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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 16, 2014 -> 03:59 PM) Check your grammar. You said "Being right handed, I kind of doubt..." The "Being right handed" modified the "I" in that sentence. /Gradeschool /morningmebeingajerk me don't understand

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 16, 2014 -> 08:20 AM) You're assuming he's 100% healthy next year. Look at what happened with Hoffman, Fedde, etc., just in the last 6 weeks or so before the draft...I think there was one other guy that was ouchy too, maybe it was Finnegan or Evansville's pitcher. ummm you know he does have a point. if he does get hurt, the sox still has control. dealing with the surgery, the meds can repair and thicken the UCL ligament, (I read that it can be done) if he doesn't get hurt, the sox will have a great pitcher. interesting gamble.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 16, 2014 -> 08:15 AM) Probably similar to the Rusney Castillo deal, although more money and more years by 10-25%. here is a question, does anyone like it if the sox sign him or not I really am confuse as to sign him or not. I would really love to see what people opinions are.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Sep 16, 2014 -> 05:20 AM) I would take Kyle Tycker if the draft were today, he has the frame and a swing that rivals Ted Williams and he is a true 5 star talent, but his comps are crazy Strawberry, Griffey jr, Strawberry. I also like Greg Picket, and Garrett Wolforth who was mentioned as being a possible top 2016 pick. If the sox draft him, I would keep him in extended spring training all year and just have him polish his game and work on his frame just like the Astros did with Correa because he will only be 17 on draft day, his tools behind the plate are rated at 7/8 and that's too good to pass up. He could be a elite prospect. anyone and everyone will be right but those prospects may fall to the 2 round. where the sox is picking, 6-11, I will still have to go with Ian Happ. of course everything is dependent on how the sox will identify their needs. the Ace pitchers will not be there. there are some 2nd tier pitchers who may be there 1 college and 1 hs'er. again the question, will the sox pick a hs'er. that leaves positional players and again I am using todays needs. that is why I will pick Happ. he may be the next eaton with a little more power and will play the outfield. I will like to see how things develop over the course of the yr with other prospect making a name for themselves.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Sep 16, 2014 -> 02:32 AM) Tomas will be in the $100M range. Now, I know that this could take away from our budget, but I don't think that we can waste prime years of Sale and Abreu. I think we should go all in this offseason, sign Tomas, and make a trade involving Avisail Garcia and Carlos Sanchez for a proven #2/3 RHSP. I wonder what or for how many yrs?

