Chicago White Sox

I feel like we rough up Montas tonight

I’ll say it now, but let’s pull him before the third time through the order.

Fully agree.

I get Burdi has been horrible, but dropping him over someone like Rutherford is crazy to me. Also, with Collins falling apart, Madrigal traded, and Rodon potentially leaving after this season, perhaps Hahn shouldn’t have been hyping all those 1st round contributors.

Any Eloy ? would be nice right here

People are trying to use a bad two week stretch from Kimbrel as proof that relievers are volatility, but when in reality baseball players in general are volatile.

Everyone has a bad two week stretch over the course of a season though.

Let’s make this fuck pay Vaughn!

Nice recovery Lucas!

Especially against a RH

These home runs are getting out of control. Dude is still striking out guys like crazy, but not going to matter when he gives up a killer bomb come October.

JOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He’s a near certain HoF reliever. He wasn’t good in a partial 2019 season after missing spring training and wasn’t good in the 1H of a shortened 2020 season in a year where nothing was normal, but has been elite since then. You are literally overreacting to a bad 30 game stretch and it’s absolutely ridiculous. For someone I consider to be one of the smartest posters on this board, I literally can’t fathom how you can’t connect these dots, even if I respect your view that we overpaid for him.

Stop acting like he’s some average closer, he was legit the best reliever in baseball when we acquired him and he has a HoF track record. No one gives a shit that he had a bad 1 1/2 year stretch, he’d get paid based on his projected future value. It’s very apparent you didn’t like the trade from a conceptual standpoint and are using any bad appearance by him to try to prove your point. You are better than this Ray. The dude would have gotten paid a lot more than 1/$16M this offseason if he were a free agent and it’s not even a debate.

You can’t get a closer like him on a one year deal at his price

Stable at 98 MPH?!? That will fucking work!

I’m not convinced of that, a major payroll increase is coming and we can’t really afford to give up quality relievers.

They are 100% picking up the option

Kimbrel has sucked so far

Fuck…Collins battled at least

Need at least one here

Parkman claiming all of Cease’s improvement this year was likely due to spyder tak has got to be an all-time Soxtalk take.

Nice to see Gonzalez & Sanchez get called up and product immediately after Popeye & Mieses were promoted.

Probably a mix of both. As disappointing as they’ve been, the reports on Dalquist’s stuff sound super promising and Thompson has been pitching much better of late.

I’m fine with him as our #4 starter October, but would definitely have a short leash. I don’t disagree with some of the frustration you have for him, but he’s so much better than last year and I doubt any other team will have a better #4 option in the playoffs. And honestly, hopefully he’s not making more than a couple starts in the playoffs anyways.