Just now, Chicago White Sox said:

They are 100% picking up the option

yes and then trading him

1 minute ago, chw42 said:

That's if he still has value after we misuse him and ruin his numbers. 

he will, he'll just blame it on his role.  I know for a fact he doesn't want to be a set-up man.

Edited August 15, 20214 yr by fathom

2 minutes ago, fathom said:

you have to be an idiot to think they're keeping Kimbrel next year

Hahn has already come out and said they're going to be keeping Kimbrel and Hernandez next year, has he not?

vaughn looked so lost in his first two pitches, nice recovery!

That at least means TA gets to leadoff the 9th. 

4 minutes ago, hankchifan said:

 

TLR is obsessed with having lefty righty matchups, no matter how crappy the lefty is.  TLR is old school, not a metrics guy. Vaughn should have been in this lineup.  His defense has been better than Goodwin also.  He has also been hitting righties well

Crony manager begets crony Shelly Duncan “strategery”.

 

Now sure, regardless of what you think about the trade, doesn't matter now....but Kimbrel has definitely not been as advertised, in the Sox uniform, what ever that reason may be.

Just now, fathom said:

yes and then trading him

I’m not convinced of that, a major payroll increase is coming and we can’t really afford to give up quality relievers.

Just now, caulfield12 said:

Hahn has already come out and said they're going to be keeping Kimbrel and Hernandez next year, has he not?

Which he should, until they trade him

2 hours ago, EloyJenkins said:

He has already publicly complained about DHing. He is the starting LF going forward

I rather see Engel or Vaughn is RF instead of Goodwin.

1 minute ago, chw42 said:

That's if he still has value after we misuse him and ruin his numbers. 

He has not been misused. Just sucks right now

AV is going to be the next konerko like franchise player for the Sox, isn't he? Gosh that draft pick worked out

If nothing else, Vaughn's hit means that Collins bats now instead of leading off the 9th.

1 minute ago, fathom said:

yes and then trading him

They're going to go from overpaying (based on beating up the NL Central as a closer) to having to subsidize his contract, just like the Cubs would have had to do for 65% of his time with the Cubs...

Nice AV.

0-2 count on Zack Collins.........stop me if you've heard this one before.

4 minutes ago, Capn12 said:

Now sure, regardless of what you think about the trade, doesn't matter now....but Kimbrel has definitely not been as advertised, in the Sox uniform, what ever that reason may be.

He had a great run with the Cubs but was also trash for a long while too. 

Edited August 15, 20214 yr by SonofaRoache

Go away forever Collins 

So overmatched on high fastballs

Cool having Collins hit. 

get collins off this team

6 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

No, because a reliever isn't the reason the team wins world series. 

Amazing how sensitive people are about kimbrel. Guy has been below average since we got him. 

Hes not a value next year. He's making 16 million dollars. Jaysus.

Are you kidding me?  He's a hall of fame closer.  He has plenty of value.

2 minutes ago, Baron said:

Yeah that’s what it is. Sure. 

This was his 7th outing for the sox. There should have been 0 chances for you to claim this weird conspiracy theory  but there's already been two. 

I worry about you thinking it's weird for someone not to post during every game. Thoughts and prayers flying your way!!!

Collins can go

Just now, SonofaRoache said:

He had a great run with the Cubs but was not as trash gor a long while too. 

he was also their closer, not pitching in the 8th inning.  Not sure why it's so hard to understand why he might be struggling more than usual.  Just look at his velocity.