You guys of course realize we aren't going to score tomorrow, unless Thome's bat hits the ball out of the park twice and he rarely hits two bombs in a game. We are likely going to get mowed down by Zack.

There are 10 million reasons the Sox won't release him.

They'll be paying him that money before October no matter when he leaves. Why not just pay him now to go on his way and stop the bleeding?

You guys of course realize we aren't going to score tomorrow, unless Thome's bat hits the ball out of the park twice and he rarely hits two bombs in a game. We are likely going to get mowed down by Zack.

 

Next 2 days Grienke and Davies not looking good, maybe 1 run in KC!

They'll be paying him that money before October no matter when he leaves. Why not just pay him now to go on his way and stop the bleeding?

Who takes his spot?

Quentin, Konerko, Betemit and we're four runs down.

Can they each get on base and make this interesting?

Who takes his spot?

Probably Clayton Richard.

 

It's only the #5 spot in the rotation.

Probably Clayton Richard.

 

It's only the #5 spot in the rotation.

How much better has Richard looked than Contreras? Who is going to take Richard's place in the bullpen? If its "only" the #5 spot, why not let Contreras ride this out for a while?

why not let Contreras ride this out for a while?

You can ride with him, but I'd rather not.

They are talking about this guy pitching with another player's uniform on. When Larry Doby managed the Sox, he protested a game against Minnesota because one of the September callups didn't have his name on the back of his jersey. The protest was denied.

O'Day has been really impressive in this series. Oh, and the White Sox are not good right now.

CQ REALLY scuffling at the plate.

You can ride with him, but I'd rather not.

Richard would be worse. Contreras has an ERA of only 3.00 if you use the first 3 innings of each start. So there still is something there.

Corky can't hit either.

We got some bad players on our Sox team.

Ozzie's obviously given up, as there's no excuse to not let AJP face the sidearm righty in that situation.

Richard would be worse. Contreras has an ERA of only 3.00 if you use the first 3 innings of each start. So there still is something there.

 

This is stretching. Pitchers are historically the most effective the first time around the order.

Richard would be worse. Contreras has an ERA of only 3.00 if you use the first 3 innings of each start. So there still is something there.

Why not start Contreras every 5 days, pull him after 3, and have Richard pitch 4 then?

 

 

BTW, outside of that first Twins game, Carrasco has gone a great job as our long reliever.

This is stretching. Pitchers are historically the most effective the first time around the order.

Yes, but we are talking about a guy with a long layoff from throwing, and after the extra layoff, a shortened spring training. At the very least, he's an option to be a pretty effective bullpen guy vs. a release.

At least nobody appears to be running away with the Central yet?

Why not start Contreras every 5 days, pull him after 3, and have Richard pitch 4 then?

Because Richard would only be able to pitch when Contreras pitched. Contreras may just work his way out of it. I believe he will. If he doesn't plan B will not bring better results.

Lillibridge isn't stellar in CF.

When you're 5 foot tall, it's hard to catch those.

it seems like we just played out this game knowing we had already lost.

Lillibridge isn't stellar in CF.

 

Outside of one nice play vs Toronto, I would say his defense has been disappointing. At least Nix looks like, at worst, a strong defensive back-up.

BTW, outside of that first Twins game, Carrasco has gone a great job as our long reliever.

 

Yeah, but this inning has potential to be another ugly black mark on his resume.