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QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Jul 3, 2015 -> 04:23 PM) The draft when you think about it, isnt that realistic of a possibility, as far as Latin America is concerned. Why would the DR subject themselves to becoming the new Puerto Rico? The league would also have to navigate Venezuela, which is going through a period of civil unrest and relations between them and America aren't exactly friendly right now. Plus as Ben Badler wrote, scouts are terrified to go there and stay for an extended period of time. ok but i wrote this.. so re your comment, how does that pertain to me?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 3, 2015 -> 02:53 PM) Let's say it this way. You're a player who is on a team that has been crap for 3 straight seasons. You've got your money. The guy next to you made 3 errors yesterday to give away the game, or the pitcher was left in too long and gave away the game, or your manager gave away the game when he didn't trust you enough to ask for a replay. There's a decent chance you're going to be traded or the guy starting next to you will be traded. Are you going to be 100% ready every day? Are you going to put in the extra set in the weight room or are you maybe going to take it a little easier this time? Human nature is going to involve running out of motivation for a losing squad. The only thing keeping people going for a systematically flawed organization is their own professionalism and that can only take them so far. The greatest manager in the world can't help with that. I think a much bigger indictment of the management staff is how this team comes out of spring training every year. They come out showing the same flaws that I mentioned above - people pushed too rapidly, no changes in approach, losing games to put themselves in the spot at the bottom of the division because it's not about how ready the team is for the season, it's only about TWTW on the field. That's when stuff ought to be correctable and workable. That's when people ought to know "Hey the ball's hit to me I should hit the cutoff man" or "I've got a guy in a rundown the correct move is to run at the guy not to throw the ball". The one year where we didn't behave that way was 2012, with a brand new manager. We came out of ST as the complete opposite of that. I think the only person who did a rundown incorrectly on that roster that year was Youkilis and he started the year with the Red Sox. We got out of our comfort zone somehow and it produced our only above .500 team in the last 5 seasons. Then we fell back into our old habits, because that's the norm for the entire organization. Guys who needed to work to improve from 2012 didn't, guys who had good years in 2012 were content with their performance, and by May of 2013 the manager had the whole team out doing fundamentals work before a game to shame them for how poorly they were performing on the basics again. but i think that is the key to the whole situation, it starts as the little dutch kid who has his finger in a hole in a dam. all it takes is 1 item that is detrimental that should have been done. let me also further explain my point, who would know what that little "item" will be that will cause this mess to start, but it is the triggering effect that started this. but don't get me wrong, a lot of this is also on the players esp the attitudes. there are pro's. but this is my opinion

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Jul 3, 2015 -> 03:01 PM) http://mweb.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/jon-h...proposed-dealsv White sox are listed #10. Suggesting shark traded to the blue jays for catching prospect Max Pentecost interesting name for the trade. he is still injured, if i remember isn't there something about trading a player who is injured?? either way, he missed almost a 1/2 season so far due to his injury. he will be a raw prospects. but i still will do it, i would ask for another player. that will be selling Shark short, remember the sox will get a comp pick next yr.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jul 3, 2015 -> 03:59 PM) My list: Sandy Alomar Jr Dave Martinez Don Wakamatsu Tony Pena Ryne Sandberg an interesting name there. i never thought of him. yeah i would add him to the list.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 3, 2015 -> 04:37 PM) Hawks resign Desjardins to 2 years 800K AAV. Love it. Great role player. Really fit in here. that is a rarity in today's with ref to players taking less money. esp if their salary isn't over a 1 mil at yr.

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Jul 3, 2015 -> 03:44 PM) "91-92 mph... and he complements his fastball with a sharp breaking ball" -Ben Badler/Baseball America excellent find. i think at being 18, he will still grow and gain more strength, so i would be surprise if he gains a couple of ticks on that fastball when he fully develops.

