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QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 1, 2013 -> 06:42 AM) Biggest problem facing the Sox is there is very little upside to the team they field on a regular basis and that's when Beckham and Viciedo are in the lineup. And your suggestion is to do what? Give up the first week of May and trade Rios and Ramirez? Then you're not even letting a market begin to form for those players...as most of the teams aren't going to be looking to make any acquisitions until June or more likely July when a more complete picture of the competitive/non-competitive teams emerges. You've gotten your wish of Danks playing a few games and the results are still the same. Whether you like it or not, they're going to have to ride it out for another 30-40 games (minimum). Remember, and while it's not likely to happen, they were a matter of 7-10 days from completely blowing the 2010 team up before it went on that miraculous 26-5 run. History is not likely to repeat itself, but even the most pessimistic fans would see no point in punting on the season before June/July. They still have to make determinations on Gillaspie, Flowers, DeAza (if he's not a CFer, he's not going to be a part of the long-term plans in all likelihood), Viciedo, Beckham, etc. They probably can take their time rushing John Danks back...because he's going to be a part of the team in 2014/15/16 weather we like it or not, so we need him to be fully productive those years.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 11:47 PM) 2/3 for Phegley. His AVG up to .294, OBP almost .400. Jesus, he may compete for the job next year if Flowers still sucks. Make it THIS year. If the team wants to look at their options before acquiring players in the off-season, it would behoove them to look at what Phegley can do for the last 2-3 months of 2013.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 09:16 PM) DJ Peterson has some sensational hitting stats. Judge's stats are far less impressive. Two DJ's with the White Sox organization? How will we be able to tell them apart?

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 08:55 PM) Sorry, just had to blow off some steam. Unfortunately, going from the high that was Wise's homer to the low that was the entire half inning that followed was too much for me to endure without sounding off. I will say this though, Robin needs to rip this team to shreds in the post game. He can't just be passive Robin tonight, he's got to give this team some tough love. Maybe a little spanking will make them come more focused tomorrow. He sort of benched DeAza, lol. Although he'll say he just needed a "mental break" with all the defensive issues tonight.

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 08:48 PM) Following the 4/23 offday, he's been a changed man. Good to see some (presumably) coaching going on. Too bad McEwing's team defense session today didn't have the same positive effects. Did he actually have one? I guess with the defense now the worst in the AL, they'll have to focus on that now, too. At least we're keeping the beat writers occupied with negative categories to research when documenting this team's numerous issues.

Baker 2 for 4 with the two outs equaling 800 feet. That's 12 career homers for Dunn against the Rangers in only 20 something games.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 08:44 PM) It's scary. I agree statistically things could be pretty bad after the KC series this weekend. The Rangers announcers were just ripping the way he throws. I despise his motion the way he slings his arm. He was embarrassingly bad tonight. For someone throwing 97-100 MPH, his fastball is arrow straight most of the time and easier to pick up with that motion. Like Reed, he can only be effective getting ahead of counts and getting his off-speed stuff over to keep hitters honest. Without the slider, he's dead in the water. Who called the useless Adam Dunn homer? LoL.

8 strikeouts for Rangers' pitching. You know it's bad when Ian Kinsler is looking like a Gold Glover defensively.

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 08:37 PM) No. Our bullpen is fine. The Tigers' bullpen has more depth right now. Downs and Smyly...Smyly could be a 4th/5th starter on 20 MLB teams, if not more. Coke was bad but very good in the late season and playoffs. Alburquerque is nasty when healthy and feasts on the Sox. Villarreal has been a disappointment, but his stuff is quite similar to Nathan Jones. Benoit....and then Rondon and Papa Grande. We have a huge weakness now with Veal and Thornton. Crain, Lindstrom and Jones are all struggling. With Santiago starting for awhile, we're even weaker.

