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As I predicted, he turned it around vs. KC pitching. He'll be fine.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 06:16 PM) But you fail to understand that it's easier said than done to move someone to catcher who has likely never played the position. I know. But remember how badly TA was doing? I was projecting stats and he projected to be a decent catcher. I'm glad he's doing fine now and looks like a Lindor superstar candidate frankly now. QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 06:26 PM) Yeah, I'm thinking that taking a young fast short stop and moving him to catcher where he's going to be squatting every game will do nothing but hurt his speed. If TA is to be moved from SS, which I don't agree with, it should be to the outfield where his speed would be better utilized. That said, IMHO, TA is right where he should be, at SS. Funny. As I was typing this post TA knocked in two with a single. He's on a roll which is great. Might hit .270 by season's end. QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 06:30 PM) And if they want him to catch, he would likely be in the minors for a few years. Outfield would be the logical move. I'm not advocating for a move just disagreeing with the catcher move. He reminded me of a shorter Sandy Alomar. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 06:36 PM) I can't believe people are actually treating greg's idea here with anything other than a LMAO. Anderson isn't going anywhere. Anderson at the time of the discussion was sucking horribly. Now he's doing fine.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 24, 2017 -> 02:54 PM) Ended up staying at Mirage it was pretty nice. Maybe would have liked a more upbeat casino, but there is also something to be said for having a place to stay that is actually relaxing after youve been out all day/night. How was the pool party with DJ; which one did you go to? Does Britny really lipsynch and not sing during the show? Did u gamble much?

Any travel experts on here? What's the best way to get to Sacramento from KC around the holidays? Very expensive to fly to Sactown from KC. Like 600 ish. Is the drive from Oakland to Sactown OK or a nightmare? Is it really 1 hr 20 mins; is the drive from Reno to Sactown better? I prefer SW Airlines obviously. Thanks. Is there a logical route I'm overlooking?

QUOTE (raBBit @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 05:28 PM) I agree it doesn't make sense that the media has a war on the marketplace of ideas but that's how it is. ESPN fired a tennis announcer for using the term "guerilla warfare" during a Venus Williams match. ESPN fired Curt Schilling after he said he disagreed with the transgender bathroom ruling in North Carolina on his personal Facebook page. ESPN fired Mike Ditka after he said Obama was a bad president and hed be voting for Trump. ESPN suspended Linda Cohn for saying ESPN has gotten too political. Hill makes some generalization about the POTUS and his administration and insults the people who voted for him and they do nothing. She's in line with the groupthink. She represents what Bob Iger and Disney prefer politically so she gets held to a different standard. ESPN has taken sports, something we love in and use as an escape, and jammed their political garbage in it. Their business is being swallowed as a result. Viewers are leaving as if their content was transmitted on DVDs. They're a horrible business and they will suffer as a result. I hope their employees find new jobs before ESPN's leadership lops another group of employees. This is a good post. There's no doubt ESPN would have fired any announcer who blasted Obama on Twitter. Case closed. She called Trump a white supremist and also had some additional tweets saying the only reason he won was white privilege. She should have been disciplined the same way as the others. All Linda Cohn did was bash her own company for huge mistakes. The president of the company supposedly is really overmatched. I do like what ESPN does, though. They make their decision, issue a statement saying Jemele knows she made a mistake, then crickets. They know the story only has legs for 48 hours or so. Ride it out. However if they suspended Jamele, think about it. The story would have legs forever. All the groups in America would have gone NUTS had Jamele been suspended. Picketing at ESPN, maybe even riots. ESPN made the right call here in terms of America 2017, but the wrong call as a company because they've set the precedent in firing/suspending others for controversial statements. See where I'm going? If ESPN had suspended Hill, wow. The protests would have been out of control, again, maybe even violence.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 03:57 PM) I do think it's kinda hilarious how I go into every game thinking we can win, compared to 2015 when we were "competing" and I went into every game thinking "how could we possibly score enough to win?" edit: And we are 20 games below that team. With all due respect, you think we can win when Shields, Holland or Pelphrey pitches? Or are u talking about the last 2 weeks? QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 04:54 PM) Wasn't Greg the person who said that originally? More proof Ron = Greg. Greg was serious as TA's numbers were projecting OK for a catcher offensively not so much as a SS. TA is hot and I love it but some of you forget how badly he was hitting. HIs free swinging style, ala, Salvy Perez swinging at everything, made him an intriguing transformation candidate to catcher. I had my reasons. Ron is trolling big time.

