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QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 28, 2014 -> 10:16 AM) 18 ER, not 49. I had no idea why a 7.11 ERA seemed as though it was "not terrible." OMG I used his year ER instead ... #dumb

we should add brooks.boyer@whitesox.com to the list.

slow day for trade rumors...

Looking at his statline for the last 10 starts... doesn't look all that great, but not terrible, either. 62 IP, 58 H, 15 BB, 1 HR, 49 ER, 33 K Regions Field suppresses power, so we'll see how he does in the more lively BB&T Park.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 27, 2014 -> 11:25 AM) I think Chris Sale is the best starter in baseball. He's dominating the AL. Say what?

Robin Ventura is definitely the worst manager the Sox have right now.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Jul 22, 2014 -> 02:02 PM) I don't think it's confirmed, but it's heavily rumored. I think Bungie's comment was something like they don't want to make you grind for dozens of hours to get to the good stuff. It also sounds like it's a "soft cap" in that you can keep adding skills and grabbing more powerful loot. Sort of the old line "the game doesn't really start until you hit the level cap." Once again, that's not confirmed, just what I've read on some boards. Its probably a lot like CoD in that getting the max "level" rank isn't difficult, but unlocking the extras is. I got to level 60 on CoD in a few weeks of online game play, but its mighty difficult to unlock everything.... for example the sniper "outfit" requires 130 kills with a chrome barrel rifle.

This explains why the hot stove has been so cold leading up to the deadline.

Chris f***ing Sale.

You know what I love about Jose Abreu... When he goes in a slump... its for a 3-game series and not 70 games like the rest of the Sox.

He's an exciting young player, who doesn't want to see him back?? Say wha'?

Anyone interested in one of Wilkins' bombs from tonight: http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?con...87&sid=milb I'm assuming they chose this one of the two he hit tonight since it went roughly 450 feet and almost left the stadium.

If an A-baller throws a no-hitter, and he's 25 year old, did it really happen?

Anyone else notice that Hawkins has 65 RBI? Yeesh.

When's the mound visit, Dr Coop?

John Danks' trade value FALLING

I'd imagine a trade for "future considerations" much like Jesse Crain last year.

I am super stoked for Taylor Thompson. Dude's been mowin' em down in AAA, time for a chance to see what he can do.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jul 19, 2014 -> 12:41 AM) Looking at some of the pictures with bodies in it is just heartbreaking. The worst one I've seen is the baby in the middle of a plowed field. Nothing around it for hundreds of feet.

Sounds like Adam Eaton... except Adam Eaton is earning league minimum and Castillo will sign a free agent contract at age 27. Pass.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 17, 2014 -> 09:20 PM) I got a feeling Phegley is a AAAA player but ya, he should be getting a look the rest of this season. Maybe they can put a sheet of plywood behind him to act as a "backstop"

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jul 16, 2014 -> 09:46 AM) This is true. If he feels healthy and doctors have told him he is, I'd choose this route. I'd play Indy ball and become a top 5 pick next year. I'd go to College and get laid like a Hawaiian.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 04:08 PM) Beautiful men can be smellfaces. Is a smellface someone who smells faces or has a smelly face? Is a smellface anything like a stinkfist?

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jul 15, 2014 -> 08:08 AM) Jesus, is there still people who think we got Eaton for Reed? I mean I know Davidson has had a rough year, but geez. Even so... if the trade was Reed+Santiago for Eaton, I am sure the Sox would still make that trade... hindsight is 20/20. I was pretty cheesed off when they traded Santiago, but now I'm all like "ya I'm just some dumb fan".

It likely makes sense for the Sox to "sell high" on any over-valued player. It also makes sense for the Sox to consider trades for any of their players they don't consider untouchable. If they project/profile Gillespie as a 300+ hitter at 3B, then so be it. Keep him. I don't see how a platoon/rotation/whatever of Davidson and Gillespie and maybe a verteran free agent for 1B/3B/DH would be a bad thing, granted Davidson needs to suck less and be more "prospect-ish" with his AAA shizz.