DeAza acting like he had a play on that ball. HA! "All four wheels going in different directions for the White Sox. One of the worst innings of relief pitching by any team this year!" Rangers' announcers By the way, Beltre was a sizzling 3 for 29 with RISP before that AB. Two and one half hours in, and we're only in the bottom of the 6th.

Fun bad has arrived. Wheels now officially coming off.

Heath is waiting to come in and clean things up, haha.

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 08:33 PM) Lots of talk yearning for the return of Gordon...but do you really want to see Gillaspie go to the bench? Do we prefer Gordon to Keppinger? If he's 100% healthy, yes. We need some more pop in the line-up...Gordon's more of a home run threat (scary, I said it).

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 08:30 PM) The next 2 weeks is definitely danger time. If the Sox keep playing poorly, they can easily put themselves into a hole that statistically is very difficult to overcome. With that said, a lot of this has to fall on the pitching, as the offense scored a decent amount of runs against 3 of the 4 best pitchers in the AL. And you just have a feeling that by May 10th, the Angels are going to be playing better....that's a scary home series...because their biggest weakness is pitching, but it's also our weakness. Jones has regressed from where he was in the middle of last season. Control...control...control.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 08:28 PM) With all the injuries, it's been hard to get a lot of continuity in the lineup/on the field. Having Keppinger and Greene at 2B has definitely had a domino effect...we all knew that Beckham's defense was important, but we didn't realize how much the dropoff was going to be with little things like hitting the cutoff man. They've been woeful at that so far this year. We've given up an extra base to runners how many times this year already?

Great work bullpen. Only Torii Hunter has more multi-hit games this year than Kinsler.

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 08:26 PM) Gimenez must have said something awful to that home plate ump. He hasn't caught a break yet When you're playing in our 12th or 13th MLB game at age 30, you're not going to get much respect from umps yet. Another factor lost with AJ, that gamesmanship angle with the umps and opposing players.

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 08:24 PM) He's also a .607 OPS career hitter against lefties. You have to pick your sample. He started out 1 for 18 this year in that category....but 7 for his last 18. That's a pretty strong recent trend. Combined with Veal's horrible trend recently, it's not a great combination.

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 08:23 PM) Soon. If this was Will Ohman, he'd already be packing up And Ohman had a decent-sized contract comparatively.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 08:22 PM) Why oh why do you bring Veal in when he's been so awful? De Aza played that one awful as well. DeAza really should have had it. When the announcers are comparing you to Nelson Cruz defensively.... That said, Moreland was 7 for his last 18 against LH pitchers.

YAY SABR ANALYSIS VENTURA.... DeAza misplayed it again, took the wrong route and first step was in the opposite direction. MORELAND NOW 8 for his last 19 against lefties. Great work, Ventura.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 08:16 PM) Not at all, it's just it could get awkward if the wheels completely fall off. Reminds me of how Hawk used to say that Ozzie could easily have 2 or 3 World Series rings. He won't turn on Ventura, but he'll get awfully quiet and you'll be able to tell he's barely controlling himself from going off. Combined with a snort and a sigh.

Was about to give up on this game for Iron Man 3....but pulled back in. It's weird, the Chinese version is supposed to be a bit different, with additional scenes shot in China as well as the inclusion of one of the more famous actresses here now, Fan Bing Bing. Walks always end up killing the White Sox in Arlington. Solo homers are one thing... If Donnie Veal comes in, this is his last chance.

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 08:13 PM) He had some big ones last year when De Aza went down, too. I have to think his stretch with the Sox since he came back last year has been his best stretch as a major leaguer. He had a real tough time his first time here, probably because Ozzie thought he should be an MLB starter He got overexposed. He did hit a huge game winner in late 2008 against the Tigers, I remember that game vividly. And the way he played in the post-season, he was one of our best hitters, if not THE best.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 08:08 PM) And Sandy...oy, bad times. Back when Carlos Baerga was a great hitter, Lofton was ultra dangerous and Vizquel was the best SS in history unless you want to go with Ozzie Smith over him.