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QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 18, 2015 -> 12:37 AM) You could be right, but I see Saladino being sent down. Conor was a golden boy entering this season. He was supposed to be OUTSTANDING for us this season. Can't see them pulling the plug. Maybe Sanchez goes down instead. Conor could be an extra throw -in to a trade in the coming weeks.

Danks and Sale and pray for hail

Flowers another game winning hit.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 07:54 PM) KC will go yard 2 times off Danks. Danks will eat up KC and spit them out

Shark + Cell to Cubs for Wrigley

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 07:03 PM) Conor can hit a little - maybe more if he had some coaching. Bonifacio is useless. Actually he got a hit in the game. Now if Shuck had gone yard................................

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 11:00 AM) Ha, i've been there for good and bad. Saw his gem against the Os, then a few days later his crap game v. toronto (which we won and most runs i've seen all season. He is well-rested so another gem tonight.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 16, 2015 -> 08:30 PM) If I'm sending out Shark and Montas I want a Top 10 prospect. No point in trading a comp + Montas for just any org's 1-3 I would actually spread it to top 20 if it was a C-SS-CF.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 16, 2015 -> 08:11 PM) If I'm trading with the White Sox and I"m in competition, I would very, very much prefer to trade for Putnam or Petricka rather than Montas. Or if you're that desperate for a closer, Robertson. Get someone who is at least partially proven. Why would a team in contention trading for Samardzija want to break in a rookie over the last 2 months of the season? I mean, it worked for Jenks but seriously? And the White Sox, if they're trading people away, would be silly to trade away guys they control for 6.5 years. What are they going to get back that makes them younger and more long-term set up than a guy they already control? I don't think he is being showcased either. But you can look at it another way. A team in contention may be reluctant to give up a top prospect( 1-3 in their system) for a 2 month rental. But trading a top prospect for a 2 month rental plus a young pitcher a couple years away may be more palatable.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 16, 2015 -> 03:45 PM) I get the feeling the Sox payroll has not hampered the team's bottom line at all this season and the Sox are comfortable keeping all the players they acquired. I get a gut feeling the front office thinks 5.5 out of the wild card chase is close enough to keep the team together. During their all-star break meetings, I can see the front office and Robin pointing to the exceptional starting pitching they've been getting and improved defense and them saying, "If we keep up this recent rate of winning we will get the wild card. Let's stay on course and make no changes." Makes too much sense to me. I would prefer dealing Shark immediately and seeing how the team does with Johnson as his replacement. But don't you all agree with me the Sox have made a business decision to stay with the same players and see if the team can grab a wildcard even though they are in last place in their own division? The 5.5. means nothing. On July 4th they were 5.5 games out of wildcard. Since then they are 7-3 and are still 5.5 out of wildcard. Because there are teams ( 6 at this point) between them and the 2nd wildcard, it makes the difference more like 13-15 games back not 5. 5

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jul 16, 2015 -> 01:15 PM) Can they please add some youth with a personality? Ozzie has personality..................

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 16, 2015 -> 08:12 AM) I grew up 97 miles from the stadium and we averaged 5 games per year. Living in New England, I can tell you many Red Sox fans travel 60-90 minutes to games. Wouldn't Bulls/BH fans have the same length of a commute except in worse weather.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 15, 2015 -> 03:48 PM) To start hopefully? That'd be exciting as hell. He only pitches a little less than 5 innings per game in AA so he would need back-up. But they also would have a rested bullpen.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 15, 2015 -> 03:02 PM) Um, ok. So the Sox just get to select anyone and send them to the game if a player isnt playing? Wasnt aware that was how it works that is not how it works When Gray pulled himself from the game, MLB sent Hector Santiago in his place. So MLB would have had to select another White Sox player since they would have had had no representative if Sale didn't go.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 15, 2015 -> 02:40 PM) Oh, i will just see myself right out of here for never having played major league baseball in my life before. You can run the place now before I leave http://nextimpulsesports.com/2015/07/14/ha...-all-star-game/ Sonny Gray pulled himself from the game because he pitched Sunday. Why do that instead of just showing up and not pitching??? Remember when Pujols trashed LaRussa for not playing him in an All star game??? I have no problem that Sale didn't pitch. But why not let him stay home and send another White Sox pitcher to tha game?? Robertson would have pitched for example. I bet Sale really wanted to pitch once he got there.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 15, 2015 -> 08:34 AM) Yea, but Harold Reynolds is a moron. Well he speaks from experience having played in the game twice. Did you ever get the chance???

