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Once again, Jones was around 100 mph w/ his fastball, which he used on all 8 pitches: 6-3 groundout solo HR to LCF K looking Lineout to LF https://twitter.com/WSDashBaseball/status/621486485728919552

Nate Jones is entering for his third rehab appearance. The Dash lead 5-1, bot 7. Jones has worked a scoreless inning in each of his first 2. https://twitter.com/WSDashBaseball/status/621485079806607361

I'm fine with sale not pitching in the game. Gives him rest and now can pitch against kc this weekend. He had the same thing a couple years ago. Went for the sox and didn't pitch cause it was too close to his last game pitched before the all star game.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Jul 14, 2015 -> 07:04 PM) Any word on Crain?? Haven't heard anything of late. Pitching in Arizona in a rookie league for sox. 6 games, 6.75 era sofar. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/p...id=crain-001jes

http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/7/71/76...pitch-star-game Actually in this article cooper really didn't want sale to pitch either. Alot of people was mentioning about pitching the all star game like as a normal side session but I remember a tweet yesterday saying sale hasn't been doing alot of side sessions lately cause of his work load. Also saw that since sale will pitch the all star he might not pitch the games this weekend against the royals and would push him to the cards series.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 13, 2015 -> 01:58 PM) Adam Dunn was better than Sox Adam Dunn prior to his arrival. Who's the last power hitter to actually improve by being on the Sox? I'll go a step further and say who was that last hitter to actually play up to career norm or better with the sox?

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 12, 2015 -> 04:28 PM) Like I said, "leap of faith", "best case scenario". You have to dream a little, but not be kidding yourself. Even if they're 50-50 when they wake up on July 31, they're probably still not going to make the playoffs, but do you think they'll sell? I don't. I think they need to trade shark for sure. Maybe Laroche, Ramirez or a bullpen arm. Bring micah back up to evaluate him the rest of the year. Ej to fill the spot in the rotation. Let saladino get some reps in the infield. Let go or trade of boni.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 12, 2015 -> 04:07 PM) Yes, 49-51. I have the last 32 games against mostly the division at 18-14, at best. That would be 67-65. From July 31-August 30. Best case scenario 18-12. 85-77 for the second wildcard. It's a leap to think they'll play 36-26 after a 49-51 start, but that would be my absolute worst record not to be a seller. Seeing how the sox are 15-25 against their own division I can't see them going 18-14. They need to sell at the deadline.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jul 12, 2015 -> 04:02 PM) We can't rely on winning many games by only scoring 2-3 runs or teams giving us many unearned runs. We need to trade Samardzija for an mlb ready bat or best offer. Last 12 games including today have scored 35 runs. Less then 3 per game. I agree trade of Shark and maybe some others if they get any value

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 12, 2015 -> 03:57 PM) Next 14: 4 vs KC 2 vs StL 4 at Cle 4 at Bos Have to go 8-6. When/if the 7th loss comes? Sell. Need to do better then that. Going 8-6 would put the sox at 49-51. Sox need to pretty much when mostly series here on out to have a chance.

Jose Quintana is 4-9. White Sox runs scored in the 9 losses: 1-0-1-1-1-0-0-1-1 https://twitter.com/CSNChicago/status/620331908745048064

Honestly the Sox shouldn't think they are going to be able to contend just because they finally got on a sorta hot streak for only the second time of the year. If the team started to do this a month ago then I would wait and see but for how much has gone wrong with this team to turn it around and hope everything good starts happening is going to be pretty hard. After todays game there is going to be 76 games left and they would pretty much need to win about 2/3rds of their games left. Just like they waited too long on getting rid of Alexei, I hope they don't honestly believe they can still contend and try to add or stand pat at the trade deadline. They pitching has been very good but to hope they can sustain a run like this for the rest of the year is pretty hard to do. Defense has gotten better but this is the first time all year they have played this well. The offense is still struggling. Going back to when they started winning more of late was the Cards series they still have only scored 34 runs in 11 games through yesterday and thats an average of 3.09 per game which is below what they have been averaging for the year. They need to trade shark for sure before the deadline since the starting pitching market is getting thin and there are alot of contending teams. If they decide to trade a bullpen piece or someone like LaRoche and can get value back thats fine. Micah should be brought back up if they fully believe he is future at second and evaluate his play for the rest of the year. IF he shows he cant cut it defensively then they will need to know if they have to find a second baseman next year since they could still be a chance for contention.

Nate Jones pitched a scoreless inning at Single-A Winston-Salem on Fri. Gave up hit. Of eight pitches, four were 100 mph. #WhiteSox https://twitter.com/CSNHayes/status/619913567622574080

http://m.thestar.com/#/article/sports/blue...in-chicago.html

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 03:14 PM) Why is Jose always swinging at those awful sliders low and away? He didn't do it as much last year. In fact, he crushed sliders last year according to pitch f/x. This year, he's got a negative pitch value on them. Hes been swinging at stuff low and away all year on pitches. Getting into the konerko habit.

http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/white-...rlos-sanchez-2b

Samardzija throwing in front of many scouts today. White Sox bullpen arms also getting a close watch. https://twitter.com/scottmerkin/status/619207693778190336

Samardzija throwing in front of many scouts today. White Sox bullpen arms also getting a close watch. https://twitter.com/scottmerkin/status/619207693778190336

15 scouts here in Chicago to see Jeff Samardzija pitch https://twitter.com/MLBBruceLevine/status/619204765310930944

Best rotations over the past 30 days (park-adjusted FIP) 1. Nationals (73) 2. Cubs (78) 3. White Sox (80) 4. Dodgers (81) 5. Pirates (84) https://twitter.com/BtBScore/status/619192870965260288

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/toronto...id=479488067562

http://m.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article/13...n?tcid=tw_share They are still trying to find a 1st baseman. Hopefully LaRoche gets hot with the bat.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jul 8, 2015 -> 08:56 PM) Might have something to do with this article? http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/2015/07/08/...second-base-job ya i just posted that article on the previous page

QUOTE (Condor13 @ Jul 8, 2015 -> 08:42 PM) Micah not in the lineup tonight at Charlotte. Does anyone know if it is a normal day off, injury, or something else. I'm guessing day off. He's player like 9 straight days icluding a double header at least from what I can tell. He's batting .341 in the last 10 games

http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/2015/07/08/...second-base-job