Bananarchy

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jun 1, 2016 -> 10:28 AM) I told everyone this the day we signed Rollins But in all seriousness, the fact that we all knew that Saladino > Rollins so early is pretty sad. Rollins for $2 million was a gamble, but you can't give him to an idiot like Robin. Period.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 31, 2016 -> 09:30 PM) Rangers are going to have to think long and hard if they want to trade Profar and Gallo for another starting pitcher. Tough call. As long as they're in 1st place, they won't have the pressure to do so. But the Mariners are giving them a run for their money so far. Depends on what they want to do with CF. If Profar can seriously play the position (i have my doubts), they probably won't move him. Also, the bigger thing if you're the Rangers is what to do with Prince Fielder. He has that big contract, but that's not a reason to play him if he's bad.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Jun 1, 2016 -> 09:53 AM) Why are you comparing the Sox and the Cubs though as if they are in the same division or even the same league? There is no correlation other than sharing the same city. Because Soxtalk. Apparently most people here can't take the ribbing they get from Cubs fans around the water cooler.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 1, 2016 -> 10:03 AM) Baseball is so different than the other sports. There's so much going on during the game fast in football, hockey and basketball. In those sports I think the coaches just have much more going on than the fans realize and don't have time to crunch probabilities, and may have planned for a specific action in the week and it biases them. In baseball, they have plenty of time to decide their actions, but I also think there is so much in game planning and prep in baseball that we don't see, and that's their bias. They planned for certain scenarios because of player health or play, and even if it's blowing up in their face in that game, this was what they prepped for as best case and will see through it. It feels like in football (most football teams waste 4th down by punting when they really shouldn't) there are a couple of situations similar to baseball, but overall you are right.

Depends whether or not we feel this team is for real as a post season threat. If this team continues to be terrible, anything is on the table, IMHO. I laugh when people call this trolling. It's a fair question.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jun 1, 2016 -> 08:58 AM) Where is sox weakness at SS or 2b? Center field. The bat is what excites about Profar. 23 year old potential centerfielder and a potential upgrade over Rollins/Saladino. I'm just throwing it out there for discussion.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Jun 1, 2016 -> 08:41 AM) Theyd probably want pitching since that seems to be where they have weakness That's a good point. In fact, Profar wouldn't be a centerpiece of a trade at this point. I would expect TEX goes after a big name pitcher and sends back Profar and something else. Not sure we have what they want because they're in "win now" mode.

The Rangers are in a bit of a predicament. They have Elvis Andrus with a big contract and Jurickson Profar has torn it up since coming up from AAA Round Rock during the Odor suspension. Andrus likely isn't going anywhere (Rangers have one of the best defenses in the game) and Odor seems overvalued at the moment, but what would it take for Hahn to put together a package for Jurickson Profar? Admittedly, I can never predict what trades will happen, so I'm appealing to the baseball minds on this one.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Jun 1, 2016 -> 12:14 AM) Ugghhh. Tooo many meatheadddssss!!!!! Pot calling the kettle black. You don't reward play like that by benching a guy.

Indians lose.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ May 31, 2016 -> 07:53 PM) Awwwwwwww yeah, its time for the White Sox bullpen! YOU GET AN RBI! YOU GET AN RBI! EVERYBODY GETS AN RBI!

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ May 31, 2016 -> 07:48 PM) Chuck GarfienVerified account ‏@ChuckGarfien Who knows when the White Sox will bring up Tim Anderson, but they've got a really good young shortstop right now--Tyler Saladino. How did Hawk get into Garfien's account?

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 31, 2016 -> 07:34 PM) And that's why they will beat the cubs again in October Harvey sucks against real baseball teams.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 31, 2016 -> 07:30 PM) To center? Trading him.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 31, 2016 -> 07:28 PM) Anderson 2-3, double tonight Steve Stone suggested moving him. I can't see us doing that with Rolling being so bad.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 31, 2016 -> 07:23 PM) Ian Desmond is good So is Adrian Beltre. And Nomar Mazara. Also Jurickson Profar looks great.

Rangers pounding Cleveland. 6-2

Rangers have hung 5 on Kluber and he's done in the 8th.

QUOTE (ronkark @ May 31, 2016 -> 06:47 PM) Reality check for those pushing Todd Frazier for the All Star game. Offense: HR and run production very good. Average: terrible. .219. No all star should hit .219. Defense: Made some nice plays but some have compared to Crede. Frazier let two go under his glove that lead to runs in last couple weeks. Then tonight: two errors leading to two runs. U-G-L-Y But still not as bad as Abreu. Don't cite average. It's a meaningless stat relative to those that matters. His OPS+ is 121.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ May 31, 2016 -> 06:25 PM) Because they are incompetent in running an MLB franchise. More accurately, you can't trust an owner in his 80s to run a baseball team.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 31, 2016 -> 06:01 PM) I predict he's fired on Monday if they only win 1 game or less on this trip. I would be overjoyed but it ain't happening.

QUOTE (knightni @ May 31, 2016 -> 12:24 PM) Credit scores are crap. The more in debt you are, the better your score. How does having less money to spend equal a better credit risk? Agreed they're crap, but paid debt is more valuable than anything really. Paid debt is essentially credit, and therefore improves you debt to credit ratio. Once you own a car and have a mortgage, credit isn't super meaningful, but I sympathize with those with bad credit. I encourage parents out there to co-open a credit card with their children and only use it to pay the cable bill or something along those lines. That's a huge benefit for them going forward and you don't have to give them the card.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 30, 2016 -> 06:06 PM) There is certainly a lot of truth in what you say but there still appears to be questions in the minds of a lot of Sox fans how much real power Hahn has. He takes his orders too remember. I'd be more willing to put more "blame" on Rick if Kenny and his ego weren't around. Since they still are I simply don't know if it is totally fair to put a lot of blame on him yet. Mark That's why they almost have to fire Kenny, too so there is no doubt who is responsible for the player personnel.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ May 30, 2016 -> 05:58 PM) I'm not someone who says "Kill the bunt". But I think each team only has like 2 or 3 guys who should ever be bunting. Light hitting speedy players, a pitcher, or your #9 hitter, whom is theoretically your worst hitter in the line up that day. Your 3-5 hitters should NEVER f***ING BUNT, EVER. I can get on board with this. I can't believe a manager would bunt with a slow player having a strong season at the dish.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ May 30, 2016 -> 05:42 PM) Greg, they were up 7-1, 5-1, and 4-2 in the Royals series. The bullpen holds and it's a sweep. It's absolutely hyperbole. Have you seen the NL? Agreed. We are just not that bad.