Chicago White Sox

QUOTE (beautox @ Aug 24, 2017 -> 03:23 PM) I really like the idea of signing Chris Iannetta as a mentor and someone who can frame for these young pitchers. DH - Gillaspie# C - Iannetta - FA 1B - Abreu 2B - Moncada# SS - Anderson 3B - Davidson LF - Delmonico* CF - Garcia# RF - Engel SP - Rodon* SP - Lopez SP - Giolito SP - Chatwood / Santiago* / Tillman - FA SP - Shields C - Narvaez* UT - Sanchez# UT - Peter* OF - Garcia / Cordell / Tilson CL - Jones SU - FA SU - Bummer* MR - Clark* MR - Rule V LO - Fry* LR - Danish Trade Avisail. Two major issues with the above. Engel doesn't have the arm for RF and I'm not sure what Gillaspie has done to deserve a starting spot on the major league roster. I'd start Cordell & Willy over both of them.

Nice catch by Leury. I'd much rather have a LF/CF of Delmonico/Leury than Leury/Engel.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 08:52 PM) Lucas us fitting in by giving up three homers tonite Pretty negative statement after only six innings...

Very solid start for Giolito so far: 4 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 HR, 3 K, 0 BB, 41/68 strikes

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 07:53 PM) Pretty negative opinion of a guy who has less then half a year in the big leagues Have you followed Engel throughout the minors? He has a very limited track record of success with the bat and is known for constantly tweaking things. I don't see him suddenly making the necessary adjustments to become an effective major league hitter. His plate appearances this season have only further cemented that opinion for me.

This has been an enjoyable game so far.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 07:47 PM) Engel really isn't a MLB player unless he makes drastic, and I mean really drastic, strides at the plate. I don't get why people are penciling into the starting outfield next year over guys like Leury, Willy (who have actually shown flashes of being good MLB hitters), Cordell, etc. His defense is great but that means nothing if your OPS is in the .500s Yup, agree completely.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 07:45 PM) Kinda wish Leury was getting reps in CF and Delmonico in LF Makes so much more sense. I get the allure of Engel, but I just don't see him ever putting it together offensively. Delmonico and Leury both have a chance to be part of the next good Sox team in some capacity.

Moncada is going to hit a HR tonight.

I would have much rather preferred that package than what we got from Minnesota.

Nice start for Stephens.

I really wish we could convince Rodon to sign an extension. Having a #1/#2 punch of Kopech/Rodon for the foreseeable future would be awesome. Would also be nice to have guys like Lopez, Giolito, Hansen, Dunning, etc. slot in the #3 to #5 spots where they could all provide elite production.

QUOTE (Quin @ Aug 21, 2017 -> 08:15 PM) And sometimes pretending there's a moral high ground in the middle is more important to people than recognizing that the GOP embraced the Tea Party, let Trump get their nomination from their "deepest bench" (so there goes the "but Hillary" argument), installed Jeff Sessions as AG, installed DeVos as Sec. of Ed, let an oil executive run a massively understaffed State Department and think that the conviction of Joe Arpaio is a political attack. Oh yeah, and stole a Supreme Court seat and gave it to a man who is already making a mockery of the seat he holds. The GOP owns Trump. They own MAGA. They own the goose steppers. The voters? They were conned. But the party itself owns this because they had plenty of shots to stop it. QUOTE (Quin @ Aug 21, 2017 -> 08:20 PM) It's not the tenuous string of Struth Boston to Heather Heyer. It's the fact that in the video this guy claims he was attacked by "Antifa", but I saw little moaning from some about Charlottesville other than "they're pretty bad people, but the GOP isn't connected" because StrangeSox was trying to connect them. Which he did a little too strong and said as much. Yeah, I gave the same "they're pretty bad people" argument against the Antifa portrayed in this video. They're pretty s***ty people. But at least they didn't kill or maim someone. And if anyone calls the contents of that video an attack, well, we've got a lot to go through before that. Again, you've turned this into a partisan issue when it's not one. Am I allowed to beat someone's ass cause they were "annoying" and justify it by saying some random right-wing psychopath ran down an innocent person with their car? Think that defense would hold up in court? It's completely absurd and I'm not sure why you're still trying to connect scummy behavior by liberal prostestors to the Republican Party. You realize TaylorStreet is a liberal right? You realize I'm a liberal right? You're "the Republicans have done way worse" argument isn't going to work here because we aren't defending them. We're simply calling s***ty behavior regardless of political affiliation.

