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http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0,5373229.story For now, Humber will be moved back to get some additional rest and Stults will start Saturday against the Royals at home. Humber, Sunday. So it's Peavy, Floyd (extra day of rest), Stults (normal rest), Humber (extra day of rest), Danks (Monday vs. Detroit, extra day of rest) Sale was experiencing soreness in his arm, but as Sale admitted Saturday, he thought it was just normal soreness from his move to a starter. "Like I said, it's just tender. It doesn't hurt when I throw. It's tender to touch and it takes a little bit to get loosened up," Sale said. "I thought it was just soreness. It was just sore to me and doesn't hurt or anything. "They thought it might trickle into something else. I didn't see that at all. I just saw it as typical soreness after throwing. Like I said, those guys know what they are doing. They've been there and done that. You have to listen to them." No MRI was done on Sale's elbow, and Sale doesn't believe his unique pitching style or mechanics have anything to do with the soreness. He has been pitching the same way since college. A decision also was made that a trip to the disabled list was not needed. It was simply about managing Sale's workload, which the White Sox believe is easier to do with him coming out of the bullpen. "Obviously, you are out there and you want to put 100 percent into every pitch because the one pitch you take a little off, it might be the pitch to come up and bite you," Sale said. "I guess putting 100 percent into 10 to 20 pitches is where I need to be for right now instead of 120 pitches." "There were a lot of people discussing it, so it's not like we were winging it," Ventura said. "There was all this discussion and I'm sure that [disabled list possibility] is probably still out there as far as in discussing it to see if that would be the best way to do it. The biggest issue is we're trying to think of him first instead of us." Scott Merkin, chisox.com/mlb.com

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/wh...asses-test.html Gordon Beckham diagnosis by Manto...good read

QUOTE (JPN366 @ May 8, 2012 -> 11:32 PM) Should there be a thread called Caulfield12's Corner? Maybe Out of Left Field with Caulfield12? It could feature all the news and speculation only he is aware of. Good idea. Could include Chris Sale/Addison Reed controversy, Ozzie Guillen, Joe Cowley, Greg Walker vs. Don Cooper, Marty34 special guest appearances and a special podcast featuring random Applebees' customers in Lawrence being interviewed about the Sox. Greg can even have his own 2 minute section of the show dedicated to the Royals beating up the White Sox and why we're playing so poorly at USCF. Special Mark Liptak (WSI) style in-depth interviews with Pierre, Wise, Jenks, Ozzie, etc.

I wish I had Harvey Levin's money, lol. The People's Court rocks, btw. Better than that evil Judge Judy.

Tigers win a nailbiter for Verlander (Tiggers 1-4 against SEA this season). Valverde had to go 30+ pitches to notch the save. Just barely held on. With a two run lead, he walked the first two baserunners. Timely K, then a groundout put the tying runs at 2nd and 3rd with two outs. Walked Ichiro to put the winning run on 1st, Montero took a high outside fastball to RF (foul) for the final out.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/wh...e-to-start.html There are so many freakin' contradictions and so much double-speak to cover all the bases that you can read this article and have no idea what will happen with Sale tomorrow, next week, next month or next year. The general idea SEEMS to be that they're backing him off for now due to the soreness to let him recover, that Sale still wants to start this year and there's probably some sort of disagreement between KW, Reinsdorf, Cooper and Ventura about the best course of action. Cooper sides with Chris (naturally) since he's his pitching coach and is supposed to be in his corner the most...seems pretty adamant in every story about this situation that Chris wants to start and the team is concerned he will break down if he continues down that path. http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/artic...ws&c_id=cws Reed to AAA, will be groomed for the starting rotation But Ventura has no doubt Sale will be able to handle the change, even if his heart remains with starting. "It's like in talking to him, mentally, he's ready to do it," Ventura said before the contest. "He wants to be a starter, that's for sure, but I don't expect him to go out there (what?)... "He's a mature kid baseball-wise for how young he is. Just the way he acts and does things, the way he views his job and as far as the way he looks at his teammates. So I don't see that being a problem." As for starting eventually returning to Sale's job description after the 2012 season, Ventura reiterated Tuesday that nothing is out of the question. "Really, there was everything brought up. So it's all still out there," Ventura said. "I think it's trying to figure out what's going on for him and his future as far as trying to protect him the best we can."

UGH. That's not a direct quote in Japanese, it's a "characterization" or summary of what was said translated in his own words into English. Two entirely different things.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prosp...12/2613345.html http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prosp...12/2613346.html Six possible loopholes for gaming the new system addressed, pay particular attention to #5 (see Wilder, Dave)

Now I'm trying to find out EXACTLY what he said...because we just have a "characterization" now from Japanese into English. And Gonzales got it wrong, it's the KYODO NEWS. Not Kyode.

So Mark Gonzales' was pointing out the fact that Fukudome not playing over Viciedo has something to do with our team's recent poor play? He was trying to tie the two in together, so I'm not sure how he's NOT trying to create controversy himself. By the way, we have the worst or most unproductive bench in baseball, shouldn't we be actively trying to improve it?

