Sale is fine, he'll rest up for his October showcase, 3.30 era is a good second half in the A. L. ..that Moyer Comp is garbage ..hes Randy in the first half, Jon Lester in the 2nd half.

None of these guys will be as good as Sale and they couldn't build a rotation around him.

The arm side run on Kopech's fastball has to be seen to be believed and he's so cocksure on the mound. He's fun as hell to watch.

Chris Sale ERA by month:

Apr 2.91
May 2.57
Jun 2.61
Jul 2.61
Aug 3.31
Sep 3.79

The uncomfortable truth about Chris Sale is that he is really only a 150 inning pitcher. Sox tried to remedy this last year by getting him away from the slider, but the decision to rebuild was made and the Sox abandoned it and let Sale do Sale. You combine this with his attitude problems and general craziness and he's a bit overrated. I was very happy with the decision to deal him, just not a fan of what they got in return.

The arm side run on Kopech's fastball has to be seen to be believed and he's so cocksure on the mound. He's fun as hell to watch.

Sale is fine, he'll rest up for his October showcase, 3.30 era is a good second half in the A. L. ..that Moyer Comp is garbage ..hes Randy in the first half, Jon Lester in the 2nd half.

Sale is a great pitcher for 160 innings. It will be interesting to see how he pitches in the postseason.

I have to say Kopech is the real deal, pair him with Rodon at the top and the Sox are going to be contending for division titles sooner than we think. He is at 97-99 easy heat. All things being equal he is going to be a monster on that mound.

You mean THREE with Giolito, Kopech and Rodon

Kopech will be lucky to have the career of Andrew Cashner

With Hansen and Dunning at Birmingham. I think the Sox will be in contention for a wild card spot next season based on their rotation and how bad Detroit and KC will be. It will be almost like playing in the NL Central.

You think Kopech, Hansen, and Dunning will be on the MLB roster next year (or even ALL 3 just getting a sniff)? Where's Lopez?

:lol:

Waves and waves of talent and ALL of them will be successful.

and WE are in contention for the #1 pick

nary a peep from Joe Sheehan about it

THE WHITE SOX ARE NOT TANKING

You think Kopech, Hansen, and Dunning will be on the MLB roster next year (or even ALL 3 just getting a sniff)? Where's Lopez?

For the last 2 seasons, August has been either the highest or second-highest ERA posted by league starters out of all months of the season. Traditionally, it looks like starting pitchers league-wide surrender their highest monthly OPS-against in August. I can look at more data to confirm that, but Baseball Reference has some bad flash ads running on it right now, slowing the shit out of my PC.

The plan is clearly to have Kopech up very early in the year. I think its possible he breaks camp with the big league club. Hansen will probably come later, August or so. Dunning is on the bubble for me, if they are in the race they will move him up as a reliever/6th starter.

1 Rodon 2 Giolito 3 Lopez 4 Kopech 5 FA (Lance Lynn???)

The pen will be taken of, I have confidence in that.

Like Lance Lynn in the lineup a lot (think he's gonna land a pretty nice deal somewhere though). IF those 5 are the rotation early next season, the team will be making a huge leap pretty quick.

I said last season after Sale was off to a great first half, that he would not win the Cy Young because he would fade in the 2nd half as he always has.