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QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Aug 24, 2015 -> 07:25 PM)
I doubt it.

Without a doubt. He is one of the most hated players in the league by teammates. There is a reason that he needs to travel from team to team. He is truly one of the most dislikable people you've ever met. In Baseball he is on par with Bonds and sheffield.

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if there is a poll and Ty Cobbs is the standard of the most hated in the history.

 

i still say royce clayton is right there. can you imagine every day in spring training, no one wants to sit with you. you have table all by yourself.

 

now some players were not good teammates, but did that count as being hated?? perfect example michael barret from the northside.

 

now, this hatred of AJ, i know with minny he was hated but wasn't he like in chi??

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QUOTE (ptatc @ Aug 24, 2015 -> 08:27 PM)
Without a doubt. He is one of the most hated players in the league by teammates. There is a reason that he needs to travel from team to team. He is truly one of the most dislikable people you've ever met. In Baseball he is on par with Bonds and sheffield.

I know you hate him.

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QUOTE (GreenSox @ Aug 25, 2015 -> 02:58 AM)
Considering we gave up a draft choice, pay him more and signed him for more years, Melky was a far worse signing than Laroche.

And yet, people act like Melky has done his job. He's been terrible.

 

respectful disagree with your thinking.

 

proof, look at the stats and then tell me.

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QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 24, 2015 -> 09:53 PM)
John Danks has been an average pitcher for us for 9 years. The only reason he's disliked now, in year 9, is because of his contract.

 

Danks has been average to below average this year. If it wasn't for his shoulder problems, he could have been one of the better Sox pitchers of the past decade.

 

He was absolutely money in 2008 and had 4 seasons where he put up 3.7 WAR per season on average.

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QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 25, 2015 -> 04:06 AM)
Danks has been average to below average this year. If it wasn't for his shoulder problems, he could have been one of the better Sox pitchers of the past decade.

 

He was absolutely money in 2008 and had 4 seasons where he put up 3.7 WAR per season on average.

 

i am a danks fan and thank you for posting that.

 

it was an injury that derailed him.

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QUOTE (LDF @ Aug 24, 2015 -> 10:08 PM)
i am a danks fan and thank you for posting that.

 

it was an injury that derailed him.

 

I still think that deal we gave him was the right move at the time and I'm sure a lot of posters on this forum will agree with that. In hindsight, it sucks and maybe the Sox should have been a bit more observant of how poorly he pitched in the last month of 2011.

 

Still, Danks got a fair market value contract for the pitcher he was at the time, which was a solid #2 or #3 left handed starter. Buehrle got less money, but he was also a lot older. If the injury didn't happen, the Danks deal would have worked out better than the Buehrle deal.

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QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 24, 2015 -> 10:06 PM)
Danks has been average to below average this year. If it wasn't for his shoulder problems, he could have been one of the better Sox pitchers of the past decade.

 

He was absolutely money in 2008 and had 4 seasons where he put up 3.7 WAR per season on average.

My point was that he's a longtime Sox pitcher who has been overall average due to those good seasons and his below average seasons now; and he is definitely not the most hated player in White Sox history. He's closer to most beloved player in Sox history than most hated.

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QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 25, 2015 -> 04:13 AM)
I still think that deal we gave him was the right move at the time and I'm sure a lot of posters on this forum will agree with that. In hindsight, it sucks and maybe the Sox should have been a bit more observant of how poorly he pitched in the last month of 2011.

 

Still, Danks got a fair market value contract for the pitcher he was at the time, which was a solid #2 or #3 left handed starter. Buehrle got less money, but he was also a lot older. If the injury didn't happen, the Danks deal would have worked out better than the Buehrle deal.

 

i still stand by that as well. only b/c i am maintaining that the sox asked the danks family to drop his agent. so i think they owed it to him.

 

ref the bold, i agree as well.

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QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 24, 2015 -> 10:15 PM)
My point was that he's a longtime Sox pitcher who has been overall average due to those good seasons and his below average seasons now; and he is definitely not the most hated player in White Sox history. He's closer to most beloved player in Sox history than most hated.

 

Yeah I'm not sure how you can really hate Danks. He pitched the blackout game and was a huge reason why the Sox made the playoffs in 2008. He's not worth his contract anymore, but you can't hate the guy for underperforming because of a major injury.

 

Either way, Danks is probably going to be a major league average pitcher this year by fWAR (he's around 1.5 WAR right now). If you would have told me that at the beginning of the season, I would have been pretty satisfied.

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QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 25, 2015 -> 04:15 AM)
My point was that he's a longtime Sox pitcher who has been overall average due to those good seasons and his below average seasons now; and he is definitely not the most hated player in White Sox history. He's closer to most beloved player in Sox history than most hated.

 

and as a fan, i would want him to leave baseball on a solid note, retire.

 

but his stats this yr, it really isn't all that bad.

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