Is this year's current W-L record related to Robin Ventura's inability to manage games in any way? I know he is a terrible manager, but don't watch many full 9 inning White Sox games.

I see Abreu, Beckham, Ramirez, Gillaspie ...hell even Dunn...they're producing better than what I would have expected before the season. The bullpen has been disgusting, but the starting pitching has been at least decent or better.

Are the White Sox where they are because the balance of the players are still under performing, or is it bad luck, or does Ventura really mess up that many games?

What are the thoughts on Viciedo?

Has Ventura, in Sox fans' eyes, shown an ability to develop or help the younger players? I mean...I think Renteria is decent at game management, but I believe he and his staff are one of the reasons Castro and Rizzo are doing better this year.

Is Ventura, at the minimum, at least a decent "A to B" guy...and then you bring a real manager in when young player development isn't as key?

First guy to go. And soon.

I believe you need to double check your acronyms, Bryan.

Sox Fans: 2015 Free Agents...what should Hahn's top targets be? Players or positions?

Bullpen is an obvious answer, but also a cheap-ish fix.

Sox need to upgrade in the offseason...

Catcher
Left Field
DH
Third Base (?)

1 run games provide a weak proxy for manager performance.

In 1 run games this season:

Ausmus's 15-10
Ventura's 17-13
Francona's 14-12
Gardenhire's 14-15
Yost's 9-16

White Sox are 3 games under in the division. 7-3 vs Indians, 2-5 Twins, 4-5 Tigers, 3-6 Royals.

White Sox are 11-8 vs the AL East, but 6-12 vs the AL West (1-5 vs the Angels)

10-8 in interleague.

Luckily, the White Sox are done playing the Angels for the season. They have to step it up vs teams in the AL Central to have any chance.

Third Base? The second year guy hitting .315 with improved defense not getting it done for you?

1. LF
2. Bullpen- but that is true of about 90% of the teams in MLB every off season
3. back of the rotation RH veteran

I think next year they have to give Phegley another shot behind the plate. He is having a nice year at AAA and was brought up into a pretty bad situation last year. Nieto goes down for another year of seasoning. Flowers moves to backup.

Why?

Sometimes he looks like a monster. I havent watched closely enough though

Gillaspie is a career .265. Is it time to sell high on a 3B who doesn't hit for power with Davidson a guy Hahn targted in AAA??

He hits for power, just not home run power. He is not some slap singles hitter. His career is 1.5 years old.

Don't worry about what I think - I want to know what you think, which I guess I now do.

3B is traditionally a position where a bit of power comes from. Gillaspie has one. I didn't know if perhaps it could be destined for 2B or SS...based on a couple points in Kirkwood's post.

How will the holes in the rotation be addressed? They won't be this season. I'm hopeful they can move Danks and then bring in a top of the rotation righty for next year. and they should have Rodon.
Alexei Ramirez is 32 and has one more year. What's the plan to address the future of SS? That's a good question. If they trade him Leury Garcia would be a stop gap. (On days he isn't pitching.) They'll have to find one somewhere.
Hahn had indicated Beckham can be had. What will happen 2B if he's sent away? Micah Johnson is the heir apparent there. He's going to get his chance. Who knows if he can hit? But the Sox love silly ball and they'll have him running all over the place. Maybe not such a bad thing in the Strikeout Era.
Gillaspie is a career .265. Is it time to sell high on a 3B who doesn't hit for power with Davidson a guy Hahn targted in AAA? I would move him in a second if you could. Unfortunately I don't think you can really sell him high right now.
Where will the power come if Viciedo is traded to Seattle or wherever? They'll have to find an outfielder with power. Ideally he'd be left-handed.
What is the plan for the catching position? Is it time to just move forward with Nieto and scrap Flowers? I'd get rid of them both if possible. I guess Nieto is an okay back-up. Flowers is not a big league player. Good catchers are hard to come by.
July 18th is ten days away and Rodon negotiations have been very quiet. Is there any worry he won't sign? I don't see how he isn't going to sign. They're probably going to have to make him the highest paid guy in the class though.

I think he's the kind of right-handed power bat that can bring something in return. Seattle has been scouting the hell out of him and he's hot right now. It seems the Sox are trying to get younger and more athletic. If they keep him I would expect to see him at DH a lot next season.