Cubs are a paper tiger this year.

It’s appropriate that as the economy tanks the cubs increase their bum slaying

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

No question this was a wake up call

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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

Real test tomorrow with the cub “ace” going against the Sox fifth

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

The Sox have 4 active starters better than Lopez?

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What is the Sox record vs teams over .500 this year?

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They have at least one win against an over .500 team

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Giolito, Keuchel and Cease are all way better. Probably would rather have Dunning starting games than Lopez tbh.

Who is Schaumburg facing in his next start?

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They're keeping him down because they are worried about over-exerting him.

There's a long-term pitching problem the Sox are going to face. Rodon and Kopech both busted out and Lopez is really on his last leg.

Its a godsend they hit on Giolito and if Cease can continue to come around that's a decent one-two punch. But overall I'm quite worried about it. They need Keuchel to live up to this contract big time and then Dunning or one of the farm arms has to hit. I dont think they've got the money to go buy another starter as good as Keuchel.

They have it but wont spend it unless the deal is on their terms. I mean Grandal is the biggest contract they have ever given out.

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ITs not a bad situation. Burdi or Heuer or Foster or Dunning have great potential. I still think that Rodon really is the key going forward. A lot depends on his arm in terms of whether they go after a left handed starter or not. I don't care if anything happens this year, though. It is next year that really matters to me. They really do not have a quality lefty arm in their farm system that I can see. I also would make an offer to Q as a Kuechel type guy.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

Rodon's cooked, Hawker. He was cooked years ago, but this was the final nail in the coffin.

I agree. Most Sox fans I talk to agree with this as well.

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I do not believe that and neither do the White Sox. Hell, they didn't give up on Burdi and he had much worse physical problems than Rodon.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

I believe you are getting some names confused.

No, he's right. I'm good to go.

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Wattabout Kodak Black?

Lol.

Is this a serious question?

Have you seen Lopez pitch?

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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

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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

I really do think this is a brutal year to be a pitcher with the ball being laughably juiced and all the corona nuttery. I'm willing to give Lopez a mulligan on this year, it a tough time to make a huge Giolito-esque bounceback.

I mean look at Kopech, such a mental weakling he wont even show up. That's way more alarming than Lopez who at least is trying.

I cant believe he did it twice.

No there’s nothing alarming about Lopez and this post is misguided. I’m not “worried” about Lopez, he’s just a thrown out lottery ticket that didn’t hit at this point. No hate for him or anything but he’s a terrible pitcher who has zero chance of ever being a good starter.

I suppose there’s a chance he reinvents himself as a great bullpen guy and that would be cool. But he’s not a starting pitcher in MLB.

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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

Sadly, this. The only thing you can count on Rodon for is frustration. Maybe he can be an effective reliever but home plate can jump around on him so that does not seem very likely either.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Sox fans letting out 10+years of suckage. I'm not mad at ya. You all not used to winning.

Yeah, I was done with Rodon 3 years ago.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

Sox are 7-10 vs. above .500 teams.

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@audioidkid

Actually they are 7-6.

Friday, Jul 24 MIN L 0-0
Saturday, Jul 25 MIN W 1-0
Sunday, Jul 26 MIN L 1-0
Tuesday, Jul 28 (1) CLE L 1-1
Tuesday, Jul 28 (2) CLE L 1-2
Wednesday, Jul 29 CLE W 2-2
Friday, Jul 31 KCR W 2-2
Saturday, Aug 1 KCR W 2-2
Sunday, Aug 2 KCR W 2-2
Monday, Aug 3 MIL W 2-2
Tuesday, Aug 4 MIL W 2-2
Wednesday, Aug 5 MIL L 2-2
Thursday, Aug 6 MIL L 2-2
Friday, Aug 7 CLE W 3-2
Saturday, Aug 8 CLE L 3-3
Sunday, Aug 9 CLE L 3-4
Monday, Aug 10 DET L 3-5
Tuesday, Aug 11 DET W 4-5
Wednesday, Aug 12 DET W 5-5
Saturday, Aug 15 (1) STL L 5-5
Saturday, Aug 15 (2) STL L 5-6
Sunday, Aug 16 STL W 6-6
Monday, Aug 17 DET W 6-6
Tuesday, Aug 18 DET W 6-6
Wednesday, Aug 19 DET W 6-6
Thursday, Aug 20 DET W 6-6
Friday, Aug 21 CHC W 7-6

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Sox are 4-6 vs .500 or greater

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leag ... ings.shtml

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