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There are some smaller bright spots for me at least. Carlos looks like he's going to lock down 2B for the future. May not be an all-star but is awesome defensively. The pen is improved. I still have high hopes for this staff (Sale, Q, Rodon). Quintana is going nowhere now for me at least. He must stay. Only type of player I'd move him for is Puig. Anderson is doing well in the minors and should be ready in the next year or two. Alexis can hold down SS until he's ready (though he can have some crazy bad moments then flip that stud fielding switch). Saladino can play 3B soundly. I'd roll with hi. Next season unless we can upgrade it (Davidson is a flop). My hope for the top of the order is Eaton, Sanchez, Melky, Abreu, Puig, Garcia. Then figure out 7-9. I'm hoping we move Garcia to 1B and Adam is gone.

We desperately need to add a bat to go with Eaton, Cabrera, and Abreu. Also hope Garcia gets it together. Has the potential certainly

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Aug 8, 2015 -> 09:42 PM) Remember Sale Rodon and Q are not really products of the minor league system. All three spent very little time being developed in the White Sox minor league. Webb did and hopefully a few more are in the pipeline. They were drafted and developed/ing though. They're exceptions.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Aug 8, 2015 -> 08:37 PM) The Sox currently have the 11th pick. If they get a top 10 pick again, the 1st round pick is again protected. We get a comp pick for Jeff, I would give up definitely give up our 2nd round pick for Jason Heyward. If the 1st round pick is not protected, I would not do this. Thoughts? I'd love to sign him. But will we? He's going to get paid a lot. I just hope we spend big money on a hitter like Heyward than a starter like Shark. I'm wondering if it's even realistic at this point.

Robin went after Nolan Ryan. Look at him with us now and you'd never know it

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 8, 2015 -> 08:31 PM) You better calm down. You're going to be SOOOOO disappointed when he's back next year. I know. I gotta have something to hold out hope for.

It's going to be a glorious day when he's relieved of his duties. Just two months guys!

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 8, 2015 -> 08:08 PM) Yea when you're pissed off about how your own team plays might as well take it out on the ump who was as crappy as the Sox were. At least shows your guys you give a damn about them. Inspire them, lead them , let them know you're not going to take s*** laying down and you 100% have their backs. That's not in Robins nature. Won't help this team. They're pathetic.

That ump just wanted the f*** out of there

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 8, 2015 -> 07:58 PM) Cooper has not done a good job with the starting pitching. Just need to blow up the whole staff and bring in new life.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 8, 2015 -> 07:58 PM) f*** Laz Diaz just insert yourself as the star you ahole . MF'er been calling balls strikes on the other side of the plate all night now calls one to end the game on the other side . Damn plate was 24 inches wide tonight with him. That's bad for baseball. He needs fined for that garbage

We fought back which was nice. Just more of the same bs miscues.

Not even close! Lol

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 8, 2015 -> 07:52 PM) Thought that was only strike two on Eaton No hawk called ball three when it was a strike.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 8, 2015 -> 07:50 PM) He's been worse than Robertson the past two months. We got one last night, to boot. Joe Nathan with the Twins, he's not. Shows how much I've watched lol

Good luck getting one off Holland

Let's fly a banner: Fire Robin. Worked for my KC Chiefs lol

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 8, 2015 -> 07:40 PM) Only a three year difference in last playoff appearance with Sox and Astros. Eight years each with Sox and Cubs. Sigh.....

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 8, 2015 -> 07:38 PM) And the end result of the thinking that "We must compete this year and we can't field a below .500 team multiple years in a row" is going to be 4 years below .500 in a row and a team that isn't nearly competitive the next year wihtout a huge FA splurge, again. Because we must compete every year, we've been uncompetitive 3 years in a row. You can't tell me "This team can't afford to be uncompetitive 2 years in a row" when they've been an utter failure 4 of 5 years. They're going to be worse next year in attendance because the foolish fans that bought into the 2015 BS are going to be even more angry because of the 2015 failure. They bought into this bullcrap and the team took advantage of them - how on Earth do we expect them to repeat that mistake next year? We're now going to be in Cleveland Indians attendance territory because we took the people who were interested and flicked them off with the 2015 season. And factor in them running out Robin as the manager next season. This team needs Puig. f*** it. Make it happen. Go do what it takes to get that kid. This team needs a good young bat with flare and excitement.

QUOTE (L. Ron Paultard @ Aug 8, 2015 -> 07:29 PM) What I am saying is that Sox FO is in a UNIQUELY DIFFICULT position year-in and year-out. Almost lose-lose. Sure it's one of those chicken-egg dilemmas. Some of the short-sighted executive decisions only compounded & perpetuated the existing (systemic) problems. But it is what it is. They can't just tear it all down and risk going the Royals or Pirates "route" (read: almost 20 years of ineptitude). PS. And also to be fair, Sox fielded competitive and semi-competitive teams in 2009, 2010, 2012 and even the pre-season favoured 2011, 2015 incarnations. Easy to forget that 2011 as horribly disappointing as it was, Sox were within only 3 games of Detroit juggernaut in early September. Like I said, many Sox fans it's impossible to please, period. We're sports fans. We want it and we want it now.

JFC. You practice that in spring training and in August you're late covering first?

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Aug 8, 2015 -> 07:23 PM) I just don't get how anyone can buy into this one hot streak as him being a ML quality bat. He sat under .200 for like 2 months But Micah playing only playing 27 games, you can determine he can hit at this level?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 8, 2015 -> 07:22 PM) But the teams people want to be like now were awful for a long time. Last week was the first time in 38 years where the Cubsand Pirates played each other with both teams 10 games over. The Cubs, Pirates, Royals and Astros have been s***ty for a long time. They're due to get some really good players.

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Aug 8, 2015 -> 07:19 PM) Micah can hit. But can't field that well.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 8, 2015 -> 07:13 PM) Is that bad luck or an organizational flaw ? I mean its no wonder we hear LaRoche being called LaDunn. Left handed NL player who K's and walks a lot with low batting average and big shifts on them defensively who can't hit lefties yet always play against lefties. The similarities are striking yet the front office went after LaRoche regardless. There's definitely problems in the organization. They better pay LaRoche to go away. He brings nothing to this club going forward.