Harry Chappas

That's a pretty classless thing to say about the Pirates. Pretty big dick move from a team that lost 2 of 3 to the Rockies and 3 of 4 to AZ as well.

They match up with the Brewers. Reds are in it as well

Agreed if it was health, other family issue or minor infraction he isn't wiped clean so quickly and remains on leave especially if it's health. Nate Davis is a prime example of that. The silence on the legality of it to me speaks volumes. FBI probably didn't raid Hals Hall but informed them that there is an issue and confiscated his belongings. The professionalism with Poles and hopefully Warren are needed here.

By itself its a good move. Gives time for the younger guys to ease in. If it's THE move or if the move precludes them from spending elsewhere it's a terrible move. It's the move JR railed about in regard to paying a .220 hitting 2B $13M. For the rotation they are going to rely on Cease and the new guy Navi-something. Clevenger is as good as any FA option if the mutual option is picked up but my guess is he opts out and then the Sox walk away and are left with a hole. They are not signing more then 2 FA pitchers and there and the bullpen is where it all falls apart. Clevenger may not opt out as I would have assumed somebody would have taken a flyer on him at the deadline. If they put him on waivers FL or CIN would pick him up to make two starts before the end of the year and that could be the difference. I am not certain he could be put on waivers again though.

Didn't the coaching candidates interview prior to Poles making a decision, I could be wrong but thought he was somewhat limited as to who he could hire with Bill Polian having some input. That's about the only reason I think of for allowing Poles to clean house 19 games into his tenure with a regime he put together. Warren has got to be thinking of pulling the plug on all of them.

That error on Anderson in the first is the epitome of this season. Sadly, he cannot leave soon enough.

The Bears really are the fall version of the Chicago White Sox. Poles can pass off the hiring as being the wishes of the former regime same with the QB. Then Warren can do the same with Poles in three years if need be. In 7 years Warren can finally be held accountable for a decision....except the Arlington land was already invested in so he can say they were not tolerable to work with.

Not sure if he is athletic but the first round MIF is about as fast as our 1B.

Poles couldn't move Fields based on public perception. I will say though that they should have known going into this year that this is who he is and what is plan B. The 49ers have shown that missing on a QB and bad trade is not crippling if other aspects of the organization are working properly. The Bears look to be 0-2 in this hunt and the other aspects of the organization are subpar as well. Hopefully they are getting two high picks next year. Then they can trade one for additional draft capital.

Really fascinating how they missed out to the D'Backs, cubs, Marlins and Reds while they floundered with the Cardinals and Mets. Baseball is a crapshoot and the White Sox have zero aim.

Cardinals, Padres and Mets are trying to win. White Sox re not and other three don't have resources.

Brewers would certainly be playing for cubs to not make it. The place will be more cub fans in round one. Cubs offense can beat anyone and is clearly the best of the four options. Cubs pitching isn't much but Steele gets them a game.

Still gotta be a favorite to get in with that schedule. Getting to play at Milwaukee will be a whole other thing as I am sure cub fans gobbled up tickets there. I know I would have if I was a cub fan. I can see that series being a pick'em. Brewers cannot hit and the roof removes foul weather.

I still find it odd that last week the issue in the media was the effort of the #3 wideout's blocking ability. Fields is regressing like every semi-talented White Sox player.

They keep trumpeting the idea that the bad vibes in the clubhouse have been traded. While that could be true, I wonder if they will ever address the fact that this offense is not at all close to being a real offense. Grifol couldn't wait to get Anderson back into the leadoff spot. He is such a moron.

That's the thing when the "core" has been healthy it has shown that it's not a core at all and is a poorly constructed "core"

But Colas was sent down and the new catcher from Houston benched. Whole organization is a travesty.

New President may not like what he sees and cans them all. This is why Phillips should have stepped down earlier and maybe why Reinsdorf did not build up his front office.

Wilder was viewed as home run hire from the Brewers I believe. He's a scumbag that should not be given any credence.

Spot on.

The White Sox seem to not understand that player development in Japan, American and other countries are different and as such need to take these differences into account when building a roster.

All goes back to the Bears and White Sox failing to hire anyone with a proven track record. Maybe Warren is the guy as he has some backstory but none of it revolves around winning football games.

They certainly like to batter the young guys while those expected to succeed are allowed to flounder with no recourse. I am nto certain I recall a moment at all from Eloy. Feels like he has been out injured all season. What a s%*# show.

Fields checked down way to often. That is why there were no down field throws. The new guard stinks as does the center and maybe Whitehair does as well I don't really know. The DC should be the first guy to go. The D line gets zero pressure and they do nothing about it. All that being said, what does Eddie Jackson actually do out there other then wave his arms around after giving up a long gain?

Look at those rosters. Doesn't take much to be in that race. With that being said, how the Padres, Mets and Cards not sniffing the playoffs is something.