They never get Hawk to talk about how he almost traded for Andre Dawson when he was the GM. The rumors were so rampant, Dawson once took BP in Montreal wearing a White Sox cap. The next season he signed with the Cubs and was MVP.

This has to be it for Covey. Should be in AA

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Todd better start hitting, or he's going to miss out on the important things in life, like the HR Derby.

 

Covey is really terrible. Give us something else, please.

Covey... yikes you suck.

OTOH, with the exception of Bellinger/Judge/Josh Bell/Happ....all those hugely hyped "franchise/untouchable" position players like Dansby Swanson, Bregman, Trea Turner, Schwarber, Renfroe/Hedges, Gurriel, O.Arcia, Russell, O.Herrera, A.Garcia, Odor and Buxton have struggled mightily.

 

Even Leury is outhitting Benintendi, fwiw.

 

 

I cannot wait for Covey to be gone. DFA him and bring up someone from AAA. He's not only an automatic loss, but an automatic embarrassment to the team.

Who was better, Covey or Adrian Nieto?

 

Will go with Nieto, lol...ALL THE CUBANS!!!

Edited May 24, 20178 yr by caulfield12

Covey... yikes you suck.

 

Greg must hate him

Who was better, Covey or Adrian Nieto?

 

Will go with Nieto, lol...ALL THE CUBANS!!!

Still want an all Cuban batter.

You guys realize hes only starting because Rodon and Shields are both out, right? With a string of good Lopez starts, he may be up soon.

Greg must hate him

 

Waiting for the inevitable Elrockin is the "greatest fan in White Sox history" because he will think of something positive to say about Covey after each start, lol.

Greg must hate him

 

Hell, I'm all for the rebuilding/tanking, etc and I don't like him.

 

At least when Shields sucked last year, he gave you 6-7 innings. This guy taxes our bullpen by the 5th.

 

Even Pelfrey is better and he's usually terrible when the 6th+ rolls around.

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I cannot wait for Covey to be gone. DFA him and bring up someone from AAA. He's not only an automatic loss, but an automatic embarrassment to the team.

 

My biggest problem with the situation is the whole Rule 5 thing. It's not 1962 anymore. It's outdated. Either you belong in the big leagues or you don't. When it's clear you don't belong, it's time to try somebody else. A backup catcher is one thing, but a starting pitcher that can't compete is another.

Melky!

Cabrera now tied with Jarrod Dyson for 171/182 in MLB qualified OPS, lol...

Atta boy Willy.

For as big as Kevin Smith is, he has 0 oppo power it seems.

Atta boy Willy.

 

Looks pretty dangerous vs LHP

My biggest problem with the situation is the whole Rule 5 thing. It's not 1962 anymore. It's outdated. Either you belong in the big leagues or you don't. When it's clear you don't belong, it's time to try somebody else. A backup catcher is one thing, but a starting pitcher that can't compete is another.

 

Or at least have the common decency to stash/hide him in the bullpen for the year as the Beck/Michael Ynoa on our current roster...who they perhaps kept around just to recruit Luis Robert as well, lol.

 

Getting his brains bashed in start after start isn't the mark of an organization that takes care of its players and protects them.

OTOH, with the exception of Bellinger/Judge/Josh Bell/Happ....all those hugely hyped "franchise/untouchable" position players like Dansby Swanson, Bregman, Trea Turner, Schwarber, Renfroe/Hedges, Gurriel, O.Arcia, Russell, O.Herrera, A.Garcia, Odor and Buxton have struggled mightily.

 

Even Leury is outhitting Benintendi, fwiw.

Young players typically struggle at first, why is this so surprising to you?

Young players typically struggle at first, why is this so surprising to you?

 

Not surprising. Just that so many of them were hyped as being "sure things" that their organizations would never dream of trading. The pendulum swung too far the other way in the last couple of years.

 

They were probably overvalued, and that might turn out to be a mistake for some of the teams that could have used a huge upgrade for their rotation like Jose Quintana.

 

That's all.

Ah yes, the high sinker.

I can't put that homer on Covey. That ball is caught in 90% of MLB stadiums.

You guys realize hes only starting because Rodon and Shields are both out, right? With a string of good Lopez starts, he may be up soon.

Yeah, I fully expect Lopez up before the end of June, which will most certaintly be the end of Covey if he's still around. And honestly, I wouldn't be shocked if tonight is the end of Covey (at least as a starter) with someone like Matt Cooper getting a look. Fulmer really blew a great opportunity to be first man up with those two s***ty starts.

When's the last time a White Sox starter had an 8+ ERA after almost two months of pitching?

 

7+?

 

Shields is the only one that comes to mind (last year), but that's an entirely different situation contractually than Covey is in. And he had a really solid stretch in the middle of all that terribleness, even though it wasn't backed up by the peripherals.