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Chris sale stats He leads the majors with 141 Ks, the second-highest total in White Sox history before the All-Star Break behind Wilbur Wood’s 142 in 1973. https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/618203705515638784 His average of 12.28 strikeouts per 9.0 IP would be the highest total for a starting pitcher in @MLB since Johnson averaged 13.41 in 2001. https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/618203572510031872 He's on pace to post a franchise-record 289 Ks, which would be the highest total in @MLB since Randy Johnson fanned 290 in 2004. https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/618203364283822081 His 75 strikeouts in June broke Juan Pizarro’s franchise monthly record of 61 set in August 1961. https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/618203837124472832 His 766 strikeouts through his first 100 career starts are the highest total in major-league history, according to Elias. https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/618203907110633472 He has struck out 10 or more batters 27 times in 100 career starts, 12 or more 16 times & has recorded six games w/ 10-plus Ks and no walks. https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/618204080339554304

http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/07/06/mlb-trade...mors-news-deals

Per @MLBNetwork gameday notes: Over his last eight starts, Chris Sale has faced 228 batters and struck out 97 of them (42.5%). https://twitter.com/scottmerkin/status/618067373694648320

Kinda think it's funny when it comes to the white sox offense people are trying to blame everyone else expect for the coaches that actually needs to be blamed and probably should have been the first canned and hasnt. Let's blame robin for the players not hitting instead of the 2 hitting coaches the sox have. Let's blame kw and Hahn for the players not hitting instead of the 2 hitting coaches the sox have. The sox have 2 hitting coaches peeps and they can't seem to get the hitters to hit. I think that's the first line of blame to go then trying to peg your manager which is not his job to teach hitters how to hit. Most of the guys that are on the team were hitting better last year here or some place else and this year most are horrible.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2...liams/29738873/

QUOTE (LDF @ Jul 5, 2015 -> 11:23 AM) yeah, but the pen is the best group the sox have. it is the batters or lack of, in the beginning of the season, that dug the hole. now if you can look at the rest of the positional players, as nice as this team is looking, it has some huge gaping holes, that the org doesn't have a replacement players. but damn, this team could have been fantastic. fvvck the fo for not finishing the job. Actually the starting rotation was a huge factor in the first month also with digging the hole they are in. The big three of sale, shark and quintana which was suppose to be the rocks in the rotation were pretty bad in the first month. Sale had a 5.32 era, shark was 4.78 and quintana had a 6.55 in april.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/07/03/lev...ries_vph-sports Listing Houston and Toronto as head of class at scouting shark

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/07/cafa...-blue-jays.html Jeff Samardzija “may be the first starting pitcher moved ahead of the trading deadline” since “scouts are constantly at his games,” Cafardo writes. The White Sox aren’t ready to start selling yet, but they’ll find a strong market for Samardzija’s services that includes the Royals,Astros and Tigers. (Cafardo cited several more teams in the Samardzija market in his column last week.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 4, 2015 -> 02:28 PM) Generally speaking: Betts is untouchable, you guys are treating him as merely a starting point for a deal. Swihart would be a realistic prized centerpiece, you guys are treating him like he could be the second or third piece. There's no way they'd give up both Margot and Devers, and probably only one of them if the centerpiece is a notch below Swihart. THey'd probably push hard to make on of those two THE centerpiece. Let me be clear: I'm NOT advocating trading Quintana. The best case scenario, realistically, is probably Swihart, Kopech/Chavis, two solid arms you haven't heard of. I'm not saying it's good, I'm just trying to be realistic. We need to remember that a young, controllable, above average position player is more valuable than a similar pitcher, and positional prospects are valued extremely highly right now. Again swihart was asked as a starting point by Philly and boston told them no. Why would he then be available to stating point for quintana.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 4, 2015 -> 06:53 PM) Chris Cotillo ‏@ChrisCotillo 24m24 minutes ago #Tigers, #Astros and #Royals reportedly in the mix for Jeff Samardzija. @Gelman_Scott with details: http://www.mlbdailydish.com/2015/7/4/88944...rs-trade-rumors … I really hate when people write articles and can't get facts straight. Samardzija didn't sign in the offseason he was trade for by the sox and they agreed on his final year of arbitration before he hits free agency.

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/video?vid=476822595692 Ken Rosenthal is saying shark to the yankees in his view would be a perfect fit but says sox haven't fully said he's available yet.