QUOTE (Quin @ Aug 21, 2017 -> 08:03 PM) Yeah. And I definitely contribute to it, that's incredibly obvious. But at the same time, here we are with a video that shows how mean Antifa (who didn't exist two weeks ago to a bunch of people now rallying against them) is. They even yelled at the guy (granted, they did seem like pretty s***ty people) and...carry him out? If it was a shove then it was the weakest shove to end all weak shoves. But then he was safely escorted out by polcice. Those violent, violent leftists. And they were 100% in the wrong. But this comes a week after showing how people really suck. James Fields running over a crowd of people and murdering Heather Heyer. A group of white supremacists beating Deandre Harris within an inch of his life with metal poles right next to a police station. That doesn't even include the neo-nazis and white nationalists that chant "blood and soil" while marching with tiki torches to protest the removal of a statue of one of the biggest traitors in American history. So to recap - guy gets yelled at and lifted/pushed out of a spot. Woman is killed, others significantly wounded and Nazis are marching and calling for the death of anyone who isn't pure like them. When partisanship means not equating the former with the latter, yeah, I'll be partisan as hell because the latter is a few goosesteps away from Nazi Germany when the President of the United States is somehow unable to condemn them until three days later. Because he wanted the "facts", which he didn't give a s*** about when it came to Barcelona and he started praising hypothetical war crimes while slandering the name Gen. Pershing. WTF. You're the only one here who tried to somehow connect this to the murder of Heather Heyer. No one else did this. So again, stop justifying someone's violent actions because someone on the other side of the political spectrum did something much worse.

QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ Aug 21, 2017 -> 07:22 PM) Not about right vs. left at this point. It is about right vs wrong. There is no argument. This is why the "hyperpartisanship" exists. You have a a large group of people who are saying enough is enough. You cant continue to socially and economically s*** on minorities and continue to get away with it, and then claim things like "reverse racism." The parallel to Nazi Germany in this country is staggering. No wonder a loon like Trump got elected Nope. Anyone defending the scum in that video is 100% wrong. Did you even watch the video? Probably not. I'll stand by what I said previously. It's absolutely pathetic that people here would try to validate violence by saying the guy was "annoying" or because a liberal protestor was run down by a right-wrong psychopath. But whatever, political affiliation is more important than moral behavior to some apparently.

QUOTE (Quin @ Aug 21, 2017 -> 02:23 PM) At least no one hit him with a car? Good god...the partisanship on this board is sickening.

Not the prettiest first two innings for Kopech. Hopefully he can rebound and put together a solid night.

I enjoyed the episode, but really thought several of the big 7 would die. Pretty lame that only Thoros bit the dust, which was fairly predictable. I guess the dragon makes up for that to some extent. And I hated how stupid it was for Jon to get stuck behind, not die from hypothermia, and to miraculously be saved by Benjen (who didn't need to die). The real issue with the episode is how ridiculous the timeline of events was. How many days would it really take for Gendry to get back to Eastwatch, for a raven to get to Dragonstone, & for Dany to get north of the wall? Seems like that would take multiple days and our little suicide squad would have been f***ed. I get the show has to take some liberties, but this seems pretty extreme IMO. I really hope the books has a different plan for getting the Night's King a dragon than this one.

QUOTE (WBWSF @ Aug 20, 2017 -> 06:01 PM) Gonzalez pitched a good game for the win today. This will probably be his last start in a White Sox uniform. I thought we would get at least 2 more starts from him before the August 31 deadline. Now that Lester is on the Cubs DL , I figure Hahn will trade Gonzalez to his life long favorite team the Cubs. Older fans remember when Arnold Johnson owned the Kansas City As he traded numerous of his best players to the Yankees. It went on for years. It helped the Yankees maintain their dynasty in the 1950s and 1960s. I can't help but wonder if we're going to see the same type of situation with the Cubs and Hahn. He recently traded Quintana which should help them the next few years getting into the playoffs. I wouldn't be surprised to see Gonzalez go the Cubs either. Dude just STFU and take your insane conspiracy theories elsewhere.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Aug 20, 2017 -> 03:56 PM) People just suck. What ultimately happened at the end of that video? One of our babies was crying and I must have missed something.

Jameson Fisher has been awesome as of late. In his last 10 games, he'll slashing .333/.429/.667/1.095 with a 12% BB rate and a 17% K rate. This is great news given the upcoming OF glut in A ball next year and his age (turns 24 in December), as Fisher pretty much will need to be pushed to AA. Anyone hear how's developing the field?

QUOTE (Scoots @ Aug 20, 2017 -> 07:52 AM) Just curious...why is everyone so hyped on Gillaspie? Because he was a former 1st round pick & BA top 100 prospect. Unfortunately, he's done nothing this year to warrant such hype and I honestly believe Delmonico is the superior prospect at this point even if he can't stick in LF.

I don't see what Gillaspie has done to warrant a spot in our opening day lineup.

1. L. Garcia, CF 2. Moncada, 2B 3. Abreu, 1B 4. Davidson, 3B 5. Delmonico, DH 6. W. Garcia, RF 7. Anderson, SS 8. Narvaez, C 9. Cordell, LF

I'd move Hansen up to AA as well.