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Yeah, Gio and Hudson both hurt. But, if we can keep on replacing them with similar production out of unheralded guys like Humber or Quintana, it doesn't really matter. (Or Jenks and Santos in the bullpen, for another example). There's no GM in baseball who hasn't made his share of moves which later look bone-headed. Do you think the Marlins' fans are all going crazy because DeAza has played well for us? Royals'/Twins' fans are upset about losing Humber? Or look at the money the Yankees invest in their starting pitching...even to the point of bringing back veteran Andy Pettite. Are they up in arms they "lost" Quintana or that we seemingly stole him right out from under their noses, or still upset we not only took Contreras, we also got a subsidy back to pay for his salary? And, of course, there's no way to empirically prove they both would have pitched as well in Chicago, or at USCF. Maybe Gio needed the confidence of pitching with a huge park and foul territory to become the pitcher he is...in Chicago, his control issues early in his career and his penchant for surrendering long balls/fly balls might have derailed his career in its early infancy. If anything, the success of Hudson, Gio, Brandon McCarthy or Clayton Richard makes our farm system's productivity look better and makes other teams more willing to trade with us.

With Fister, he was fine his first start and then it started getting progressively worse and worse. Lost his velocity, movement and command, team was getting concerned about him changing his arm angle to lessen the stress on his oblique. Will probably be out another 4-6 weeks. Best available RH bat the Tigers now have is Gerald Laird. Raburn experiment over, down to AAA. In the market for hitting/2B. Right now, Danny Worth also likely to be receiving more playing time.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 30, 2012 -> 06:14 PM) I don't actually think they should do this, but the thought came to me that maybe they should shut Sale down now until after the break. Keep Quintana going through interleague and the rest of the first half. If he's good, then maybe you feel comfortable trading Floyd. Then Sale gets 15 starts/100 innings in the second half. That would put him at 155-160 innings going into the postseason. ptac seemed encouraged about his mechanics. It almost would seem more likely if you just shut him down and limited his side work that he might end up being more likely to get injured when he came back and then felt too strong...I don't think what's the science behind that view, but whatever the eventual strategy turns out to be, it's going to be second-guessed. Cooper's already getting annoyed with the "rear seat driver" criticism.

When is the last time a major league team sent down on any pitcher who had two starts with under a 2.00 ERA (combined) and had held right-handed batters to a 1/24 clip (0.042)? When someone is THAT effective against RHP, that's arguably more valuable than holding onto Ohman/Santiago. There's no reason not to let Santiago get some more work in the minors and get a better feel for his offspeed stuff and then bring him back up when/if Stewart and/or Quintana falter. And they're not just going to eat Ohman's salary. Even though it isn't a huge one. Robin was about to use him in the 8th inning in a key situation against Carlos Pena. He's not getting released/waived.

Reed is universally AdmiREED.

4 sweeps this season. Get well, Alejandro. Don't want to see Fukudome or Lillibridge out there with the way our same starting line-up has been going day after day after day.

12-1.... Didn't think Reed would be able to hold that save, but for someone who's a rookie there's just a sense of calm compared to anyone else closing.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 30, 2012 -> 02:56 PM) Old Q has 2 HR today. He is hitting .545 with 3 HR and 6 RBI in 2 1/2 games this season. That'll work. And then they'll trade him. He's something like 12-13% of their total payroll.

I don't think I can stomach another Zobrist walkoff. That one was off Matt Thornton, I'm pretty sure. Also remember a Carl Crawford walkoff against someone.... There was one horrific blown save by Billy Koch on the 4th of July, if memory serves me correctly.

Crap. Rios has been more locked in than any hitter recently with the exception of Viciedo.

Konerko has been cursed by not having his own personal bats make the trip from Chicago.

Dunn with 4 K's, 7 LOB LOL.

Can we really send down Quintana (over Stewart/Santiago) when right hand batters are batting 1/24 (0.042) on the season on him? Please rest more...Mr. Danks.

Not going to Will Ohman here. Pena, if he hits, would probably face Ohman. So it's Reed's game to close, 1-2-3 top of the order in the bottom of the 9th.

1 game lead over the Indians, Royals 6-3. Broxton loaded the bases with one out but Jose Lopez hit into a DP.

Thornton just tied Bobby Thigpen for most relief appearances by a Chicago White Sox pitcher, career-wise.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 30, 2012 -> 02:23 PM) If there was a warning given, it's the right call, IMO...if there wasn't, it was a big overreaction. Although umpire supervisor Charlie Reliford was clear that no warning is needed by the ump was deemed to be intentional. Which it surely was. Crain vs. Rodriguez.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 30, 2012 -> 02:20 PM) DeAza is one of the feel-good stories in all of baseball. Hopefully he'll soak that knee real good on the day off. I bet he misses one game max. I bet they call it a bruise. Greg, relax. It's not like the JFK assassination here. Peavy, Rios and Dunn all qualify as more "feel good" stories than DeAza. Heck, Humber's perfecto alone has garnered more attention Crain will come in next.

Zobrist, Scott and Sean Rodriguez due up.

Somehow, AJ incidentally managed to injured the opposing catcher, lol Right on top of the right thigh.

More emotion out of Rios. Slams his bat down in disgust, wanted that 3rd hit of the game.

SOMETHING will happen this inning with AJ coming up to bat, Wade Davis in to pitch against Konerko and Rios.

Think BJ Upton thought he was going to be a target in that at-bat? Like John Kruk against Randy Johnson.

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ May 30, 2012 -> 02:05 PM) Why do you say "idiot"? Just challenging your belief system here, as it seems to be dictated by the mainstream media. If you actually reviewed the facts you might be surprised on what you find on this issue, as strange as it sounds. Except John McCain was born on a US ship...if it's a US territory, a US ship in the Panama Canal zone or wherever, it doesn't make any difference.

After he buckled on that curveball, Upton's at-bat was OVA. Matt Thornton ready to come in. Jones ERA goes up to 1.75.