17 minutes ago, oldsox said:

Tough to evaluate the trade without seeing anything from Steele Walker.

No it isn't. The principle is still the same. We said over and over "it's ok to make this trade, we didn't give up all that much". We said it for about a decade, and it kept being true...until it wasn't, and that switch was pretty catastrophic. If 8 times out of 10 it turns out true that we didn't give up much, and then we give up Semien and Tatis as part of the guys who seem to be "not much" at the time, the 8 times where it works out don't balance out the enormous failures. 

33 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

This is the good karma this thread desperately needed after SouthSider admitted he put profit over our beloved White Sox!

14 minutes ago, fathom said:

Wind blowing out hard tonight 

Good hopefully we see the first Mazara bomb of the season 

Doesn’t Mazara hit bombs in games where Lopez starts? I’m expecting his first home run tonight. 

6 hours ago, YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! said:

I feel like the Sox will get destroyed in this game which means they’ll probably win. Because baseball is weird.

Just lay off the low junk from Hendricks which they may be getting better at. I too want to see McCann.

Grandal has a great game last night at the plate and also gets a near 8 inning shutout with Keuchel and you guys are still b****ing. I just don't get the animosity to the 2nd best catcher in the league.

7 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

This is the good karma this thread desperately needed after SouthSider admitted he put profit over our beloved White Sox!

Instant karma gonna git u

Gonna knock u off your feet

Better recognize your brothers

In everyone u meet

5 minutes ago, SoxBlanco said:

Doesn’t Mazara hit bombs in games where Lopez starts? I’m expecting his first home run tonight. 

Good thought !

21 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

No it isn't. The principle is still the same. We said over and over "it's ok to make this trade, we didn't give up all that much". We said it for about a decade, and it kept being true...until it wasn't, and that switch was pretty catastrophic. If 8 times out of 10 it turns out true that we didn't give up much, and then we give up Semien and Tatis as part of the guys who seem to be "not much" at the time, the 8 times where it works out don't balance out the enormous failures. 

YOu lost me when you tried to equate Steele Walker to these other guys.

2 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

YOu lost me when you tried to equate Steele Walker to these other guys.

Thank you. I thought the exact same thing 

15 minutes ago, EloyJenkins said:

Grandal has a great game last night at the plate and also gets a near 8 inning shutout with Keuchel and you guys are still b****ing. I just don't get the animosity to the 2nd best catcher in the league.

I like them both so you can just ***********. James is a player who belongs on the team. He has big balls. 

4 minutes ago, pcq said:

I like them both so you can just ***********. James is a player who belongs on the team. He has big balls. 

I like them both as well, but Grandal is a very streaky hitter so when he hits a 460 foot homer you put him right back in. I really wish I knew what those asterisks said... I am sure it's something like so you can just keep being the most level headed guy posting here!

28 minutes ago, SoxBlanco said:

Doesn’t Mazara hit bombs in games where Lopez starts? I’m expecting his first home run tonight. 

Yea, when he’s hitting against him.

3 minutes ago, EloyJenkins said:

I like them both as well, but Grandal is a very streaky hitter so when he hits a 460 foot homer you put him right back in. I really wish I knew what those asterisks said... I am sure it's something like so you can just keep being the most level headed guy posting here!

He’s masking his secret man love for you.

36 minutes ago, pcq said:

Just lay off the low junk from Hendricks which they may be getting better at. I too want to see McCann.

This will be a test for Robert. I still don’t understand why they throw him strikes.

44 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

No it isn't. The principle is still the same. We said over and over "it's ok to make this trade, we didn't give up all that much". We said it for about a decade, and it kept being true...until it wasn't, and that switch was pretty catastrophic. If 8 times out of 10 it turns out true that we didn't give up much, and then we give up Semien and Tatis as part of the guys who seem to be "not much" at the time, the 8 times where it works out don't balance out the enormous failures. 

All depends on the return. What was the return on the 8 times they didn't give up much. Just because 2 panned out from other teams doesn't mean the Sox didn't do well overall. Other trade netted Giolito, Lopez and Dunning. Another got Jimenez and Cease. If you are going to pick and choose the ones where the other team got a good player, look at the ones where the Sox did. 

35 minutes ago, EloyJenkins said:

Grandal has a great game last night at the plate and also gets a near 8 inning shutout with Keuchel and you guys are still b****ing. I just don't get the animosity to the 2nd best catcher in the league.

Great. Grandal at DH tonight. Problem solved.

1 minute ago, Dick Allen said:

This will be a test for Robert. I still don’t understand why they throw him strikes.

I don't understand why they throw him a fastball.

18 minutes ago, EloyJenkins said:

I like them both as well, but Grandal is a very streaky hitter so when he hits a 460 foot homer you put him right back in. I really wish I knew what those asterisks said... I am sure it's something like so you can just keep being the most level headed guy posting here!

It was blank. I just want to be creative and keep all our quality guys. 

Edited August 22, 20205 yr by pcq

12 minutes ago, ptatc said:

I don't understand why they throw him a fastball.

 

(100% non serious) 

Edited August 22, 20205 yr by Jack Parkman

1 hour ago, mqr said:

That there is beef with this lineup is proof that it is quite literally impossible for Ricky to do right by some

I think its less that he can't do right by some (altho a few of those people exist) and more that he can't do right by all of us at once. A bunch of us on here have mutually exclusive opinions, so he's always going to make at least some of us mad

I know many are concerned about ReyLo tonight but I’m expecting a solid outing in his return..   6 IP, 2 R, 9 Ks.    Sox win the game 7-3.    Take it to the bank!

1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said:

YOu lost me when you tried to equate Steele Walker to these other guys.

Yeah walker is 24 and rated a 40+ by fangraphs, the chance he becomes a star is small. Tatis wasn't really higher than a 40+ at the time of the trade either but at age 16-17 there is much more variance, a 17 yo 40fv can be a 60 2 years later (or out of baseball if it goes the other direction).

Here we go...hopefully can put some pressure on the Professor right out of the gate!

MAZ with a huge game tonight