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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 28, 2015 -> 01:47 PM) If teams are going to "offer a crap load" to get a pitcher...there's a problem for us. Actually 2. Hamels and Cueto...both are better pitchers than Samardzija and both are likely available if teams are willing to make a major offer. Yes those 2 will get a larger return but it's also what teams are willing to give up to get them. The Phillies don't have to trade Hamels and they are trying to hold a kings ransom for him. Cueto could net alot but seeing how the reds will also lose leake they might be more inclined to try to keep cueto. Some of the other top pitchers that are free agents are on teams that are competing so they won't get dealt and others aren't pitching as well. The sox should get at least a teams top 10 prospect back for shark. Probably not a 1-5 but 6-10 could be doable.

Ventura playing it coy with the roster move to add Chris Beck for Game 2. Could be Avi Garcia to the DL. We shall see after Game 1. https://twitter.com/ESPNChiSox/status/603951353900212224

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 28, 2015 -> 10:43 AM) Bye Noesi. I imagine they'll announce it after game 1 just in case. The could dl him

Chris Beck is still starting Game 2 of the doubleheader, which means a spot will have to be cleared on the 25-man roster. #WhiteSox https://twitter.com/CSNHayes/status/603946453363482624 Conor Gillaspie will start Game 2 of the doubleheader. Avisail Garcia sounds doubtful today but he is improving. https://twitter.com/CSNHayes/status/603946598272540672 So guessing no dl for avi or conor. Then who gos

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ May 28, 2015 -> 10:22 AM) My guess is that they will be short-handed in game 1. Start Beck in game 2. Then send Beck and Webb to Charlotte and call up a position player to replace whichever guy goes on the DL. The issues is that beck isn't on the 25 man roster right now. Someone has to moved to put him on roster to start game 2

On mlb at bat it still shows that Chris beck is still listed as game 2 starter. This is confusing

#WhiteSox for 5/28, Gm 1: Eaton 8, Cabrera 7, Abreu 3, LaRoche DH, Ramirez 6, Shuck 9, Beckham 5, Flowers 2, Sanchez 4. Sale vs. Wilson. https://twitter.com/CSNHayes/status/603935752473411585

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 24, 2015 -> 02:20 PM) i don't think they have "resources" at all. I think they spent them this year, unless they're willing to trade Rodon. Well they could have the resources next year. If they trade off say like shark, Laroche and ramirez at the deadline then you save some money this year and now the sox would have 30+ million that they had on the roster this year they won't have next year. Plus some of the smaller contract like bonifacio, Beckham, and flowers will be gone next year. I'm sure they could dump off Beckham and bonifacio at the deadline also.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 22, 2015 -> 08:54 AM) Adam LaRoche is not a significant offensive "problem". I realize some have honed in on him, so now he will become a punching bag, and those who wanted to jack Rick Hahn off for his offseason are now saying they knew all along some of these signings were just bad, but a thread on the Sox putrid offense focusing on Adam LaRoche, is pretty lame. Ya I'm not sure why alot of people on picking on Laroche. He's not the problem but he's part of it. The team is just crap offensively. Still second to last in runs, 27 in hits, middle of the pack in average and last in xbh. Tho surprising they are in the top 5 for striking out the least. Abreu is now up to 100 base runners on base when coming to the plate and has still only driven in 16 of them. There must be some sort of curse with the white sox and offense. They seem to try to bring in guys that hit better other places but come in here and just flame out. Still can't seem to produce position players from the system that can produce consistent offensively. I wouldn't be surprised if they brought in mike trout and stopped producing offensively with the sox.

