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Sale is ALWAYS beat on his f***ing fastball.

And just like that, now Sale's control is bad. What happened!? It's like he's nibbling

Chris locating his pitches well thus far. Nothing hit too hard, either. I'd throw more changeups and sliders if I'm Sale, everything they've hit has been a fastball on the outside

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 05:48 PM) You also said the White Sox should blow their bonus funds on Martinez, and they have worked him out several times. So the opposite would be no interest. Sort of contradict yourself there. Not at all, they should blow their funds on Martinez.....but probably won't. It's that simple. The opposite would be to outbid a highly sought after talent and go over our budget which (as the linked I posted above suggests) they don't do.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 04:44 PM) I don't think it matters whether they are in the top 10 or not. they don't need to chase FAs. They need to stockpile young talent. And they have more players available to them to do exactly that with a higher draft pick.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 04:30 PM) I would love to have the Abreu money back. Signing Q and Sale to extensions, laughable. Drafting Rodon... You are right just do the opposite they will be so much better. I actually meant it in exactly the context I posted with, the White Sox are not actively drafting internationally compared to the league. The move we expect is for them to NOT be the highest bidder for this player. http://www.baseballamerica.com/internation...al-prospects-2/

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 03:18 PM) That's part of the story, but there is more to it than that. If you are going to blow through your limit, you need to make sure you have a BIG slate of talent who will sign if you do. What you absolutely don't want to do, is blow through on one guy, and miss out on the rest. That's the worst case scenario. So you not only need to make that decision, you need to have a bunch of deals reliably lined up before you make the leap. We're devoid of impact offensive players, if it meant blowing through our alloted money for one player who's a physical specimen......I'd do it in an instant. Just ask yourself what would the White Sox do.....and think the opposite. It'll be the correct move

QUOTE (bjm676 @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 12:41 PM) Blue Jays might complain about the lineup that's trotted out for the Sox. "I thought they were supposed to field a competitive team?" they might say. They may complain....until they realize what our competitive lineup looks like.

Anyone else not have a good feeling about Sale tonight? I hope he puts on his big boy pants and doesn't fall apart against a good offensive team

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 10:54 AM) It worked just fine in 2005. Yes, once it all cane together......10 years ago. What's sad to me is Minnesota last made the playoffs in 2010, conpletely dismantled their team, and in five years now are in a position to be in the playoffs. We've been trying to compete about every season since 2009, and are no better for it.

Dodgers don't need another starter for Sale's price, think of teams requiring pitching: Boston, Texas, Colorado, Arizona. Those teams are more feasible trading partners

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 01:13 PM) Montas, Micah Johnson and Avi are the 3 non-veterans that should absolutely be trade bait this offseason if they have value. I still wouldn't deal Montas. Judging from today he still has development left as a starter. His value isn't exactly low given his talent, but he definitely has potential and if I'm another GM im asking for him, hoping the White Sox think of Montas as a bullpen guy so they'd get him cheaper. Bring him up to Charlotte next season and have him develop a consister offspeed pitch. Perhaps he could lose a little bit if his pudge too

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 20, 2015 -> 03:36 PM) They're on their way to the playoffs. Personal stats like that shouldn't be that important to them. Again, they don't have to jeopardize anything with the team if he's giving the opportunity during a blowout. Maybe they're aware, maybe the care, maybe not. But if so it's not an unreasonable accomodation

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 20, 2015 -> 02:17 PM) Buehrle will need 14.2 innings his last two starts for 200. Not likely. Not likely, but not impossible. And who's to say he doesn't come out of the bullpen one day during a blowout for a few innings if he's short?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 20, 2015 -> 03:17 PM) Just goes to show you how bad we are without Jay. I'm curious what the tape indicates on that pick. People covering Bears were indicating Bennett was supposed to stop and the pick was on Marty. Looked like Marty was settling in and then he all of a sudden took off on a curl (not sure what the route was). Either way, if we have learned one thing this week...our secondary f***ing blows (and I am not learning that this week...I've been saying it all along) and Claussen is terrible. Either way, this year is all about getting the top pick and Connor Cook. Absolutely, the Bears would have been in the running for Cook with Cutler; without him we may as well lay down and draft our franchise QB.

