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Originally Posted by cws05champ
Gio's 1st season with Oakland at age 22(same as Hudson when he came up):
34IP, 1-4 with a 7.68 ERA in 7 starts
The next year in 17 starts: 6-7 with a 5.75 ERA
Do you really think the Sox would have let Gio progress the way Oakland has had the luxury of doing?
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Hahah. Gio would have been lambasted in the press and burned in effigy outside the stadium. I don't know when we'll ever have the luxury of letting a youngster take his lumps in the future. Rebuild is not in the White Sox dictionary anymore it seems.