Chicago White Sox

What happened??

Eloy does NOT deserve an All-Star game appearance and you suggesting he does shows just how little you follow baseball.

Overreacting? Giolito has probably been the biggest positive development of the year and Ricky put him out there in a high risk situation for no reason. It’s absolutely inexcusable and fans have a right to be pissed.

Dude, the weather was terrible. You don’t send your ace out there in a 10-1 game when he’s already at 90 pitches and losing command in such a scenario. It was beyond fucking stupid and offered zero upside.

Just stop bro.

Just stop bro.

Renteria is an absolutely terrible coach. Zero reason for Lucas to be out there for the 7th when the weather is shitty and he was already starting to lose his command. What a fucking clown.

Can’t win a game if your offense doesn’t score runs or the bullpen blows a lead. That right there proves wins are more or less meaningless for evaluating starters (although still a fun stat to cheer for).

Jack, what specifically are you getting into it with your bosses about? Like I’ve worked for total assholes in the past and have been smart enough to keep my mouth shut. And yes, I know you have autism and maybe this is not controllable to some extent. Just curious if this is legit work stuff or other stuff, because I swear I recall you saying you got into a fight with a boss over politics which is just dumb as fuck.

Very respectable that you care for your company, but here’s what I tell my coworkers when this question comes up. The company may treat you well and want to see you grow it with it, but when push comes to shove the company will always do what’s best for the company. Loyalty is the important trait one can have IMO, but it’s got to be a two way street and corporate America can only do so much. That being said, the last thing you want to do is be a job jumper as that will eventually catch up to you. Doesn’t sound like the case here, so do what’s best for your career.

I’m a big Ron fan, but this is trolling at it’s finest. Renteria is a terrible manager, if the team is overachieving it’s not because of him.

The unwritten rules are dumb and Alonso is bad regardless of them.

I don’t think it’s been mentioned, but Lucas is going for win 10 tonight and we aren’t even at the 70 game mark! That’s wild as fuck!!

If you can get a top 150 prospect you do it.

I’ll be at the game with my son! Super fucking pumped for this! Don’t let me down White Sox!

But that doesn’t change the decision right now to simply move on from him. As has been repeated multiple teams, the dude is a sunk cost and we have better options available that warrant those at-bats. The chance of him getting hot enough for someone to take on his salary is slim to none.

What’s crazy is we’re a game under .500 and playing him neither helps in the short-run or long-run. Absolutely mind boggling and my guess is Hahn/KW sold the trade as a baseball move to Jerry and not the Machado sweetener we all know it was.

All those guys’ stock is down and I’d rather not trade any depth (which looks scarcer & scarcer in the upper levels) when we have fucktons of money. I get we’d all love a left-handed hitting, plus defensive RF but my I’ll take a talent like Ozuna for just cash than overpay for fit.

Realistically, I could see us adding three big name free agents next year in Wheeler, Grandal, & Ozuna. I know people here hate Wheeler for some reason, but dude has TOR stuff and will come much cheaper than Cole. McCann has been awesome, but Grandal is the best catcher in the game and I’m not passing on his left-handed bat. As for Ozuna, people seem to hate his defense (which isn’t good but better some here think), but I really don’t care if I can add his bat (which Statcast loves) and have Robert in between him and Jimenez. Based on 2019 performance, there is zero reason to wait on the other AA OFs and adding a long-term solution in RF is a optimal way to spend our money. Beyond that, I’d sign one high potential reliever like Betances (assuming he comes back healthy), a veteran swingman to serve as the #6 starter, and a stopgap for 2B like Kendrick or Forsythe. And I’d try to resign Abreu to a 2/$25M extension. With those additions you could have something like this next year. Garcia, CF# (Robert) Moncada, 3B# Jimenez, LF Ozuna, RF Grandal, C# Abreu, 1B/H (Vaughn) Anderson, SS Collins, DH/1B* Kendrick, 2B (Madrigal) IF: Sanchez OF: Tilson OF: Cordell (platoons w/ Collins at DH) BC: McCann Giolito Wheeler Cease Kopech Lopez (Dunning) CL: Betances (or similar FA) SU: Herrera SU: Bummer* MR: Burr (Burdi) MR: Fry* MR: Marshall (Hamilton/Hansen) LR: Veteran FA The pen would be a bit risky, but that team be a serious playoff contender IMO.

Puig won’t even be a top 10 free agent, so there’s definitely other guys that we’ll be in the mix for and likely land. People have gone completely overboard with their negativity.

It’s really concerning that our front office actually thought Nova would be decent in the AL.

Zero chance that happens IMO.

At some point you just got to start enjoying life and say “fuck it” to some extent.

If this is true, you got to start wondering if we’re doing something wrong on the development side that’s resulting in all these injuries. This is starting to get crazy at this point.

Exciting positional group, not a single pitcher who is 20 years old.