SCCWS

QUOTE (Scoots @ May 23, 2016 -> 08:15 PM) Robertson looks very hittable right now I guess you need better eyes.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 23, 2016 -> 08:02 PM) Coop only has 99.9 percent of it. You still don't want to burn both of your late inning guys in the first game of a DH if you don't have to. Agree. The coaching staff does not pull names out of a hat. They go into games with several plans on the relievers based on the opponent, score as well as the previous workload of the past few games. The bullpen coach and pitching coach give the manager the proposed bullpen rotation for each game.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ May 23, 2016 -> 08:26 AM) That was a big win. Picked up another game back on Cleveland. Didn't get swept. That's one of my goals for this team is to not be swept all season. I was doom and gloom all night Saturday and yesterday but that win got some of my optimism back because Rodon pitched well again and then pen was air tight. Now we have a huge 4 game series with Cleveland. Not huge this early in season. We know we won't be swept since Sale is pitching. So even if we lost 3 of 4 , it is only a 2 game difference. Now maybe we sweep and send Cleveland into a tailspin. After watching some of their games against Boston, I think we take 3 of 4. Napoli was awful against Boston so hope he keeps going bad.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 23, 2016 -> 12:34 AM) The first time he played this week the joke was that he was coming off the DL. I would think Hahn makes the decision on Sands being on the roster w some input from Robin. In modern day baseball, the manger plays who he is given. With Robin's limited success, I am sure Hahn is calling the shots.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 21, 2016 -> 10:44 PM) The question is will they still be there after next weekend? Mark The answer is maybe not. But then the question is will they be the week after next....................................................

QUOTE (South Sider @ May 21, 2016 -> 08:51 AM) Disgust with the losses aside, this team should find some middle ground sooner than later. I think we have two fair assumptions that we can make. The first is that they're not as good as they initially played (.600+ winning percentage), and the second is that they are not as bad as they are playing now. This provides hope that yes, they can go on either another great run or find their way to a middle ground. Some people will argue that they are as bad as they are playing now, but I don't think that's fair. It's a slump, and a pretty ugly one at that but things will turn around. The kicker is that it just sucks watching the slump continue for what seems like forever with each passing day. The other crappy part is that we're in a homestand with KC and Cleveland with still no end in sight for the slump. I'm hoping like everyone else is that last night was rock bottom, because things can only go up from there. I also do want to acknowledge the arguments against the Sox, such as weak starters like Latos, Gonzalez and some pretty bad offensive players as well as what seems like a declining bullpen. These are definitely real issues but all teams in baseball deal with issues like those. It's about how you overcome them. For instance, the Royals were able to overcome using their #6 or #7 (right?) preferred starter last night. Obviously they'd rather have someone else, but they're still able to win the game. I would only add that they have not had any major injuries this season. Many teams already have lost a starter( pitcher or everyday) on the DL for the season. Unfortunately, the Sox will probably lose a key player as well like we did w Jones last year.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 20, 2016 -> 05:16 PM) Not really, gets him more PA and also lets him bat without Rollins or Jackson making an automatic out after Eaton gets on. But if Eaton does not get on, he is your "lead-off hitter" in the first. Regardless, I like a big lineup change going in to a big series. Confuse those sh** kickers from KC.

QUOTE (soxfan18 @ May 20, 2016 -> 06:07 PM) Then look harder. Cubs' Joe Maddon 'digging' success of crosstown rival White Sox http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/colum...427-column.html As a White Sox fan living on the east coast, the poster had me going with his rant. Then I find out he didn't do any homework. I recommend the poster be sent to the Charlotte Knights Message Board to work on some of his posting. http://www.topix.com/forum/minor-league-ba...arlotte-knights

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 20, 2016 -> 09:23 AM) I'm still shocked he's managing to pitch so well without Drake in the clubhouse. 2nd row behind the dugout..................

Sale and Q and then pray for rain for a few.

QUOTE (TRU @ May 19, 2016 -> 07:39 PM) You mean 3rd? Gaston won in 92 and 93. After that his teams never challenged again in his 2 stints as manager.