Hate to break your guys heart but talking about swihart or Betts for quintana isn't going to happen. Phillies were wanting one of the 2 for starting a package for hamels which is a ace and boston wasn't going for it. There are numerous articles saying swihart is red sox future catcher and also saying that Betts isn't getting moved either. So yes quintana isn't a ace like Hamels and if boston isn't moving one of the 2 for hamels they are for sure not moving them for quintana. Now quintana has been doing his thing in the American League for the past 4ish years sofar and has gotten better but doesn't have the longer track record in the bigs like hamels.

http://mobile.sportingnews.com/article/464...co%2FOBWHx8XJTJ

http://mweb.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/jon-h...proposed-dealsv White sox are listed #10. Suggesting shark traded to the blue jays for catching prospect Max Pentecost

Last time lynn pitched in 2012 against sox. I remember him mowing down hitters. 7.1 ip, 3 hits, 1bb and set his career high with 12 ks against the sox.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 28, 2015 -> 05:58 PM) motivation or not, players are not going to perform when they have no faith in the coach. they, the players need a person who can coach, can managed a team. I'm sorry but these are grown men playing baseball and getting a hell of alot of money then most of us will ever see and there should be no excuses. They get to play a game that alot of kids dream to play in their lives. I'm sure we all aren't fully happy with our jobs or bosses but we put our big boy pants and go to work cause we need a paycheck and I'm sure anyone one of us would like to take their place in a heart beat.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jun 28, 2015 -> 11:45 AM) Looks like interest in Samardzija is picking up. "The same teams that are pursuing Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz are going after White Sox hurler Jeff Samardzija. That list of teams includes the Royals, Tigers, Twins, Blue Jays, Yankees, Cardinals, Orioles, Angels, and Dodgers, according to Cafardo. Late last week, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reported that the Astros are also interested in Samardzija. Meanwhile, at this time, the Red Sox reportedly are not interested in moving Buchholz." http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/06/cafa...eto-hamels.html Hopefully he continues to pitch well and with that many teams hopefully a chance for good return

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 27, 2015 -> 04:45 PM) Exactly. Unless we get rid of all the bums (in baseball sense) we acquired this offseason, the team will reek again next year. Simple retooling won't work. It's time for a huge firesale. Yes that's smart. This team apparently can't develop players that well especially on the position side. They don't seem to be able to evaluate players well that they bring in. Most of the position players they bring in end up sucking for them. They get good players that do well other places and play like crap for them. I swear they could bring in Miguel Cabrera, Mike trout, or stanton and they would end up playing like crap. This team already has holes and you want to trade off all the players they got last year to create more holes and no one to fill them. Plus it's really going to make the organization look bad to trade off everyone you just got in the offseason and deter any future free agents from wanting to sign with them cause if they sign there and not play well they will try to dump them right away. If you want to try to fire sale then you might as well trade sale, Abreu and company and try to bring in as much talent as possible to try to build the team back up like the cubs did.

Adam Eaton has more home runs (5) than Robinson Cano, Michael Brantley, Victor Martinez, Matt Holliday and Jose Reyes. https://twitter.com/ChuckGarfien/status/614572705019482113

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0625-story.html There is stuff in there about shark hearing his name going through the rumor mill again. But also a small snippet saying the sox are willing to part with Ramirez. Honestly I really wished he was traded in the past off season to sell high on his value he had but now the Sox might be stuck with him for the year.

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/washing...al-notes-062415 Ken Rosenthal still saying astros interested in shark.

Jose Abreu w/ runner on 3rd and less than two outs in 2014: 14-for-31 (.452) w/ 10 BB, 4 SF, 35 RBIs. In 2015: 3-for-13, 2 BB, 0 SF, 8 RBIs. https://twitter.com/paul_casella/status/612326670670897152

Rick Hahn says that trade chatter has recently picked up. https://twitter.com/ChuckGarfien/status/611288604090961920

Chris Sale has struck out 12+ batters in 4 straight games. Since 1914, only Randy Johnson & Pedro Martinez have done it 5 straight games. https://twitter.com/MLB/status/610457719036751873

Chris Sale has 4 straight starts with at least 25 swings & misses & 5 with at least 20. Our records go back to 2002. He's first to do either https://twitter.com/jaysonst/status/610449943627714561 More on Sale: 4 straight of 25+ swings & misses. All other starters in MLB combined have 4 all season - & 2 were yesterday (Scherzer/Hamels) https://twitter.com/jaysonst/status/610450516397699073