He'd be lucky to have the career of John Garland.

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Jason Bere

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

No shit. I'd be ecstatic if he were Garland.

See, that shit doesn't work with me because I don't have unrealistic views of prospects.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

They are very different types of pitchers so the comparison doesn't make any sense.

BUT, if Reynaldo Lopez pitches 1500 innings for the White Sox over the next seven seasons it will be very difficult to be upset with that outcome.

Still think he's ultimately a 1 or 2 inning setup guy.

Yep

he reminds me of Stroman or Yordano Ventura while he was still alive.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

He's hurt? Huh

They kamikaze'd him. I dont know why.

Papa Bunt really wanted him to qualify for that meaningless win.

This is what happens when you shove a closer into a starters role.

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Or Jon Garland

so they burned some service time, to bring this guy up in a lost season to get shelled? Sounds like the Triple-A Fulmer plan. Player development guys still look to be asleep at the wheel. Sad!

I am not saying this is the case here but I wonder about the arrogance of some athletes and if teams ever teach them a lesson. There are many point in life where you have someone bitching and moaning on and on that they are better then this and they belong on a higher rung or stage.

If there were a pitcher like that I can see a team going over and over that they are not ready but ultimately giving in to the whining. Ok big shot go up there and show us. Now he can go back to the minors appropriately humbled.

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What are their fWARs, Bob?

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What are you talking about?

His performance, especially recent performance, demanded a call up.

He had a great first game. He had a typically developmental second game but there was a lot to like. After giving up the four in the 3rd he came back and had a clean 4th with two strikeouts then lead off the 5th with a K before getting hurt and giving up a walk and a hit.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

How bad is the injury?

Dolphin is right. I'm not gonna worry about one bad start

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Apparently its not arm or shoulder so hopefully its only a start or two.

He said he was intending to make his next start. He said it was muscle stiffness from a plane ride that he woke up with that morning.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

We all know how that goes.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

I don't watch the minors I am a real Sox fan.

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Elections have consequences.

Die Sox White Fan ?

even after all there years...no enhancement needed here

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Yeah, he ran into some trouble, and that's always gonna happen, but he's gonna learn to get out of it and bounce back--and, really, he did, until taken out. He can pitch.

If a Cubs fan said this about a prospect.

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Are you serious? There's still Cub fans who defend Schwarber

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Speaking of defending Kyle, Spiegs and Parkins today had Jonah something or another on today. Spiegs asked who had some slash line 278/blah blah blah in the last 33 games. The guest obviously guessed Schwarber and they went ga ga over that.

What they failed to remember or discuss though was his comeback basically has consisted of not batting against lefties, ever.

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Elections have consequences.

good dolphin himself would reference that type of rationalizing for months and years if a Cub fan said it

Nah. It's one bad game. Relax

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Correct on it being no big deal and one bad game.

dolphin's rationalizing would be roundly mocked by dolphin, were he not dolphin himself.