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QUOTE (Baron @ Jul 17, 2016 -> 03:00 PM) They will be in baseball hell if Hahn and his staff are allowed to sell off pieces. I have zero faith that they can actually scout correctly. I'd rather sit here and watch them rot in mediocrity than let them tear it down and wallow in misery for decades. We're your mediocre, but low-cost option for MLB baseball in Chicago!! Great...that will put attendance at 18-20000 per game next year. Indians for sure will outdraw us. Tight battle with A's and Rays for last.

QUOTE (Scoots @ Jul 17, 2016 -> 02:51 PM) Well, they had no expectations in 2013 or 2014. They did last year and this year with nothing to show for it... After leading all of 2012 until the final two weeks? 2014, sure.

Hahn making it easier to fire him than Ventura. Let's bring Fulmer out of the pen when the game's essentially over. Should have just left him alone with his regular Birm schedule or promoted him to Charlotte.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 17, 2016 -> 07:36 AM) He will probably go in the same class as Guerra, Semien, Puig and Carter, no? No they will have to wait a minimum of five years, if not for the Veterans Committee. What HoF career did you call recently? Let me guess, Chris Sale...

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 17, 2016 -> 07:44 AM) Except he wasn't available in June. I know you were only posting what the White Sox would do, that is why you included signing him in June with giving Latos $10 million and Gerardo Parra $8 million, a couple things the Sox surely would have done, Right up there with giving Ubaldo Jimenez the biggest contract in White Sox history...brilliant stuff. If we signed Parra, we'd AT LEAST have a lot better DH production than Garcia. It's his defense that's dragging down his WAR.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jul 16, 2016 -> 07:23 AM) Remember....the Sox should have signed Desmond after the draft! That's what Hahn wanted to do with Fowler and Desmond. He wasn't going to surrender the pick for anyone but Alex Gordon and BJ Upton, who luckily didn't want to come to the Sox. Smart strategy.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jul 15, 2016 -> 01:59 PM) Fixed. Gee, I spent all of twenty five words this offseason talking about him. Everyone went over the same list of about 500 players who would have been better options than Avi Garcia. Unsurprisingly, he still sucks and we still need a big bat. I didn't even argue nearly as strongly for Alex Gordon as Richie Allen.

I think I should copy and paste my thousands of words on why Desmond would succeed starting in December...because there weren't many here who thought signing him was a good idea at all. Bad defense. NL player. In decline. Won't easily be able to convert to outfield play. Too many strikeouts. Etc.

The Brewers don't have to trade Lucroy...they're doing just fine financially. Whereas the Padres weren't sure at all how well Pomeranz was going to hold up over time and felt they sold high compared to what they paid for him. Lucroy's also their franchise player, with Braun entering the decline years of his career. Nothing to see here.

Robin Ventura will go directly into the HoF when his managerial career is over...no need to even insult him with a vote.

Gurriel signing with the Astros and likely adding to that lineup in August and September isnt exactly going to help... The only question is where he plays. Bregman, Correa, Altuve....then you've got Valbuena, Reed and Gattis for 1B/DH. Wonder if they try him in LF? That would knock out Rasmus from playing time.

I'd ALMOST be willing to vote Trump if he named Ivanka as his VP and resigned after he was elected in January...so she could take his place. She'll be 35 the week before the election. Btw, looks like Tebow and some Lt. General Flynn will also be speaking. I guess, all things considered, it couldn't be worst than 90-95% of the canned political speeches typical of both parties over the last 20-30 years, with the keynote address getting most of the attention by political pundits. Now they're saying Tebow is "just a rumor." Hmmm...wouldn't be much of a shocker, he's been outspoken about his conservative religious beliefs since entering the public sphere, and might want to explore a political career instead of a media one.

But Fulmer and what else? For 1 1/2 seasons? Well, that part make sense...having control through 2017. But I'm pretty sure 3-4 other teams could beat Fulmer and Adams, if they actually chose to make him (Lucroy) available...in a further irony, one of the reasons they might not need Fulmer/Adams is because of what they're getting out of Junior Guerra on the cheap. Otoh, if they do end up trading Garza and Nelson, they'll need some pitching prospects who could step in. Just not sure how much Adams' stock has fallen so far this year. Or they could try to leverage Guerra (just like the Padres did with Pomeranz, although Drew had more of a pedigree in terms of his draft position, but spotty career up until pitching in the friendlier NL West)...into a couple of young prospects as well, selling high on him.

