I'm calling it now. For the first time in years it looks like he is fully healthy. He's not going to be an ace or a Cy Young winner, but he is going to come into the 5th starter role and be to the 2021 Sox what Jon Garland was to the 2005 Sox.

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I am not trolling here. I doubt he makes it through a full season healthy. And if he is healthy, then I doubt pitches well enough to remain in the rotation. Regardless, anything he gives a loaded Sox team is gravy.

I am jealous.

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I didn’t get the angst when they re-signed him.

He’s effective when healthy. As long as you don’t need him in an important role, I don’t really see a downside to having him on the roster.

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The only thing you can count on Rodon for is frustration. I don't think he will ever amount to anything as a player in the big leagues again. Total bust.

Id love to be wrong, but I just don't see it.

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If it's a choice between him and Lopez for the fifth starter role, fine. If he's in the bullpen that's when I get worried. He'll be sitting out there and they'll feel compelled to use him, regardless of whether or not he's been effective. If he doesn't work out as a fifth starter, they better send him down or cut him, not move him to the bullpen.

I think if he’s in the bullpen he’ll be a garbage time innings eater.

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He wasn't used that way last year.

A million issues with using last year as a comp, but the elephant in the room is the irresponsibly stupid manager that’ll no longer be in the dugout.

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Rodon-stud-World Series!

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I think people will be pleasantly surprised by his performance as a #5. He won't wow anyone, but he'll get the job done and be a contributing factor towards the team's success. I think people forget he was actually decent when he wasn't pitching hurt.

If he gets injured, this all goes out the window, but if healthy, he'll surprise many.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

LaRussa isn't Renteria.

They are going to need a lot of pitchers this year as young pitchers get used to the ramp up back to 162 games. Rodon or Lopez need to be able to come into a 9-2 game once a week and give them the 6th-9th innings without making a mess of it.

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maybe he'll have a career year

He's been injured all the way back to college. I don't see how you can make a but for argument with his injuries as they are entirely part of his character by now. The injuries are permanent as well so he'll never be fully healthy. I agree he has had stretches of excellence.

I hope he can fill a 5th starter role, giving them 20-25 starts.

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His last stretch of "excellence" would have been July-August of 2018, where he went 6-0 with a ERA under 2. In September 2018, he was 0-2 with a 9+ ERA. Since then, he has thrown a total of of 69 big league innings, as you alluded to with the injury history.

I would take the under on 20-25 starts for the rest of his career, let alone this season.

I'll give Lopez a small benefit of the doubt as he is younger and it appears to be more mental than physical with him. Rodon is toast at this point.

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I think we forget that while Rodon was never an ace, he was a very serviceable starter before the back-to-back injuries. His worst season pre-2019 saw him with an ERA of 4.18. He always had a positive WAR as well. He's not a top of the rotation guy, but as a #5, I'll gladly take him. He'll be a guy who make sure the 5th spot isn't an automatic loss and can give them a chance to win if the bats don't go silent. All we need to do is get him to August as by August I suspect we'll have a stretched out Kopech entering the rotation.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

I won't be rooting against Rodon or anybody on the mound wearing a White Sox uniform. Fuck, I wanted Chris Volstad to succeed even on a terrible Sox team.

Rodon may have had a lot of ability, but the greatest ability is availability and he hasn't had that for years now. As I said earlier in this thread, I'd love to be wrong, but I think he's toast at this point.

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If on Opening Day, they are up 9-1 after six, who do you want to pitch the last three innings?

I don't want to waste Giolito there. Let Rodon give up 4 runs in 3 innings and get the save.

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Whoever can keep it a 9-1 game, or a 9-2 game at worst.

Rodon isn't that guy.

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surprised this wasn't a good dolphin thread

Rodon scratched tonight.

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Goddammit

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Purportedly a tummy ache.

In White Sox parlance, that probably means he has end stage colon cancer.

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'Tis true.

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It was Ozzie who opened my eyes to ‘flu-like symptoms = hangover.’

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Rodon starts tomorrow

Ok. Im sold.

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Good call!!!

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Ogie must now be regarded as Baseball Nostradamus.

I will trust him with all important matters in life moving forward.

Where should I invest my life savings, Ogie?

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Easy there, boys, this has never been about the talent. This is about holding up for a length of time to display that talent. And THAT hasn't changed.

For Ogie or Rodon?

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