Chicago White Sox

Alright, I take back any nice thing I've ever said about Jordan Danks.

We are so f***ing lucky right there.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jun 2, 2013 -> 05:46 PM) Coop is Kenny's spy. No way he gets elevated to manager. Oh god, you must be Joe Cowley.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 2, 2013 -> 05:43 PM) You would have to think that is next. 25 years in the organization. He's due for his promotion...again. Let's hope not. Taking time away from him to actually work with pitchers is a bad idea.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 2, 2013 -> 05:37 PM) Yeah, that's exactly it. Weak.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 2, 2013 -> 05:34 PM) Caulfield-- I caught myself and remembered he missed time. Calm down dude. And Viciedo sucks. Yup, all 24 year olds that aren't Mike Trout suck.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 2, 2013 -> 05:20 PM) Viciedo on pace for a whopping 12 homers and 39 RBIs. (he was injured though) Dude, I keep catching you in these edits. And this is not directed a you, but people wanted to write off Viciedo coming off a 25 HR season as a 23 year old are crazy to me. Give him some time for Christ sake. One week ago people were sucking his dick around here, now some of those same people want to trade him. Baseball is not supposed to be over-analyzed on a daily basis.

I will say this, if we decide to punt this season, Danks should be in the lineup everyday one way or the other. While I don't think he'll ever become a regular, he has put up big numbers the last two years in AAA. He's the type of guy you take a look at in a wasted season.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 2, 2013 -> 04:31 PM) I see. So you're plenty willing to give time to develop to cheap trash from other teams with great minor league numbers, just not ones from the White Sox. Guys from the White Sox struggle, they need immediately replaced. Guys from the Royals struggle...hey, they're one swing away from turning it around! Balta, remember you never develop LFs, too easy to fill the position. However, finding a cheap 1B is near impossible so you have to try developing them.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jun 2, 2013 -> 04:30 PM) Absolutely. Without question, great minor league numbers, cheap contracts. Obviously an .853 OPS from Viciedo as a 22 year old in AAA doesn't qualify.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 2, 2013 -> 04:21 PM) Is Viciedo ever going to learn how to hit righties Wasn't he hitting righties when he came off the DL? Seems like he's just in a funk right now.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 2, 2013 -> 04:25 PM) Nothing like playing a strict platoon guy against a tough RHP Exactly, if you have to play him for some reason, at least bat him 9th.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 2, 2013 -> 04:23 PM) why do we have Casper Wells again? I think the question is why is he batting 6th against a righty.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jun 2, 2013 -> 04:11 PM) For all his struggles, he's still in pace for 35/90. There's nobody else in the organization who can do that. PK is killing us just as much, but there's no replacement for him either. RBIs is not a good stat to base his performance off of. It's always going to be heavily influenced by your spot in the lineup and how the hitters in front of you are doing. As for the HRs, what would he be on pace for if you excluded that three game stretch?

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Jun 2, 2013 -> 03:56 PM) You're being intentionally difficult here. Insert any player, I don't care who, who can put up league replacement level numbers against LHP. Example: Casper Wells' slash line for the last three years (almost 300 ABs) against LHP: .264/.349/.489 Yeah, you could platoon Wells & Danks and you'd most likely get more production.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 2, 2013 -> 03:30 PM) How could he take that last pitch? It just proves how he's finished. He'll run into a home run ball or two during the rare stretches his brain has him simply make contact and elevate but most of the time he does s*** like that last at bat. What a stiff. He's most definitely a stiff, that's for sure. I wish I had more opportunities to see him play when he was one of the most consistent players in the game just to understand what he's doing differently up there.

I literally hate Adam f***ing Dunn more than any player in White Sox history. More than Jaime Navarro, Wil Cordero, Scott Linebrink, Darin Erstad, & Todd Ritchie.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 2, 2013 -> 03:23 PM) I know he struck out but that was a pretty good AB by Viciedo in the first inning. Made him throw a lot of pitches. Agree 100%.

Tank battled but couldn't get it done. Oh well, now it's your turn to K Adam.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 2, 2013 -> 03:17 PM) With Konerko being out he kind of had to. Rios desperately needed a break Yeah, I guess these changes are unlikely to last past today, but they're still refreshing nonetheless.

Nice AB by Conor right there. Come on Tank. I will give Robin credit though for finally shaking things up.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 2, 2013 -> 03:08 PM) Lefties hit Parker really well and Gimenez is on the bench? Robin might use stats less than Ozzie based on some of his decision-making.

QUOTE (ChiSoxJon @ Jun 2, 2013 -> 01:35 PM) Aiming for mid-June, after minors All-Star break That's great news. At this point, even a half season at Kannapolis would have to be considered a victory for him.

Awesome. When's Barnum coming off the DL?

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 08:09 PM) Everyone that posts here has an agenda. Yours is further from reality than most. What's my agenda? I believe that the team can rebuild the offense in the offseason? That has nothing to do with refusing to acknowledge the failures of this organization since 2005. It's definitely been an ugly stretch for us, but let's not compare it to the Royals' epic run of losing. Once you opnely try to compare the two you've confirmed your agenda.