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QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 10:38 AM) I am sorry...it has to be one of the Dodgers. Greinke is putting up an unheard of ERA. Advanced stats be damned, he is minimizing actual runs at an insane clip. If you want to go more sabr, then Kershaw is the beast he always is. Hands down it should be one of those two. Using just WAR, ERA, and FIP. Greinke: ERA 1.65 FIP 2.77 WAR 5.5 Kershaw ERA 2.18 FIP 2.09 WAR 7.8 Arrieta ERA 1.88 FIP 2.44 WAR 6.7 Clayton Kershaw is the best pitcher in baseball. He should also win the CY Young again.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 10:12 AM) His splits indicate he isn't much of a platoon option. Saladino should be getting more of the playing time, he is the better player. I'd argue that there is no indication of anything because he only has 400 major league plate appearances.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 10:12 AM) His splits indicate he isn't much of a platoon option. Saladino should be getting more of the playing time, he is the better player. Saladino isn't a starting 3B option either though. They could start him at SS or use him as a utility guy. Saladino will not be the starting 3B next season if they plan on contending.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 01:01 AM) Hillary is making it too easy for me. So she blasts the Republicans in this clip for not naming any names of women who should appear on the 10 dollar bill. Then TMZ asks Hillary the same fricking question and she won't answer it either. LOL. What a country. What great choices for President again. That whole question during the debate was pointless. Every GOP candidate had a layup too. Nancy Regan. She's sitting right f***ing there and those idiots were talking about their mothers.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 09:54 AM) Why mike olt why Why not? They want to see if they have something. Maybe a platoon option. No reason for him not to play. He probably sucks but he has less than 400 big league plate appearances total.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 22, 2015 -> 04:19 PM) I will say this much. The pending free agent who best fits the White Sox needs right now is a guy that hasn't been talked about at all. That name is Matt Wieters. I wouldn't give up a 1st round pick to sign him though.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 12:15 AM) That's what I wanted to do a month before the trade deadline when it was obvious we had a s***ty team. Shark, Duke, Robertson, Melky and LaRoche. Should have dealt all of them and re-tooled right there. Idiotic to stand pat. I think we could have moved all of them a couple weeks before the trade deadline for a ton of prospects. It doesn't really make sense though. Jerry Reinsdorf is the owner. They are going to win like 77-78 games. That's a 4-5 game improvement over last year and quite frankly, they overachieved with the offense they've had and the bad defense. I don't think it's crazy to think they can patch a couple of spots and win 84-85 games next year with the pitching staff they have. I'd roll with a front 3 of Sale, Q, and Rodon. I'd go with Robertson, Jones, and Montas at the back end of the bullpen. Shark will be gone. Nobody wants LaRoche or Duke. Finding a long-term option at 3B would be great and an upgrade at C with Flowers as the backup would be nice too. They have great young pitching under control and they don't have any crazy bad contracts that will hamper them long-term.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 22, 2015 -> 08:56 AM) He wouldn't have this year either. Yeah that's what I meant

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 21, 2015 -> 10:44 PM) I think Melky's a flop cause of his production. Few homers, not enough RBIs. Robertson was OK closer. Shark trade was awful. I'd rather keep Semien and Phegs. They arguably coulda started this year. Phegley was never starting for the Sox

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 21, 2015 -> 10:50 PM) Which is why I didn't want to sign him. He's not good enough. He doesn't make that much $$ either.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 21, 2015 -> 11:57 PM) I just don't think he's very good. Let him walk. Are you saying to let him walk without offering the QO or just don't consider signing him long-term?

Samardzija is still screwing the Sox. I was banking on 2 losses today. Jackass.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Sep 21, 2015 -> 12:23 PM) Assume for this poll that there is no other party and that one of these 17 people will be the next President. Where would your vote go? Interested to see how Soxtalk results compare with national polling. Crap, where did the poll go? Kasich.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Sep 21, 2015 -> 12:26 PM) If you think Strong at Texas drew out racism, imagine him at Alabama? Well that's true.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 21, 2015 -> 12:03 PM) Chip Kelly to Texas makes so much sense Chip Kelly to Texas. Charlie Strong to Alabama. Nick Saban to the Colts.

