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Williams is supposed to be on his last contract with the Sox .I have no idea when it's supposed to end though. That's what was reported by the Athletic : Nov 15, 2021 — Williams, 57, said that before signing his most recent contract in early 2020, he told White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf it would be his last.

It was skill if you read the oral history that bmags posted.

Peralta, Naquin, Benintendi all mentioned quite often. I know I brought up Peralta because I always talk about the Lefty or SH OF that the D'backs have. I didn't want Peralta though. Stritly LF type and typical Sox pickup . Like a lefty version Pollock only hitting more HRs. As a matter of fact I didnt much care for Naquin or Benintendi either.

Here comes the suspension

Big Energy best HR hitter on the Sox . Boy even HR's are depressing !

That was disappointing . The ump isn't giving that slide of the plate on his slider but he pitched into where Jose was looking to hit it. Him looking to drive in 2 runs with a single isn't a bad idea but it is when you can just take some pitches and look to drive a pitch instead.

Was Rob Married then . His wife seems real nice.

I might get an early start on Everything , Everywhere All At Once but gonna hang til close to the end most likely.

Where's The Beef ?

There we go !

I think its fine to leave him down when the Sox suck and maybe they do suck but we're not supposed to suck and they could use the help. It's still a while til Mid Sept. I don't expect that OPS to stay at 1.470 but if it stays at .900 or so through AA and through a quick promotion to AAA, I think it's fine to call him up since he has so much Cuban support on the team.

uh uh uh . I warned you about this trusting the organization thing. But if you're just hoping their pass the buck nature makes him a scapegoat it's allowable.

Colas always has the option of trusting the minor league coaches he seemed to respond well to in AA and ignoring Menechino. Ok coach OK gracias and just go on his merry way.

I'm surprised at you. Get the LH savage defense and arm and hope the bat responds but even if it doesn't how much worse could it be from Sheets at least we still get the defense. Plus plenty of RHP against the Indians and Twins down the stretch.

HA You been reading my posts ?

Markel thank you.

A few have mentioned a roster spot opening but no one has said who or how it opened. Someone put on the 60 day IL ?

I've actually liked the pen the last few weeks accept now Lopez has a bad back and just when Kelly was starting to turn it around he gets hurt ( I hate that acquisition more every day). Lambert in limited usage 9.0 IP over the last month hasn't given up a run. Crochet injured of course led to all the BP acquisitions in the off season but it shouldn't have been a priority nor the place where top dollar was spent,when the pressing need was and always has been to get the lineup LH help and starting pitching some depth. Plenty of teams get decent BP help spending much less.

I don't want Gallo just personal preference. And the need for even 2 LH bats is considerable. Which is why I've been saying Happ and Wendle and also not against keeping a very close eye on Colas. If he keeps performing and can be brought up around Sept. 12 now you have Happ in LF , Robert in CF ,Colas with his defense and arm in RF and Wendle the strong side of a platoon with Harrison. I think 3 extras left handed bats could be a huge improvement if you also get Moncada and Grandal hitting and taking walks in the 2nd half. Compare it to the LH bats and defense in the 1st half. Leury, Sheets, McGuire, bad Moncada/bad Grandal.

I always like how you support your arguments and preface it with if more impactful players can't be acquired .

Now that they have Benintendi yea that's about the size of it.

In 2020 sure that would've worked, not now. It's called a rebuild when you're supposed to be in the middle of the best year to win the World Series. 2020 and 2021was the we got to the playoffs stage 22 and 23 where supposed to be the years we could win it all. He suggested the window will continue next year by reforming when the Sox are playing .500 ball since last August. Our window is officially over with the series of disastrous moves since TLR was hired while not firing Hahn and everyone else before the rebuild and bombing the infrastructure. Neither the moves you or I or NCfan suggest are likely to happen. If they were movies my suggestions for this year mine would be "Long Shot . Yours and his suggestions would be "Mission Impossible". Doesn't matter ,we're .500 now and likely to stay that way no matter who agrees with who. I just want the best for this year, any other suggestions are just spitting into the win and wanting to pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger because the muck of mediocrity is already up to our chins.

You don't owe me an apology at all. Ever since Covid started I've been saying well isn't this wonderful. It's just the Sox luck to be attempting a rebuild during a pandemic and what was then the looming CBA agrrement and keeping the same guys in charge who messed up the team in the 1st place all while doing nothing to change the infrastructure of the organization. Then they do us a real solid and hire TLR and follow it up with the trade deadline mess and the off season from hell while spending gobs of money on relief pitching and still keeping the position players mainly right handed and hiring Menchino who's hitting philosophy doesnt suit our ball park. Throw in a crap ton of injuries and voila , here we are. Unfortunately I saw the writing on the wall and was hoping that they would shove my words down my throat.

I don't think you actually are agreeing with him. He mentioned trading 3 guys for premium talent and reforming in the off season to extend the window. If they aren't going to bring in differences makers for this year what makes you think they are going to overhaul the organization when that should've been done before the rebuild ? You're advocating a rebuild and complete tear down of the infrastructure with JR in charge who never spends on fixing infrastructure. He'll do minor stuff here and there but has never committed to giving Intl. player development any real chance with the no 16 yr old policy. Look how quickly the minors became devoid of any talent. Best scouts and guys from good organizations doesn't happen. Red Sox got Chaim Bloom. I think Minnesota picked up a guy who reshaped Houston. The Dodgers has been poached a little bit but not by the Sox. Same for Tampa Bay , nobody from them either. NCsoxfan said reform in the offseason to extend the window . That's not even close to what you're suggesting.

Sorry excuse me for not knowing what you're talking about. I can't follow the having it both ways arguments you seem to think I'm making . You're quoting me as saying " could we sign similar players in FA ?" I don't remember saying that or much of anything about signing FA's except for when I said JR doesn't pay for starting pitching. Either way you should probably show me where i said that so I can see the context if I even said it.