I'd really like to see Montas start a few games this season. I know people are insistent on trading him or placing him in the bullpen, but I'd really hope they'd continue stretching out his arm to be a starter. Next season, around midyear, if he's dominating In tge rotation bring him up and find him a spot.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 20, 2015 -> 02:40 PM) This might be the least interested I have been in a Sox game in a very long time. It's the White Sox just being their irrelevant self in September, yet again.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Sep 20, 2015 -> 02:22 PM) One pick away from having a true building block on defense in Donald. That will sting for awhile. They'll be plenty of opportunities to draft building blocks next draft with how the Bears are playing

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 20, 2015 -> 12:57 AM) They have bad luck with NL players. Best solution - stop. The DH is also a money pit. If we want great players in their prime, we'll either have to trade for them or draft them. And we definitely can't corner the market on mid tier players and expect them to equal NL priduction Also, those one-year FA signings involving players coming off of injury or ineffectiveness with limited risk is what we should strive for across a few positions. I'd rather sign those players than committ any more money/years to what will likely be a terrible 2016

God the Sox are so terrible, it's beyond Fun Bad; which has characterized past teams. This is just......sad. No hope for this team. 10-1 now. May as well keep your ass in the dugout Cooper. Nothing you can do

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 18, 2015 -> 11:40 AM) He doesn't know anything. He's just guessing like anyone else. If he accepts, he'll be the first. Someone will be the first eventually. I'm still of the position not to offer him a QO. Even if there's a miniscule chance of keeping Shark for another season I wouldn't risk it considering his pitiful season.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 08:31 PM) At least Cabrera performed on the field. personally I think clubhouse chemistry is over rated. The "Swingin' A" of the early / mid 70's hated each other. yet they won three straight World Series. It's about talent, pure and simple. The Sox have very little of it. Mark I agree with the idea of how overrated clubhouse chemistry is. Mostly because as fans we have limited knowledge of how things really are behind closed doors. There's no way to know whether negative chemistry makes players underperform, or positive makes them perform well. Maybe one person can spoil everything; but I'd guess otherwise. Especially with the divide among Latin speaking and English players which I'm sure naturally exist.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 05:25 PM) You disagree? The Sox scouting of major league players on other teams seems just awful. Only thing worse was season 2 of True Detective It's been an embarrassing year for the White Sox, and what's troubling is they can't even sell us on hope. Nothing short of a complete dismantling of office personnel, coaches, scouts and players will help this team. There's no, "oh lets make a few shrewd moves and we'll be able to compete. Nope.....it's going to take all the right moves to contend in 2017. If Hahn doesn't start by trading Quintana for a haul we may be screwed even further. I'll go as far as to say it will be the most important trade easily in the last decade for the White Sox. We have to realize how depleted we are offensively, how pitching is our surplus, and how valuable someone such as Q is considering talent and contract. Hahn HAS to succeed, and we shouldn't expect less as fans

Johnson got away with a hanger there, only a deep out. I'm not impressed with his command tonight either.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Sep 15, 2015 -> 10:31 PM) Not giving him a QO at this point is crazy talk. He's getting a QO and he'll decline. He wants to get out of town. If for some reason, he accepted the QO, the Sox could still trade him or give him the QO next offseason. Getting nothing for him is really dumb and that won't happen. This reminds me of "If we don't get the offer we want for Shark before the deadline we can just let him go for a draft pick." There's too much risk with a QO because if he does accept, we are sure as HELL are not trading him for anything of value. Also can anyone tolerate this guy for another season? I'd rather take equal production for a fraction of the cost A cynic/crazy part of me thinks, Shark may throw aside his issues with Cooper (assuming they exist) and accept a QO to reestablish himself for the following offseason when the available SP market won't be as deep.