Dunt

Lot of DFA material on this squad

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

This is just an ass kicking

Dear god Noesi works slow

Alexei is dunzo

QUOTE (Condor13 @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 06:44 PM) Davidson needs to be playing 3B soon for the sox unless they trade for someone Yup. Trayce too.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 06:41 PM) I assume it will happen once Samardzija gets traded. Plenty of time left for development, as that seems inevitable. Samardzija and Boni gone right after break, shut Carlos down early

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 06:35 PM) I was all for him getting at least 10 starts in Charlotte to begin with. Now that the Sox are done, he might as well get his innings with the Sox and be ready for 30+ starts in 2016. Johnson, Beck, and Micah should be getting playing time too as well

My optimistic view: 1.) Pitching and defense win championships, the Sox seem pretty flush in one of those areas and have some reinforcements on the way. They can continue to trot out Sale-Q-Rodon-?-Danks and have a decent chance of winning most of the time. If they can make some steps forward defensively, I think they can be above .500 with their offense staying at the same level. 2.) I think their offense will improve. Sometimes players just have bad seasons, I really dont expect Melky, Alexei, and Eaton to be this awful next season. I dont even expect Alexei to be here honestly. 3.) Whether it be a comp pick or a nice trade piece, the Sox will get something important for the future with Samardzija. 4.) You can fix next years team in free agency without breaking the bank. Want to immediately upgrade two positions? Sign Alex Avila and Howie Kendrick. Wanna spend big? Swing a trade of LaRoche to the Cards, then bring it Justin Upton to play RF and have Avi move to DH. 5.) Pitching will always be this organizations forte, but they will never be truly elite without identifying that the need to have excellent defense. Identify your weak spots and minimize their defensive impact on the team. There is no way Tyler Flowers, Conor Gillaspie/Gordon Beckham, or Avi should have starting spots in the field next year.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 08:25 AM) Betts is already close to being a stud. Bogaerts hasn't quite become the star everyone projected, but he's not Middlebrooks by a longshot. Then there's Bradley, Jr. Eduardo Rodriguez (came from Baltimore for a certain Yankee LHR) looks like he could be legit. Then there's Swihart (catcher). They've got a lot of pieces but no idea what to do with all of them, like Rusney Castillo. So you'd ask for Moncada (probably be rejected), fall back to Swihart, Rodriguez or Henry Owens (maybe Brian Johnson), Rusney Castillo and Rafael Devers. Without Moncada, Betts and now Rodriguez....not sure the White Sox would be interested. Ya that .237/.296/.381 line is truly elite....so stud, much wow.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 11, 2015 -> 03:38 PM) I would be shocked if we did not sign Hickman. Person Im least concerned with signing

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 11, 2015 -> 09:06 AM) Charlie Hannema ‏@CharlieHannema Source: The price tag that got Carl Albert's Corey Zangari to the White Sox and away from #okstate was more than $500,000. #okpreps That is quite a big tag, they must really think highly of him. Hopefully he turns out to be as nice of a surprise as Trey M.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 10:24 PM) I actually wouldn't go for him as he does one thing really, extremely well (hit for power) and everything else poorly. It still makes him well above average offensively but players that do one thing really well tend to get overrated ahead of guys who do everything above average, even though the latter guys are usually more effective as a sum. If that guy is out there, I'm sure they'll inquire. I'm just looking at the possibilities right now.

Bonafacio would've thrown that into the stands

Abreu starting to heat up

DFA that chump

Just stop stealing. For the love of God.

Get Bonafacio out of there

Hell of an AB there

Remember when the Astros wanted Quintana for Castro? That was funny

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 07:48 PM) Guererro's contract is relatively cheap. He's owed the balance of his 2015 6.5M salary and will make 7.5M in each of the 2016/17 seasons. That followed by three arbitration years. I would take on that salary no problem. My hangup would be Guerrero only playing 9 games at third but he has no errors so far,lol. Any idea what kind of shape the dodger rotation is in? Are they looking for starters? Lost both Ryu and McCarthy for the season

How he is not safe on that is beyond me. What an absolute joke of a call.

Latest post on MLBTR says the Mets might be a good matchup for the a potential Guerrero trade. I would be curious to see if he's really on the trade block and if the Sox could swing something for him. He would be an excellent bat to have at third.

So Ventura plays Eaton against one of the toughest lefties (off which he has a .441 OPS this season) in the game and sits him against a RH rookie? Cant make up that type of stupid.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Jun 10, 2015 -> 03:36 PM) He's going to be an ace, no doubt about it. He just needs to develop a changeup, which he will probably do this offseason. I wouldn't be surprised if he's our #2 starter next year. He's our number 2 starter now