Sale and Q would be looking mighty good in a wildcard game. You get in the 7 game series and anything can happen. Sox bullpen probably would have imploded as had been the pattern in previous seasons, however. Good closer but the setup guys probably would have imploded.

QUOTE (ron883 @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 02:31 AM) Forgot about catcher. Tim Anderson will be the catcher Cool if true.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 12:58 AM) We can win it all in 2018 I worship u as a fan, but how? We ain't got the projected roster yet for 2018.

QUOTE (ron883 @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 12:10 AM) This team looks good enough to compete for the WC or division next year. Indiana have some stats who are aging. Never know what happens in baseball. Sox will also have Kopech and eloy at some point. Rodon/Kopech/Lopez/giolito/ shields or guerrero or Stephens or Adams 1B abreu 2B moncada SS TA 3b Davidson/nicky/yolmer DH delmonico/davidson/abreu RF avi CF leury/engel LF nicky/eloy Supersubs yolmer/leury Bullpen - wing it. I think this team will be a pleasant surprise and the Sox very May well have a chance to compete. Not quite. Lineup isn't good enough yet unless Eloy is in it and Robert is in it. You didn't list a catcher. We have none good enough and Leury and Nicky frankly aren't playoff caliber starting players. The bullpen is so bad it's beyond description. Starters Rodon (hurt) and Giolito and Lopez are great but again, Rodon is hurt and two starters aren't enough. Team would have to do a lot of work roster wise to win next year.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 01:23 AM) Giolito was coming on strong in his last 4 or 5 starts in the minors. Heaping credit on Coop while asking is he our only good coach is naive. The Sox have a system wide pitching philosophy in place. SUre Cooper deserves credit but so do all the pitching coaches throughout the minor league system. If true, great. What about hitting instruction?

QUOTE (Scoots @ Sep 13, 2017 -> 10:28 PM) What a fricking outstanding season for Avi. The whole damn year. Pushing that average back to .330 now. Wasn't down to nearly .300 like a month or so ago? Just amazing. Love this post, Scoots. Avi mania. QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Sep 13, 2017 -> 10:43 PM) Another great start for Giolito. Boy remember when people were freaking out about his 5-6 ERA in AAA a matter of months ago? Cooper is that good. Is he the only good coach in our organization? Not trying to flame or anger anybody, just asking cause Coop has a lot of success stories.

KEEP WINNING. I love it.

Anderson, Avi, Abreu (sac fly), Giolito, Moncada. Am I forgetting anybody? As expected, Moncada and TA with good series off the Royals' horrific staff. TA nearing .260 BA. He's turned his season around and should be vaulting on the lists of baseball's top prospects after fighting thru the personal tragedy.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 13, 2017 -> 08:18 PM) Jose Abreu has skills that don't always age particularly well, while Lorenzo Cain does. Jose Abreu is a good player and will likely provide positive value until he is 36 or 37. There is reason to look to sign Abreu to an extension. Cain gets hurt fairly regularly though. Glad to hear from a supporter that seeks an extension for Abreu.

Since we're discussing Jose's salary and worth, I looked up some things. Here is how my mind works as an eye test, traditional stat guy and not an advanced stat guy and also NOT an age guy. Many people on this site (most?) are advanced stat people, definitely age people and definitely not eye test people. Jose turns 31 in January. So because of him being old by "new" age baseball standards, I'm of the opinion 'most' Sox fans would not want to pay him anything significant. He's ARB the next two years and free agent in 2020. There's no way in hell any new-age fan is going to want to sign him for the 2020 season at anything more than 8-10 million a year. Tell me if I'm wrong. My point is: They'll be OK if he gets paid decent bucks in arb. the next two seasons as we continue to lose, but if fans have their way NO WAY JOSE will be part of the rebuild. My question to you is ... some teams still will sign guys like Jose. Why in the hell would they do that entering his age 34 season? We're not the only organization that has an advanced stat fan base and front office that considers anybody over 32 OLD OLD OLD. So who is gonna pay these guys? What teams will want a 34 year old Jose at the 15-20 a mill pricetag in 2020? I would say by then Sox fans would be OK with 6-10 mill a year MAX for Jose going forward. Now Please comment on these Royals. Hosmer: Free agent turns 28 in October. Hmmm, most fans would be in favor of signing him 3 years max at about 20 mill a year. After that he's getting old. What do you say he's worth? Is Boras going to get him a Verlander like deal? Do the big money teams give him 7 years, 25 to 30 mill a year?? He'll be mighty old at the end of that 7 year deal. Moustakas: Free agent turned 29 on Sept. 11. Hmmm, getting old by fan standards. Again, I'd suspect most fans would be 'OK' with 3 years at 15-20 mill a year for Moustakas. What team is gonna give him 7 year deal at 20 to 25 mill a year?? He'll be 36 and a bum at the end of that deal if you go by the age police. Finally, Cain: Free agent turns 32 in April. My gosh that is OLDDDDDDD. He has good advanced stats this year, horrible traditional stats of 49 RBI. Now according to the new wave baseball age police he's way too old to get a good deal now. Fans happy with 8 mill a year the next 3 years? But will the Mets or Yankees or somebody give him a 6-year deal at 18-20 mill a year?? What say you? I want to be educated on how age factors in what fans think nowadays. Don't forget, Cespedes got a 4 year deal at about 26 mill a year last offseason. He's been hurt. Had a horrible year by traditional stats, good WAR.

