Bob Sacamano

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 8, 2017 -> 08:36 AM) I am not too worried about this. He was fine when he last pitched. I bet if the Sox were battling for something he pitches last night. e. Shut him down and continue your quest for the highest draft pick. They will give him an MRI, but I think that is more for appearances sake than anything else. More Dylan Covey starts!

QUOTE (GermanSock @ Sep 7, 2017 -> 02:05 PM) If otani is really coming over next year he isn't doing it for the money and could just as well take 300k instead of 10m. I think the most important thing for him is finding a team in mlb that gives him a chance to hit at least semi full time (400+ PAs or so). For a player like him 10m is really a chump change. If he was in for the money he would wait 2 years and get a 250+M contract. Would you think he would be more likely to go to an AL team or NL team for those kind of at bats? An AL team could DH him on days he doesn't pitch.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Sep 7, 2017 -> 08:38 AM) Getting swept by the Giants would not be the worst thing. Hopefully Posey is healthy enough to play (for Sox purposes and my fantasy team). Posey is expected to play 1B or DH this weekend. Phew.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 7, 2017 -> 09:13 AM) I don't see gillaspie getting OF time. I dont think ti will be that hard to get consistent at bats, the one issue is essentially Leury is our only CFer, so Cordell / W Garcia / Liriano / Melky but unless Wily absolutely rakes I'm not sure it's that big of a deal. The others can just rotate between the DH/OF spots, give Avi spells. Teams with much more earned depth like the Dodgers do it fine. And he's fun. I listed Gillaspie as someone who could get at bats at 1B pushing Delmonico into more OF bats. Not Gillaspie getting OF at bats. I was just listing guys who could potentially need the at bats that would disappear with Melky being on the team (unless Abreu and Garcia are dealt, which I hope happens if the offers are there).

QUOTE (Scoots @ Sep 7, 2017 -> 09:06 AM) Yeah...pretty sure Kopech will be the ace of the staff...not the closer. Especially with what he has shown this season. Thsi is actually the first time I've seen anyone mention him as a potential closer...why? Because he throws so hard? Obviously no issues yet. Bruce never said he would be the closer. Those comments in the article are based on what scouts have said in the past, that his stuff plays great for a closer. Of course, that would hinge on him failing as a starter first.

I wouldn't mind Melky coming back, but the at bats just don't seem to be there (unless they move Garcia and probably Abreu in the off-season). Davidson you would assume is at 3B, Delmonico could either get reps in the OF or 1B depending on if Abreu is moved or not and then you would still have guys like Engel, Cordell (if healthy), L. Garcia that should see some time in the OF. Casey Gillespie if he rakes in spring training even.

Getting swept by the Giants would not be the worst thing. Hopefully Posey is healthy enough to play (for Sox purposes and my fantasy team).

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 6, 2017 -> 10:40 PM) Wow. That means the rebuild is gonna take a long while if Abreu is too old. Their contract? Why would that matter? Why would some lady want Coop fired? Just cause he's abrasive? They may both may not be here at the time we have our first competitive year or will only be around for a year of it. Pretty much what most of us have been saying all along.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 6, 2017 -> 10:29 AM) What a class act! https://www.instagram.com/p/BYtEJ-4gHVp/ QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Sep 6, 2017 -> 10:59 AM) He is a great dude. Wish him the best. Seems like a good dude. Hopefully he's willing to transition to the bullpen and see if he can be successful there for a few years with someone.

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 5, 2017 -> 01:29 PM) As keeper of the reverse standings, don't be worried. The Sox won't fall below 3. Keeper? There's a link you can click on on the very first post in that topic that shows the reverse standings haha

He served his purpose: ate innings until our prospects were ready to take over. Would have been better if he pitched well and was traded for something but oh well.

Link: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/09/whit...ek-holland.html

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 5, 2017 -> 11:22 AM) It's amazing what teams or people will do if you just reach out to them. When someone I know got married a few years back, he sent an email to James Cornelison asking if he would sing. Showed up and did the ceremony pro bono. Now that is incredible.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Sep 5, 2017 -> 10:56 AM) If McMahon could actually play 3B, I'd be all over this. Unfortunately he can't. I've been saying he'll probably end up at 1B for the Rockies next season anyway. Don't think he will get traded.

I definitely offer him up this off-season with a high price tag. If no one bites, I'm not giving him an extension either. I don't start negotiating until around July/August after you've tried trading him at a high price. Just my opinion.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 2, 2017 -> 07:48 PM) I.arNarvaez homers and that's three solo shots for the Sox. Rain delay in bottom of the 4th The pace of this one was already so slow. Glad I decided against going.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 2, 2017 -> 01:46 PM) 63-65 4.22 ERA with the White Sox. I hope the Sox young guys are better than that. I don't think anywhere here said they wish all these guys turn into Floyd.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 1, 2017 -> 01:52 PM) I hope the guys they got are the best. I thought Gio's was just a late season reward/look. If we have he and Rodon for sure in the rotation next year and if Lopez is in the rotation, for their sake I hope they speed up the rebuild. I don't care what anybody says. Pitchers failing at any point of their careers is not necessarily healthy. I hate to over-react about Rice but didn't like what I saw vs. Marist. Now that's a first game and all that. Maybe that junior QB is going to be great. By no means am I burying a high school kid after one start. I'd move the senior QB to RB or defense and simplify the offense and see if some of the new skill players can develop. I would think Rice will come out fired up beyond belief vs. Crete wanting to not go 0-2. Now you've completely lost it.

QUOTE (ron883 @ Sep 1, 2017 -> 01:22 PM) I'm fairly confident I would whoop Greg in a cage match, a tables, ladders and chair match, the octagon, or whatever ring you put us in. f*** Mayweather v McGregor. All about Greg vs Ron.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 1, 2017 -> 12:40 PM) I have my opinions; you have yours. It's time to develop some of these high round draft picks who look like busts. Sox have done it with pitchers. Why not spend a few bucks and get the best hitting version of Coop and sign him up? Hahn's career is on the line if this all doesn't work out so you'd think he'd improve our minor league instructors. Didn't they just do exactly this over the past year or so?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 1, 2017 -> 10:54 AM) This is what I was thinking. Reed on the open market is probably looking at 3/4 years at $5/6 million per season? You think that's all he'll get? I'll bet you that he gets more.

QUOTE (WBWSF @ Aug 31, 2017 -> 09:05 PM) Signing free agent Addison Reed makes a lot of sense to me. He's young(29 years old) and he sure is better than anybody the team has in the bullpen now. Don't really want to see them shell out a bunch of money for a closer so soon.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 31, 2017 -> 05:53 PM) My guesses... Yoan Moncada back from DL Nick Delmonico back from DL ReyLo back from the DL Tyler Danish Brad Goldberg DJ Peterson Rymer Liriano Dude hitting .205 at Charlotte?

The rest of the schedule for the Sox looks tough besides Detroit and SF. Hopefully we lose those 2 series.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Sep 1, 2017 -> 08:30 AM) Like I said, I didn't expect much, and they didn't get much. This particular player has already been a pro for 4 seasons, hasn't hit at all, and will be Rule 5 eligible next year (as I read the rule), so he isn't my cup of tea among the "lottery ticket" types. Re Gonzalez, despite an average career, he pitched great the last month, so yes I hoped for something a little better. Didn't expect it, but hoped. If you would have told me months ago that we would have traded Gonzalez for a former second round pick (still 20-years old), I would have taken that every day of the week.