Some things just never change. #WhiteSox second in #MLB in grounding into double plays http://t.co/iFKhEA4Gku https://twitter.com/ChrisDeLuca/status/601483300331515907 Abreu has 8 by himself

QUOTE (Lillian @ May 20, 2015 -> 06:15 AM) In the off season, the Sox could have acquired Kendry Morales, Adam Lind, or Andre Ethier. Yes, I know that Ethier wasn't a free agent, but the Dodgers were rumored to be willing to virtually do a salary dump. Instead, they signed the second coming of Adam Dunn. So far, he is the biggest problem with this offense. But then, I've beaten that horse to death and you all know what I think. This offense is terrible, and La Roche hitting in the heart of the order, as our only left handed power bat, is the most glaring deficiency. If they expect to compete, the front office better try to fix the problem that this lineup has, with a clean up hitter, who is a strike out machine, and is totally inept vs. LHP. Honestly Laroche has been part of the problem but not the biggest problem. The whole offense is the biggest issue. Now yes the sox have been picking it up more lately but if all of the players on offense were producing to their norms things would be alot different. Eaton is still batting in the .230's and has a below .300 obp. Melky isn't hitting what he's capable of. Abreu has a 14 game hitting streak going into tonight but only has 7 rbi's with 3 double plays and 12 strikeouts in the time. He's had 95 runners on base when's he's come to the plate and only driven 16 rbi's this whole year. Laroche isn't hitting lefties and has a low average and striking out. Avi has been actually producing way more then most on this board would think. Conor is pretty much a platoon player. Ramirez doesn't seem to have a plan at the plate. Catching has been horrible. Replaced a possibly offensive second baseman with bad defense with a good defensive that may not be a constant offensive player. The biggest thing I hope the sox do is get back to is a normal or bit better offense for each players norm and get a catcher that can hit.

.@jose_quintana24 takes the hill for division battle with Indians at 7:10 CT. http://t.co/DKEYMzbpay #ChiSoxGameDay http://t.co/62InqutYMv https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/600747478875418624

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 19, 2015 -> 02:48 PM) Because he would be an improvement on a daily basis? His power has taken a hit as he's aged but he's well above league average as a hitter and is much better at defense. Plus, he can insulate against a potential liability in LaRoche against LHP. Unless he is replacing gillaspie as the everyday third baseman and taking gillaspie spot on roster, the sox won't be dumb enough to do a version of the roster last year putting another konerko on the bench to occasionally hit.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 19, 2015 -> 02:19 PM) That's being judged based on 17 PA. Last season he hit .327 with a 1.024 OPS against lefties. (Hell that actually would make him a tolerable platoon partner with Gillaspie and LaRoche). Why waste a spot on a guy who only has one position and takes away from the versatility of the bench. Plus he's owed 14 million so say at the deadline that's still 7 million for a 37 yr old player.

QUOTE (GoGoSox2k2 @ May 19, 2015 -> 02:10 PM) Aramis Ramirez does make to much sense. Brewers are going nowhere this year, Ram at end of career. Probably wont cost a ton. Our biggest weak spot is the hot corner. Why not Rick He's only hitting .125 vs lefties

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ May 19, 2015 -> 01:45 PM) I will say that I don't think Lucroy should be our C target. I like his game but the age/injury flags might not be worth the prospects. We might just have to ride it out with this roster....ride it out right to the world series! I've read that Milwaukee won't be trading lucroy

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 19, 2015 -> 01:08 PM) If we're still in the thick of it come July the Sox will trade spare parts for Aramis Ramirez a la Youkilis 2012. Issue is Aramis Ramirez is a platoon player right now. He has a .125 average against lefties. I would hope that the sox would upgrade catching more.

#WhiteSox last won six straight late in 2013. This streak comes at a little more important of a time. https://twitter.com/CSNHayes/status/600493478737391616

From White Sox notes: Sox unbeaten when holding lead after 7th inn, including 15-0 mark when leading after 8th. They have 11 comeback wins. https://twitter.com/CST_soxvan/status/600395436801789953

Avisail Garcia, who leads Sox in avg (.316), hits (36), runs (17) and multihit games (12) has hit safely in 15 of last 17 games. https://twitter.com/CST_soxvan/status/598583912877527040

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Salty is coming aboard lol

QUOTE (JoshPR @ May 5, 2015 -> 07:47 PM) When doesn't he have a terrible plan? When is Soto going to be released? When salty is signed lol

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