ChiSox59

If nothing else, it made baseball fun to watch again for about 10 days.

QUOTE (AlSoxfan @ Aug 9, 2015 -> 10:47 AM) No Cain in the line up for KC. Thats good news Cain is batting .357 off lefties this season and is 5 for 8 with two doubles against Quintana this year. strange day to give him off.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 6, 2015 -> 03:22 PM) No way. He probably will get traded after he clears, but the Red Sox are picking up a lot of the $$$$, and not getting much back. We'll see if the Rangers claimed him... Means the Sox passed though.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Aug 7, 2015 -> 05:31 PM) I feel like Greg thinks we'll never win another game against the Royals again. He predicts us to be swept every series against them. I'm not convinced her doesn't root for the Royals.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 7, 2015 -> 02:55 PM) That is bad contract for bad contract. The equivalent for us would be something like Danks for Either. Which I think everyone would be on board for.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Aug 7, 2015 -> 02:37 PM) Indians get: Johnson Braves get: Swisher, Bourn and $15 mill. How come no one can ever help is out? I think it is $10M, not $15M.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Aug 7, 2015 -> 01:20 PM) I know they won't but that doesn't change anything I said. No risk putting in/winning a claim. The team that wins does not have to have interest in working out a deal. I realize that. And you responded to a message saying "why would the A's or Red Sox have any interest in adding a pending FA", not "why would the A's or Red Sox ever put in a claim on a pending FA".

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 7, 2015 -> 12:38 PM) http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/08/heym...es-marlins.html Don't let Caulfield see this! It will ruin his narrative!

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Aug 7, 2015 -> 01:15 PM) Because thats what teams do. They can put in a claim, win it, and then not pursue a deal blocking other teams from making a play at him. A's or BoSox have nothing to lose doing so. Claiming to block, and claiming to acquire are different things. Obviously the Sox aren't going to just let Shark go for salary relief.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Aug 6, 2015 -> 03:41 PM) I'd say unlikely. Hell if I'm the Red Sox or A's, teams with first dibs, I claim him. Hope for the very long shot of a salary dump and take the comp pick. Why would hte A's and Red Sox have any interest in adding a pending FA? There would be no comp pick to a team trading for Shark. Pending FA who get traded lose the comp pick.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 7, 2015 -> 10:06 AM) Sale is the team hot head. North Floridian.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 6, 2015 -> 03:16 PM) He will have no problem clearing waivers. If someone claims him, the Red Sox will be doing an Irish jig. I wouldn't be very surprised if someone claimed him.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Aug 6, 2015 -> 10:22 AM) How many seasons does this or some variation of this have to happen before we start over, though? All but one in the last 9 seasons has been "Well, player X is battling an unseen Y injury and player Z is going to rebound next year and the pitching has been good and the offense has shown signs...". Wake up. They have the worst offense in the AL and now the pitching is going south. I am awake. I just said the offense sucked in the post you quoted. 10 days of poor pitching doesn't change my mind about the staff - it still ranks 3rd in the AL in WAR after getting shelled a few times recently.

With this pitching staff, this team doesn't need a full rebuild. Those that think they do are just b****ing to b****. It is the same group of people everytime. Simply put, the Sox dug themselves a hole the first 2 months of the season that they were unable to dig out of - poor pitching, god awful defense and a historically bad offense will do that. The pitching has rebounded and is now one of the best staffs in MLB this season. The defense has been much, much, much better this summer. The offensive has shown signs, but definitely needs work. IMO, a 3B and C would be my top priorities this offseason, but I don't know how you'll find longterm solutions. The FA class is void in those positions (I would resign Soto, though), so it will require Rick to make a couple trades. I don't think LaRoche is going anywhere, but I do expect him to rebound some next year. He's battled a hand issue all season, which obviously has negatively impacted his bat speed. The biggest issue I see is there are no "quick fixes" to this offense. I think it just needs another chance, which isn't what most here want to see, but I just can't see any other way around it. But a full rebuild is out of the question - and rightfully so.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 02:24 PM) He does a great job of putting the ball in play to the right side, that keeps his average from dropping that low. However, because he's constantly flipping the ball the other way, he's never driving the ball so it becomes a very, very punchless batting average. He was able to do that against minor league pitching because they don't get the scouting reports saying "don't put the ball right here to this guy" and because the control in the minors is lower. In the big leagues, people are just avoiding giving him the ball he can bloop to RF and it's killing him right now. He's absolutely talented, but that only gets you so far. There's no problem with playing as many talented guys as possible even if they've struggled early in their career...as long as you're not dumb enough to count on them as key parts of teams you expect to contribute on a team that must win this year to justify big trades or FA expenditures. Avi would be an absolutely unbelievable slow pitch softball player (as would any MLBer, but really, he'd be unreal).

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 02:10 PM) This 670 the Score feed... ...radio gold. No but seriously, this is awfully uncomfortable. The TV interview wasn't any better.

Avi says...SUCK IT b****ES!

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 10:34 PM) Fwiw, Chris Bassitt has a shutout going against the Orioles tonight. 6.2 ip, 4 h, 2 bb, 6 k....2.66 era on the season He'd look good in the Charlotte rotation. Because that's where he'd be.

QUOTE (Special K @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 09:08 AM) Ron Gardenhire. Gah. The crusty old man? I'd much rather get someone younger and more in tune with where baseball is headed.

Is it CBB season yet?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 07:43 PM) Then they shouldn't have signed him. Find a different RH bat. The moment we signed LaRoche we needed one and that was seemingly why Bonifacio made sense to people in the first place. When Boni was signed, I figured it was to be the weak side of the 3B platoon. Beckhams signing threw a wrench in that. I get why they wanted to play Avi every day in RF heading into the season. I don't disagree that another RH bat would have been ideal, but to me, it was Beckham not Boni that screwed that up. I liked the Bonifacio signing - it made a ton of sense and I was one of the biggest proponents of it around here. Robin botched it, but w the way Boni has played all year (albeit in a very SSS), maybe he had a good reason why. But alas, the Sox have a chance to sit LaRoche against LHP now. I doubt they will, but they should. I know you agree.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 07:08 PM) Yes, Bonifacio or Beckham. If Beckham was playing for Gillaspie and you need Soto as a backup C...then put Garcia at DH and Bonifacio in RF. That's what the plan should have been from the day Bonifacio was signed. If we weren't willing to do that then we should have found a different RH hitter and not signed Bonifacio. I'm fine w that argument, I'd probably play Boni out here too, but I understand why they didn't.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 06:26 PM) They haven''t made the decision to sit LaRoche against lefties and they knew the splits when they acquired him. 5 months of playing him against lefties. What makes you hopeful they will do it now ? Roster construction. Who exactly was a better fit to DH against LHP? Shuck? No, he's a lefty too altho hasn't shown extreme platoon splits, still not gonna DH him or put him in RF against LHP. Bonifacio? Wasn't going to be Gillaspie. Beckham...well he'd ready be a 3B versus the LHP.Soto? Then you have no backup C...you get the point... Now with Trayce they can him him in RF (better for D) and DH Avi who shows a notable platoon split favoring LHP.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 01:52 PM) I think ChiSox59 is speaking more towards his attitude and general focus in his posts rather than them having differences in opinion. Correct.

The Rays lineup is hideous.