Lillian, with all due respect, back to the drawing board with that plan. We might be laughed out of the American League with that plan...or at least the City of Chicago.

Yeah, the problem is going to be he will end up with an innings limit of something like 150-170 next year. He's at 87 right now, and you'd guess he would probably end up around 40-60 innings over the remainder off the season out of the bullpen, putting him in the 127-147 total territory. It would be a LOT to expect 180-200 innings next year, especially if he ends up on the low side of that total. So the problem created will be finding yet another starter next year for 5-9 starts, roughly. That's the real opportunity cost, and his continued development as a starter in the minors (now that he has more confidence again) vs. lessons learned at the major league level, but as a reliever. And seemingly, Burdi won't be far behind Fulmer...it's definitely a gamble/calculated risk.

Do you think all the die-hard Republicans in this thread are volunteering to send their sons and daughters to fight against ISIS? Funny how that works. Last time they did a survey, it was something like only 3 or 4 children of Congressmen/wmen or Senators were in active duty military service.

http://fox8.com/2016/07/14/ny-times-trumps...akers-revealed/ Natalie Gulbis, Dana White and former Real Worlder Sean Duffy. Captivating stuff. The only two I care about listening to are Melania and Ivanka, haha. Will listen to Peter Thiel as well, since so few Californian Silicon Valleyites will publicly identify with the GOP these days.

Up to 83, 84 now...that's three major attacks now in France alone. Charlie Hebdo, then 300+ killed eight months ago at different sites in Paris (especially the concert in the Bataclan)...and this one.

Personal or personnel? Not quite sure I understand the "personal reasons" for why he wouldn't be starting but would be coming out of the pen instead...

I think it should say "no spot start for CARSON..." So that means either Turner or Ranaudo's starting.

And the Angels are consistently a Top 4-6 payroll team...obviously all the money to Josh Hamilton and Pujols was a mistake, not to mention CJ Wilson, a declining Jered Weaver, they've got ticking time bombs all over that roster. They're a bit reminiscent of the Tigers and Yankees...although DET at least has youngish/close to their prime guys in Castellanos, Iglesias, Moya, Upton and JD Martinez, not to mention a Rookie of the Year candidate in Michael Fulmer, as well as Daniel Norris and Boyd from trades last midseason. They could also trade Victor Martinez, Francisco Rodriguez and Kinsler and get back from real nice pieces should they choose to do so. What trade chips do the Angels have outside of Calhoun and Andrelton Simmons?

So if all the liberals said "Mission Accomplished!" with hundreds of thousands if not millions (counting the Kurds) of dead in the Middle East and essentially nothing changed (if anything, it has actually worsened), would GOPers have considered that appropriate? Wouldn't that be "devaluing" the loss of American soldiers' lives? But he avenged the assassination attempt on Bush, Sr.!!! Yay! Maybe we should just DOUBLE the defense budget, raise everyone's taxes by 25% and declare ISIS an existential threat to the very future existence of mankind and the planet we all share, a greater menace than global warming, greater than Russia and China, greater than even Trump and Pence???

Remember when Nolan Sanburn was mentioned as a long-shot bullpen candidate/future closer when we acquired him from the A's? Not so much.

And, if he actually had the opportunity to face Charlotte's staff, his OPS would 1.000+.

And there we are...where essentially standing pat is losing ground. Because we don't have the farm systems or financial resources of the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Astros, Mariners, Yankees or even the Tigers/Royals if we want to include them as well. Cleveland has the best rotation in baseball and one of the best minor league system and there crowds of 30,000+ now are going to give them some extra money to play around with at the margins (not to mention the pressure to follow up on the Cavs' success). If the goal is to field a "pretty competitive club" EVERY year, but we don't have the pieces or money to make any significant moves at the All-Star break because we're outgunned every time, how is that going to work as a successful strategy, exactly? We need Fulmer for the future...sure, and Burdi might be part of this year's team this season, but we keep on "deferring the dream" (quoting MLK) and eventually it will just disappear into the ether like it never existed at all.