Bob Sacamano

QUOTE (ron883 @ May 10, 2017 -> 10:09 AM) The thing with Todd is 1. Had has people behind him who can take over. Jose, while nothing special when you account for his defense, has nobody knocking on his door. 2. Todd doesn't have the weird cult following that Jose does. jose could bat .200 for the season and youd have people here defending how great he is. Literally the same guys you mention for Frazier, Jose is playing a spot they can play. If they trade Todd and dfa Asche, you can slide Jose into the DH spot and play Delmonico and Davidson at either corner.

Yeah this thread is pointless. What do Gonzalez and Gordon have to do with Quintana not being traded? Lol

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 9, 2017 -> 09:51 PM) If I come to a game or two this summer, what's my best bet for great great seats at a low price? I need the Southside ballpark experience again. Come on a week night, pay $7 and likely sit behind one of the dugouts lol

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ May 9, 2017 -> 11:05 AM) Yeah but it would've been much less stressful for the Cubs if the Indians didn't have Miller as a multi-inning weapon. Actually, maybe it was Schwarber they wanted for Chapman at first. I can't remember exactly. Just getting Schwarber for Miller wouldn't make much sense.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ May 9, 2017 -> 11:03 AM) It would've been a better deal no matter what for the Cubs because: 1. Schwarber is a DH that isn't even that good 2. The Indians wouldn't have had Miller in the World Series 3. Miller wasn't a rental 4. They'd still have Torres But Miller didn't stop them from winning the World Series.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ May 9, 2017 -> 10:56 AM) Schwarber for Miller would have been a much better deal than the one they made. We can't really say that yet without seeing careers play out though. Schwarber could have been good get for the Yankees too seeing as though could DH with the short porch in RF and see time at 1B and little in LF.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 9, 2017 -> 10:11 AM) Kyle Schwarber may be the most hyped career .226 hitter with less than 2 career WAR in MLB history. You would think the HOF for him is just a formality. His career fWAR is exactly the same as Tyler Saladino's. Didn't the Yankees want him straight up for Andrew Miller last year? If they did that deal, they'd still have Torres in the system. Though I do think Schwarber will turn it around at the plate a bit.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 9, 2017 -> 08:31 AM) This isn't the NFL or NBA. The guys the Sox get in the draft might not be able to help them for 4 or 5 years. Why is there such a rush to see what the young guys can do? I thought rebuilding was all about patience and development. Let them stay down and dominate for a while if they are ready. Calling them up too soon is something the White Sox have been rightly criticized for doing by a lot of people, including most of this board. I would love to see Yoan Moncada play every day. But I would rather see him play everyday for years instead of watching him struggle and go back down to AAA. Look at how many ABs these guys have above A ball, but call em up at the first sign of being hot. That hasn't worked. Let them spend the season in AAA. Call them up in September. It isn't like you have to get them some experience so next year they are ready to win a title. What does calling these guys up before the end of their season accomplish long term? It is, but many here don't have it, yet wanted a rebuild.

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ May 9, 2017 -> 08:07 AM) 2-3 months of reverting his mechanics from his crappy altered mechanics, regaining his velocity,working on his command = Erik Johnson 2.0? Give the guy a couple months,hell the whole year. What's the rush? Of course we all want results and he's been a peg above atrocious but there are some decent signs and if he gets his command working people will forget his struggles. Right!? Dude is 22! It would be a different story if he was 26/27.

QUOTE (ventura_abreu @ May 8, 2017 -> 07:51 PM) With the amateur draft on June 12th, June 13th would be a good time to start crafting the next phase of the rebuilding White Sox. Some of our young players in the minors can certainly keep getting experience until then, and we will have more clarity about how the draft went in terms of hitters versus pitchers balance. I'm sure the White Sox are expecting the draft to yield a nice balance between the two, but it could turn out to be a draft where the best available players leaned more to one side than the other. One way or the other, I'd like to see 2-3 veteran players traded by mid-June with the idea of getting some young players a chance to play more regularly on the big league club. They'd love to trade anyone they can ASAP but it's not that easy. No one is looking to trade now and some guys we have to deal are not doing well/have no market.

QUOTE (knightni @ May 8, 2017 -> 12:13 PM) Does anyone else have a Roku tv? Got a Roku TV and have been watching Amazon shows through our Prime Account and thinking about getting Netflix. What irritates me the most is that CBS/Paramount/Nick/HGtv/Food on Roku is restricted from being viewed by XFinity customers. Step 1: buy an Amazon Firestick ($40). Step 2: download the apps Kodi and Exodus on said firestick. Step 3: now you can watch every show and movie ever.

