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Red Sox buy out Thornton. I could see him back on the Southside to face lefties only at a reduced salary, who else do we have?
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Why do people always want to bring back every single player that has put on a White Sox uniform?
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Coop'll fix him again.
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It's ridiculous, isn't it? Remember the one a few years back about bringing back Crede even though he hadn't been in the league for two years? That one may have been my favorite.
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Apples and oranges. Thornton has shown to still be an effective major league pitcher against lefties. At the proper price, he would not be a bad signing.
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Exactly. Considering the left handed bullpen alternatives are currently David Purcey and Donnie Veal, I'd be fine with Thornton as a cost effective LOOGY. However, if he is looking for big money and more than one year, it wouldn't be worth it given his age.
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I fear Robin would use him as more than a LOOGY.
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The complete and utter lack of a decent lefty in the bullpen maybe?
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That is a legitimate concern, I'm with you on that.
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Not that I'm advocating bringing Thornton back, but wasn't Purcey DFA'd or outrighted?
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He was but he accepted his demotion to Charlotte so he's still in the White Sox organization.
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Should the inability of our manager to utilize players correctly prevent us from signing players that are useful pieces?
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On the other hand, teams that win frequently have players stepping up to do things out of their comfort zone. Often that's why they win. Often asking a player to do things fans in retrospect looking at their failure is the only chance a team has to win. Complaining about a manager's inability to utilize players correctly is more tired than insightful. I'm confident that anyone managing the White Sox (with the possible exception of Terry Bevington) has a better idea of how to use his roster to succeed more than fans do, regardless of how fashionable it might be to complain that Robin Ventura is a bad manager based on a hypothetical signing and a hypothetical use of the signed player. |
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