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QUOTE (juddling @ May 23, 2016 -> 07:06 PM) Screw that logic.....Albers has sucked balls his last 4 or 5 outings......should we give him the polite golf clap for another s***ty performance??? SMH I'm sure booing will help the players play better.

I understand not going to Jones right away because you don't want to use Jones if you don't have to, but should have used Albers before Duke in the 7th.

Albers time?

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ May 23, 2016 -> 06:26 PM) facts and logic not welcome here!!! Actually make that 2-3 today, back up to league average!

What the hell CSN.

QUOTE (Condor13 @ May 23, 2016 -> 06:24 PM) The Sox offense is just so damn bad with a man on 3rd and less then 2 outs!!!! They showed the graphic yesterday, Sox were exactly at league average, gone down a bit since then though, 1-3 today.

Deserves to lose? Come on now.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 23, 2016 -> 06:21 PM) What a throw. Sanchez having a brutal game He hit that ball hard though

Nice!

QUOTE (SoCalSox @ May 23, 2016 -> 06:10 PM) Because a normal team is able to get at least a run out of that situation. Doesn't justify it at all, and the Sox have been exactly league average in that situation.

Just got home, how long has CSN not been working?

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ May 23, 2016 -> 06:05 PM) Hindsight is 20/20 It was always stupid. Stop giving away outs! Especially from your best hitter.

He just needs to actually swing at strikes again. During his good stretch this year he swung at nearly 80% of strikes. During this slump he's back down to swinging at only 60% of strikes.

Ervin Santana. Should only cost a low level prospect, should be more than serviceable as a #4 pitcher, and his contract really isn't bad. Need two SP after the season anyway.

Only following on Game Day but it says 93 mph exit velocity on that HR by Napoli, balls hit at that speed almost never leave the park. What did it look like live?

QUOTE (Tex @ May 23, 2016 -> 04:01 PM) I guess smoke and mirrors is too vague, it seem to mean more of a stretch to you than it does me. So insert your phrase for this team is winning more than expected and without continued luck and everything going right, it probably will not continue. They are winning in spite of and not because of the talent level of the team. I do not agree that everything is going right, nor does this team need everything to go right. Plenty has gone wrong and they're still in first place. You're acting like this is a true talent 70-win team. Rollins, Navarro and Avila are all hitting worse than last year, with Jackson and Abreu hitting significantly worse than last year. Sale and Quintana have done amazingly well, but that's almost canceled out by the dropoff we have experienced from Rodon and Danks compared to last year (the 5th spot was a concern going into the year but it's been even worse than expected). Latos had a great start, but has already pitched poorly enough recently to get his numbers back to where projections had him. The bullpen pitched over its head in April, but a lot of that luck was canceled out by the disastrous last couple of weeks. I guess I'm just not seeing all the luck you're seeing. Lawrie and Avi have played above expectations but not outrageously so, Frazier is pretty much in line with what we expected, Melky bounced back to his 2014 numbers, and Eaton has been hitting like this since last May. Since you still haven't answered, who are the smoke and mirrors players? And why does someone playing above expectations mean they're certain to come back down, but someone underperforming doesn't mean they'll go back up? Everything is certainly not "going right", that seems like a gross exaggeration to fit your narrative. Are you that high on the Indians/Royals/Tigers or am I just missing something here? What is the true talent of the White Sox in your opinion? Sure not many predictions had the White Sox making the playoffs, but it wasn't something that was totally unexpected either. Even Fangraphs writer Dave Cameron, who rarely says anything positive about the White Sox, wrote that there was a good chance the Sox would be good this year. No one thought the team was going to keep winning at a .700 win pace, but the talent of this team is still a lot better than you're giving it credit for.

I'd be down for Santana, we're going to need two SP after this season anyway, and the FA class is extremely weak.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 23, 2016 -> 10:40 AM) Looking at soxtalk preseason predictions, most posters did not project a division win. Most of the paid prognosticators left the Sox off the list of division winners. Ok, you didn't really answer the question, but sure. Most of the preseason projections had the Sox finishing around 81-84 wins, right behind Cleveland. Now that they're 26-18 and several games up in the division, if they play the rest of the season out to preseason expectations, they'll be right there for a playoff spot. The Sox were basically like every other AL team, expected to be around .500, which means if you catch a couple breaks you can end up in the playoffs. That's far from a "smoke and mirrors" scenario you're claiming. That'd be more like if the Phillies made the playoffs this year.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 23, 2016 -> 10:27 AM) I fixed this for you. As we have alluded to in a lot of threads, there is a whole lot of smoke and mirror success happening. As long as everyone doesn't regress to the mean at the same time, and for an extended time, we may sneak in. But we could upgrade almost everywhere. The only strategy question is what is the biggest need and what will we have to dig a hole to get? Who is smoke and mirrors? Sure there's a few guys overperforming expectations, but there's also a few guys underperforming expectations, regression to the mean goes both ways. And you're acting like we have a bunch of juggernauts in our division. Every other team in the ALC is pretty flawed themselves. I disagree that we'd have to "sneak in".

The Yankees are 11-5 in their last 16, have almost climbed back to .500, and are just 5 games back. I wouldn't count on them being sellers just yet.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ May 23, 2016 -> 09:21 AM) Is that a thing? I thought the Wall had some kind of magic protecting it against the Walkers.

Bran is going to have a hell of a time going south now that Hodor is gone. If he goes past the Wall, will that break the protection spells and allow the Walkers to go through?

Feels like there's an "x playoff appearances in x years" post in almost every thread. We get it, no need to repeat it ad nauseum.

He's not good. Currently has a 1.7% walk rate and a near .500 BABIP, hardly a guy we should be upset about letting go. He's a 30 year old bench player.

3-8 over the last 11 but a run differential of just -2. Been in every game, hopefully it's a sign it's just been a rough patch. Need to win a series again, no better time to do it.