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How bad was the throw? Did not see it.

FWIW, Avi has his first year of arbitration next season.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 29, 2016 -> 09:39 AM) If they want to shut down Shields, I guess that's fine. But on a separate topic, I hope the next CBA addresses how rosters are used throughout the season, and the term "September Call Up" ceases to exist. There are 18 teams alive with 5 weeks left, and it's an absolute joke that rosters expand the final 32 days this year. The season needs to be the season from Day 1 to Day 183. The Union will not agree with you.

Heard Puig was put on waivers yesterday (Sunday). Have not seen it verified.

Rodon looks slimmer, looks to be in better shape.

Not just Birmingham. Top four teams in the system are a collective 95ish games below .500.

QUOTE (harkness @ Aug 25, 2016 -> 08:39 PM) Frazier really really has trouble making contact with the baseball... What do we do with him next year?

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 25, 2016 -> 06:55 PM) I'm sure he'll get a starter role somewhere Sarcasm, right?

Houston had Enron; Denver had Invesco and Sports Authority. All gone now.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 24, 2016 -> 08:36 PM) 0-2 hanger for homer number 2. Dumbest acquisition in Sox history I always thought the acquisition of Manny was the dumbest ever, but this one is much worse. I'm surprised the media isn't bashing Hahn over this one. Maybe they don't care.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 23, 2016 -> 11:21 AM) I would rather hold to account the person who agreed to the Samardzija trade than the person who chose to sign Melky. Who gives a s*** about the Melky signing? The worst case is that we wouldn't have spent the money or that we would have spent it on someone worse. The way the >$10M/year FA signings have been lately around MLB tells me that was a near-harmless move. Having Melky on the team has made us more ready to win than most alternatives. But Samardzija only worked in theory if the team was good that year, which seemed unlikely at the time to me and some others. Even if you were optimistic, it was still a risky move since you were betting on all the things that can go wrong in a single season. Worse, of course, was that the player acquired wasn't even very good. The good Samardzija, who lives in many Chicagoans' imaginations and memories, wouldn't have made the team a winner but would have at least provided some cover for the logic of the move itself. Instead we traded at least one MLB regular who was cheap and under control for a long time (along with a potential backup C and solid starting pitching depth) for a guy who pitched like ass for a year and left us with just a draft pick, though we can at least be thankful for that. Don't forget we got Mike Ynoa, because Hahn held out for him.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 20, 2016 -> 08:53 AM) If you don't care, why post? Now excuse me while I get off of your lawn. I care, Southsider. Probably just tired and frustrated when I posted that. You can stay on my lawn.

Matt Foster has put up great numbers for his 2 Rookie League teams. 20th rounder from Alabama.

Leury with a couple more hits. He needs a new agent.

When he was with the Sox, Shields taught him how to pitch.

Who cares?

This game is a tribute to Sox front office. No one cares.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 19, 2016 -> 10:28 AM) Interesting. Although your math is off enough that I'm noting it, it's provocative to note that his error numbers have gone down at the same time as his total defense metrics gotten worse. Given the dropoff with the bat also, left wondering if maybe there isn't a more specific physical issue bothering him all year that he's just playing through. all of which has nothing to do with your earlier post that Semien has improved a lot, which he has.

Greg, you just proved that you are smarter than Hahn.

Shields' trade value now at zero.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Aug 1, 2016 -> 11:36 PM) They should have traded him to us for Avi. Then LA would have sent Avi to AAA.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 1, 2016 -> 02:01 PM) Mired in front office incompetence. Why is David Robertson still on the roster?? Why are Miguel Gonzalez, James Shields, Melky, etc. still on the roster?? JUst saw Buster Olney on ESPN this morning reviewing yesterday's trades, and he closed with a bit on White Sox, saying they have a chain of command issue, which is a real problem. Unquote.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 1, 2016 -> 02:06 PM) Big get for struggling Giants (he's looking like he's getting healthy again). Wonder what the price was. Duffy. Go figure.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Aug 1, 2016 -> 02:06 PM) I don't understand the bafflement. I get that you guys think they should blow it up, but why are you shocked that they aren't? They're a .500 team with all of their core players controlled next year. They just decided to keep trying to build and win. I'm not saying it's the RIGHT decision, but it's not a confusing one either. Yeah, it is confusing. I've been shaking my head so much, my neck is sore. We don't know if Hahn is totally gutless, or if the ostrich owner took away his telephone privileges.

Is there an exemption for calling White Sox brass any really colorful names for their inaction this last week?