want to know is how did a team with this much talent lose 24 games already??? I know, starting pitching and the bullpen...but at worst they should be around .500 imo. Harris has a 0.51 ERA, RHB hitting .133 against him with 9 k's in 31 BF. YIKES. WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A LEFT-HANDED BAT TO COME OFF THE BENCH FOR THESE SITUATION....JUST MAYBE???

Zach Duke was the biggest "sucker play" in a long time...putting up all those stats in the NL Central for a team playing meaningless baseball in 2014. Doesn't matter about arm angles or whatever when you're throwing mid to high 80's. We should have learned when the White Sox absolutely obliterated him as a rookie starter with the Pirates.

Tyler White was hitting .190 since that offensive explosion April 7th/8th. Glad to see we helped him recover.

That's what having a contact hitter does there for you...put the ball in play, good things happen. Shouldn't have pitched to him in the first place.

I would just walk Altuve and set up the DP ball for Springer. Maddon would do that. Or the K.

You might be able to get Castro and Marisnick, but Altuve's on another planet again this season.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 17, 2016 -> 08:37 PM) This bullpen is just bad right now. Can't throw same pitch 6 straight times Putnam doesn't have any other pitch than the forkball...that can get a strikeout. He did throw one at 92, but all the splits were 85-86. When you throw enough of them, eventually the batter's going to make an adjustment. He was REALLY excellent for a long stretch in 2014, but he hasn't been able to sustain it.

Great start to this inning. White's simply KILLING the Sox tonight.

Putnam over Albers...? Hmmm.

White Sox have had their share of those 42 games in the last week. We won last Monday when we shouldn't have, and the Sale start...but we're 0-3/0-4 in the other winnable games that could have gone either way (although you could argue the Q start we got dominated by the Yankees' pen and didn't deserve to win it any more than they did.)

Can we PLEASE find more of a contact hitter for the 2 spot in the order...? Jesus. You just have to score in those situations. Giles has been garbage this season.