i remember talking about Bo Porter, and i like him a lot. i am intrigue with Hyde, but in some of his profile, reminds me of a little of RV. i also like Mike Maddux, he skilled, was successful pitcher, a in your face manager. plus he is still in the major league level coaching. on the outside, for me Dave Martinez and Joey Cora. my list 1) Maddux 2) Porter 3) Martinez 4) Hyde. now this list is based on my opinion and by default subjective.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jul 3, 2015 -> 01:21 PM) Doesn't matter what we want. It's probably going to be Thome or Konerko. Team needs a new owner. or a new CEO.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 3, 2015 -> 02:08 PM) Because they thought they would have a team ready to win right now and were surprised when the pieces didn't fit together. Therefore as of right now their priorities are different than they were in December. or the fact that maybe they now want to max the profit, now that the core is there. either way, no matter what their thought process is this yr, lets wait until the offseason when all those game changing pitchers will be hitting fa.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 3, 2015 -> 02:07 PM) I've reached the point where I believe that the sloppiness is not just a function of the big league ballclub, it permeates the entire organization. It permeates the draft strategy - we target raw power hitters with lots of swings and misses and then never put them through any kind of ringer to get them adapted to a position. We move guys around all the time on the assumption that unless they're a top pick they're a likely utility guy, so people don't get experience at a position and a chance to struggle and adapt to things like footwork, throwing angles, and basic decision making in the minors. We give guys a chance to get hot for a few months with the bat and then rush them upwards, seemingly forgetting that guys who are hitting well might need time to work on other parts of their game. We expect them to arrive in the big leagues with no major holes in their game and count on them to rapidly become positive contributors even though we pushed people upwards rapidly and then paid no attention to how the different parts of their game worked together. We trade for guys who fit the same mold - power, but little discipline. We go into the free agent market looking for bats but we don't focus on whether or not that player will hold their own on defense. We expect guys to just handle things physically rather than working with decision making on things like hitting the cutoff man. We're impressed by a guy's work ethic when he gets himself in great shape or recovers rapidly from an injury yet we don't see that same kind of work ethic applied to improving people's approaches at the plate or in the field. It's like the TWTW philosophy permeates our entire organization. We don't give people the tools they need to be successful, we don't target guys with tools we need, we expect that they'll try harder between the lines, that they'll have more TWTW, and if they fail that's not a failure of preparation beforehand, that's just a lack of TWTW. That's why I stopped hanging this "solely" on the manager. I thing he's just another cog in a failing system. thanks for your hard work, i like the thought process behind this. but let me ask this, the base running errors, the defensive errors or screw up etc.... are you saying it is all on the players??? the coaches has not input in this? i would also have to question in "is the team fully prepared" every game.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 3, 2015 -> 02:07 PM) I'm starting to like this idea of going big in 2016. With 5 or 6 teams that normally spend big being out of the picture, that gives a team like the White Sox an opportunity to seriously load up on talent. That might be the year to go for it. looking at that point, you do make a excellent best case scenario. however, and this is on me, the int'l draft will be changing, the question is when. the only way to look at the negative side on that, the major talent potential is nice is this yr. now i am not saying that talent next yr is bad, i am saying the major potential is this yr.

with all the moves / trades for more int'l slots, i am really surprise at how more teams, outside the Dodgers, are concentrating on building up the farm system.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 3, 2015 -> 06:13 AM) Smart move. Sox will likely need him in the rotation for the last 2 months of the season; no use burning him out in Charlotte. excellent point.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 05:47 PM) That's fine but it probably won't help. All types of managers win, calm, fiery, screamers, micromanagers. Just because it's different from the current one doesn't make it better. Just because it's what the fans want doesn't make it better. And one thing we know about fiery managers/coaches is that they have a strict shelf life. but in that time of the fiery tempered manager, this team would have been turned around and/or players who would be identified would be gone. a fiery manager can change his way of working with players, later.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 05:01 PM) Last one comes out this winter. with ref to the hunger games books series.... i like the first 2 books and i hated the 3rd book. i saw the first 2 movies and i didn't see #3 and won't see #4

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 06:59 PM) 1 year apart isn't that far a part (in the grand scheme of things). And it looks like Saad split the difference. Seems like someone screwed the pooch up in terms of communication based upon some of Saad's late comments. That said, maybe it was all of a moot point once the offer came through, Stan might have decided that the prospects were worth more to him then Saad at even 5M. the politics of the whole thing is one, i am thinking of the success of the playoff for next yr and the price and what the hawks got as a rtn. ah man, i was soooo angry at the whole stupidity of it. oh well, that was yesterday and tomorrow is tomorrow.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 05:44 PM) Pitt, on paper, is closer to a SC team. I'd rather put Saad on a team that isn't quite as close. Plus, obviously, StanBo LURVES him some Anisimov. strategically that is good thinking, but i would love to see what that offer was from pitt

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 05:17 PM) Because of your very good friend John Danks i didn't know that... you are saying b/c of Danks contract, right??

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 05:15 PM) 575k thanks

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 04:15 PM) Aaron Portzline ‏@Aportzline 46m46 minutes ago Told #Blackhawks were at least $1M apart on AAV w Brandon Saad, likely $5M and $6M. I'd peg #CBJ deal - when done - at $5.5M or 5.75M per 1 mil in the difference... ummmm btw, i read that pit approach the hawks about a possible trade to get it done. they were surprise with no answer while reading of the trade was done with cbj. i would have like to know what pit was offering. also wasn't it pitt going to offer Saad a QO.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 04:26 PM) Comcast SportsNet ‏@CSNChicago 2h2 hours ago Report: #Blackhawks agree to terms with D Cameron Schilling -- http://bit.ly/1IRaSUf #HawksTalk they needed a player like him for an option to replace the dman the hawks traded a couple of days ago., i would like to see the salary.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 03:42 PM) Tell me again why the Sox let Mark Buerhle walk? my opinion. the truth of the matter was the asking salary, length of the contract vs his age and possible decline b/c of his age.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 01:53 PM) The other issue that Quintana would become the Royals' ace. So in that sense, one might demand and ace's price. Royals have a horrible rotation. Their pen is great, but might succumb to the pressure and over-work. Wouldn't surprise me if the Twins take this division. Meanwhile, Royals look like a team to do business with. if Q is avail, i think many teams would be interested esp in that contract vs talent level. so put the price out there via different rtn based on the team. let them all bid against each other and take the best rtn based on the teams asking price.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 02:14 PM) Also, trading a great pitcher within division should drive price up. most definitely

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 03:03 PM) This, exactly. Everyone just wants someone to be fired so they they can say something happened. Is that actually satisfying? Wouldn't you all rather clamor for a change that would make the team better? and at that time, the most visible change will be, outside the FO, the manager. i keep saying this, i would really want a fiery manager at this time. shake up the team.