Chicago White Sox

He looks safe to me, still worth the challenge. Either way, just an embarrassing effort on that play.

You better challenge that Robin!

Shark, we really need you to hold them to six buddy.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ May 11, 2015 -> 07:57 PM) It was worth a shot. Sometimes I have magical voodoo. I enjoy the optimism, but this team does not respond well to positive predictions.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ May 11, 2015 -> 07:53 PM) Abreu will go yard here. You god damn jinx.

I was one of Semien's biggest fans on this site, but it's impossible to judge the trade until after the season. First, we need to see if Shark signs an extension and for how much. If not, we need to see what we end up getting for him, whether it's prospects via trade or a comp pick. Second, it's way to early to draw any conclusions on Semien as a major leaguer, although I obviously believe in his bat.

Shark may be a more selective hitter than half our lineup.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 11, 2015 -> 07:43 PM) Hard to overrule this one IMO. Evidence does not seem conclusive. God you are one dumb f***.

Hard to overrule this one IMO. Evidence does not seem conclusive.

f*** yes Soto! Nice work Micah! This game is far from f***ing over!!

This offense needs to start scrapping together some raps ASAP.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ May 10, 2015 -> 10:34 PM) I don't agree with that but if true it's a terrible mistake, the whole including the Golden Company and Aegon's attempt at conquest is a great storyline that should push Dany back to Westeros. I don't think they would exclude him. Let me clarify, the Aegon we know from the books will be cut IMO. My guess if they've merged the character into Trystane.

WTF, Jorah with grayscale? I think it's safe to say Aegon is not happening.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 10, 2015 -> 05:35 PM) Hawkins' homer. http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?con...83&sid=milb That was awesome.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 10, 2015 -> 02:19 PM) Nothing like having a weak hitting 4th outfielder that struggles defensively. Another massive blunder by Hahn. I agree on Schuck, doesn't really excel in any one area that would be useful for a bench player.

Need Johnson to get back on track today. The velocity has been promising, but his control has been pretty bad the last few starts.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 10, 2015 -> 12:14 PM) At this point, it needs to be Danks, Samardzija, Sale, Quintana, Rodon, with maybe a spot start on May 22 and 28 for Noesi and Carroll. That works for me. Wonder who they keep as the long reliever, as I don't see roles for both Noesi & Carroll once Rodon is in the rotation for good.

QUOTE (b-Rye @ May 10, 2015 -> 12:00 PM) This team is under 500 with flowers, micah , and Connors defense. Way too many errors and miscues. This team needs a fast lead off man, Gordon at 3b, a defensive catcher, and Sanchez at 2b. They need to manufacture more runs at top of order, having Eaton on 1b or bases empty is killing this team. Cabrera and abreu should have 2x the rbis. If the top of order gets going , you can win a with Beckham's offense over gillaspies. Micah needs more time in minors, flowers will never be able to throw out a base stealer or stop pitches. Conor is a 1b/dh who should platoon with laroche or be a bench bat. Why does Micah need more time in the minors exactly? Other than a complete lack of power, his offensive numbers aren't bad and he hasn't looked overmatched IMO. Defensively, I actually think playing alongside a professional like Alexei may be better for his development. It takes time to turn prospects into quality major leaguers and Micah appears to be on the right path. I have no reason to believe Carlos wouldn't require a similar learning curve, which we somewhat saw last year.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ May 10, 2015 -> 11:12 AM) Rodon and Carroll should both be in the rotation. No way in hell Carroll should be in the rotation. His value comes as a long reliever/spot starter. Rely on him for six or seven innings on a regular basis and he'll get beat up just as badly as Danks & Noesi.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 10, 2015 -> 11:16 AM) This line up blows. Why is Emilio leading off? Lol Yeah, why isn't Micah playing today? Does he really need two games off in a row?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 9, 2015 -> 08:09 PM) ????? Our opening day payroll in 2014 was $91 million. Our 2015 opening day payroll is $118 million. According to Forbes we made $32 million and we increased our payroll by $27 million. And if you're counting on any of those names you listed to fill a solid spot on a competitive team as a rookie, well I'm not going to buy that at all. The only way this worked was for this team to at least be competitive enough to sell a bunch of tickets all year long in 2015 and really sell the fan base on winning in 2016. Lol, well I'm idiot. Should have double-checked those payroll numbers. I will stand by my comment that you can't simply rely on prior year revenue when looking forward, but you're right, the financial situation is not nearly as rosy as I painted.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 9, 2015 -> 07:19 PM) So how are those holes going to be filled in between 2015 and 2016 when we have already committed over $120 million to our 2016 payroll assuming we pick up Alexei's option and most of the arb-eligible players? Unless we trade some people who are paid decently away we already have a greater committed salary in 2016 than what we have on the payroll in 2015, and that's with Samardzija walking. How are those holes filled when we have literally no money to spend as it currently stands? As always, I'm intrigued by your access to the Sox's financial projections. If your assumptions are solely based on Forbes, apparently we made $32M last year in OP and barely increased the payroll this year. So that right there gives you a decent amount of money to play with. That also assumes there are no new revenue streams for 2016, which is definitely a possibility but something you'd have no knowledge of. We also don't know yet if any internal candidates will be available to fill some of our holes. Sanchez, Davidson, Thompson, hell maybe even Kevan Smith could be pushing for jobs by the end of the season. Way too early to tell at this point, which is exactly why none of us should be jumping to conclusions just yet. Too much baseball left to know exactly what we have in place for next year.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 9, 2015 -> 06:32 PM) What has he done to deserve to keep being a GM with this team? This is a big payroll for an awful team. 15th ranked payroll in baseball and which big salary guy do you expect to suck all season? Our team sucks because the entire team is vastly underperforming and we have a couple major holes that weren't filled. The only guy who is definitely a waste of payroll dollars is Danks. I think the problem is that you think this was an "all-in" season when it never was. Hahn's goal was to improve the team on paper and get it closer to a legitimate title contender in 2016. I think pretty much everyone agreed his offseason was a success in that regard. I'm not going to blame him just yet for the entire team sucking at the same time. We were all aware of the holes on the roster entering 2015, which would have impossible to fill in one offseason, so to can him for that would be incredibly short-sighted.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 9, 2015 -> 05:39 PM) Dream scenario is that Hahn/KW/Ventura/Cooper all get canned after this year. Twice now in the last 5 years where the team went "all in" and completely laid an egg. You really want to fire Hahn already?

IMO, the team needs to take a chance on a different catcher. I don't care if that's Kottaras or even Kevan Smith, Flowers has proven he is not starter material.