ttommarello823 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Avi looks at one right down the middle and swings at two out of the strike zone. The story of the Sox season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 2:08 AM, Hot FiRe said: I hope the Sox lose as much as possible this year while keep their big names prospects down 1. For a better pick, 2. To save service time on those guys and 3. To make the season more miserable for the insufferable meatball fans like Faust Expand They could have traded Abreu and given you Skole or Delmonico every day for the remainder of the season at 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron883 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 2:14 AM, caulfield12 said: They could have traded Abreu and given you Skole or Delmonico every day for the remainder of the season at 1st. Expand I wish they would have. Too bad Abreu is such trash whenever the Sox need him to be good. I bet he has a great 2nd half of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananarchy Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 2:14 AM, caulfield12 said: They could have traded Abreu and given you Skole or Delmonico every day for the remainder of the season at 1st. Expand That's fine. I like Abreu a lot, but he's not the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSox Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 (edited) On 8/2/2018 at 2:13 AM, ottawa_sox said: What difference making free agent from this coming offseason, other than a confirmed masochist, would choose this team. That's my biggest concern with what we are witnessing. Expand The team is in no position to sign FAs anyway. There's not one position of strength, other than utility player and one starting pitcher (and a few maybes). If they did sign FAs, they would do other silly things and this rebuild would peak out at about the Hahn level, which is 78-80 wins. Edited August 2, 2018 by GreenSox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananarchy Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 2:13 AM, ottawa_sox said: What difference making free agent from this coming offseason, other than a confirmed masochist, would choose this team. That's my biggest concern with what we are witnessing. Expand Well, the formula isn't "blow it all up, sign free agents, win". There are a few more steps than that. I suggest you go swap your pinstripes for Yankee pinstripes if rebuilding correctly upsets you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 2:13 AM, ottawa_sox said: What difference making free agent from this coming offseason, other than a confirmed masochist, would choose this team. That's my biggest concern with what we are witnessing. Expand The ones we offer the most money to? ?♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thad Bosley Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 2:26 AM, AustinIllini said: Well, the formula isn't "blow it all up, sign free agents, win". There are a few more steps than that. I suggest you go swap your pinstripes for Yankee pinstripes if rebuilding correctly upsets you. Expand The poster never said that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananarchy Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 2:28 AM, Fan O'Faust said: The poster never said that. Expand The poster implied we should be looking for FAs and no FA would sign here. That's not where we are. Keep up, FOF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thad Bosley Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 2:29 AM, AustinIllini said: The poster implied we should be looking for FAs and no FA would sign here. That's not where we are. Keep up, FOF Expand And the “blow it up” part which you accused the poster of implying? Where did you come up with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananarchy Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 2:32 AM, Fan O'Faust said: And the “blow it up” part which you accused the poster of implying? Where did you come up with that? Expand Uh... We already blew it up, FOF. Your beloved Chris Sale, who apparently is worth an entire rebuild, is gone and so is Quintana. And Eaton. And on and on. FOF, what's going on, dude? Are you sure you follow the White Sox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Gotta protect if it's close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reiks12 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 another terrible call by the ump when will they be reprimanded for how they single out players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 2:35 AM, fathom said: Gotta protect if it's close Expand Yeah I'm not as mad about that one, although it is quite annoying that a skill (zone recognition) is being robbed unfairly so often this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananarchy Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Robot balls and strikes can't come soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harkness99 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 yolmer sanchez....not the building block of the future... don't see it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 2:38 AM, harkness99 said: yolmer sanchez....not the building block of the future... don't see it at all. Expand Utility player who gets most of playing time against tough righties. Obviously a good clubhouse guy, but by no means is he a starter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottawa_sox Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 2:26 AM, AustinIllini said: Well, the formula isn't "blow it all up, sign free agents, win". There are a few more steps than that. I suggest you go swap your pinstripes for Yankee pinstripes if rebuilding correctly upsets you. Expand On 8/2/2018 at 2:22 AM, GreenSox said: The team is in no position to sign FAs anyway. There's not one position of strength, other than utility player and one starting pitcher (and a few maybes). If they did sign FAs, they would do other silly things and this rebuild would peak out at about the Hahn level, which is 78-80 wins. Expand The suggestion at the beginning of the season was that they would have lots of money available to make an offer to the appropriate free agent(s). I believe Hahn said as much. The implication was that they would be able to fill in areas of need for the big push. To me, this does not imply that you would have to wait until 1 given year to add a player(s). If after this year the assessment is that, for instance, there is no suitable 3rd baseman in the pipeline for say the next 2 or 3 years, then adding a Machado a year early might make sense. Where does the line "blow it all up, for free agents" or the insult of swapping pinstripes for Yankee pinstripes fit into this idea. My guess is I have been a Sox fan longer than you have been on this planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananarchy Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 2:42 AM, ottawa_sox said: The suggestion at the beginning of the season was that they would have lots of money available to make an offer to the appropriate free agent(s). I believe Hahn said as much. The implication was that they would be able to fill in areas of need for the big push. To me, this does not imply that you would have to wait until 1 given year to add a player(s). If after this year the assessment is that, for instance, there is no suitable 3rd baseman in the pipeline for say the next 2 or 3 years, then adding a Machado a year early might make sense. Where does the line "blow it all up, for free agents" or the insult of swapping pinstripes for Yankee pinstripes fit into this idea. My guess is I have been a Sox fan longer than you have been on this planet. Expand That might be a bit premature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUSTgottaBELIEVE Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 For all the talk of his decline, would anyone be surprised if Jose ended the season with a .825-.850 OPS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottawa_sox Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 2:28 AM, Chicago White Sox said: The ones we offer the most money to? ?♂️ Expand I hope this proves true. But as our ineptitude becomes more concrete, you would think the pressure to not sign here would increase as the amount of money needed to entice a highly sought after player moves towards an untenable position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 2:59 AM, ottawa_sox said: I hope this proves true. But as our ineptitude becomes more concrete, you would think the pressure to not sign here would increase as the amount of money needed to entice a highly sought after player moves towards an untenable position. Expand Eric Hosmer signed with the Padres in December because they offered him the most money. The Padres haven't made the playoffs since 2006. It's all about the money for most of these guys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 2:22 AM, GreenSox said: The team is in no position to sign FAs anyway. There's not one position of strength, other than utility player and one starting pitcher (and a few maybes). If they did sign FAs, they would do other silly things and this rebuild would peak out at about the Hahn level, which is 78-80 wins. Expand Fat chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Lol, Moncada gets walked and stays in the box for a couple seconds because he's so used to garbage pitches being called strikes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insp Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 What a collapse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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