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Giving PK more at bats will not harm this team.

Now you can see where the Sox pen is valuable.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 11:55 PM) Another awful offensive effort. Viciedo is the only one who looks dangerous at the plate this week. Some majors changes have got to be made soon. I'd love to see Avi replace ADA, Semien replace Beckham and Wilkins for Dunn. Has this team ever played decent baseball in August? It's like a curse.

Food for thought. http://www.royalsreview.com/2014/8/7/59672...e-possibilities I would imagine it is still early for teams to jump on the waiver wire.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 09:29 AM) Bucholz has $12 million guaranteed for 2015 and $750k in buyouts. There are $13 million team options in 2016 and 2017 if the buyouts aren't taken. Since returning from the DL on June 25 his ERA is 5.40. In his last 2 starts he has given up 7 runs in 5 innings both times. Sounds like a challenge for the bullpen to top.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 02:21 PM) Wow, either you misinterpreted that or Bruce is an idiot. Would a team that "Doesn't care about winning" outbid everyone on Jose Abreu and be in on Tanaka? That sure doesn't sound like a team just wanting to make money. The plan is, and always has been to build a young core. Once they think that young core is good enough to succeed then we might see some higher price vets in to mix in with those young guys. That might come next year or perhaps 2016 might be a bit more realistic. Most teams say that. I'm glad they lost out on Tanaka. Sometimes an Asian player's success is not long lived like Ichiro. MLB must a real grind compared to Japan.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 8, 2014 -> 12:01 PM) We'd be giving up Rodon +. Does that interest you? Only if there was a crystal ball that said he'd be another Ruffcorn.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Aug 7, 2014 -> 09:28 PM) Yep - Ventura chooses to emulate one of the the worst features of a quality team. Good one. Post of the week.

You would think this team is throwing games. It's August, the typical time for Sox mental meltdowns.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 6, 2014 -> 05:06 PM) I always like Brett Lillibridge. That guy played with heart. He made some very fine defensive plays out there too One of the most clueless guys on the bases, typical White Sox.

2015 mat be another rebuild year.

With Dunn on the mound the Sox could be a force in the NL.

Could Dunn strike himself out?

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 5, 2014 -> 08:43 PM) How many straight relievers have failed to get at least 3 outs without giving up a run? This is amazing I wonder if some of these guys are up to see if the have big league potential and soon will be released or they suffer from horrible instruction from the minor league system.

Free MLB game of the day and this is what I get. This team hates me. I should retaliate.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Aug 3, 2014 -> 04:14 PM) This man has got to go. He's absolutely destroyed the confidence of every member of our bullpen. BTW if this is sarcasm, funniest post I've seen in a long time.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 3, 2014 -> 06:53 AM) On the other hand, this doesn't FEEL like a playoff team, not with this pen, the offense completely falling apart after the first 6 weeks....the lack of depth in the starting rotation, the below-average defense, etc. Really, what player other than Ramirez rates close to one of the best? Eaton's been pretty good, but he'd made a number of mental errors with his throws to home when he should have been holding runners at 2nd and 1st instead. The baserunning and fundamentals, overall, have been a bit below average but nothing like the abysmal 2013 team. One has to hope A.Garcia improves and we never have to watch DeAza or Viciedo in the OF again after this year. Finally, Tyler Flowers has 2 more months to save his starting job or likely become a career back-up. I was thinking the same thing. I have a strange feeling De Aza will hang around longer than we want.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 3, 2014 -> 08:07 PM) 5 relievers pitched today. Each of them gave up at least 2 runs. 4 relievers gave up 3 or more runs. Fire Ventura, the worst manager in the history of MLB. Lets have the pen manage and Robin relief.

BTW, I only see the box score. Why was Q pulled after 5 innings?

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 3, 2014 -> 08:03 PM) Reed would obviously help this bullpen, but was far from a priority for us when we traded him. I have a feeling the horrible Arizona team probably would just assume not have traded a promising prospect for a meh closer as well. An extreme flyball closer was always going to be a recipe for disaster here. The book isn't closed on Davidson yet. It is also very easy to overstate the importance of bullpen upgrades You don't have to pitch to a DH in the NL. An AL pitcher going the NL has a better chance of being successful.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 3, 2014 -> 05:36 PM) Typical White Sox. Rookie pitcher is the fall guy when one of the veterans (Rienzo, Belisario, Guerra) could just as easily be scapegoated off the roster. Surkamp's been around a bit, too. He's not exactly a spring chicken. NESTOR MOLINA will save the day and validate KW as the all-time smartest GM ever... Stink spreads. They wanted him away from the bad vets.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 09:49 PM) Hahn said during an interview today that he still is hoping to trade for this particular target. I believe he said he hopes to introduce him to the fans this winter. Now I'm more curious who Hahn will give up.

It didn't happen so who cares?

It must be tough to watch this team day in, day out where there are some guys who are really bad at baseball that kill any positives and that heavily contribute to losses. This team could easily be above .500. You have guys like Sale and Abreu who are really good and then you have guys like Blowsario, De Aza, the bullpen in general that are baseball bad.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 09:07 PM) 8th loss of the year for Belisario The new Tony Pena.