QUOTE (maxjusttyped @ May 19, 2016 -> 05:26 PM) Sanchez going from hardly ever playing to batting 2nd makes so much sense. I agree w you. Rollins playing almost every day was giving them no production from the 2. Makes sense to try the opposite and give a guy who hardly plays a shot at it. I see Sanchez getting a couple of hits tonight.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 19, 2016 -> 11:26 AM) In the back of my mind, I feel like Kenny really wanted to hire Cito Gaston, and that Guillen was a Reinsdorf thing. If Kenny hired Gaston, we might still be looking for our first WS Trophy. Luckily Ozzie got it before he imploded.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ May 18, 2016 -> 08:10 AM) Let's hope that today is the day where the Sox get their sh!t together again. On a positive note, the Sox have had the lead or been tied in most of their recent games, so at least they aren't getting destroyed. Agree but style points are not counted in baseball.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 17, 2016 -> 06:03 PM) Agreed. It's not a must win or anything, but after a 2-4 week where the bullpen sucked, it's time to get back to winning and playing clean baseball- quality start, good defense, no bullpen bs. Just win. Houston is a bad team. So hopefully rodon dominates them and rights his funk.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ May 16, 2016 -> 02:30 PM) Are you really regretting not trading Quintana though? Our rotation would be a complete mess without him. No. I thought Rodon would make Q expendable especially if we were getting a young top notch catcher and CF and a 4-5 SP back. I also felt the Sox needed another SP because of the projected Johnson/Danks 4/5 combo. So in hindsight we would have improved drastically at catcher and CF but Q would have been a huge void w Rodon struggling.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 16, 2016 -> 09:14 AM) http://m.mlb.com/player/598265/jackie-bradley-jr He had an 832 OPS last year and is an excellent defender. In 2014, he was at 531 and his prospects were slightly dimmed...looked like the classic all field, no hit type. It was pretty obvious that Castillo and Hanley were the ones that were going to be out of luck in terms of maintaining their outfield positions. Red Sox also seemed to be satisfied with Holt. Castillo just wasn't hitting for enough power, isn't a very good defender and doesn't light up the board with lots of steals, either. Agree but that was solely based on his production in August. He hit .354 in August but then tailed off to .216 in Sept/Oct. based on his tailing off I was hoping the Red Sox would be willing to part w him since Betts had a great year. Oh well, too late now

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 15, 2016 -> 10:06 AM) I think you mean the 2014-2015 offseason in terms of targeting Bradley, Jr. It was clear this year that they needed his defense and Betts' in the outfield, and that Hanley Ramirez and probably Rusney Castillo would be the odd men out (Ramirez was moved to 1B.) So they would have offered Castillo/catcher/Owens instead...or we would have gone after the same targets that were traded for Craig Kimbrel (or maybe not, since they were too far off in their development to impact the White Sox until 2017 at the earliest, but probably 2018). No last offseason. Bradley had a sub-par year last year again w the bat. Now he has exploded offensively. They had Young, Castillo, Betts, Holt and Bradley Jr as outfielders and already decided to move Ramirez once they signed Young. But they were desperate for starting pitching . They went out and paid a bundle for Price but they still were short and now are really scrambling for starting pitching. I wouldn't have done the Castillo package for Q and I didn't think the Red Sox would do a Betts package. Oh well. With Rodon struggling it may have best for White Sox in long run.

I consider Tuesday a big game because we need to see Rodon bounce back and have a good game. With Latos & #5 a concern, we need Rodon to start contributing like Sale and Q.

QUOTE (Dunt @ May 13, 2016 -> 11:11 AM) I wonder if Quintana+ could get it done? Too late. I posted several times last winter that we should move Q for Bradley Jr, Swihart or vazquez and Owens. Obviously at the time Bradley jr was coming off an off-season and Vazquez off Tommy John. I knew they had 5 outfielders and they desperately needed pitching. Now Bradley Jr is probably an untouchable for them. I thought Vazquez would be available rather than Swihart. But Vazquez won the starting spot and now Boston thinks Swihart is better as a left-fielder and have moved him there. I would be worried just trading for Swihart unless White Sox think he still is an ML catcher.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 14, 2016 -> 07:51 PM) A rain out would be VERY nice Sunday! Mark HUH??? New York weather is good for Sunday

QUOTE (sammy esposito @ May 14, 2016 -> 01:31 PM) Rodon has some Cuban heritage, when the sox had el duque and Contreras, el duque told Contreras he needs to pitch like a Cuban. El duque wanted him to change arm angles and speeds . Contreras then began pitching better. Abreu is working with him on the arm angles but Jose will not be able to help him w his speed. Jose needs help with that himself.

QUOTE (harkness @ May 14, 2016 -> 04:04 PM) I really don't get the "good basetball" game and we lost. I thought our batters today reminded me of the last few years. In the last 4 innings especially we swung it seemed like at every pitch well inside. It's like they had to catch a movie at 3 o clock or something. They didn't look mentally into it at all today. Actually many of the players have early dinner reservations at 5:00 due to the large crowds in NY for graduations this weekend.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 13, 2016 -> 10:42 PM) Its a win either way. Its either going to be awful for them or they are going to lose the best pitcher in the league. Not sure I agree. If you even overpay for a player and they lead your team to years of success, it is not awful. If Sale was due next year, I would want the Sox to retain him at all costs even if we had to overpay because I think he is the best pitcher in baseball. I would place the top 4-8 players in baseball in a category that their team needs to retain them as long as they are on the younger side of their careers. So I would give Sale the ranch but I wouldn't give it to Price or Lester for example.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ May 11, 2016 -> 12:05 PM) Just because baseball managed to survive doesn't mean you shouldn't continually strive to improve the game wherever you can. Let's use a T to hit the ball. No more balls and limited( fouls and misses) strikes. Eliminates the need for the pitcher so drastically increases team profits. No more hit batters so less injuries and drastically reduces Tommy John surgery.