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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 26, 2015 -> 03:29 PM) The problem with using your "gut" is when it doesn't work out, you are deemed a fool. When it works out it is forgotten quickly. Everyone can blame the manager all they want, the problem is, firing him doesn't solve the issues. Joe Maddon had a team that was supposed to be good last year. They weren't .500. This year, he's gone and somehow they are in first place, albeit barely in a bad division. Trotting out a big name to make out your line up card with a crappy team is putting lipstick on a pig. The exact same things will probably happen, but the manager won't be blamed. Ozzie was never blamed for poor White Sox offense when he managed. you have excellent points and makes a good argument. re the gut, i see coaching per adv metric kind of coaching. i don't see the lineup based on the hot bat. use the hot bat and yes the gut instinct to fill out your top 4 or 5 hitters in the lineup. be aggressive in the coaching aspect. Maddon is not the end of all things in coaching. but, and this is coming from a huge RV supporter, maybe RV is not the kind of manager that can get the team going. isn't that one of the reasons why teams fires their managers, esp early on in the season??

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ May 26, 2015 -> 07:39 AM) I tend to believe this. It's not the Cubs so much as having to compete with Wrigley Field and the surrounding atmosphere. the sox and the fans of the sox can support this team and do it well. 1. the teams management who can put a FO who know what they are doing, not hiring friends of the family. 2. spend wisely on the salary, but i will not go further on this subject. 3. get good coaches and managers.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 26, 2015 -> 03:02 PM) Right. Because winning is something you just snap your fingers and do. It isn't like the White Sox went out and spent $100 million+ dollars this off season to try to compete this year or anything. Can we at least pretend to exist in the land of reality? this team can put a bunch of wins together, pretty much like they did before. this team has the horses to pull it off, that is what i believe.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ May 26, 2015 -> 02:56 PM) Whole team sucks haha .... you may be right, esp with the current stats. i keep thinking on how many were hype on this team before the start of the season. i will admit that i was one and i was one who wanted to give RV the benefit, however i have seen the light. the team, is still IMO has a collection of good players. it is said that that team had to come to the forefront to stand behind the coach, when it is their job to concertate on the game to game and not about the politics of the team. that in itself is, for me a sure sign of how mych this org has been in a fvvckup state. unless i am the only one seeing that? the pitching, there is a black hole that was never address in the offseason. lastly, was i really outta of my mind in thinking this team was going to be good???

this org had a horrible approach to coaching in the positional ranks, before, lets say before the Hahn's regime. so how many yrs would it take to have a whole new hitting philosophy / approach to take affect??

QUOTE (3GamesToLove @ May 26, 2015 -> 02:44 PM) What you are talking about is not "the advance metric kind of hitting." it has appears to me, i who know crap about the adv metric, that people use that as a bible to manage. maybe in the fans point of view. what ever happen to the old coach with your gut instinct, make the lineup based on who is hitting? making up the lineup based on the hot bat. the old cliche is a coach should be able to find ways to make the team perform. that is why you see teams moving a coach.

who is the real culprit, RV or the Hitters or the Defense??? i know who i would blame, but i like to see your opinions.

a change in the routine for the hitters is needed. this left right advance metric is not working. beside Jose A, no one as any decent avg. need to go back to old time school. use players that are somewhat hitting, load up the top of the order with those hitter, and lets them get some runners on base. fvvck the adv metric kind o hitting. move down those players who are not performing, until they start to perform. bottom line be a little more creative in the lineup and and batting order.

pretty much what i have been thinking, is what many here are stating. Bickell really is not worth he is being paid, and he was was suppose to provide that forward spark, hitting and crashing the net. a complete waste.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/125729150/tw...test-mock-draft

QUOTE (LDF @ May 18, 2015 -> 04:30 PM) Player ---- pos ---- college - games -- avg -- hits -- k’s -- hrs -- bb’s -- rbi’s --- sb’s David Thompson - 3b - Miami - 55 --- 437 –-- 101 -- ?? ---19 --- 38 ---- 78 ----- ?? Andrew Benintendi - cf -- Ark --- 53 --- 415 --- 78 ---- ?? -- 17 ----37 ---- 51 ----- 21 Donnie Dewees - of/cf -- nrth fl- 55 --- 437 --- 101 ---14 –- 17 --- 28 ---- 66 ----- 21 Paul DeJong - cat/3b ---- il st ---- 51 --- 333 --- 70 --- 50 -- 14 --- 28 ---- 48 ------ 2 DJ Stewart --- of -------- fl st ---- 55 --- 336---- 59 ----38--- 13 --- 62----- 50 ------ 8 all stats compile from D1 ncaa stats. as of 5-18-15. http://www.ncaa.com/stats/baseball/d1/current/individual/200 i am only looking at the hitters and position by default. mock draft 1 http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/mlb-m...15-version-2-0/ #2 http://www.boydsbets.com/mlb-mock-draft/ #3 http://www.draftutopia.com/2015mlbmockdraft.html #4 http://www.minorleagueball.com/2015/5/15/8...arly-mock-draft #5 http://www.thesportsbank.net/basewars-chic...mlb-mock-draft/