Scoots is a great fan; that is all. Read his posts to see why I say that. Go Scoots! Keep posting!

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 10, 2017 -> 02:43 PM) Aurora was 2-0 but they're a small school. Rice's schedule this year is pretty brutal. I'd kinda be shocked if they made playoffs. Thanks Brian. Anybody from the South Side or Catholic League got a great team this year?

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Sep 12, 2017 -> 03:56 AM) What'd he say about me?! Nothing bad. You can hate on greg but have to admit I do not insult people. Never. QUOTE (shipps @ Sep 12, 2017 -> 02:08 PM) No but when someone floats around opinions such as Tim Anderson should be moved to catcher people tend to not want to waste their time reading that. Why? Opinions are like cups of coffee. You drink them in, respond to whether the coffee was good or not this day and move on. If the opinion offered differs from yours it's supposed to at least test your response mechanism for a few seconds then your day continues. QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 12, 2017 -> 05:05 PM) To be fair, there were a lot of posts about him being bad or at least well on his way to being bad. It wasn't just Ronnie Woo Woo and his annual Abreu is DFA-worthy thread. Thank you Dick. This is the way it is with many of my posts. Somebody once in a while points out, uh, my concerns are REAL. Thanx Dick. QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Sep 12, 2017 -> 05:11 PM) It looks like Jose is going to go over 150 games played and over 4 fWAR. Great season from El Oso. Yes Greg, I'm also impressed that he's going to drive in over 100 again as well. Jose is one of the few guys I've watched that is a legit RBI guy. He changes his approach with runners on and less than two outs and usually it results in a well placed line drive and an RBI. He is not up there looking to walk or drive in 5 runs with one swing -- and his approach works. Jose please start a Jose appreciation thread and lets see how many respond in kind fashion. Thanx Chitown. I loved your post.

QUOTE (ron883 @ Sep 12, 2017 -> 03:53 AM) Jose might be the best hitter in the league when nothing is on the line. He's just killing it. Wish I could see splits for batting when his team is above 500 vs below 500. Tried but couldn't find it. Man you are mean. Jose Abreu is on a roll. I love watching him hit. You guys can give me all the advanced stats you want and I'll still say I love Jose Abreu's production.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Sep 12, 2017 -> 03:41 AM) He singled out the young guys, and he's excited about Eloy and Kopech in the future especially. I can accept that.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Sep 12, 2017 -> 02:35 AM) I got to talk with Benetti in person the other day. He basically said the same thing - this year is way more enjoyable than last year where we were actually trying to win. I won't argue your point except to say Jason must not be counting having to watch Holland, Pelfrey and Shields pitch and some of those relievers. Watching those 3 starters pitch -- and they've pitched a lot -- has been a horrible experience for the eyes.

My goodness what a bomb by Engel. KC's bullpen is truly horrific, but WOW that ball was smashed. Three-run homer. Notice Avi just poke that single up the middle? It's not a fluke folks. Mr. Garcia has learned how to hit. Whoever taught him how to hit should be coaching our young hitters when they come up or before. Nice to beat the hell out of the Royals, who have absolutely no pitching. p.s.: Abreu is amazing.

This series might be good for Moncada. He'll rake this miserable KC pitching staff perhaps.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Sep 11, 2017 -> 10:23 PM) lol I keep thinking I'll catch a non-insane post from you, but nope you don't break. Jenksy u make no sense. OK let's look at it quickly ... Robin: Worst manager in baseball; maybe second worse in Sox history behind Bevington. LaRussa, Leyland, Francona (who we coulda got) ... three of the best in baseball history. Eight games??? Hell yes. Do u realize how bad nice-guy Robin was and how good these three are???