Jose Abreu

Avisail at it again! Goodbye!

Also, my sad preseason projections. Chicago White Sox- 86-76, 2nd place in AL Central Pitching 1. Sale- 18-12, 3.02 2. Peavy- 16-10, 3.19 3. Quintana- 12-8, 3.74 4. Santiago- 6-14, 3.88 5. Danks- 10-12, 3.86 SP Totals: 62-56, 3.54 Axelrod- 3-7, 4.85 Jones- 6-2, 3.37 Crain- 2-4, 2.67, SV Veal- 3-0, 4.33 Thornton- 2-6, 3.45 Lindstrom- 6-0, 2.99 Reed- 2-1, 3.44, 42 SV RP Totals: 12-20, 3.66 Batting Flowers- .207, 18/37 Konerko- .267, 18/61 Dunn- .212, 43/92 Beckham- .266, 7/45 Ramirez- .281, 15/74 Keppinger- .272, 8/53 Viciedo- .262, 27/76 De Aza- .267 15/50 Rios- .277, 20/78 Batting Totals: .257, 171/566

On a scale out of 100 being the best: C. Sale- 98 J. Crain- 94 J. Quintana- 87 A. Garcia- 85 H. Santiago- 83 A. Ramirez- 83 A. De Aza- 83 C. Gillaspie- 80 G. Beckham- 80 J. Peavy- 79 M. Lindstrom- 79 A. Rios- 79 M. Thornton- 77 N. Jones- 77 D. Viciedo- 77 A. Rienzo- 76 P. Konerko- 75 D. Veal- 73 A. Reed- 73 A. Dunn- 73 J. Keppinger- 69 J. Phegley- 67 T. Flowers- 66 D. Axelrod- 48 Ventura- 65 Cooper- 87 Manto- 74

Sale has 2.97 ERA compared to 2012's 3.05. Hopefully it doesn't do any rising this week

I liked Serigo Santos a lot when he was closer

I predict 14-4 Cleveland, 12 runs in 3.2 innings for Axe

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 25, 2013 -> 09:21 AM) Short of a fire sale, it is pretty impossible to clear 14 roster spots. Will Floyd be re-signed? Completely forgot about him.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Sep 24, 2013 -> 09:18 PM) Just before Giambi hit it out, I was about to mention that Reed looks a lot heavier than he did at beginning of season. Does anyone else notice that? Yes. Could be a problem as in May his ERA was under 1

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 24, 2013 -> 09:14 PM) His stuff isn't good enough to be a closer, IMO What should he be then? Setup? MRP? Long?

It's his 2nd season. you know how Bobby did in his 2nd season? ERA of 4. Give Addison another year before you write him off

Giambi again

Reed looking for 40th save

May sound like a dumb question but any chance Rodon drops to 3/4/5?

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 24, 2013 -> 08:59 PM) Yes. Thank you. I could actually see the Sox drop to 5th. Twins may lose out, and the Royals may just fold once they get eliminated. Have a fun weekend in Chicago and lose some ballgames. Notable #5's of the last decade- Buster Posey Matt Wieters Brandon Morrow Ryan Braun Better than the notable #4's (R. Zimmerman)

Late, but nice pen work from Jonesy. 4-5 with a 4.17 ERA. Much different from last year's 8-0 w/ 2.38.

Notable #4 picks of the last decade: Ryan Zimmerman. That's it.

Fun fact- Last year, in the last game of the year in Cleveland, Viciedo hit a grand slam in the 9th inning. Today, in the last week, he hits a game tying home run in the 9th inning.

Viciedo! Tie game!

Sox fans in July: "Dunn is hitting .314 in his last 25 games! He's turned it around! Keep him forever!" Sox fans in September: "Dunn blows! I hope he retires! Worst hitter in the majors!"

Santiago and Quintana continue battle for lower season ERA

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 24, 2013 -> 05:00 PM) Yeah, I'm just gonna disagree with that. Purcey's lucky his ERA wasn't 4.50 or 5. Guys simply don't get away with stranding 88% of base runners over the course of a full season. I mean, he did walk tons of guys but he had flashes of brilliance

He was better than Thornton this year. Solid job, great ERA.

Here's to hoping that this was why the .325 Keppinger became the .253 Keppinger.

Phil Niekro got on with an ERA over 4... but good list of elite pitchers he's joining

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 17, 2013 -> 09:05 PM) Tied, that didn't take long for the most overrated pitcher in the majors to blow the lead Samardzja is so overrated it's not even fair