Jose Abreu

I've watched Arrested Development many times, but I recently got my girlfriend to start watching it. We've been watching it together for the past few weeks, and man, that show is way funnier than I remember. A great re-watch option for sure.

Given the leaked trade that almost went through in December, it's unlikely we even get Soto

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jun 11, 2017 -> 04:23 PM) You seem to have forgotten about the 4 remaining years on Ellsbury. I guess that's one expensive 4th outfielder.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 11, 2017 -> 01:13 PM) 59 pitches in two innings so far. Looks like he's in his MLB form.

QUOTE (Tony @ Jun 11, 2017 -> 11:53 AM) https://twitter.com/jrfegan/status/873932168258621440 I HATE this quote by Ricky That quote would make more sense if these bunts weren't coming in the 4th inning with a slow runner and 2 strikes.

Tim Anderson

QUOTE (shoeless_joe21 @ Jun 9, 2017 -> 05:04 PM) Just the latest step in Hahn's quest to field the most baffling roster in sports. Every lineup card a riddle. Alec/Alan Hansen Geo/Gio Soto The groundbreaking All-Garcia outfield This is some Veeck-ian stuff. Unfortunately, AAA C Gio Soto was released today.

Pretty ridiculous that MLB players still do this and expect to not get hurt.

Melky

She turned off comments for the post but the screenshots of her friend's claims are all over Twitter

His wife posted the cheating part on Instagram and implied that they're splitting up. One of her close friends commented that he also hit her, in front of their kids. https://www.instagram.com/p/BVD2PIDAOJe

Avisail

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jun 7, 2017 -> 06:49 AM) They say it hit a catwalk. It must've done so before the camera moved to show the ball, because it looks like it never hits anything while we can see it.

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Jun 6, 2017 -> 02:33 PM) So.. Are we doing this thing or what? 76,000 votes is not insurmountable. Pods, AJ, Konerko, and Chris Sale were all voted in by a groundswell of White Sox fan support.. Jake Peavy, too (#TakeJake)

Frazier

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jun 5, 2017 -> 07:46 PM) I would give Schwarber that long . However Avi appears to get it now whereas you take the chance Schwarber might not ever get it. Right now you'd be trading a productive for a non productive player without a position .Why would you want a DH in waiting ? There are way too many guys hitting below.230 who can't field and all they can do is hit the ball far. That's being generous, you could've said below .170 and you still would've been right!

Leury Garcia

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 5, 2017 -> 11:44 AM) On April 11th all three of Kahnle, Ynoa, and Swarzak still hadn't proven they could be trusted at all and were basically considered garbage pitchers based on their previous seasons. Swarzak hadn't even been given a chance, and everyone knew coming in that he wasn't the same pitcher with his new fastball. As for Ynoa, I disagree, he was pretty good for us last year. Maybe Swarzak's first shot should not have been in such a high-leverage situation, but I don't see why Ynoa couldn't have been tried.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 5, 2017 -> 11:29 AM) What was the unused pitchers workload the entire week before? One day off doesn't mean a guy is good to go, these guys aren't robots QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 5, 2017 -> 11:29 AM) And when was the last time Robertson had thrown in each of those, along with what were the IP loads of the set up guys prior to that? 4/11: Robertson had pitched an inning two days prior, 4/9. Swarzak was fresh and unused all season. Kahnle had pitched an inning on 4/6 and another on 4/7, so he was fresh too. Ynoa had pitched two innings on 4/6. Yeah, I'm standing by this one, all three of those guys were viable. 5/16: Robertson had pitched an inning on 5/11 and 5/13. Swarzak pitched 1.2 innings on 5/13 and 1.1 innings on 5/15. Ynoa had pitched 2 innings on 5/12 and 1 inning on 5/14. Theoretically, he should've been good to go. Holmberg had pitched 0.2 innings on 5/12 and 1 inning on 5/14. Probably was available as well. For this game, the only viable options were Ynoa and Holmberg, and I think we could've used one of them before going to Robertson.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 5, 2017 -> 11:13 AM) Same questions apply. Who is available? On 4/11, which was the first game after an off-day, we had used Jennings, Putnam, and Jones (for one inning, he was the pitcher right before Robertson in the 9th). I believe that means we had Swarzak, Kahnle, and Ynoa. On 5/16, which was the bottom of the 10th in a tie game, we had used Infante, Beck, Jennings, and Kahnle (for one inning, he pitched right before Robertson). That leaves Swarzak, Ynoa, and Holmberg.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 5, 2017 -> 11:07 AM) This is exactly how I feel. Let's be aggressive in stolen bases this year (IMO), and sure, try a bunt. Let us figure out who can do it and who can't before it matters. You have a lot more faith than I do that he's gonna somehow suddenly change his ways when we try to contend, or that Jerry will become unloyal by that time and fire him.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 5, 2017 -> 11:04 AM) And who else? I mean typically that is something you can use you top set up guys to do. You don't have Nate Jones. You don't have Zach Putnam. You don't have Jake Petricka. Going down the line, you can see who they used already in this game, who else had logged extensive innings in recent games. I am not seeing who else you use in that game, in that situation besides Robertson. So that may justify yesterday, but what about when the same thing happened on 4/11 and 5/16?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 5, 2017 -> 09:09 AM) maybe the guy is just trying to see what his players can and cannot do while he is in a year where they are clearly not expected to compete. Which is pretty much exactly the same situation he was in while manager of the Cubs. This is a mulligan year, finding out if Adam Engel can lay down a squeeze or sac bunt seems like something a manager should know. But it's not just the AAA guys that are bunting, it's our middle of the order guys too.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jun 4, 2017 -> 08:03 PM) You had to know it would. The cry was against Ventura last year and everyone wanted Renteria and now he's the target Again, there's no problem in evaluating a manager in my eyes. I never said he should be fired immediately or anything. In-game managing is just a clear weakness of his.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 4, 2017 -> 06:22 PM) The bullpen is fried. It has been toasted over the last couple of weeks by awful starting pitching. Realistically Robertson is the freshest guy out there. Go back and look at the IP for these guys lately. Our pen has logged more IP than our starters have for a while now. While this is true, he did this with Robertson earlier in the season as well (either once or twice).