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QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jul 20, 2015 -> 08:43 AM) Ant-Man was fine. Pretty formulaic Marvel movie at this point. Had a few laughs, that you seen coming a mile away. Plot was bland. The action was fun and Paul Rudd was by far the best thing about the movie. Would have loved to have seen what Edgar Wright would have done with the movie. He obviously wanted to do something different with it and Marvel put the brakes on it. Eh, he wanted to go against the continuity of the MCU. When the franchise is 11 films deep and has their slate laid out, that's just not possible. Meanwhile Ant-Man was a fun ride. I expected Michael Douglas to phone it in on this performance but no, he really sold Hank Pym.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 20, 2015 -> 10:53 AM) Thought this was a very interesting read and Mark put together an excellent case for why we should be patient on Ramirez. I was expecting the stats to back up the fact that he wasn't hitting the ball hard, but it seems like, more then anything, Ramirez is going through some undue luck at the plate (driven largely from a low BAPIP and an even lower HR bat (despite having good exit velocities and typical line drive rates (compared to his career). While we have seen some defensive regression, Ramirez has made some major positive jumps in the defensive metrics over the past month as well, which would indicate a lot of what was going on defensively was mental (and for all I know, might have been a carry forward from some errors he took too rough and/or his offensive struggles). Given how much heat Alexei takes on here, I thought this was a good read and I agree on the premise. Unless another team was going to give us prospects betting on a Ramirez bounce back, their is far more upside in us keeping him and seeing him turn around during 2nd half (to justify bringing him back) vs. losing him for near nothing. Now if you could get an intriguing prospect, matters get interesting, but if we did that, we'd open up a major hole at a critical position wihle intending to contend. This would become a moot point of if we acquired a SS (or top SS prospect elsewhere) but Tim Anderson is still pretty raw and probably at least a year away (and maybe longer if we are talking about defense, an area of need), so while I think Anderson's bat could play next year and be ready, his glove at SS is a major work in process. Mike* (Eminor 3rd on this board). He raises great points about what exactly has caused Alexei to just drop off.

Ant-Man is fantastic. I've got Cap 2 and Guardians ahead of it in terms of MCU films, but after that it's in a three way tie with Iron Man and The Avengers.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 19, 2015 -> 10:25 AM) Gillaspie is a better hitter than Beckham or Bonifacio. And he can play 1st. Irrelevant when you have LaRoche and Abreu

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 19, 2015 -> 01:33 AM) I'm really down on Robin after today's game and this series. You guys that despise Ozzie ... he never would be this laid back in search of getting back in the race. Robin doesn't pitch Robertson. WTF with that? Four innings to Jennings? Robin basically conceded ANOTHER game. No urgency with this guy or this team. Letting Jennings pitch another inning was suicide for the White Sox team on Saturday. Robin also pitches Danks and Shark in the DH instead of Sale/Shark. No sense of urgency to tell the Royals "for once we are going to f***ing kick your ass." They save Sale for "another day." Very sad. This team has no competitiveness and it starts with Robin. You guys asked to get rid of one guy who would go down screaming/fighting/clawing if the Royals came to town and he was in charge: Ozwald Guillen!!!! 2007, 2011

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jul 18, 2015 -> 05:47 PM) I am sure they are trying to trade Connor as we speak rather than just designating him, but I can't imagine anyone is beating down the door. Considering they got some moderately interesting names in Blackmar, Chalas and Almonte for Beckham and De Aza, I'm sure they can find an interesting A-ball flyer.

f***ing s***.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jul 18, 2015 -> 03:56 PM) I'd rather DFA Beckham than Gillaspie. Gillaspie a better pinch hitter, better hitter, hits LH, etc. He's not great defensively but Saladino and Beckham are too similar. I just want to see how Saladino handles the league once they have a scouting report on him. Argument against: Neither are great hitters, Beckham is a better runner and vastly better defensively. Shuck and Bonifacio provide lefty hitting off the bench. Conor just doesn't make sense unless he's starting.

On today's date, this White Sox traded Doug Drabek and more. http://www.chicagonow.com/soxnet/2015/07/t...x-history-0718/

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 18, 2015 -> 05:31 PM) People tend to forget that Shuck finished 5th in 2013 AL ROY voting- he hit .293 for the Angels. 2014 was rough for him, as he hit .145 in just 110 ABs. This year, he's at .288 in limited playing time. He's always getting us clutch hits, but he's stuck behind Eaton, Cabrera, and Garcia in the outfield. Does he deserve more playing time? I'd start rotating him.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 18, 2015 -> 05:28 PM) Really hating not having that extra man in the pen right now. My guess is Hahn is seeing if he can get an A ball pitcher for Conor.

Absolutely perfect read by Adam.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 18, 2015 -> 04:14 PM) THE LEAST LIKELY THING JUST HAPPENED Excuse you. QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 18, 2015 -> 03:46 PM) The elusive Carlos Sanchez walk

ALEXEI!!!!!

Saladino is so smooth defensively.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jul 18, 2015 -> 03:10 PM) Looking more and more like Crain will never pitch again. I have a feeling he's going to become a pitching coach in the org.

Runs! Now come on Tyler!

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 11:37 PM) You could be right, but I see Saladino being sent down. Conor was a golden boy entering this season. He was supposed to be OUTSTANDING for us this season. Can't see them pulling the plug. Wait, what? 3B was targeted as one of the glaring holes. And I had more confidence in Conor than most.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 11:30 PM) For once a guy is off to a good start stat wise in his debut with the Sox! Of course Abreu last year killed it from the start, but usually guys suck out of the gate with the Sox. But he'll probably be sent down because you can't send down Beckham and they won't want to admit failure on Boni and eat the cash. Who else could get sent down? Maybe DL somebody. You got to admit, Flowers and Danks are not as bad as many think. As far as the thread topic ... four runs in 2 games?? Sure you'll take a split. Of course the Royals only got four runs in two games as well. They'll take the split. The writing is very clearly on the wall for Conor.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 10:50 PM) I wasn't able to watch the game, can a brother get some Saladino highlights from the day? 2-4 with two singles at third in game one. 1-2 with a sacrifice at SS in game two. Got caught stealing on a perfect throw by Perez, but had a good jump. Played good D at both positions. Nearly beat out a throw at first.

Is Danks our Bruce Chen?

Love when Robo shuts the door

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 10:14 PM) Darn guys, you made me look up some Danks outings. July 3 vs. Balt: 7 innings, NO runs. June 17 vs. Pitt: 7 innings, 5 measly hits, three runs. a bit farther back May 31 vs. Houston: nine innings, 0 runs. May 16 vs. Oak: 7 innings, 3 hits, 2 runs. May 10 vs Cincy: 7 inns, 6 hits one run. Now coupled with tonight, 3 of his last 5 outings were DANDY. Seriously, he's no Phil Humber; he's no Carroll. He's not batting practice, folks. He's still coming off that injury. Just cause he makes a TON of money don't hate on this player. Then if you go back two more starts, it's only three of his last seven. Then four in his last 10.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 10:04 PM) How come nobody ever cites the lines in his good starts? Because when combined with the rest of his starts, it still looks really bad. But tonight, he battled. I still think he'd be best served as the long man in the pen, but tonight he turned in a good one.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 09:48 PM) Isn't Montas like a double A pitcher? Eh, so was Q. It's not all that out of the ordinary. Also, thank you Rios!