So if it's not a story, then I guess every player gives quotes to the press talking about their lack of playing time and wishing that they could play more, correct? I mean...have we seen Lillibridge or Flowers say something like that? Perhaps you're right. I don't speak Japanese so I can't read the original quotes. I'm just wondering why a Chicago sportswriter would consider it important to include in a game story. It might have been just a "general" question like, "How's the season going so far?" and the respnse was something along the lines of "It's going fine, but I don't feel that I've been able to contribute much yet," and somehow that was turned into the news blip that ended up in the story. Do we have anyone who reads or speaks Japanese who can find out EXACTLY what he said in native language?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...,0,123270.story Just what the Sox need, another mini-controversy in the middle of our 4-11 stretch. I can't believe that KW signed him with the idea he was going to give him 300+ AB's. At some point, they might need to waive him and use a Danks or Golson as the 4th outfielder (depending on what happens with Lillibridge/Morel at 3B). Or bring up Dan Johnson, who has been hitting really well in Charlotte. Or just get rid of Escobar. By the way, Brad Penny's now available. Managed to make it through one start in Japan. http://mlb.sbnation.com/2012/5/8/3007371/b...apan-mlb-offers Somehow, I have a feeling this will be KW's next brilliant move. Apparently Penny already has some offers from major league teams to come back. According to team officials, Penny was "unable to adapt well to baseball in Japan, [and he] strongly desired to leave." Now, though, there might be a chance for the 33-year-old Penny to return to MLB, says Buster Olney: Brad Penny has offers to be a starter and offers to be a reliever from MLB teams. Will choose soon. There are many teams that have issues in both their rotation and bullpen. If Penny is healthy again, he might be able to help out, and probably wouldn't cost too much.

Hibbard surprised us all today.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 8, 2012 -> 09:52 PM) As I said earlier, the Rangers are going to have a DECISION to make. Josh Hamilton is simply the best all-around player in the AL when he's on the field. And was that a f***ing trade or what? Josh Hamilton for Edison Volquez? lmao. Wow. Jon Daniels for the win. The Carlos Beltran signing is looking like by far the best of the off-season. Just like the Berkman move the previous offscreen which was totally under the radar. Quite a few had already given up on his career, at least based on the way he was handling playing for the Yankees. http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/6...edinson-volquez He had that great 2008 season with Cincy back when he was EDISON, but he's never pitched over 108 innings in a season since then and has always been labelled a trouble-maker and enigmatic bundle of unrealized talent.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ May 8, 2012 -> 09:06 PM) De Aza has a .360 OBP, that's very respectable. The rest is clearly true, though. Also, Paulie's really the one propping us up with his .425 OBP. He's supposed to be the one driving in the runs, though. AJ's having a great season and all, but if we really had a masher behind Paulie...man.... Hadn't realized DeAza had gotten it back up to that point. Maybe more consumed with his splits against LHP, forgetting all the other good things he does. But some of his defensive misplays have overshadowed how much of an offensive upgrade he's been over Pierre.

http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/08/36010...s-that-hes.html On rumors that the Glass family is now interested in selling the Royals. Not exactly great PR for a season in which they're 9-19 and hosting the MLB All-Star Game. Well, it's understandable with all the money from the Dodgers' sale...that they're at least kicking the tires, but KC's media rights are tiny, even compared to Cincy, for example.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 8, 2012 -> 09:45 PM) Best closing prospect in baseball. Our 6th/7th/8th starter closes (tries too). Robin, stop it. Tries "also/too" (Santiago) or tries to close but can't, lol?

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 8, 2012 -> 08:43 PM) Wilkins is back. 3/4, 1 HR, 2B, 2 RBI. OPS back over .700 Can he play 3B?

Royals with a pretty surprising comeback to tie the game in the bottom of the 8th again Bard and Albers. 4-4, KC threatening to take the lead and hopefully turn over to Broxton for the save. Sox killer Billy Butler just homered to put the Royals up 6-4 heading to the top of the 9th at Kauffman. Hosmer at a startling .183 with 5 homers and 16 RBI's. Valentine REALLY micromanages that bullpen. God, he's like Scioscia or LaRussa.

Pujols 0/4 with four groundouts, now at .190.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ May 8, 2012 -> 09:39 PM) Bottom third of the order was 0-19 with a walk today. I think you mean 0/14 (including Fukudome).

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ May 8, 2012 -> 09:33 PM) I thought Peavy, Rios, and Dunn bouncing back would give the Sox a shot at contending as well. Bullpen issues have been a problem like you've mentioned. But I think the biggest problem is just that the team OBP is awful, and the young players have just been so bad. Now, I am with you that they need to be playing the majority of the time still, but even if the overpriced guys perform, the White Sox just are not good enough with the number of bad players on the roster. And it would be REALLY atrocious (team OBP) if not for Dunn's mid-20's walk total. Beckham, Viciedo and Morel are killing us there, as well as Ramirez and Rios/DeAza aren't great either. http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/team/_/stat/b...ePct/order/true Barely holding onto 10th place in the AL in OBP. Detroit's not much better, 9th at .310. Indians all the way up at .339 and in the top 3-4.

Hudson throws of mound MLB.com reports Diamondbacks pitcher Daniel Hudson threw off the mound on Tuesday, his first time doing so since landing on the 15-day disabled list due to a shoulder impingement. He threw 30 pitches and mixed in a few breaking balls. "It felt good," Hudson said. "They just told me to stop, but I wanted to keep going. One more step closer. I feel like I could be out there tomorrow, but it's a slow process. I want to make sure everything is right." Looks like he is tentatively set to return to the mound at the end of May. Read more: http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Daniel...y#ixzz1uKtpF6L5

Bump Thread, insert Chris Sale as one of the closing options. Thought this one deserved to be back for the inevitable Sale/Reed/Thornton/Santiago discussion which will ensue.

Mitchell 0 for 3, 2 k's and 3 LOB. Down to .290 and trending downwards. Definitely was due to fall off, we'll see how he responds and makes adjustments. Pedro Hernandez pitching another good game. Seems he's sneaking up on the radar as one of the next man in starter candidates when/if Stults loses the position. Between Hernandez and Axelrod. Ooops. Phegley 0/4 now, down to .333