Thad Bosley

Congrats to Dallas on a solid start, which included having to pitch over that 28 minute delay.

Keuchel is a veteran. He needs to know not to get unraveled by bad defense and just find a way to pitch over it.

So the Sox converted the #4 pick overall in the draft four years ago into a half season of Madrigal, a disastrous half season by Kimbrel, and now one, maybe two seasons of an oft-injured 34 year-old decent-at-best outfielder. We lost all of those games in 2017 to get the #4 pick, only for it to turn into this return. That’s not good.

You make an interesting point, but then why pick up the option? Take the $16M and go buy something pretty on the free agent market instead. They must have some sort of sense of Kimbrel’s value that may not be clearly obvious to us at the moment.

For some reason it doesn’t seem right trading two first round draft choices for a second baseman.

If the Sox gave Rodon the QO and he accepted it, then went out next year and dominated all season long and put to rest all concerns about his health, he’d hit the open market a year from now and undoubtedly receive a Steve Boras trademark, gargantuan contact, and it wouldn’t come from the White Sox because this owner doesn’t give ace pitchers contracts like that. What he will do, however, is roll the dice and see to get Rodón to sign a long-term deal this winter, but one with fewer years and at a discounted rate to the previous contract I referenced, due to the health uncertainty at this point in time. It would be somewhat similar to trying to get a 300 million dollar player to come play for you for 250 million. It would be a gamble on both sides, but certainly one with a lot of upside for the Sox.

Lol - well, the game here is to answer the question what we want them to do, and what I want them to do is acquire Torres if he’s made available. If the Yanks don’t resign Rizzo, then a young premium talent like Andrew Vaughn to replace him at first could be interesting to them. It’s not out of the realm of possibility. Now do I think it’s going to happen, likely no. But if there was a way to do it, I think it would be a tremendous upgrade and a great fit.

From what I’ve read there’s a chance Gleyber Torres could be made available this winter, and if that’s the case, I think he’d be the perfect pick up. He’s only three months older than Madrigal (24 years old, 25 next season) and still has three years of team control. He had an off year this season but part of it was he was playing out of position. Once the Yanks moved him back to second his bat seemed to start coming around again. Have no idea what it would take to get him but it’s very appealing to add him alongside Eloy and Dylan as former Cub premier prospects contributing to the Sox’ run in the next few years. As for RF, I’d be good with a one-year, left handed hitting stop gap of some sort until Cespedes is ready to take over, but one better than the one we added last year. What they will do, well, that’s anyone’s guess. Every winter I think this is going to be the one where Reinsdorf surprises us all and ditches the magic-in-a-bottle approach and makes a bold statement by acquiring some premium, big name talent that will put us over the top, and then every winter I come away disappointed. But hope springs eternal, so we’ll see how it plays out yet again.

Hard pass on Reinsdorf Version 2.0. ?

Oh, stop right there, cowboy. You’re crossing a line with this racism insinuation. There is no “bias” or “pattern” whatsoever that surfaces during his broadcasts or his appearances on the Score. None at all. And this isn’t a matter of opinion. There are zero actual quotes you can point to that can even remotely support what you are insinuating. He never made that comparison of Vaughn to Trout nor has he ever said anything of the sort about Moncada. So please cease and desist with this line of divisive commentary.

I don’t think our fan base needs or deserves to hope this apple has fallen far enough away from the tree so as to avoid a continuation of the approach of the last four decades. We need and deserve a brand, new orchard.

After the last four plus decades of Reinsdorfian dysfunction, one franchise-crippling decision after another, and less-than-optimal on the field results, I think this charter AL franchise is both in need and deserving of a completely new & fresh approach by a new owner. One who will preferably run the team as a big market team, and no more of this “can’t spend a dollar when you only have fifty cents” BS. How about an owner with deep pockets for this team for once!

Why? If what he says is true about him never hitting the cutoff man, that’s a very important observation. Why would/should the analyst paid to analyze not include that in his analysis if that’s what he believes?

Better suggestion is for you to put a in sock in these attention-seeking smears of one of the most highly-regarded Sox players of all time.

Yes, people, what’s wrong with you! How dare you sh*t on another one of ron’s pathetic attempts to sh*t on one of the White Sox’ most productive and respected players of all time! Can’t you just indulge him on his odd desire to see Pito’s “upcoming demise”? It’s what he seemingly wants more than anything else White Sox-related, so give the man what he wants! ?

I read somewhere in the last day or so an article out of New York of the Yankees perhaps being interested in trading Joey Gallo this offseason. Similar to the Sox’ experience with Kimbrel, Gallo didn’t quite work out for them after the midseason trade as hoped. They also had bullpen struggles when Chapman sort of imploded this year. So trying to be creative and thinking of ways to solve the Kimbrel conundrum, I’m wonder if the Yankees would be interested in a one-for-one swap of Kimbrel for Gallo. Both have one year left before free agency (presuming the Sox pick up the option), and while Kimbrel does make more money than Gallo, the gap isn’t anything the Yankees can’t absorb. They get a closer who is seemingly a better bet to return to elite closer status than Chapman (his troubles began coincidentally after the sticky stuff rules came into place), we get a left-handed power hitting right fielder who plays good defense for at least a year. Seems he’d be an ideal stop gap measure until Cespedes arrives (who seemingly showed a lot of progress this year but probably needs another year of seasoning in the minors). It’s not the haul the Cubs got, but Kimbrel is now a one year rental. I don’t know. Just an idea I had.

It was one of his better interviews, which is saying something because most of them are quite good. Couple of things that stood out was how he framed how the game of baseball is won 90 feet at a time, meaning the good teams are always getting that extra 90 feet by either taking it on the bases and/or preventing the other team from taking an extra 90 feet. He pointed out how poor the Sox are with the latter with their poor fundamentals, with either the outfielders constantly missing the cutoff man and the entire current catching staff unable to block balls in the dirt. What was particularly striking was his comment that Eloy never hits the cutoff man, that he would be a very rich man if he had a dime for every time he didn’t hit the cutoff man this year. That blew my mind, I didn’t realize that was going on. That’s unacceptable at the Major League level. For me that’s on par with not hustling to first base which many managers will bench players for. I love Eloy and want to vomit when I read other posts from people who think he should be traded, but routinely not hitting the cutoff man is something the manager and coaching staff should address head on. Or maybe the pitchers get in his face as he’s unnecessarily allowing the opposing team to take an extra base. No way. No way this should be happening.

Great at-bat by Leury

Thinking the same thing. They’re pretty enjoyable

Wasn’t the last manager dismissed almost exactly a year ago for some “mind boggling decisions” he made in the postseason that led to an early exit for the team? What are the chances the same standard is applied and the same outcome happens this year.

My six-month old, masked beauty, coming complete with the teething phase!

There is only one person on this planet who thought bringing Tony LaRussa into manage this team was a good idea, and that’s Jerry Reinsdorf. We have to suffer through watching this guy show day in and day out how the game has passed him by just to assuage the ego of this owner who, for 41 years now, has frustrated the fan base with one bone-headed decision after another. Sadly, I think our suffering isn’t over, as the bromance will continue as long as this owner is around.

We need the manager version of Ethan Katz for this team.

The key mistake was taking Engel out. Why would you forsake his elite defense so Cesar Hernandez could bat for him with nobody on base. In a game like this you go to the best defense you can late in the hame, not away from it.

Beautiful pitch! One out!