Jose Abreu

Bumped, because he AGAIN called for a bunt with 2 strikes... this has to stop.

Abreu

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 28, 2017 -> 04:41 PM) good topic, I voted Sanchez, just because if he hits much, his defense is very good, near elite possibly. I voted Sanchez for the same reason, but with Moncada almost ready, I unfortunately don't think he has a future here

QUOTE (ron883 @ May 27, 2017 -> 12:00 PM) I got the adam Engel call up correct. .500 bare minimum. Lets wait until the season is over before we make a judgement on Jose. Something you could've used earlier this season

Chicago White Sox‏ @whitesox Prior to today’s doubleheader, the #WhiteSox placed Tyler Saladino on the 10-day DL with back spasms and recalled outfielder Adam Engel.

Press conference supposedly at 11:30, per CSN Chicago. They deleted the tweet for some reason.

Melky

Anderson

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 26, 2017 -> 12:23 AM) I honestly think that was the University of Chicago, Columbia, one of those super elite schools that was having similar PC and safe space debates at the time. Maybe Greg's right and it's Mizzou, but my recollection was it was another university. uChicago in particular is very anti-safe space. Their welcome letter to incoming first-year students last year was basically just ripping safe spaces.

Anderson

Abreu

QUOTE (oldsox @ May 25, 2017 -> 08:02 PM) Possibly because of all those strikeouts in September. (Moncada, not Sale) Yeah, a team would make that big of a decision based off 19 at-bats.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 25, 2017 -> 11:00 AM) Did you guys see who matches up on Monday afternoon? I don't think that will happen. Because of the doubleheader, it's more likely Quintana pitches Tuesday.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 25, 2017 -> 08:33 AM) With the Cubs, he also was criticized with the way he ran the bullpen. He has had a couple of questionable decisions, but so far he's been OK there. Of course when the bullpen is getting guys out, you will always look good. He's certainly not some guru, but the players seem to like him, so he'll be OK. If the White Sox ever get to where they want to be, they won't have many guys in the line up where bunting is even a thought. That may be why he is so bunt happy now. We'll see. But if he bunts with guys like Cabrera/Abreu, what would stop him from ordering bunts from the prospects?

I'm worried that the bunting will persist even when this team is good. Renteria just loves bunting, he always has.

Enough. Of. The. Bunting.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 24, 2017 -> 01:13 PM) Honest opinion is sox are going to get way less than we expected on Q. I agree, which is why I added a bunch of guys to my proposal above. It's a shame, because he's under team control for a year longer than Sale and is just a tick worse, so their trade value should be almost equal if those two factors negate.

I'm starting to think that Boston's lack of reliable SP, even when Price returns, will lead Dombrowski to trade for Quintana. What's interesting is that aside from Devers and Groome, there aren't as many big prospects for them to trade to us. I know we've always liked Eduardo Rodriguez, but he's pitching well in the Majors, so would Boston accept something like this? Chicago gets: Devers, Groome, E. Rodriguez, Dahlbec, lottery ticket Boston gets: Quintana, Holland (to replace E-Rod in their rotation), and perhaps a reliever other than Jones/Robertson/Kahnle as a sweetener

Anderson

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 24, 2017 -> 12:49 PM) Wins may be overblown, but especially in today's game, it would be pretty hard for a pitcher to win 20 games and not be really good that particular season. Porcello was very good last year, but was also very overrated due to his 22 wins. Verlander and Kluber were probably better, but IMO Porcello took the Cy from them because of wins.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ May 23, 2017 -> 10:52 PM) The only opinion stated in the first post was that that he found the situation interesting. Yeah, this thread is mostly just a discussion about Law's newsletter and him freaking out on Chuck's podcast. Nothing absurd about it, but to each their own.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ May 24, 2017 -> 11:16 AM) I think Law was moreso mad that he felt Garfien was insinuating that Law only talked to scouts with teams that couldn't sign Robert, and therefore was more critical of his ability, and that Law couldn't see through the BS. Basically that Law got bad info and that he was gullible enough to believe it. He basically said that. I don't think he basically said that. I think all he was gonna say was something along the lines of, "are scouts sometimes biased due to their teams' potential on landing a player?".

QUOTE (Knuckles @ May 24, 2017 -> 09:00 AM) Should we be concerned this singing hasn't been made official yet? I think it won't be announced until he gets a physical in Chicago. Wasn't he supposed to arrive today or tomorrow?

QUOTE (fathom @ May 23, 2017 -> 10:28 PM) Posted this in game thread also, but he's making some dumb decisions with the bunt https://mobile.twitter.com/BenFinfer/status...216315773317121 He's called for bunts with 2 strikes more often than anyone ever should.

The good old 2 strike bunt. Thanks, Rick.