1 minute ago, southsider2k5 said:

It never was. If you believe this, it explains a lot.

From the guy who claimed across threads, for pages at a time, that I once said that the White Sox have too many pitchers in their system and have to get rid of them. Or that I was the person who claimed that the White Sox couldn't cut Benintendi because they'd have to pay a replacement. It seems your entire roll here is to make up BS to troll people you deem too positive. I suppose I have pages of you calling me a gas lighting, goal-posts mover to look forward to, today. Happy Opening Day.

1 minute ago, WestEddy said:

From the guy who claimed across threads, for pages at a time, that I once said that the White Sox have too many pitchers in their system and have to get rid of them. Or that I was the person who claimed that the White Sox couldn't cut Benintendi because they'd have to pay a replacement. It seems your entire roll here is to make up BS to troll people you deem too positive. I suppose I have pages of you calling me a gas lighting, goal-posts mover to look forward to, today. Happy Opening Day.

Prove it then. Put up or shut up.

2 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Prove it then. Put up or shut up.

I have. Put the pages back up.

Just now, WestEddy said:

I have. Put the pages back up.

hahahahahaha

Sox on 35th guy has a bunch of takes and predictions

To Suareo's points:

1) Meidroth has more pressure because he's the lowest ceiling. Colson or Vargas would have to crater for Ant-man to push either of them out of the lineup. This is Vargas and Sosa's last year of pre-arb, so they're on their own kind of hot seat.
2) Kay looked the best out of the starting 5 in ST. I suppose the Sox will struggle to stay 10 games under .500, and Kay will be gone in July. I hope Fedde makes it out of April.
3) If Hicks clicks back, the bullpen could be special.
4) Ant-man. I think Pereira and Acuña will get a lot of leash the first half. If Ant is raking by May, do they trade Hays early? Is any amount under two full years enough relief to cut a slow-starting Benintendi? And if Pereira, Acuña and Baldwin are all producing, that puts Ant back in the IF.
5) A lot of blogger/Twitter dudes seem to keep winding up around 73-75 wins.

17 hours ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

The league also just said Houser was worth 11 million a year for 2 years. To say the league didnt think he was worth anything is nonsense.

I'm so tired of the excuses being made for bad returns.

5 hours ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

No one likes deferring to "experts" and justifying ineptitude quite like you.

What's incredible is youre always quick to give them credit for success (claiming they turned around Houser's career when in fact, Houser used private coaching in that offseason to make his changes), but always excuse the failures.

Funny how that private coaching didnt help him with Texas or Tampa Bay after he was traded but only with the White Sox. He was in AAA with a 5.00 ERA. I guess AAA hitters werent impressed . The Rangers were so impressed they didnt need him on the 26 man roster so he opted out to become a Free Agent and the Sox signed him and he had a 2.10 in 11 starts. How the f*** is that ineptitude dude ? Ineptitude for Texas and for TB when he turned into a pumpkin. Guess that private coaching only worked with the White Sox.

Of course if the Sox let a veteran starting pitcher languish in AAA and then did what he did after an opt out like Bourucki just did we'd be hearing how come the great Bannister couldnt fix him and why didnt they trade him ? But I guess TX couldnt even find a trade partner for him . Open your eyes and see the big picture. You're fanning with blinders on only seeing Sox ineptitude when there was plenty of good involved in that whole process for the Sox and not a whole lot for Texas and TB. Yet oh no we traded with TB. Dont do that any more ! Start with Colorado . Yeesh !

The Sox took an unwanted, valueless, pitcher and turned him into 3 prospects and a pitcher valued enough to get $22M.

Edited Thursday at 05:38 PM4 days by CaliSoxFanViaSWside

6 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

Funny how that private coaching didnt help him with Texas or Tampa Bay after he was traded but only with the White Sox. He was in AAA with a 5.00 ERA. I guess AAA hitters werent impressed . The Rangers were so impressed they didnt need him on the 26 man roster so he opted out to become a Free Agent and the Sox signed him and he had a 2.10 in 11 starts. How the f*** is that ineptitude dude ? Ineptitude for Texas and for TB when he turned into a pumpkin. Guess that private coaching only worked with the White Sox.

Of course if the Sox let a veteran starting pitcher languish in AAA and then did what he did after an opt out like Bourucki just did we'd be hearing how Bannister couldnt fix him and why didnt they trade him ? But I guess TX couldnt even find a trade partner for him . Open your eyes and see the big picture. You're fanning with blinders on only seeing Soxineptitude when there was plenty of good involved in that whole process for the Sox and not a whole lot for Texas and TB. Yet oh no we traded with TB. Dont do that any more ! Start with Colorado . Yeesh !

Why don't you try reading the article where Houser said it himself, then go tell him he's wrong and that it was actually the White Sox.

Just now, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Why don't you try reading the article where Houser said it himself, then go tell him he's wrong and that it was actually the White Sox.

Im not saying I dont believe you. It just magically showed up with the Sox and magically disappeared with TB. Doesnt really help your arguments.

But we already know you prefer Bannister not being involved with acquiring pitchers that fit the types he likes to work with. You have prejudices for some reason against one of the most respected pitching coaches in baseball who was way ahead of the curve in using data and technology.

You also didnt want to give the Sox any credit for helping Crochet become what he did when there's so much out there that they did. Try following your own advice and read up on it instead of talking out of both sides of your mouth. So quick to say the Sox have nothing to do with improvements while being so quick to credit a White Sox success story to a private coach and also implying finding him had nothing to do with scouting or White Sox front office acumen. But you'll jump on the chance to point out ineptitude of Getz or pro scouting because you have some miracle trade in your head and it didnt happen from a pitcher who no one but the Sox wanted .

On 3/25/2026 at 6:03 PM, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

If he's a DH, how would giving those AB's to Mead, who they felt was worth a gamble about 2 baseball months ago, not be a better usage of those ABs than giving them to bene.

They could have done that without releasing Benintendi and would have had zero complaints from me. But Mead would have almost certainly been in the "Sox could do worse category". But I'd have been fine with trying it.

4 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said:

They could have done that without releasing Benintendi and would have had zero complaints from me. But Mead would have almost certainly been in the "Sox could do worse category". But I'd have been fine with trying it.

You’re right. I don’t see why they really needed Peters on the roster.

With Korey Lee clearing waivers so quickly, I'm guessing Curtis Mead is getting claims.

2 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

With Korey Lee clearing waivers so quickly, I'm guessing Curtis Mead is getting claims.

We like our catcher FROM Boston, but how do we feel about a catcher NAMED Boston?

9 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

We like our catcher FROM Boston, but how do we feel about a catcher NAMED Boston?

Boston Smith's from Dayton. If you want a catcher actually from Boston, that would Tallahassee Smith, who plays for St. Louis

12 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

We like our catcher FROM Boston, but how do we feel about a catcher NAMED Boston?

Oh, and Jake Eder was DFAed by Washington to make room.