QUOTE (knightni @ Sep 21, 2015 -> 11:49 AM) I'll just bet that Texas will be stalking TCU's/Baylor's coach after this season when they get a new AD. I'd rather have Charlie Strong than Art Briles though.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 21, 2015 -> 11:31 AM) Nope. Texas fans are just crazy, regardless of their skin color. Same reason they forced out their white ad after 22 months. They think Saban should be thear coach. Strong isn't Saban, and anything short of that isn't going to work out for them. Enjoy that then. I think Saban is back in the NFL next season.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 21, 2015 -> 11:13 AM) Check out Page 32 of this polling data. http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2015/images/09/12/iranpoll.pdf Apparently 15% of Democrats and 14% of Liberals think that Obama is a Muslim. I have seen enough to know what the right fringes think, but I can't believe 1 in 7 from his own party think that. Morons in both parties. I've never really understand choosing a "side" anyway though. I'm a person. A free thinker with many thoughts and opinions so explaining away what I am as either Democrat or Republican has always seemed stupid to me. Not really sure how anyone is all the way one of those 2 things even though people argue about it every day.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 20, 2015 -> 11:59 AM) That doesn't make Texas "racist". They're just crazy. Hope they fire him. I want him at Illinois I'm the one that said the racist thing. T Boone Pickens when Strong was hired, said that "he'd make a good assistant coach". If you don't think a comment like that has anything to do with race than you are kidding yourself.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Sep 19, 2015 -> 11:14 PM) He's 7-9 so far at Texas. Yes, it's early in his tenure, but that's pretty pathetic given the talent level and recruiting base at Texas. This comment is really ignorant. Mack Brown destroyed that program with his recent recruiting classes. Strong is still cleaning up his mess. Look at how many QB's are starting in the NFL from the state of Texas. It's like 10 guys: Manziel, Luck, Brees, RG3, Foles, etc. How many of them went to Texas? Charlie Strong is a great coach and knows how to build a program. Texas would be really dumb to get rid of him.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Sep 21, 2015 -> 05:52 AM) I'll be honest, Robertson shouldn't be up there anymore either. Sale, Eaton, Abreu? Robertson year is pretty much in line with his career averages though. He has 7 blown saves and a 3.39 ERA but he has a FIP of 2.53. His 1.7 fWAR is pretty similar to the rest of his career. His GB% is down, he doesn't leave as many guys on base however, but he is averaging less walks per 9 as well. He's had a pretty good season.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 21, 2015 -> 07:55 AM) I literally cannot agree with anything in your post. Goff is not even close to a good pick for where the Bears will be selecting. Rock, you're the resident OSU fan on the board, thoughts on Bosa? Will he be the consensus #1 player come April? Also, JT Barrett seems like the best option for Ohio State, but if that's the case, it seems to me that Cardale Jones should have gone pro last year.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Sep 20, 2015 -> 04:11 PM) Ill take Goff from Cal, but this team needs to find its future QB If they pick high enough, I'd take Joey Bosa, Jaylon Smith, Laremy Tunsil, or the ND OT over any of the QBs.

QUOTE (coco1997 @ Sep 20, 2015 -> 01:38 PM) In hindsight Hahn would've made more of a push to acquire Adam Lind (which apparently he tried to do) and maybe Miguel Montero or Francisco Cervelli. The season may have looked much different with Adam Lind and Miguel Montero actually.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Sep 19, 2015 -> 08:01 PM) thank you. It's worth about 12-15 million if you go by $/WAR in the FA market but teams wouldn't pay quite that much because the impact is so delayed. THe pick won't even help until at least 2019 anyways. It's not worthless, but it's hardly worth risking he takes the offer imo. He's in his decline use the roster spot and financial flexibility to upgrade elsewhere. Danks has been a pleasant suprise overall and Johnson, barring another injury, looks like he can be a solid 5th at least as well. So losing Shark is no big loss and as already said the pick is valuable but not priceless. It's not just about the player picked though. It's about the flexibility that it allows dispersed throughout the whole draft. Not sure why I have to explain constantly. I never said anything about the player chosen with that particular selection. That's not why it's valuable.