flavum

4 weeks left.

For a guy who sucks, Avi has his moments.

Todd should run into one here.

Alexei Ramirez released. Nice 9-yr career. Good chunk of change.

Unless a rainout doesn't get made up, they'd literally have to be 5 games worse than the Phillies the final 27 games. I mean, if you want the Sox to go 7-20 the rest of the way for an outside chance, then maybe they crack the top 10. The Sox are well over 90% to finish 11th or 12th. Just not in the cards for a top 10 this year. Probably the Sox best bet for 10th is if the Angels are 4 games better than the Sox the rest of the way. Angels 15-12 White Sox 11-16 That would give the Sox the 10th pick.

Hawk should drop a, "In my three quarters of a century in baseball..." today. And then inevitably say something wrong and irrelevant.

The Sox have the worst record in baseball since the 23-10 start. Ventura is Houdini. http://www.baseball-reference.com/games/st...date=2016-05-09

Ranaudo vs Albers Happy 75th, Hawk Harrelson

QUOTE (flavum @ May 3, 2016 -> 10:06 PM) Since 1961: 2005- 20-7, 99-63 2016- 19-8 1965- 19-8, 95-67 1967- 19-8, 89-73 2006- 19-8, 90-72 1964- 18-9, 98-64 1973- 18-9, 77-85 1982- 18-9, 87-75 1963- 17-10, 94-68 1972- 17-10, 87-67 (strike shortened) 1977- 17-10, 90-72 1990- 17-10, 94-68 1992- 17-10, 86-76 2000- 17-10, 95-67 2002- 17-10, 81-81 2004- 17-10, 83-79 Thanks to the 2016 White Sox, they've pretty much ruined hot starts forever. Any hot start now will inevitably bring, "Remember 2016....23-10, then terrible the rest of the year." Every 27 this year: 19-8 10-17 12-15 11-16 12-15 27 left. Another 12-15 would surpass 1973's quick descent to awfulness.

Shields ERA in a Sox uniform is 7.50. Go home, James.

If there were a mercy rule, mercy.

6 shutout innings for Fulmer tonight.

When Smith and Minaya played Thursday, they were the 25th and 26th players to play their first game with the White Sox this year. 26 new players matches 1995, the year the strike ended and they were patchwork all season. Zack Burdi...we need you to break a record. BTW...on average, the Sox add 16-17 new players each year. The last five years, they're above 20, which makes sense considering how many bullpen pitchers straddle AAA and the majors nowadays.

Goodbye, top 5 Cy votes.

QUOTE (JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Sep 1, 2016 -> 02:18 PM) I wouldn't rule out a protected 1st round pick just yet. Still a lot of divisional games to play in September and 2 games in Philly. They'll come home that last week of the season vs Rays and Twins and go 6-1. 11 or 12 seems 90% at this point.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Sep 1, 2016 -> 11:10 AM) We kind of have. The 99 games played since the 23-10 start, which is a pretty decent sample size, shows the Sox playing (or losing, depending on how you look at it) at a 2013-esque level. In fact, I don't know if it's still true or not, but somewhere in the last week or so I saw a report that said the Sox had the worst record in baseball since the 23-10 start - and this with not one but two Cy Young candidates in the starting rotation! That in and of itself tells you how awful the rest of the team is at the moment! http://www.baseball-reference.com/games/st...date=2016-05-09 Records on the far right since 23-10. Pretty bad.

Interleague AL 152 NL 122 DH in both leagues please.

Collins knows the strike zone. http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?c...mp;ymd=20160831

Never is a long time, but today could be the last day Robin Ventura is ever in the state of Michigan.

Sale vs Verlander No Cabreras today. https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/771024370726764544 https://twitter.com/tigers/status/770989074752516097

I just looked at the ESPN Cy Predictor. I kid you not, they have David Robertson at number 10. Q of course, no where to be seen. They can shut that feature down right now.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Aug 31, 2016 -> 10:51 AM) Q is going to finish like 37th in the CY Young race guys. He has 6 starts left, and while he's not going to win it, maybe a 15-10 record, 215 innings, and an ERA under 3 would stand out for a top 5. But there's a long way to go for that.

Great years for both, but I'd take Q higher in Cy voting. Some numbers: Sale 25 starts 177.2 innings. 3.14 ERA, 18 quality starts, 17 starts of 7+ innings and 3 runs or fewer, 5 complete games Quintana 26 starts 172.1 innings. 2.77 ERA, 20 quality starts, 12 starts of 7+ innings and 3 runs or fewer, 0 complete games vs Cleveland, Detroit, and Kansas City Sale 4-9 vs Cle 7.0, 3 5-24 vs Cle 3.1 6 5-29 at KC 7.0 2 6-4 at Det 6.1, 4 6-10 vs KC 6.0, 5 6-15 vs Det 7.0, 3 7-23 vs Det Suspended, DNP 8-3 at Det 8.0, 2 8-9 at KC 7.0, 3 5/8 quality starts 51.2 innings 4.88 ERA Quintana 5-20 vs KC 6.1, 4 5-25 vs Cle 6.0, 3 6-5 at Det 4.2, 5 6-11 vs KC 8.0, 3 6-17 at Cle 7.2, 2 7-24 vs Det 6.2, 0 8-4 at Det 7.1, 3 8-10 at KC 7.1, 1 8-16 at Cle 6.0, 2 7/9 quality starts 60.0 innings 3.45 ERA What's left: Sale: 8-31 at Det 9-5 vs Det 9-11 vs KC 9-16 at KC 9-21 at Phi 9-27 vs TB 10-2 vs Min Quintana: 9-1 at Min 9-6 vs Det 9-12 vs Cle 9-17 at KC 9-23 at Cle 9-28 vs TB If Sale wants to make up for being a baby on July 23, he should pitch on the last day of the season vs the Twins and make his 32nd start.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Aug 30, 2016 -> 03:38 PM) Anyone else that hasn't played on the Sox. If they hire Dave Martinez or Sandy Alomar, I won't complain.

The Sox don't win there. It's comical.