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Sanchez is smoking the ball lately.

Struck out Brantley twice. Awesome.

Johnson doesn't need to dominate, just show enough to be relied on as a back-end rotation pitcher.

QUOTE (Baron @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 05:47 PM) I like how Fowler was arguing with the ump after taking a fastball right down the middle. I wonder if his wife will tweet about it.

How many times has Madden been no-hit now? He was there when the Rays were getting no-hit every year.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 05:27 PM) That ball that Ross hit was absolutely killed. Wind blowing in saved that one.

Hamels 3 outs away from no-hitting the Cubs.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 04:48 PM) Behind Colon and Niese? Ha. I could see him being the #4 in that rotation , but let's not get crazy. He was saying he'd be behind a healthy Wheeler and Matz too.

I'm currently arguing with some Mets fan on Reddit who claims Quintana wouldn't come close to making the Mets rotation. Will the guy ever get any love outside Chicago?

I was just looking up park factors and I noticed that in 46 home games this year the Sox have scored 145 runs. The Cubs have also played 46 home games, and in them they've scored... 145 runs. The Cubs are 5th in baseball in runs scored on the road at 4.56 runs per game, but they've been completely punchless at Wrigley. That seems unusual, has the wind been blowing in a lot more than usual this year?

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 01:55 PM) Wouldn't the Sox' horrible offense contribute to the Cell playing "bigger" this year. I mean half of the total ABs in our park come from our putrid offense. Seems almost like a completely meaningless statistic when you look at it that way. That's not how park factor works. It compares how offenses do in our park versus how they do in other parks. Our offense is horrible, but it scores 3.15 runs at home (funnily enough, exactly the same as the Cubs do at Wrigley) and 3.72 runs on the road. Meanwhile, our pitching has a 4.47 ERA on the road and a 3.21 ERA at home. Our offense could theoretically score 1 run per game, and if we got shut out every game on the road but scored 2 runs per game at home then the Cell would likely rate as one of the top hitter parks due to the difference. The ineptness of our offense is controlled for through this stat, we're comparing the offense to itself, not to other offenses.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 12:58 PM) It would be nice if things worked out like the Cubs with Hammel. Trade Jeff, then sign him in the off season. Maybe if we could just get him for two years like the Cubs did with Hammel. I don't really want Jeff for 5-6 years for the money he's going to ask for.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 11:50 AM) Why would you send Avi down??? He is not blocking anyone ready to come up from AAA. At that same time, it is not like he is not getting to play at the ML level and just sitting on the bench. This is a lost season and ultimately losses are better than wins for the next draft. Avi won't learn anything in AAA that he can't learn in the majors. By the end of this season you can decide if he can play RF or is he destined to be a DH( and do the Sox want him in that role). That was his point.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 11:46 AM) Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 1h1 hour ago Exec on market: “If you’ve got a hitter, you’ve got gold. If you’ve got a pitcher, you’ve got a hot potato.” Surplus of pitchers available. So much for that seller's market. Damn Tigers.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 11:33 AM) But in the playoffs, pitching is what wins you championships. When was the last team to win the World Series without at least one lockdown starting pitcher (like this year's Royals lack)? Usually you need at least two (Bumgarner last year pretty much counted as two by himself).

Even if we win all the remaining games until the trade deadline and the Twins fall back down to earth, we should still trade Samardzija. Rather than pin our hopes on a slim chance at the playoffs, we really need to evaluate Erik Johnson for next year. I'll be extremely disappointed if he stays in the minors the whole season.

What would the Tigers have to do between now and the Trade Deadline to stand pat? If they win all their games until then do they stay the course?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 11:24 AM) That's assuming their adjustments only look at this year rather than the long term trend though, right? That's correct, the Cell was 7th last year (though the A's park was 10th) and 14th two years ago. I don't know exactly how they factor that in to calculate fWAR.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 11:06 AM) Yes, WAR takes into account the fact that the Sox Park plays better for hitters than the A's park. I'm not sure, honestly, how well it would do if the Sox Park was actually playing "bigger" this year. Actually, adjusting for park would hurt our pitching WAR, not help it. The Cell is 28th in park factor this year (Wrigley is 30th). The A's park is actually 18th. The Cell has played pretty big this year, our offense scores a lot more on the road than at home, and our pitchers give up a lot more runs on the road than at our ballpark.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 25, 2015 -> 10:13 AM) They're the exact opposite of bi-polar. They're uni-polar. They have great starting pitching and nothing else. That's 1 pole. The problem is that there's more to the game than starting pitching. Some degree of balance is necessary. Yep, look at the Royals. League's worst starting pitching yet they still are well ahead of everyone else (though I still think the lack of innings from that rotation bites them in the ass at the end of the season).

And our pitching staff doesn't even get to face our offense 19 times a season like our division rivals do. They've handicapped themselves and still lead the league.

Cubs now lead baseball in starting pitching WAR. If they then add Price... Yeesh.

After yesterday, the White Sox are now first in the AL in pitching WAR (thanks to my man Jose Quintana), 0.4 WAR ahead of the Yankees. After all the articles about historically bad our position players have been, it's nice to see us be the best at something (though we're 5th in baseball due to all those horrific NL offenses). http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=...=&players=0

QUOTE (Dunt @ Jul 23, 2015 -> 12:09 PM) Ha! What a terrible offer. Seriously. With Castro being bad two of the last three seasons that contract now looks pretty bad. Why would the Phillies want him? There had to be more to the offer, it sounds like an offer a fan on a message board would make.

Is Barnes a realistic get? I would love to get him. Would throwing in Putnam be enough to sweeten the package for some of these guys?