Hatchetman

Pathetic they couldn't sniff the playoffs with this guy in his prime.

QUOTE (flavum @ Dec 6, 2016 -> 09:54 AM) Be careful getting the right Basabe. They're twins with the same first name. Exactly. Was thinking the same thing!

I much prefer the Boston names.

new fangraphs article on Giolito. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/why-the-nat...-lucas-giolito/

Giolito's stats aren't all that amazing. what's all the hubbub? saw a couple highlights and his fastballs were 93-96 and straight as an arrow.

he could have done better on the open market or in arb. wonder why the sox tendered him if they obviously didn't want him. weird dude.

I don't care one way or another. He's better than the other AAAA bums the Sox have run out there. $3MM is pocket change to a real franchise. a rounding error. shows how bad our minors are that they can't come up with someone better.

worry that nasty injury will cost him a step

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 22, 2016 -> 10:16 PM) When your depth doesn't get picked up by anyone in the big leagues and winds up in korea, you don't actually have depth. Yep. He is horrible. Mr Gofer ball.

did "victim" press charges? if not, just seems like a typical night in the fraternity house.

The ballpark is a home run park. The team should be designed to take advantage of that ideally.

It will be an awkward discussion with my son.

that list isn't right unless the rules have changed: In order for a player to be eligible for the Rule 5 Draft, they must (A) not be on the team’s 40-man roster and (B) they must have signed at age 18 or 19 and spent 5 or 4 years respectively in the organization (essentially, they must be 22 years old and not protected). http://www.fangraphs.com/library/rule-5-draft/

QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Nov 14, 2016 -> 04:55 PM) Always a bad idea to turn down a guaranteed $34 million. His life is not going to change materially if he's lucky enough to make an extra couple million a season. With how bad he looked earlier in the season compared to previous years and the increase in injury risk with age that is a bit of a surprise. I think I agree unless he knows something we don't.

Good for us as fans, I think. He has to perform to get paid.

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 12, 2016 -> 06:13 PM) Not even really a tanking move to me. then what is it in your opinion?

To me that's a move if you are tanking. You don't just release a guy who can be average at 3B or 2B and doesn't make that much money.

Maybe play Metallica on a Wurlitzer. Appeal to everyone.

loud music doesn't get people pumped up, it irritates them.

I don't believe it either.

QUOTE (BrianAnderson @ Nov 8, 2016 -> 09:37 AM) $160mm payroll is what it kind of takes... they could unload Sale, Melky, Frazier, Robertson and have a payroll of like $80MM. You think Jerry might like that plan instead?

C'mon now. They didn't even carry White Sox stuff at the start of the season!

That dude knows the White Sox!

we get more coverage in NYC than in Chicago.

Depends on what you define as a 1st round pick: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (48th) of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from King HS (Tampa, FL).