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Really curious to see what numbers Fulmer was poping on his pitches.

QUOTE (CregerMax @ Aug 29, 2016 -> 07:25 PM) Worst case scenario a power closer or a top of rotation starter! That sounds good either way! Nice commentary on the article... I will add this: the worst case for any pitching prospect is their arm falls off.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Aug 30, 2016 -> 09:47 PM) I expect the Dodgers to pull him back and make him available again this winter. A trade for Puig and sign Cespedes will get me all hyped lol. Although, I'd rather see a rebuild. Either direction we go - I'm very interested to see what they put together. No matter what I'll always follow the Sox and be a die hard fan.... So it'll be easy for me to eat up whatever they decide to do. I'm with you thou - I'd much rather enjoy supporting the team though a 3 year plus rebuild. Even if it means a couple 100 loss seasons. That sure would make draft day fun.

QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Aug 30, 2016 -> 08:07 PM) Baiting is ok, but not retaliating. Got it Look over the thread... All I said to the guy was related to the prospect we acquired: "94-95 on the fastball. Try again." Quoting an article from the main white sox site. I'm a scarcastic poster but never do I intend to "bait" anyone. It's also irresponsible to blame any other poster for your own personal conduct. In between various stupid banter from me... He said I was a f***ing idiot, made inference to Soxtalk posters as "uninformed meatheads", and called out the fact that I'm going through a divorce as "poor scouting" with a cold and condemning tone. He claimed I was "one upping him" while randomly pointing out he had a World Series ring, was a pro scout, had a wife, and continued to attack while stating that he was "done with this site." Before leaving, he also had to begin attacking another poster by saying they were "f***ing pathetic." Numerous times I tried to stop the engagement by plainly stating, "have a good night." Refusing to defend myself against his attacks with anything other than wit and being light about the matter - nor stoop to his level. After about 5 attempts I put him on ignore proactively rather than waiting for him to leave. The entire thing was probably the most agregious example of utter stupidity that I've seen here in over 12 years. Lesson learned for me... Put people like that on ignore faster. The guy was obviously having a bad day and was looking to obtain something at the expense of others. The Internet can be an easy place to receive a false sense of esteem in very lowly avenues. I'm personally glad that this place doesn't stand for that but has the balance in place to allow for posters to express their personality within very open confines. The rules here are very liberal and very clearly defined. Even offenders are offered great leniency. I've probably been suspended 5 or 6 times. Bottom line: Soxtalk rules.

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Aug 30, 2016 -> 06:53 PM) So what you're saying is Sale and Quintana should net a whole playoff team and a few top prospects. Good point. When comparing the value of half a year of Price / Cespedes/ Soria... To Sale and Q... Our two offerings are light years better.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 30, 2016 -> 05:00 PM) Twitter speculation is Boston claimed him Uh. I'd be shocked if he made it that far though!

QUOTE (raBBit @ Aug 30, 2016 -> 02:25 PM) As someone who owns Fulmer on most of my fantasy teams (I know no one cares), I find it hard to see ROY go to anyone else. This guy has been nails. Thread hijack, it pisses me off seeing how well the Tigers did at the last deadline when they actually sold off on their assets. Something KW will never do. Tigers traded Cespedes, Price and Soria. They got Fulmer, Norris, Boyd, Jairo Labourt, Luis Cessa and Jacoby Jones. That's 3/5 of their rotation, a top ten prospect, a top twenty prospect and a prospect who has traded for Justin Wilson. That's for three expiring contracts (albeit three good ones). Jebus

Fraizer sure was an offensive black hole tonight. 0 - 4 with 6 LOB!!

