Chicago White Sox

QUOTE (Dunt @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 10:02 PM) It really sucks to be wasting all of Chris Sale's prime years like this That's why Hahn is correct to keep adding. Get a 3B & catcher and this team can be serious contenders.

I wonder how much longer Hahn will be cool with Flowers & Sanchez in the starting lineup. With the amount of high-paid regulars struggling, we can't tolerate a complete lack of offensive production at the bottom of the order. Flowers has clearly proven he's not an everyday catcher. Not sure if he'd be an improvement, but I'd give Kottaras a look in a part-time role. As for Sanchez, he's currently sitting on a .400 OPS. I don't care how good his defense is, he's a negative value player right now. I stand by claim that Micah Johnson should never have been sent down in the first place. But given that they clearly don't feel confident with his defense, simply split time at 2B between Beckham & Bonifacio (Gordon could play 3B against RHP).

This thread has a hole lot of stupid in it. Short of injury, there is a 0% chance we don't get a compensation pick for Shark if he leaves in the offseason. Second, he will not be a "5 ERA pitcher" by the end of the season. The guy's FIP is nearly a run lower than his ERA. On top of that, he's clearly performed below his talent level. The odds are incredibly high Shark will pitch significantly better over the remainder of the season. Last but not least, GMs aren't going to pass on a player simply because his stats are bad at that point in time. Teams will do their due diligence by scouting the player and project what he will have to offer going forward. If he's pitching well come July, teams won't care that he sucked in April & May. Furthermore, the supply of quality starting pitching will greatly impact his value to teams. Way too early to know with any level of certainty who will be available come late July or what they might cost.

And Sale's pitch count is quickly rising.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 09:09 PM) I don't believe Alexei had a chance there I agree with you on this.

Ugh, Chris battles this inning and gets f***ed by an infield single. This pathetic offense better get him second run tonight.

f***, definitely safe.

Please don't reverse!?

Another big f***ing strikeout by Chris.

That's a big f***ing strikeout right there.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 08:28 PM) http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?c...mp;ymd=20150608 2 homer game for Coats. Trayce homer. Thompson hit a second HR as well.

Not good right now. Need Sale to get out of this with one run or less.

Trey is having a very nice season. Has brought his K rare down to about 20% while maintaining a double-digit BB rate. The power numbers aren't quite there yet, but that should be expected of a 20 year old. While he may not crack the top 5 next year, he should be firmly entrenched in our top 10 if he can keep up his current performance.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Jun 7, 2015 -> 01:53 PM) I think the Sox genuinely see something in Drabek as a starter. Looking at his game logs, the Sox have kept his pitch counts to the 80-90 range so it seems they are slowly building Drabek up. Love how he is turning into a ground ball machine. IMO, Drabek is being groomed to replace Samardzija. Edit: figures I spoke too soon. Drabek giving up some hits in the fourth. Dear god no. Let's hope they have something more ambitious in mind to replace Shark than Drabek. If they can get him some starts later this season (if we're out of the race), maybe I could be convinced of him as part of a competition for the #5 spot next year, but under no circumstance should he be in our top four if we're serious about competing.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 7, 2015 -> 10:13 AM) This also gives the Sox a legit long man again. I would definitely DFA Noesi as soon as other options (Albers?) are available. Don't need two long guys in the pen and quite frankly Carroll is better suited for the role than Noesi if we did want two for some reason.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 6, 2015 -> 07:51 PM) Awful awful inning for Danks. Didn't give the team a chance at a comeback. Still a lot of baseball left, but getting four more runs is going to be difficult tonight. Also, I think we can alll finally agree that Danks is a lost cause. Dude is broken.

What a f***ing disaster of an inning.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jun 5, 2015 -> 11:51 PM) only 6.5 back 5.5 behind KC, which is all that really matters. Twins aren't a playoff team and will regress hard soon enough.

Absolutely huge win, gives us a solid chance to take 2 of 3, which is what we need to keep doing to get back into this thing. Also, props to Robin for taking Melky out of the 2-hole and pinch-hitting for Flowers late in the game. We're past the point of worrying about these guys' egos, wins are all that matter.

f*** a challenge, that's a win boys!

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 5, 2015 -> 10:16 PM) Yes! We're gonna win tonight. f*** the Tigers. Stop saying this s*** Greg, you are the ultimate jinx.

1st & 3rd, no outs, Abreu up. Let's end this s*** right now! No need to dick around.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Jun 5, 2015 -> 10:14 PM) Eaton should steal here. No f***ing way!

Robin, do not bunt!

Good speed aboard!!