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We've had some nice rivalries with all the other ALC teams in the past couple decades but I've never hated anyone more than those Twins teams from 2003-2010. Game 163 in 2008 wasn't that far off from 2005 for me. Beating those assholes in that game was so sweet.

Yolmer and Tim are fun to watch. At the two games in STL, Tim asked for the ball after the 3rd out every time because he wanted to throw it to fans. He would throw it 20 rows up down the LF line, I don't remember other players doing that in the past. He just looks like he is having a lot of fun out there, it is refreshing to see

This may be the worst post in SoxTalk history. Does the new site have a down-vote button?

He hit the longest HR Ive ever seen at Comiskey. In BP for the All Star game he hit one that cleared the concurse in right center and hit the wall on the fly. If he wanted to he could have led the league in HR instead of hits each year early inhis career.

Why in the hell are you having him try to steal with his leg issues? Time for him to take 3-4 days off

Lol why get so mad at the wave

lmao dumbass twins.

Looks like a little league game. Hit ball into outfield and keep running

So many things wrong on that play. That's the right fielder's ball to pick up, he has the better angle. Then the centerfielder just lobs it in.

Just a beautiful night in Chicago, low 70s.

And whiplash.

In FutureSox news, Eloy hit homer number 5. Now hitting .271 as of this moment.

He’s also 20 and literally still growing. At this age Adam Eaton was a college OF with an extreme lack of power and no projectability. Power is the last tool to develop. Bat control/approach and ability to put strength on his frame are more important at this point. He’s not a slap hitter (i.e. Tilson), he’s just a lanky 20 year old growing into his frame.

All I suggest is what happens when you have two guys making $30M per year. Then what if they are not earning it. Do the other guys resent this situation. I am not very concerned about the owner's money. With all the sellouts he must be swimming in it. Money is not my worry as a fan.

Defensively, just notes on the ones I have seen and/or gotten evals from people I'd trust... Jimenez will be at best average in LF. Robert, it's so early to say, but early reports were very good. Just can't read much into them yet. Rutherford is very good on the corners in all facets, and has plenty of arm for all three slots. CF is an open question. He showed an arm in Winston-Salem that will rival Adolfo's or close to it. Adolfo has the atheticism for LF or RF just fine, plenty of speed, and has an absolute cannon arm. But his routes, last I saw last year, are still on the immature side. Basabe looks pretty damn good in CF or the corners, though not elite. Plenty of speed, enough arm, routes and approach on and off. But like Adolfo, lots of room for growth in that area and all the tools to do so. Gonzalez looks really good in CF in all facets - a true center fielder already. His best asset probably.

I could be wrong but I think defensively its probably: 1 Basabe 2 Robert 3 Rutherford 4 Adolfo 5 Jimenez Basabe and Robert both have CF capabilities. Rutherford has a bit more flexibility than Adolfo in the outfield but Adolfo has a cannon for an arm in right. Probably the best outfield arm in our system.Unfortunately the UCL injury jeopardizes that.

Green is sarcasm. Delmonico blows (he'll hit 2 homers tonight now, watch)

This turn of events for Basabe is just so awesome.

Check in on how the top fifteen prospects on the White Sox farm have been doing so far in 2018 (there are also a couple bonus players beyond the top 15). Get up to date on players likely to see the majors.

Look at that K rate. Obviously unsustainable for someone as patient at him, but provides room for optimism that he can ultimately land around 20% or so. And if that happens and he can maintain the power he's shown, the kid will be an absolute stud with the bat. Just got to hope the glove continues to develop.

Moncada (S) 2B Sanchez (S) 3B Abreu (R) 1B Delmonico (L) LF Davidson (R) DH Palka (L) RF Garcia (S) CF Anderson (R) SS Narvaez (L)

Bored with outcome oriented nba watching. Utah/Rockets has been very fun, celts/76ers has been fun, rapts/cavs has been a drag. The playoffs have been great, not sure it redeems the tanking.

Someof it the ball. Some of it is the different philosophy of hitting. Today strimeouts and swining for homeruns on every pitch is the preferred way. This is drastically different from other eras when sacrificing power for hits and manufacturing runs was preferable.

I thought the White Sox were making money, tons of money. Another aspect of the modern era of baseball is fans hate seeing their teams spend money. This is a strange new world. Fans love losing. Fans don't want the owners to spend any cash.

A deal can still end up an overall net positive if the player opts out (as in "this team has been better off signing this player than not having signed the player"), yes, but the same deal would be better if the opt out wasn't there. Even in the example of Belle: yes, it worked out better for the Sox in retrospect, because Belle declined suddenly and unexpectedly, but Reinsdorf and many others were extremely upset at the time that it happened, because Belle was worth more than the remainder of his contract -- which is why it made sense for him to opt out and find a better deal. If the opt-out wasn't there, the Sox could have also avoided a declining Belle by trading him at that time, and the return would have been a net positive that reflected the surplus value of the deal. This isn't to say that an opt-out should never be accepted in a deal, it's just that it is a player advantage and should come with a cost during negotiations. All of that "paying for the surplus value in early years" still applies to a deal with an opt out. The team is still on the hook for that money, should the player age as expected or worse than expected. All of the "upside" is lost, because if the player ages better than expected, and thus the team is in line to get more of that surplus value than what they paid for, the deal gets torn up. Essentially all of the risk normally associated with a long-term, big money deal is still on the team, but without the potential for reward. It's the fact that the decision is in the hands of the player, not the team, that makes the difference. If, at the time of the opt out, the balance of money/value for the remainder of the deal is off in either direction, the team is guaranteed to get the worse end of it.

http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_05_03_sanaax_friaax_1&t=g_box 3/7, double and triple, average up to .212, 5 homers, 13 RBI's, 7 BB, 37 K's, OPS climbing slowly towards .700 May 4th, double and a homer, #6, up to .220 and 748 ops

I love Yolmer.

The whole development thing hadn't exactly worked out for this franchise either, and we have pretty much staked our entire future on it.

This is what is mind boggling to me ....by the time he was Moncada's age he had already accumulated about 25 bWAR. I think theres an argument to be made for him in the HOF even if her never plays another game. You'd like to say he's like Ken Griffey Junior given their youth and position- but their numbers aren't even close - Trout's are clearly a notch or two better across the board. Its fairly comparable to Bonds' early peak - but Trout is doing it at a younger age. This also made me go back and look at how ridiculously good Mantle's early years were

I trust the process. I don't trust the processor.