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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 23, 2015 -> 01:24 PM) So move cost controlled young assets for a rebuild? Huh. My thoughts exactly.

Sale and the Royals.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 23, 2015 -> 12:33 AM) Poor relief pitchers/closers. Almost all of em suck after a couple years. Even the Royals' closer now has been on the DL this year and some are calling for Davis to replace Holland. It's a no win job. You will suck after a couple years of greatness unless your name is Rivera. Exactly. Which is why no one should be upset that we traded an arbitration-eligible reliever for a good 3B prospect, even if that prospect busts. It's worth a shot when the alternative is Connor Gillaspie.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jun 22, 2015 -> 12:25 PM) Honestly, I wouldn't even trade Danks for Castro. Wait, what? Are you serious?

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 22, 2015 -> 11:09 AM) They really have a month left to get hot. If they don't get hot right now, then some players will get traded, and they'll simply not have enough talent the last couple months. I'm all for them going 18-10 the next 28, but the bats are just dead. We'll see what the next few weeks bring. They really have about two weeks, IMO. The way the SP market is unfolding, the Sox need to strike first with Samardzija.

Jesus f***

If you can't score two f***ing runs, it doesn't matter when you pull the pitcher.

They're going to trade Jeff Samardzija and maybe a reliever. Everyone else is going to be expected to play better next year.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 11:34 AM) Under normal circumstances (i.e. 2014) I would totally agree with Shys. It's no longer normal circumstances. We're now staring over an abyss, that makes more drastic responses something we need to consider. No we're not, lol. We're already IN a rebuild. Just because a bunch of guys are having s***ty years doesn't mean you blow up again. Samardzija will be traded or QO'd for a pick, Melky will bounce back to some degree, and Robertson and LaRoche (though the latter has been slumping recently) are fine. Eaton will bounce back. Should be another eventful offseason. Fortunately it looks like Rodon is here to stay, so our top three starters are affordable and locked up. Danks has another year so that is what it is. We go into the offseason searching for a #4 starter, 3B, and C. We'll still have a bunch of strong bullpen pieces in place. Danks remains the only albatross and he's only got one more year.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 12:22 PM) Pitchfork crowd....not pacified in the least. (Although we have proven one thing, that we can rehabilitate guys like Humber and Noesi, to a point...only to dump them for nothing in return but the loss of that valuable playing time and experience which SHOULD have gone to a long-term solution from the minors but couldn't since there was nobody ready in the minors.") Shudders thinking of Carroll facing the Rangers the way they're going right now, which is probably why they want to protect Rodon after his last outing. "Good luck Jamie, take one for the team, buddy!" Where's that long-term solution?

QUOTE (MEANS @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 11:19 AM) Carrol up, Noesi DFA'd Welp, that should get the wins rolling in.

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 10:00 AM) Let's use LA for instance. You are at least asking for a package starting with this: Corey Seagar Julio Urias Joc Pederson Howie Kendrick His point is that LAD would never do that, so this is a pointless discussion.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jun 17, 2015 -> 04:31 PM) FIRE SOMEONE DFA SOMEONE OTHERWISE YOUR ASS SHOULD BE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK.

O/U Runs scored by White Sox tonight: 0.5

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 10:14 PM) In his 3 pre Steroid seasons he was 68, 94, 77. Evidence to support my claim.

Whatever

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 01:19 PM) How long does he have to be this bad before we use that term? 4 months? 6? How much money would you like to put on him being worth 4+ fWAR over his full contract, which would be a significant overpay for that production level? Melky Cabrera is not a true-talent 52 wRC+ hitter.

Re-draft has Hoffman at #2, Schwarber at #3.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 13, 2015 -> 04:51 PM) What is Harrelson saying? Quietly steaming? "You can't keep giving them gift runs if you're going to put any kind of winning streak together." "The first rule of baseball..."

Alexei is the worst player in the league this year.

WHAT THE f*** IS ALEXEI'S PROBLEM? He's f***ing terrible. f***ing god f***! He's like a little leaguer this year

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 12, 2015 -> 08:25 AM) I'm a hater of the term "Hater". Please stop. I hate hate haters! www.youtube.com/watch?v=byTNVYOVxdQ

QUOTE (Condor13 @ Jun 12, 2015 -> 07:36 AM) I wanted to start the thread earlier (busy the rest of the day) to keep the streak going. I hope that's alright with everyone. Everything you do is alright when you're carrying our team through a winning streak.

The thing is, even if only Abreu gets hot, we're going to start winning a bunch more games.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jun 11, 2015 -> 12:41 PM) Avi somehow lost .2 fWAR last night. Sometimes I'm really not sure how the defensive metrics are working because was he expected to catch the ball in the 9th? That was a smart play keep the ball in front of you don't turn a single into a triple, even with a 2 run lead you just don't want to give away runs. QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jun 11, 2015 -> 12:43 PM) How does one defensive play have that much of an impact on his WAR? It didn't -- their defensive metrics only update every week or so, so you were seeing a change from several games that just got applied.