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ May 8, 2017 -> 11:01 AM) You cross the two. The fact is, if he were hitting, he'd make sense as a leadoff man with his OBP so much higher than his batting average. That being said, if he's hitting, you want him in a position to drive in runs and the leadoff spot isn't it. This is one of those Maddonisms that just isn't working. Yeah I think they should probably play the hot hand and go with Jon Jay (.437 obp) at leadoff spot.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 8, 2017 -> 10:14 AM) lol, neither of them is getting DFA'd. That would be a complete waste of an asset. Yeah someone like Asche would likely get cut I think. They'd likely want to hold onto both Saladino and Sanchez.

QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ May 8, 2017 -> 12:39 AM) Let's be real - guys like Danish aren't going to get a look at starting once Fulmer, Giolito, Lopez, and Kopech are up by next year. Could easily see all 4 in our rotation by early next season. Might as well see what we have now. Well Kopech isn't going to be up next season (maybe September) so there's that. I do expect Rodon, Fulmer, Lopez, Giolito (hopefully) and Shields to be in the roster, barring a Shields trade. So there should be opportunity for Danish to get starts as the Sox usually are careful about watching guys' innings and skipping and giving more rest. Could even go 6-man rotation.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 8, 2017 -> 08:59 AM) Apparently the rumor is the Nationals are sending their top scout to the Sox-Twins series this weekend to evaluate Robertson. To me that's a big deal if true. Get him in all 3 games. Edit: if true.

QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ May 7, 2017 -> 07:57 PM) I thought this thread would be blowing up today with the Bruce Levine report that a trade is likely with Nationals? Thoughts? Sounds like his own opinion (a popular one). Means nothing.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 8, 2017 -> 08:21 AM) Holy s***, I just saw Schwarber is batting .198. And Maddon is still leading him off? For a leadoff hitter, you look at OBP which is still low at .321.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 7, 2017 -> 11:56 PM) 15th inning now...ESPN got almost 2 games for their money. Unfortunately, Judge left the game a long time ago. Finally, the Yankees score in the Top of the 18th. 1:00 a.m. Chicago time, 2 pm China, haha. Ironically, Starlin Castro involved. Yankees getting to Strop. OVAH. Bryant and Rizzo walked with two outs (intentionally), Kyle Hendrick PH for Strop and struck out against Chasen Shreve with nobody but pitchers available to hit on the bench. But you know, that's more exciting than having a designated hitter

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 7, 2017 -> 12:38 PM) Whatever happened to all the rebuild guys, team must lose for draft picks? The guy has sucked. He is a rule 5 guy, and there is a 99.9% chance when you throw a rule 5 guy directly in a major league rotation, he will suck. The team is going nowhere. Why are the White Sox widely criticized on this board for "rushing" prospects, but every damn time there is the first sign of a guy sucking or of a minor leaguer going on a roll, the same people who b**** about it, want them to do what they b**** about? Let guys develop. It isn't necessary to see what some of these guys can do at the major league level yet. Make sure they are ready. Let Covey get destroyed while that happens. A good week, a good 2 weeks, a good month isn't proof. If you really want a rebuild, you have to be patient or it isn't going to ever work. Agreed. Let this guy pitch and take his lumps.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 5, 2017 -> 01:44 PM) Soxtalk, are you collectively ready to vote Avisail Garcia into the All-Star Game? Yes I am lol

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ May 5, 2017 -> 11:19 AM) lol, it must be a really slow day if you guys are arguing about this. Haha, I'm not arguing. My only post was the one above yours about how I always found it odd that he signed his name a different name than the one he actually uses.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 5, 2017 -> 11:13 AM) PTATC: Not trying to be arrogant. At least I try to "talk" conversationally with other posters and not "down" to them or try to show how clever I am with one-liners that are snarky in nature and demeaning. (Not saying you do by the way). I put my name on posts because the other sites I participate in that's the way it's done. Nothing more, nothing less. I didn't realize that doing so here makes you "arrogant." But that's fine...from now on I won't use my name anymore. Hope that makes you happy. The only thing that confuses me about you signing your name is that you use a screen name for this site as well. So I'd either just make my name "Mark" instead of "Lip Man 1" or just sign off as "Lip Man 1" instead.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 5, 2017 -> 10:08 AM) Feels like the white sox are doing the equivelant of "burn the ships" with INTL FA spend this year. "We have to spend on Robert or Otani or else we will have signed no one else!" Yeah if they don't sign Robert and have no commitments in the next signing period, it'd almost seem like they have to sign Otani.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 4, 2017 -> 04:15 PM) Just noticed Bregman doesn't have a homer yet. Swanson garbage. Benintendi (unavailable), Judge and Turner (unavailable) were the only difference makers, it seems. You're making this claim a month into the season?

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ May 4, 2017 -> 03:24 PM) That makes sense though. Trout is doing what he usually does, while Judge is a rookie vastly exceeding expectations. I was going to say that it does make sense. Fans, media love the new shiny toy.