Bananarchy

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jul 29, 2016 -> 07:30 PM) Yeah but if a GM is on the verge of dealing for him but is still not 100% sure it could sway his final offer one way or another. If a GM bases his opinion of an ace pitcher on one start, they won't be general manager very long.

Quintana escapes a double and an ugly error.

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Jul 29, 2016 -> 04:35 PM) trading Sale or Quintana to Cubs and watching either help them win the World Series would be the stupidest thing any Sox management person could do. not going to happen. Nor should it. You need to let that die right now. For the right package, you trade either Sale or Quintana. The stupidest thing any White Sox management person could do would be to let these guys reach the end of their contracts without moving them first.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 29, 2016 -> 03:26 PM) Not really a debate, Trout has way more value. Even at $30 million a year he's an incredible bargain. This. Trout is untouchable.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 28, 2016 -> 08:31 PM) Hawk has got to lose that Kansas city special line The White Sox have to lose Hawk.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 28, 2016 -> 10:26 AM) Profar has a career OPS of .685 so far. Gordon Beckham is .679. I don't know if it is injury related or what, but so far Profar has fallen very short of the hype. I believe he has struggled with a shoulder injury earlier in his career. I saw him at AAA Round Rock and he was easily the best player out there, but until this season he has definitely fallen short.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 28, 2016 -> 04:23 PM) Fulmer's had 2 bad games, I don't think it's fair to jump on the omgz he isn't ready bandwagon. I'd rather see him start in the minors than have him in the bullpen in the majors at this point.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Jul 28, 2016 -> 01:40 PM) Hope Chris can pitch well and get the win. I really would like to see him win 20 this year. A month ago that looked like a given...now? Mark Obligatory "Pitching wins are meaningless" post. Because pitching wins are meaningless.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jul 28, 2016 -> 08:02 AM) If they keep Sale and Quintana, they won't rebuild and will try to compete next year. You have to try if you keep them. Right. For all the control the White Sox have over Sale and Quintana, it's still only a few seasons. If the White Sox tried to rebuild without moving either pitcher, they would be bad enough to waste all of the control and squander player value.

QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Jul 28, 2016 -> 02:55 AM) I'm pretty confident they are standing pat or will make a minor selling move. I think they want to sell more but the buyers are being stubborn with prospects. Making no moves is a huge mistake for this organization.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 27, 2016 -> 10:03 PM) That game turned to s*** quickly. Oh well, we won the first two and you can't really expect more from a team mired in mediocrity. As a boring person once said, "We are what we are." 2-1 lead on the Cubs. Not bad. p.s. How come people were saying we won the Crosstown Cup after Game Two? Certainly they knew there were two games left? I didn't get that. There's an even number of games. Basically, if you have the cup and you win half the games, you "maintain" the cup. It's stupid. Important loss for us. This team is not going anywhere and we're better off not winning a bunch in a row to convince Rick Hahn otherwise.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Jul 27, 2016 -> 01:33 PM) Profar, Mazara, Tate and whomever else Texas chose to throw in for Quintana wouldn't get it done for you? He's not paying attention. That's a lot of major league talent.

Time for my annual, dang it just win. But we should sell. We may not, but we should

QUOTE (daggins @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 09:13 PM) Like that song, the White Sox won't get fooled again. Sell baby sell. Agreed. This team isn't playoff caliber. Sell.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 11:31 AM) James Franklin has shoved his foot so far down this throat this week that its going to be hard to rip it out. James Franklin is the coach Penn State deserves. Glad BOB found greener pastures in Houston.

Wish I could do more to help. Best of luck.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 09:22 AM) Yes I meant more when they feel they need for Garcia to bat. Which should probably be never

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 09:14 AM) Jose has been disappointing, no doubt about it. But even the 2016 version is an above average bat making below average salary for a 1B. He's been a problem because we expected him to be better, but Jose is not THE problem with this team. I would be down with him DHing a bit more often, his glove seems to have gotten worse. Jose in his current state accentuates the bigger issues with this team, but I agree he's not responsible for the lion share of the problem.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 10:53 PM) We don't really know that. They haven't committed to blowing it up. They're open minded and listening. That's all we know. What if they go 5-2 this week? They can easily change their mind and buy or stand pat. I was mostly joking. However, weekly records don't matter. What does matter is the number of games back. If the Sox go 5-2 and gain like 2 games in the division, you still sell. Reason being, you would have to go 5-2 for a long time to really get back into this and this team has shown they are incapable of playing at that kind of level.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 08:09 AM) Ricketts came across horrible on the radio today when talking about Chapman. I can't remember the last time an organization sounded good talking about a signing of this type. Blackhawks showed their behinds in the Kane scandal, Bears sounded like idiots in the McDonald thing, Cubs sound dumb as soup talking about Chapman. The only correct answer to any question about players and past issues is "We believe this move will help us win more baseball games" In this case, the real answer is "We needed a big time closer and the risk of having Chapman in a different NL contender is a risk we were unwilling to take"

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 11:23 PM) You gotta get Morneau's bat in there. Nailed it. There's just no excuse to have Garcia's bat in the lineup when Morneau is available.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 07:54 AM) Yes, we all know that Abreu is having a tough year. We don't need a new f***ing thread every couple days about it. I heard Abreu is having a tough year. Have you heard that yet?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 26, 2016 -> 01:56 AM) Sale is actually right. Robin had to have Sale's back on this. What if Sale would have hurt his arm wearing that s*** jersey? It would have come out that he hated the jersey and didn't want to wear it and somebody woulda been in deep trouble. Don't laugh. He hated the jersey. He might have gotten hurt that night and been able to blame whomever wanted them to wear the collars. You don't speak out of school on this. Throwing Robin under the bus is completely inappropriate.

I don't think Robin should be the manager, however you shouldn't throw your manager under the bus like that

Nothing says f*** the Cubs like saying "we know we won the season series against you but we are still going to blow up the team"