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Aug 29, 2016 -> 08:32 PM) Sox have now blown and lost 11 games where they had a lead in the 7th inning or later. Jones now has nine blown saves, three losses and has had a direct hand in six of those 11 blown games. He needs to be moved out of the late inning role next year perhaps to the 6th or 7th inning if the Sox revamp their bullpen. Meanwhile its just another divisional loss, one of many this year and many more to come in the final month. Mark Always love your stats man. Good on ya.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 29, 2016 -> 01:55 PM) Christopher Kamka ‏@ckamka 8m8 minutes ago Tim Anderson last 20 games: .338/.373/.545, 16 Runs, 6 Doubles, 2 Triples, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 3 SB #WhiteSox I had hopes for Anderson but never expected him to do as well as he has. His minor league career showed he had a knack for making adjustments and boy has that trend continued here in The Show. Can't think of the last time someone came up so your my for us and has thrived with making adjustments so well. Beckham did great his first year or so but never could turn things around. Who's the last position player you can recall who has done well like this?

This is good to see. You know it's bad when I of all people am trying to calm things down. Usually there's a mob coming after me with pitch forks for saying poop and blah too often... But it has indeed been on an entirely different level of awful lately. The ignore feature really works and I'll be quicker to use it in the future... However, surely this will get things back on track and ward off some of the more agregious offenders. Good on ya, chisoxfn.

QUOTE (harkness @ Aug 28, 2016 -> 04:05 PM) miracles happen I guess... But Shields and whoever else against the Detroit offense first two games... Like I said miracles... Shields sure is fun to watch - should be real fun against Detroit

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Aug 28, 2016 -> 03:17 PM) http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/08/26/lev...l-for-29-clubs/ More commentary on that article: http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/08/sox-...na-bradley.html

QUOTE (miracleon35th @ Aug 28, 2016 -> 02:00 PM) Beyond that, what is the big deal about just making the playoffs? Do they hand out a trophy for that? LOL The thought process is: anything can happen. Say the Sox squeezed into the playoffs this year. Even though it won't happen... Just imagine it. Then you've got Sale / Q / Rodon / Gonzo throwing against teams. Anything can happen. You know this - we all know this. Blah, blah, blah, blah.

QUOTE (Scoots @ Aug 28, 2016 -> 11:56 AM) Has anyone heard anything about Hawk's future plans on broadcasting? I believe I read last week that he "plans on broadcasting until he no longer can"

Who is this team?

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 27, 2016 -> 07:31 PM) Maybe Seattle will take him .Outside of Diaz the Sox did a number on the M's pen. Good thought.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 26, 2016 -> 12:30 PM) Yasiel Puig or Jeff Francoeur? Awesome read, thanks.

-MLBTR

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Aug 27, 2016 -> 03:21 PM) You just hope none of those "assets" get hurt during the first part of next season before they have a chance to trade them...or their value goes up in smoke. Mark True that.

Pretty amazing how black and white this team has been in 2016.

Still a bummer that Tilson couldn't be getting at bats.

QUOTE (captain54 @ Aug 27, 2016 -> 01:46 PM) Comments from KW earlier in the week indicated that the problems in 2016 were 'spearheaded" by bullpen injuries…. I take that to mean they are of the opinion that the catalyst for the horrific tumble after the 23-10 was the two guys in the pen that went down… That certainly addresses the issue of how the Sox got to lead the league in Blown Saves, and possibly how a closer ends up being one of the league leader in blown saves, but those stretches of non-existent offense, account equally for why the team is in the state it's in….IMHO My guess is they're going for it in 2017. Guess I can't really blame them for that, since they could likely trade their assets for equal returns at the 2017 deadline / 2017-2018 offseason. It's just awful we're in August wishing it was December or April already. Horrid time to be a sox fan.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Aug 27, 2016 -> 11:36 AM) Navarro sucked(sucks) and is no longer on the roster. That's a plus by itself. The return, that we shouldn't have even expected, throws with his left hand and has some decent numbers. No one's claiming he's Sandy Koufax but he's more interesting than a 28 year old org player. I'll call it a win for the Sox. IMO, It's also a good thing that we get to see more of Narvaez. Hopefully we sign Ramos in the offseason with Narvaez serving as backup. Or if they go the rebuild route, they pair him with a young trade acquisition.

QUOTE (ron883 @ Aug 27, 2016 -> 05:42 AM) Hi8is and I accept your apology. Thank you This thread should be retitled to: Unnecessary Stupidity.