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Should have traded Jeff a few days ago.

God damnit Alexei get the tag down. The ball beat him.

Hawk can be such a tease sometimes

Eaton! He might end up with the second most HRs on the team this year.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 02:39 PM) I am aware. I think that has more to do with everyone else playing well under their career norms that Tyler Flowers and Geo Soto being good at baseball. Either would be a fine back-up. Problem is, there are very few good catchers in baseball right now, but I'd certainly like one of the top 10 catching prospects in the game and give him a chance next year than rely on either one of those two for more than back-up duty in 2016. Unlike you, I think we're fine in the OF for now, and we have several internal options at 2B and SS. 3B and C would be my priorities, and SS next. You could maybe upgrade 2 other positions at the same cost it would take to upgrade C. And there's a decent chance those catching prospects don't produce better than Flowers/Soto anyway.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 02:38 PM) Since they're playing the Royals, I can't get MLB.tv working, so I can't see what's going on. How's Saladino looked? Has played good D at 3rd and had a very nice bunt single his first AB when he noticed Moustakas playing back.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 02:34 PM) Just to note again, Catcher is actually the position where the Sox have their 2nd highest fWAR. Tyler Flowers has more fWAR than any of our position player regulars other than Abreu. Maybe you think someone will improve next year at one of those positions, fine, but I certainly wouldn't say "we must find a catcher" or "finding a new catcher is more important than 3b, SS, OF, or 2b". Agree 100%. Our catchers are actually middle of the pack this year. There are much more pressing needs right now.

I really really hope Saladino can hit a little bit. Then suddenly our IF defense looks pretty decent.

Swung at ball 4

Young has no control today. I'll be pissed if we only get 1 off of him.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 02:06 PM) Again, how do the Sox plug those holes after they trade a huge asset like Q away for one player? Seems nobody has an answer for that question. The Sox aren't going to continue dipping into FA. So we should only trade Q if we can plug all of our holes with him? I don't understand. If we traded Quintana for Mike Trout we'd still have a bunch of holes, should the Sox not do that trade?

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 02:04 PM) Seriously? Because his defense/framing seems pretty bad His framing is actually rated pretty good this year, but that doesn't go into fWAR anyway. We only have 4 positive WAR position players. Abreu: 1.5 Soto: 0.6 Flowers: 0.2 Eaton: 0.1

f*** yeah Soto. Our second best position player by fWAR!

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 02:00 PM) Great, one hole has been filled. Now the Sox only need to fill 3B, C, SS, 2B and two starting pitchers but hey, they would have Puig. How do the Sox fill those holes now that one of their top assets are gone? No one said getting Puig instantly plugs all of our holes.

Losing Danks isn't really creating a hole in the rotation. He already is a hole.

f*** you NYC. Such bulls***.

What is taking so long? Every angle shows he's clearly safe.

He's safe.

Damn it Shark, second time you've got ahead of a guy and then walked him, and this is a team that doesn't walk.

A first-inning run by the other team and an out on the basepaths. So far the second-half version doesn't look any different.

There was an article on Fangraphs recently that mentioned the Royals might not have to make a move for a SP at the deadline. When was the last time a team won the World Series with a terrible starting rotation?

Let's take another doubleheader from these f***s.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 12:45 PM) Crazy predictions? The White Sox lose 5 of their next 7 games and then make no major deadline moves. Damnit why doesn't this seem that crazy?

Very intriguing, I'm not leaning one way or another on this deal (Q for Puig straight up that is). My biggest concern is Puig's potential chemistry issues.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 17, 2015 -> 10:14 AM) Aaron Nola will start for the Phillies on Tuesday. He's the guy we would have picked if Rodon didn't fall into our laps, right?