I hate you....

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

Nice to see FF on the right side of a discussion for once.

All of you will be embarrassed when Fitzpatrick wins MVP this year, despite McDaniels coordinating a 42 ppg attack in New England.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

White Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale currently has no next scheduled start. After the White Sox acquired Francisco Liriano in a trade with the Twins, they have been left with six starters. And while it wouldn't be accurate to say Sale is the odd man out, he's going to be the one sitting out for the time being, due to a tired arm.

"Going through a little dead-arm period I guess," said Sale (chicagotribune.com). "Nothing terrible, nothing anyone else doesn't go through. We all feel this is something that's going to benefit us and benefit myself -- a few extra days off so the next couple months we can make a push and get after it."

Sale was previously scheduled to pitch Wednesday, but Jake Peavy has been moved back to Wednesday with Liriano being slotted into the rotation Tuesday. The White Sox haven't given any indication on when Sale might pitch again, though he's not being placed on the disabled list. Keeping that in mind, it seems doubtful he'll miss more than one or maybe two turns.

It isn't overly surprising that Sale's arm is fatigued. The 23-year-old lefty only threw 71 innings last season as a reliever. This is his first professional season as a starting pitcher and he's up to 124 innings pitched. His velocity has dipped of late, too.

Sale made his first All-Star team this season and is 12-3 with a 2.61 ERA, 1.02 WHIP and 114 strikeouts

Sale out with "dead arm".

As I said, great trade. I guess some of you smart guys should have waited before responding about this trade.

great trade. #5 starter for nothing.

Liriano vs Axelrod.
no brainer
great trade
QED

He doesn't need to be a super duper excellent #1 or anything, he just needs to be somewhat better than the crap the Sox would have had to call up from Hades.

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

I don't think anyone here said it was a bad trade.

It was an ok trade with the possibility of being a steal if Liriano gets right.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

An ok trade with potential for not being bad.

That's a GM that I want!

Getting a 3B who's hitting above .300 in what, 20+ games, for nothing isn't bad either. I don't like the trade either but if you're gonna talk shit at least acknowledge that Kenny improved this team this summer. That's pretty much undeniable.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

Oh yeah. Fer sher. That 20 games is a real great sample size. Good stuff!

Seiously though, Kenny... I mean, what a guy!

As long as he's competent, I'm happy with this move. I don't think the expectation is that he pitches an elite level, it's more to provide innings to get through the month of August and allow Sale (specifically), Peavy and Quintana an extra day (or days) of rest by giving the White Sox 5 starters (or 6). The offense needs to have a strong month if Sale gets a rest, and/or the White Sox use a 6 man rotation or strategically put Humber into the rotation for specific starts. The point is, right now, the White Sox have a solid 5 man rotation without Sale as long as Liriano/Floyd can give them a quality start.

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

Don Cooper is the very best pitching coach in the known universe. .. however, nobody bats 1,000.

Decent move.

Can only imagine how ridiculed Cub fans would be if they were praising their GM for trading for a 3-10 pitcher



Don Cooper also gets the Kenny treatment. Only talk about the good stuff.

Remember when everyone was prasing him for Humber?


What about Danks and Floyd? Why doesnt he fix them?

How bout Javy Vazquez or Edwin Jackson?

Jackson pitched the best baseball of his career in Chicago. Humber went from a career minor leaguer to a legitimate starting pitcher in the MLB. That is a pretty good reclamation project.

Humber is bad

2009 with the Tigers was better for Jackson.

Humber is bad

How many number five guys are better than Humber?

He's the same guy he's always been.