He was ineffective half of the time even when he was in his prime.

That's just not true. In his prime he was a very good #2 pitcher.

That's just not true. In his prime he was a very good #2 pitcher.

#3 on his best day. The extension from KW should of never happened.

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That's just not true. In his prime he was a very good #2 pitcher.

That's debatable. I always saw him as a #3 or #4 in 2008/2009 when he was at his best.

No big hit

Gillaspie weak pop up in the clutch

That's debatable. I always saw him as a #3 or #4 in 2008/2009 when he was at his best.

He had over 5 bWAR 3 years in a row. That's #4 material?

Steve making excuses to make up for Alexi lack of range lol.

He had over 5 bWAR 3 years in a row. That's #4 material?

Maybe not #4 material, but definitely #3.

 

He was only the third best pitcher on that 2008 team behind Buehrle and Gavin Floyd.

Steve making excuses to make up for Alexi lack of range lol.

 

I feel like he is in the wrong spot way too many times

#3 on his best day. The extension from KW should of never happened.

Danks was 19th in WAR among starting pitchers from 2008-2010. A top 20 pitcher in baseball is not a #3. He was deserving of the extension. Not his fault he got an injury that no one has successfully come back from. You guys are underrating him here. WAR might not be the be-all to end-all stat, but he was no worse than a #2 pitcher during those 3 seasons.

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The problem ain't danks, he needs to be DFA and released immediately, but he is definitely not the problem. The problem is this garbage lineup that is supposedly our starting lineup. Conor is not a serviceable player at 3B, Sanchez is not ready for the big leagues (his bat) and in his career flowers is batting like .210, and the big names are all way underachieving. Sox should have 3-4 runs by now off this AAA pitcher. But not with these players. If you can't score 4 runs in the majors your not gonna win many games

Webb is up. Is Guerra ever going to be used?

Only worthless Danks lets a guy hitting .102 get 2 hits in a row.

Danks speeding bad hitters bats up

Maybe not #4 material, but definitely #3.

 

He was only the third best pitcher on that 2008 team behind Buehrle and Gavin Floyd.

No he wasn't, he was our best. Floyd was a bit overrated that year.

He's only given up 2 runs in 4 IP. Makes no difference if the offense can't hit this AAA sub.

Here comes 2 automatic outs. I hope I'm wrong but that's just the way it's been

Danks was 19th in WAR among starting pitchers from 2008-2010. A top 20 pitcher in baseball is not a #3. He was deserving of the extension. Not his fault he got an injury that no one has successfully come back from. You guys are underrating him here. WAR might not be the be-all to end-all stat, but he was no worse than a #2 pitcher during those 3 seasons.

I disagree he was solid #3 and they could of waited on a extension, no rush he was under team control 2 more years before extension.

No he wasn't, he was our best. Floyd was a bit overrated that year.

Judging by the numbers, Floyd wasn't. Danks had a 12 wins that year, Floyd had 17.

 

Wins aren't necessarily indicative of talent either, but Floyd had 5 more wins than Danks that year.

 

 

Tyler Flowers sucks balls, on an unrelated note.

Flowers like to save his hits for situations when we're losing big and 0 runners on.

Got to keep marching Flowers out day after day.

Pitcher probably feel more at ease pitchimg to flowers then to Bartolo Colon

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I disagree he was solid #3 and they could of waited on a extension, no rush he was under team control 2 more years before extension.

There were not 50-60 pitchers better than him during that time (which is what a #3 would be). If he hadn't gotten hurt the extension would have been fine.

a walk!

 

Flowers is just bad. I know we say every game but it's getting really annoying

Cmon Eaton. Get the line moving here.