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WHERE ARE THE DINGERS?! I'm going to call it Dingerfest UNTIL I GET SOME DINGERS! The rest of you can call it SWEEPFEST! Tune in as this gentleman: Gets eaten by this gentleman: O/U -- Dingers, ever: 0.5

Aaaaaand the easy over takes it with 18 total Ks.

I no longer believe there will ever be any dingers again, but I'm titling it Dingerfest again simply because we're on a winning streak. For those so inclined, pretend it says K-fest instead. A candid shot of both of tonight's probables together: O/U -- Combined team strikeouts: 15.5

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 10, 2015 -> 09:27 AM) The title is wrong, Rodon has a 4.18 ERA and a 3.67 FIP My bad, I was glancing and accidentally used his projected ROS numbers.

The dingers will come today. The ones that were meant for yesterday will be added to today's occurrences. vs. O/U -- Combined team dingers: 3.5

You Unders won. One measly dinger.

QUOTE (kapzk @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 02:08 PM) Let's lock up Jeff in the offseason after trading him at peak value Fixed

Jeff Sullivan ‏@based_ball 20h20 hours ago White Sox position players in July have been worth 0.0 WAR, which is the group's best month of the season

We were not at all in the position to sign a mid-30's middle-rotation free agent starter at the time.

Looking like Grounderfest so far.

I'd be shocked if the Cardinals take LaRoche. He's not hitting nearly well enough for them to be willing to pay him $12m next year when Matt Adams is back.

Robin has "shaken" the lineup up so much that he has landed on a SABR-friendly Abreu to the 2-hole solution.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 10:16 AM) The ball was wet, It wasn't the greatest play, but he was pretty close to safe. It was a good throw. The tag was bad. Would have been interesting to see if the throw was off a bit. He might have been safe, or even out a larger margin. The only reason it was close was because the tag was horrendous, though. The ball beat him by a mile.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 10:09 AM) Don't mean to be a downer, last night was fun, but Avi's turn for second was so awful. Everyone in the stadium knew he had no shot. How many hits has he inexplicably run into outs? What stat shows that story? FG has a UBR (Ultimate Base Runs) stat that takes that stuff into account. No idea how it's calculated, but I would guess it's based on the linear weight values between the two potential outcomes in the situation, like how many runs would be added by taking an extra base vs. standing pat or getting thrown out. FWIW, Avi in 2015 has been worth roughly negative five runs, or negative half a win.

O/U -- Dingers off of Dickey: 2.5

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jul 8, 2015 -> 03:13 PM) But, ya know, it's a manager's job to read his team, and help them stay confident. Just one of RVs endless failings. Wouldnt be expecting any kind of "spark" from a firing, but it's an essential start to the housecleaning. Of course Robin has to go - his players don't respond to him in any way that helps their performance. This is obvious. I don't how Eminor, DA, or any otherwise intelligent poster can defend him. What aspects of the job, exactly, do you think he's performing well in? Aw forget it. Rhetorical. The only real fear here is that a FO completely lacking in accountability keeps a terrible Mgr around for another year after this, knowing that RVs failure is theirs too, because they don't have the balls to admit it. I'm not defending him, I'm just frustrated that everyone has concluded that he is the issue and that firing him will solve the team's problems. I'm not saying he's good, I'm just saying I don't think he matters. or at least there's no evidence to suggest he's causing this team to play poorly.

Didn't Hutchison destroy us last time he faced us?

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jul 8, 2015 -> 10:27 AM) Dude, I am not saying I don't want Hoffman, you take the best player available, but my point is that the Sox should be targeting guys that can help on the offensive side. Our pitching rotation is in pretty good shape now and looking forward. I'm not sure I agree. I mean, I do agree that they need offense MORE than they need pitching, but the system is exactly loaded with surefire pitching prospects. 1. Sale 2. Quintana 3. Rodon 4. ??? 5. ??? Going forward, you have Fulmer who you feel really good about. Spencer Adams who you feel pretty good about, but it much more of a crapshoot. Erik Johnson is gravy at this point. Montas is still more likely a reliever than a starter. Next on that depth chart is Scott Carroll? JP Wendelken at some point? I don't know, I think we could really use Hoffman. We certainly don't have anything close to the depth to start looking away from pitching prospects when they're the best players offered,

O/U -- Dingers allowed by John Danks: 3.5

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jul 8, 2015 -> 09:56 AM) Sox need hitting. I wouldn't mind taking back a pitcher, but the Sox excel at developing pitching. They should trade for offensive players! Dude if the Jays offer Hoffman, we should either accept before we get off the phone or hang up immediately and asssume something's wrong with him. Reports on Hoffman since he's come back have been nothing short of glowing -- he's almost definitely the top prospect in that system.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Jul 7, 2015 -> 09:41 AM) Would you guys trade Shark, Putnam, and Duke for Judge and Sanchez? I would. Absolutely.

QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ Jul 7, 2015 -> 09:38 AM) I'd do that 1 for 1 also. In fact, I'd take that over most of the projected Blue Jays packages. I agree. Their top pitching prospects all have too many pundits predicting them ending up in the bullpen.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 7, 2015 -> 10:08 AM) I think Robin is the anti-Ozzie. I believe after a while, everyone just quit listening to Ozzie, because the routine wore thin. But the one thing Ozzie always did was to take pressure off of the guys by front-running the media. Honestly, I am not sure if it was on purpose, or Ozzie buckling under the pressure and saying something stupid... but it always happened. Robin is the opposite. I think the guys really like him and respect him, but his personality doesn't dictate him taking away attention from everyone else. That allows the pressure to flow to the team, that didn't under Ozzie. Instead of tuning out Robin, they try harder and hard. The guys try harder to break the slump, and put too much pressure on themselves. I see the pressure all of the time. The last time that comes to mind was Sunday against the Orioles on the back to back errors in the 7th/8th inning. Jennings gets a comebacker, instead of relaxing and getting at least one out, he rushes the throw, throws it into the ground, Sanchez can't catch it, everyone is safe. Next play Sanchez tries to hurry and turn a double play, instead blows the play, can't get any out. Both were trying to get two outs, before they got the first out. While I never want to see Ozzie back as a coach or manager here, I would love to see a personality LIKE Ozzie's in the lockerroom to keep things loose. So maybe we need a charismatic bench coach.

Judge has helium. The Yankees love him. I'd trade Shark for him 1 for 1, but I highly doubt Judge is on the table.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jul 7, 2015 -> 10:08 AM) Sanchez is still a project defensively and the bat has not developed the way it was projected to, so he would be a good throw in at this point. If he is the headliner you need to be getting some high upside low level guys along with him. A package like Sanchez, Miguel Andujar, and Domingo Acevedo would be intriguing, though substituting Jagielo for Sanchez would make more sense. Acevedo is nasty, I've had the chance to watch him (because he plays for the team I work for), though it's admittedly tough to tell how stuff translates to higher levels when you're seeing them throw to Single A hitters.