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DeAza or Viciedo should come up and Rios should at least sit, if he can't be sent down. Solutions? Teahen gets cut. Vizquel gets cut. Lillibridge gets sent down. Peavey goes on the dl. This is the big leagues boys some one has got to go and if not Rios then who? The guy leads a charmed life but he must be taken out of the lineup, and some one has to go to make roster room. Maybe Morel with Omar back at third, maybe Sale can go down to work on starting,Bruney? There are options. Poke holes in them all and no change is made.

QUOTE (Real @ Jul 21, 2011 -> 05:44 PM) It's easy to do this, too Either send down Lillibridge, or release Teahen. Bench Rios, and either bench or DL Dunn. Release Omar. Call up De Aza, and Viciedo. BOOM, WORLD SERIES. ........... De Aza and Viciedo should come up. Dunn stays, Lillibridge stays. Omar could be released. Can Rios and Teahen be sent down? Maybe we get lucky and some one claims them on waivers. Also another possibility is put Peavey on the dl. He is contributing very little and no one would question it. Can they lose both Omar and Teahen? The infield would be a little thin especially at short and third.

Piching wins and the white sox have the best in this division. White Sox pull away easy by the end. Ok I'm a sentimental Sox fan and probably dreaming, but............could happen.

I don't feel good when he comes in. Sale either.

There is plenty of blame to go around............Then again a little winning streak and there will be plenty of credit to go around. However, I am beginning to doubt whether that winning streak will happen this season.

Calling a sold game? so-so. A pretty good reciever? Yeah I think so. Can't throw anybody out? Absolutely! A good hitter? Grounds to second baseman more than any one I have ever seen. I also think he is a divisive personality in the clubhouse. Buerhle doesn't throw to him and he has had words with Peavey. He has a reputation for a reason.

Coopers' ok but over rated. If he fixed Thornton as he is given credit for shouldn't he give him a little repair this season.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Jul 21, 2011 -> 11:53 PM) Only Joe Cowley and his two diciples. What's holding this team back is the inability to hit the baseball and make adjustments at the plate. They don't score enough. A one or two run lead probably will not hold up all game. Must tack on a few runs on. Hitting especially timely hitting is the probem. Dunn is not going to the minors or getting traded. We are stuck with him for this season period. Possible roster solutions? Put Peavey [not very good right now] on dl and bring up Viciedo and dh him or Quentin. Jordan Danks or Deaza could play a better center and hit at least the .207 Rios is giving us, and he can go to minors. If some team claims him great. Same with Teahen. If necessary Lillibridge or Vizquel can go to make roster room.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 02:47 PM) I don't know why we'd want to dump Quentin. He actually can hit sometimes. Because they can replace him with Viciedo and not skip a beat [hopefully]. Using Carlos to get more in return than any other player on roster.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 17, 2011 -> 06:44 PM) I bet Ventura would be groomed to be our next manager. Larussa

The Sox got the breaks, the calls, and the bounces, last night [first game after break]. Maybe the second half will even out the first.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Jul 16, 2011 -> 04:34 AM) I hate to throw cold water on an upbeat post game thread, but Rios was O for 5 and left 7 men on base!!!!! If any team wants one of our pitchers, they'd better agree to take that Rios contract in the deal. I'm ready for a de Aza and Lillibridge platoon. And please, don't anyone dare post that "de Aza is not an everyday Major League hitter". How do you know? Based upon what, his 164 AB's, when he was 23? And, who says Alex Rios is? I'd be shocked if de Aza put up numbers any worse than Rios has. I'd take anywhere near de Aza's limited MLB production from last season over Rios, without even considering the money saved. For me, the question isn't whether I'd prefer de Aza to Rios. The question is; what GM would be dumb enough to take him and that contract? Besides K. W. Moreover, with de Aza in CF, you have your lead off hitter to replace Pierre. Then you have room for Viciedo. Please someone, take Rios and put us all out of our misery!!! All they can do is win games. They won against a top pitcher and I read pessimism and negativity. One game does not win a championship, but they won damit. Is that not enough. One win at a time is all they can do.

He has been more selective. Laying off the high heat and the low outside slider. He has looked better recently.

Of course we didn't get him to be a setup guy but you can't make him an ace simply by paying him. Maybe after 18 months post surgery or down the line he gets it back, but now his best contribution this championship season is a few innings at a time out of the pen.

Trade him now while he still has some value. An average reliever starts next year and becomes an average starter what is that worth? He is still a hot prospect now and could give us a bat especially in a package for a push this season. 5 games out boys! C'mon lets go!

Anything the Sox get from Peavey is gravy. Assume he can't pitch and if we get a few good innings from him great. I said a long time ago ( and was scorned on this site for it ) but still believe he is better suited to bullpen status.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jul 13, 2011 -> 09:18 AM) Let's face it. Peavy is going to be one of those elderly people who breaks their hip in the shower. Why wait?

Lets see, the Sox usually get washed up, coming back from bad injury or never fulfilled promise. So how agout Giambi, Morneau, and Milledge? Oh thats right we already got Milledge.

5 games back at the break with a veteran team. Lets not read the eulogy yet. Detroit? Cleveland? Minnesota? Not exactly dynasties.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 04:41 PM) Than it should have been called the 13 plan....but it wasn't. You can't sell one thing and deliver another. Just as McDonald's can't sell you a chicken sandwich and than give you a bun with a hamburger in the middle.....the White Sox can't sell you an Ozzie plan and than deliver Gene Lamont. Sure they can.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 12:54 AM) How about making Walker the manager and they would have to get a new hitting coach. He would do both

Win tomorrow and will be 5 days in a row without a loss!

You know whats coming here...........If Coop couldn't fix him he must be worthless!

Phegly?

If a change comes it will be after the season. They aren't so far behind that they can't stay "all in" the rest of the way. I wouldn't mind seeing it but I very much doubt it. A rebuild with a new manager is appropiate after one last hurrah the second half.