Player ---- pos ---- college - games -- avg -- hits -- k’s -- hrs -- bb’s -- rbi’s --- sb’s David Thompson - 3b - Miami - 55 --- 437 –-- 101 -- ?? ---19 --- 38 ---- 78 ----- ?? Andrew Benintendi - cf -- Ark --- 53 --- 415 --- 78 ---- ?? -- 17 ----37 ---- 51 ----- 21 Donnie Dewees - of/cf -- nrth fl- 55 --- 437 --- 101 ---14 –- 17 --- 28 ---- 66 ----- 21 Paul DeJong - cat/3b ---- il st ---- 51 --- 333 --- 70 --- 50 -- 14 --- 28 ---- 48 ------ 2 DJ Stewart --- of -------- fl st ---- 55 --- 336---- 59 ----38--- 13 --- 62----- 50 ------ 8 all stats compile from D1 ncaa stats. as of 5-18-15. http://www.ncaa.com/stats/baseball/d1/current/individual/200 i am only looking at the hitters and positional by default.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 18, 2015 -> 03:25 PM) Thank you... I was reading that trying to figure out WTF that was about. he is playing on the absurd coincidence. maybe he should have done it in green.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ May 18, 2015 -> 03:11 PM) This is the worst thread on Soxtalk right now. Have you guys noticed that everyone loves RV when we win; hates RV when we lose? Do you REALLY think that the FO said some words to RV that made him MAKE our players play better? i think you are generalizing this a bit and making an assumption.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 18, 2015 -> 12:53 PM) Everyone's copying the White Sox now, lol. Matheny, Ausmus, Jennings...can't wait to see the national baseball media pick this one apart. Reminds me of when Larry Dierker (if I recall correctly) went from broadcaster to manager of the Astros. This will be one of the first managers (maybe the only one) without at least significant minor league playing experience. The next, inevitable step is an Ivy League/quant/sabes (love ya Gregaroo) guy directly going into managing. Jennings, a well-respected scout and executive, has no professional managerial experience and last coached a team when he was in charge of Davidson High School in Mobile, Alabama, almost 30 years ago. He has spent 13 years in the Marlins front office after first serving as a scout with the Reds and Mariners for seven years and then seven-plus seasons as the scouting director for the Tampa Bay Rays. Jennings played college baseball and was signed by the Yankees in 1984, but quickly left the organization. It's unknown if Jennings will still retain his title as general manager. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miam...l#storylink=cpy and many posters, including I, was criticizing or pointing out the problems in chi with it manager and FO. can you imagine that freaking circus in miami??? dear lord i couldn't even stomach the thought.

i was going to write up some other draft rpts, but i just realized, i already mention most in the 2 nd rpt and the sox don't have a 2 and a 3 round, so why mention anything on the 2 tier prospects that i like. either way this is going to be an interesting draft. i still wish the sox had a couple more comp picks. peace

QUOTE (staxx @ May 17, 2015 -> 01:33 PM) The more I read about Funkhouser, I am not a fan. Funkhouser, has a nice set of tools, pitching wise. but i don't know. maybe, for me a 3 round pick.

nice looking draft http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/mlb-m...15-version-2-0/ re David Thompsom 3b Miami this kid is on fire.... with another hr yesterday. that is 4 hrs on 2 days catapulting him in being tied in the nations of the most hrs, in ncaa.

i normally don't post this next info here, but in the college thread, but he did great yesterday. last nite, Miami 3b hit 3 hrs in a monster nite at the plate. he is draft eligible and predicted to be selected in the comp rounds. http://www.d1baseball.com/analysis/weekend...-friday-may-15/

Miami .. 3b David Thompson had a monster nite at the plate. hit 3 hrs http://www.d1baseball.com/analysis/weekend...-friday-may-15/

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ May 16, 2015 -> 12:07 AM) Ya obviously Davidson has been a bust but the idea to trade Reed for an organizational weakness was still the right one imo. my point was and still is, while the trade reasoning is one thing. the rtn wasn't nearly enuf at the time of the trade and the value of Reed.

QUOTE (staxx @ May 16, 2015 -> 05:13 PM) I've never seen the ball explode off the bat like it does with him. Greg Luzinski several times, in the old part, hit the roof face plate and the other when he park the ball on the roof of the old part.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 16, 2015 -> 04:13 PM) Acquisition story Detailed scouting report Need anything else? excellent reading, excellent write up. i esp like the kanny 5-5-15 article.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 16, 2015 -> 01:09 AM) Watching the 05 doc, if we are in the market for a new tv guy next year, I hope we at least investigate Blum. you know who i always thought would be a good announcer, more like a color man, that would be Mark Buehrle . plus he has the calm demeanor and is very personable on the mic. however with his pitching this yr, and a record of 5-2, he might just go for another contract.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ May 16, 2015 -> 02:03 AM) I would disagree, they would just need this pick to develop. If you’re counting on a draft pick to save your team then your team probably isn't good. Especially if its a high school kid, expecting a HS kid to make ot to the majors in 18 months is ridiculous. The Sox just need to add value and talent to the farm, that should be the main goal of any draft. well it is kind of obvious that i was not referring to a hs'er. i was trying to be subtle in my choice of words. i am looking at the salary # this yr, who will the sox be able to sign, who are getting raises and arb money. so with all this, unexpected and uncounted money being spent, before the season open spring training. they will be needing the young prospects to develop and be on the heals of the starters. the system is still not there where it can support this type of players movement thru attrition. so the team needs prospects who are good, esp in a weak draft as this upcoming one, to move thru the system to make it to the majors. so in essence if the choice is between college being decent, and hs'er being a little better, i am thinking the sox will go the college rt. hs'ers may be really good in the lower draft picks, like after the 6 round. this is my opinion.