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That was somehow worse than pathetic. Not sure of the word.

Dadgummit Konerko and Rios, DO SOMETHING POSITIVE.

Payoff for the Ventura decision on Hudson there. Wise is still hot. The only one who will struggle is Flowers of the 3 "non-regulars."

Survived 2 innings with the lead. At least he seems to be learning how to adapt in this situation...can't imagine where his stuff would be had he pitched 5-6-7 innings against the Orioles. The first time it happened against Texas, everyone (especially Harrelson) was shocked and concerned.

Terrible location on that pitch. Lucky it didn't go out. During the daytime, probably a homer.

Maybe the intentional strategy is never to throw a pitcher over 90 MPH...he can vary the speed on his fastball by 5-7 MPH, but I doubt that's what is actually happening.

Chris Sale posing as Freddy Garcia now.

That was futile. Uncharacteristically good play by Fielder at 1B on Alexei. Must be the national audience inspiring him to pick it up a notch over there.

It worked for the first inning...at least. But he's back to the same pitcher he was against Texas. Maybe his fastball has a BIT more life, but not much. Well, coming into this game, he knew not to go after the Tigers with fastballs already.

Going to have to go back to the sliders and change-up repertoire tonight, like the Rangers game he gutted through somehow.

Hopefully he can get it above 90 MPH or he's in trouble.

Nice tattoos, lady. Typical Detroit lass, lol.

That must be something like 1/20 with RISP this series. The only hit was in the 9th inning last night.

0/17 streak now for YOUK. Couldn't have come at a better time. Wish that liner he hit to Cabrera with the bases loaded could have found a hole. Sigh. Guessing that's the first time Wise has ever hit 3rd in his big league career.

2nd time this season DeAza has led off a game in Detroit with a homer.

To ESPN, the White Sox don't even exist. Justin Verlander show, primetime version. What's the latest on how much time Dunn will miss? Are they trying to prevent him from finishing with an average below .200 on the season, lol?

Or if Hudson's range limits him and they end up with a 1st and 3rd situation instead of your typical Beckham/Ramirez 4-6-3 DP. It would be a shocker if Hudson's rusty bat held up against Verlander...but at least he's been getting regular play down at Charlotte. Not that anyone resembling Justin pitches down there.

We've moved from 29th in future power ratings to 21st in a single season. That seems like progress to me. Last offseason, you might have argued the Astros were the only franchise in worse shape.

That's your argument for firing KW this off-season? It's not going to fly. You might as well rest until the end of 2013...and make another set of arguments. Everyone knew Dayan was a work in progress when we first signed him. The fact that he's been forced to play 3B, 1B, RF and then LF should be enough testament to his defensive development track alone. They just need to let him play. Nobody knows about Danks...and Nathan Jones overall compared to where he was 1-2 years ago in the minors, nobody expected him to make the impact he has. If he went on the waiver wire tomorrow, every team in the majors would claim him.

Beck pitched his best game of the season. Rienzo a scoreless first for the Knights. Sanchez and Mitchell struggling (not unexpectedly) in AAA, Thompson and Hawkins continuing to impress.

Many wanted Wise in there over Viciedo. Flowers is a bit of a mystery, but AJ until Friday night was in a huge slump...and we do play Monday. Tyler has hit decently and made an impact, AJ has had a number of defensive issues (blocking pitches, throwing out runners, calling pitches). Hudson is just a hunch...going with a veteran over the once-again struggling Beckham.

Beckham isn't in development mode, it's beyond that. And Morel, to be fair, has been hurt all season long. And Tyler Flowers, the last 6 weeks, has emerged as a legitimate possibility as starting catcher in 2013. And you can't conveniently discount the contributions from numerous rookies in the pen like Reed, Nathan Jones, Santiago, Septimo, Omogrosso, Heath, Veal, Marinez, etc. Santos Rodriguez isn't far away from replacing Thornton and saving more money, in some combination with Veal and Septimo. Santiago has a decent chance to end up as our 5th starter and seems to have survived the "closer experiment" by Cooper and Robin. Reed, last time I checked, has lasted now nearly the entire season as a rookie closer. Not great yet by any stretch of the imagination, but he's pretty much replicated Santos' performance at a lower cost. Finally, if you really expected Viciedo to hit .290 with 30+ homers and 90+ RBI's, your expectations were too high. He's done fine for a rookie, just maybe not as consistent or as superhuman as some expected. He'll end the season with around 23-26 homers and 70-75 RBI's, he definitely hasn't HURT the White Sox as much as Morel or Beckham have offensively.

FWIW, Liriano has a 4.54 ERA with the White Sox this season. No Edwin Jackson, but he's kept the Sox in nearly every game out of his 7 starts, except for 1. At some point, the White Sox offense needs to show up to the party.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 11:21 AM) Yup, that one bad start has down graded Sale from a legit ace. Overreaction central. Now you're overreacting. I'm talking about the Chris Sale we have TODAY, for the rest of the season. If he can throw 93-96 like he did against the Yankees....or will it be the version we first saw against the Rangers and then somewhere in-between his last start out against the Orioles?? NOBODY knows how much longer he can go...or if he will even make it through the entire month. And we've known for months now that Peavy isn't a big-game pitcher, except against the Cubs, maybe. Obviously, long-term, April 2013, he's our ace and one of the 5-6 best pitchers in the AL. That's NOT in question and never has been, as long as he stays healthy.

So is Peavy...he has choked 3 times against the Tigers. No way they bring him back at those salary numbers for 2013. All things considered, what starter on the trade market was going to give you 5 good starts out of 7 and cost you next to nothing? Would we be any better off with Greinke now, having had to trade Trayce Thompson to get him? We have such an old core with AJ/Dunn/Rios/Konerko/Youk/Alexei that we need to reinvigorate it with some young power bats. We might have missed with Mitchell (still believe he's got a shot), but Thompson and Viciedo both have the ability to be 30+ home run guys in the future. And Hawkins, too.