Bananarchy

QUOTE (Baron @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 02:27 PM) Hey maybe we'll be in the playoffs right before Chris Sale decides to leave. That would help. I'm pretty sure Sale won't decide to leave the White Sox. He has "trade deadline move" written all over him if the Sox continue to be bad.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 02:24 PM) The trade deadline couldn't have come at a worse time It kills me because he was the only player we had that had both trade value and a chance at a decent return. You can't trade Sale, he's irreplaceable. You can't trade Abreu, you'll never get face value.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 02:22 PM) Game. Most important games Sale and Jeff suck.. Sale is still amazing. Shark has had a rough season. Sure doesn't look like $100 million.

We should have traded Shark to Kansas City.

Ah KC Special. I hate Hawk.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 02:17 PM) Jeff can't do anything. Perfect pitches to hit Seriously. Jeff Danks.

$100 Million.

QUOTE (reiks12 @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 02:12 PM) New drinking game: take a shot every time Hawk says Kansas City Special Finish the keg when Hawk retires.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 02:06 PM) They need to get Saladino out of the 2nd spot, as he's not doing much of anything over the last 10 days offensively. Agreed. Having a hole in spots like that is killer. The 2 spot bats too many time for him to look that bad.

Offensive Swiss Cheese.

I'm unable to watch the game at the moment, but does it look like Shark has calmed down?

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 01:49 PM) Lol if he says he is ok then he was fine. You aren't going to take your DH out of the game in the 2nd inning unless he really can't do anything. He was clearly not fine. Looks like he just came back out after limping into the training room.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 01:44 PM) If anything it is a bone bruise, nothing structural so limping around the bases isn't going to hurt him further Thanks doctor, but at the very least you can't have him limping around the bases.

Jesus Danks yesterday and now Ramirez walks. Baseball is silly.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 01:30 PM) It actually is Few games are so important you let your best player limp around the bases. This is not one of them.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 01:29 PM) Jose killed that but he is hurting quite a bit Right. This particular game is not that important. Dude can't run the bases. More crap from a second rate coaching staff.

shoot. He doesn't look like he should be playing. Edit: He shouldn't be. That was a double.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 01:15 PM) He got plunked yesterday. That looked like Samardzija retaliation to me. I hope he is smarter than that. Retaliation is horrible for teams in Wild Card races.

Great, now Abreu is going to get plunked, just wait.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 12:56 PM) This should have been known already. Samardzija has always wanted to test free agency. He's looking for a $100 million deal and I think he gets it. If it comes to something like 5/$85-$90 million, then I could see White Sox getting involved. I'd rather spend that $$ elsewhere though and go with young rotation. When you look at the free agents for next season, i would be interested to see who would offer that kind of money. Yankees? Red Sox? It's a lot to pay for Jeff Samardzija.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 11:43 AM) Not comparing pitchers, but lets take a look at Kershaw's rookie season: 107.2 IP, 109 H, 52 BB's, 100 K's, 4.26 ERA Rodon: 80 IP, 86 H, 48 BB's, 87 K's, 4.84 ERA Again, not saying Carlos is going to turn into Clayton, but the talk about sending him down, he's an average prospect, ect ect is incredibly premature. Almost every redraft has Rodon going number 1. Smarter people that us seem to think he's a big piece of the Sox's future.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 09:44 AM) Wow, that's pretty crazy. We're really fortunate the AL is rough this season.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 12:19 PM) Small market teams like the White Sox have no business signing pitchers to contracts that average out to over 20 million a year. It's just stupid. They will get hurt or will get rocked at some point and won't be worth the dough. If they were willing to spend 200 million or more per season on contracts, fine. But not in the current climate of small market teams. Small market? Yeah, okay. The White Sox have deep pockets and a huge, sleeping fanbase. If the pitchers can win games, get butts in the seats, you pay for them at market price even with the bad money at the end.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 11:45 AM) Spending $20 million per year for a guy whose stuff has been declining the past couple of years would be a big mistake. That's the nature of pitchers, though. You have to accept that you're going to pay bad money at the end of his contract. But it's not a big deal, there's no cap.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 10:07 AM) The Yankees broadcast crew sure were impressed on the play, and also with Garcia's arm. People either forget or refuse to accept that Avi is 24 and still getting better. Another reason to take him over Viciedo.