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jul 15, 2015 -> 12:26 PM) Exactly. From a Sox FO perspective, with Cueto gone teams will have no choice but to offer more than the value of a 2016 comp pick which puts the Sox in a win win situation. If the Sox don't like any offers then they simply keep Samardzija in hopes of making a second half push and still get a comp pick or have first dibs on signing Samardzija ( not a fan of the idea). The Sox have all the leverage as it is and if Cueto goes first, oh my! In two weeks, other pitchers not breing discussed become available as teams shift in the standings. I still think Shark brings some team's 3-5 prospect as well as a 15-20.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 14, 2015 -> 10:12 PM) I'm sure they asked Sale beforehand if he would be ok starting in Kansas City and he probably said he'd prefer starting that game to try and get them back into things You could be right, but not according to Harold Reynolds. He said every player thinks it is great to make the team but you really want to play. I wonder what Sale really though as he sat watching

If White Sox management did not want Sale to pitch, they should have "excused " him from the roster. If a guy goes to the game, he should want to participate, not go and be a cheerleader. The manager should try and play as many players as possible.

This makes AL squad that much better. We want home field for the White Sox in the World Series.

QUOTE (Condor13 @ Jul 13, 2015 -> 01:47 AM) I'd hope they trade Q for a solid young 3B and resign Shark There is no way that you trade one of the top 20 pitchers in baseball for a 3B. Q could bring a solid young prime position player SS-C-CF + 1-2 other prospects.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jul 12, 2015 -> 01:11 PM) You ignored every other part of my post. Again average is not what I'm looking for. And again, if this team keeps winning I can see Shark back plus see Fulmer move quickly ala Rodon and then all of a sudden you have Sale-Shark-Q-Rodon-Fulmer for years to come and guys like EJ, Montas, and Danish have no spot in the rotation. Stockpiling arms is typically a good plan but there are only 5 spots in the rotation. With the holes on offense, the Sox inability to develop hitters within, and FA hitters typically not being very good, if you can get a hitter for one of those prospects, you do it. I think you have to keep EJ. With 5 starters, you can pretty much bet that one will end up on the DL for some period of time in the 2nd half. You also need to remember that Rodon probably gets shut down for September. Teams need at least a guy who can compete at ML level when a starter goes down. So you certainly can trade Montas and Danish and even some of the bullpen but expect to get back another team's prospect and both teams hope they got players who make it to ML. Shark should bring back a player much more likely to be ML ready plus a prospect. I think Shark needs to go and hope Fulmer can be a #4 next year.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jul 11, 2015 -> 12:35 PM) There's no match between the Sox and cubs without getting insanely creative. Imo, the only pitcher the SOX will possibly move is Samardzija but the cubs are not willing to part with Schwarber which ends the conversation right there. The cubs have some OF and pitching prospects but the Sox have those as well so its doubtful the Sox would have interest. The cubs have zero leverage in a trade with the Sox. The cubs options are quite simple... 1- give up quality prospects for one of Samardzija, Price or Cueto. 2- trade for some scraps like what the Marlins are reportedly selling. 3- make no trade and hope for the best the rest of the season. Bruce Levine and his merry band of morons need to remember that it's the Sox that have (Samardzija) what some contenders covet and therefore it's the Sox that have all the leverage, not the other way around. Believe Cubs are scouting Boston/New York series this weekend. My guess is they are looking at Boston and probably Buchholz-Masterson-Kelly i.e good bad-worse

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jul 11, 2015 -> 09:06 AM) I was at yesterday's game and endured almost no s*** talking. In fact, the most I experienced was between me & a security guard, who wouldn't let me try to take a picture with Frank Thomas (who was sitting four rows in front of us). But to your point about dumb Cubs fans, we literally had one fan turn around in like the second inning and ask "Do you know who Frank Thomas is?". I honestly thought my wife, a diehard Cubs fan, was going to clock this woman. We were both completely mind boggled by this. IMO, both sides have plenty of knowledgable fans, but because the Cubs dominate the large casual section of Chicago (like the woman I mentioned), their fanbase oftentimes comes off uneducated & stupid. It is also referred to as looking through rose colored glasses. As A White Sox fan since the late 50's, but living in New England, I use this site as my main source of following the team. But I am amazed by posts on this site. For example, in another thread, I see these comments on Saladino's ist game : Made a couple loud outs on hard hit balls. Eventually, those are going to find holes into the outfield. None of the 3 balls he put in play were hit hard. Unless there was a doubleheader yesterday, somebody had too much to drink.........................

Tough series, fairly new at the position and tough spot in the order to throw a kid into. He must have made an enemy in the organization.