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Sep 15, 2014 -> 05:07 AM) Oh, don't get me wrong, I like reading about some of the amateur talent, I am just saying I'm not sitting here thinking I hope "xxxx" falls to us, or I hope we can get a top 5 pick because then we can get "xxxx". It will all change so much that I don't care to worry myself with who I WANT to get yet, but having some background on a group of them now is helpful. I am sorry about how I responded. I am lousy in English. I should have said that I was not responding b/c as you and everybody have said it is too early. in some respect yes and others no. and that is where I didn't to discuss my answer. I do not think it's not too early to start being informed on the next yr talent. and to see where the sox will fall in the draft. for all to remember the sox is rebuilding, now if the sox were in the playoff race, that is a different way to look at the draft.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Sep 15, 2014 -> 05:14 AM) I wonder if guys like this, or Pat Venditte, or others who are ambidextrous pitchers can actually go something like 140 pitches a start, if you think his arm fatigue will be lessened in each arm if he is only throwing 70 pitches with each arm, or however the split may occur. Steve Stone always says something like if your legs can carry you through 6 innings, your arm can carry you the last 3. Well what if EACH arm can carry him the last 3. Could someone like this pitch a 12-inning complete game? I'm sure someone has looked in to this before. asking a lot of great questions. I am not knowledgeable on anything that can answer these. sorry.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Sep 15, 2014 -> 02:30 AM) He has a lot more ability than he showed here, but he was just the prototypical change of scenery candidate. I think he's definitely a better player than Dunn or Beckham but the return didn't show it. And really it shouldn't have, he just played like s*** here. Basically he had trade rumors swirling around him for 2 straight years really and just got worse. He started this year in a platoon role and was already trying to hit home runs in his first game (he did hit some early HRs but thta's obviously the wrong approach for DeAza... DJ even talked about it on the radio at the time, saying the HRs were nice but that's not his game and wondered if it would affect him later, well obviously it did). DeAza had some pressure on him & probably a lot of that pressure he put on himself. Some players just can't play through that stuff and it looks like he is one of them. Getting traded probably took a lot of that off him and now he can just go out there and play. It's actually not a bad situation for him at all. He was going to be a non-tender off a s***ty team coming off a s***ty season and at that point he'd have had to settle for a low base 1 year guarantee as part of someone's bench most likely, but who knows, now he's got some playing time with a team that for all we know could go all the way. He has an opportunity to play for a contract. Look at some of the money players like Cody Ross and Angel Pagan have gotten, both of whom were kind of in that DeAza type territory for a while as starting caliber players that you really didn't know if you wanted to start or have as more of a rich man's 4th OF. Postseason success leads to added interest & possibly bigger paydays, so maybe he'll set himself up for a 2-year deal or a 1-year deal similar in pay to what the Sox would have non-tendered him over. At least he has a shot in Baltimore, he didn't have a shot at anything here. another excellent analysis. I was going to add his success will not be sustain. he has had success and then he comes back down. the good thing with the trade, he just happen to be having nice success at the right time.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Sep 15, 2014 -> 01:38 AM) I'm not really even looking at who the top picks are yet, since it will change so much between now and then. I don't believe there is even a consensus #1 at this point either. overall you do have a point. that is all I will say with that respect. btw, it is nice to talk about the realm of possibilities, not to say this is the final product. also it is enjoyable to know more about the players and their profile.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Sep 15, 2014 -> 12:03 AM) Just letting everyone know, I saw an article the other day, and it said that the top 3 in the draft are far superior than everyone else. They said 4 thru 15 are really up for grabs at this point. yeah I agree, the first 3 are or should make up the 3 pitchers except for the hs ss who may put himself into the running. the idea situation would be the sox pick #3. but that is a pipedream.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Sep 15, 2014 -> 12:07 AM) I'm not sure. I didn't notice until you mentioned it. I was kind of preoccupied with the movement of his pitches. I honestly was not expecting that good of movement. Interesting idea is that he could close his own games. I really like that his father forced him to throw left handed. Baseball aside I think its good to teach kids how to use both hands, arms and legs, not just one or the other. yeah, but I guess that tommy john surgery also help. I have to give the kid credit for continue to do pitch when hurt. QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Sep 14, 2014 -> 10:42 PM) I didn't notice if his glove had an extra finger or not, like Pan Venditte's. that is 1 weird looking glove.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Sep 14, 2014 -> 09:29 PM) Kind of odd that most of the ABs in that video featured a R-L matchup. I wonder if that is his team utilizing splits, or if maybe he starts and finishes a game all from one side? good point, I would imagine he will also need to change his glove as well.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Sep 14, 2014 -> 06:17 PM) Thanks for bringing him up.I had not heard of him and I'm not all that far from Hampshire. Found this at BA on him and a video. http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/cap...cus-ryan-perez/ Kid shows pretty good off speed stuff and movement on the FB. Very interesting! yeah, seeing an actual game video of him pitching, with both arms, seems freeky. but with his pitches as you said does look really good. I like the movement on his fastball. I am going to keep an eye on his progress.

I was reading fan graph on their mock draft. an interesting prospect pop up. have any ever heard of a baseball pitcher pitching with both arms?

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Sep 14, 2014 -> 02:39 PM) I agree with you. Win the game. It's important to create some kind of positive atmosphere. In the near future having guys like Carroll, avi, semien, etc finish with positives instead of negatives will help the team more. Draft picks are crap shoots. Those guys have already found their ways to the big leagues. the positive atmosphere as you say will happen in the offseason. everyone in the nation knows that the sox is rebuilding. the positive atmosphere is more for the fans who needs a reason to spend the money to buy season tickets. again, that will take care of itself in the offseason. when Hahn and the sox org, start addressing fa's, the new 40 man protection list, trade, even int'l fa signing, the hype of how much the team has improve will get everybody excited. I may fly in for the sox convection b/c I really am seeing a potential of great things happening.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Sep 14, 2014 -> 04:08 PM) a great rpt. I am not a stat guy but I am going to learn this offseason. be that as it may, I was looking up the splits for each month on DV performance. let me start with I read where some where talking about how the trend of hitters per batting avg has lowered. yesterday the rumor page was talking about cle SS and how a avg of 260 is respectable. well using that, DV is what a 230-240 range. so in essence he is a little below avg, I think our disappointment is, we as fans, esp me, expected more. I think he may be a good stopgap, until the sox really address it next yr. there is a lot of missing parts that needs to be address with the sox. offensively he will be able to hit 20+ hrs during the course of a season. well I thing he has perfect defense for a DH and his monthly offensive stats were very similar each month. there is one thing that will always come up, he is what 25 going on 26, so he is still considered young.

QUOTE (BaconOnAStick @ Sep 14, 2014 -> 05:03 AM) I don't think the John Danks Problem is for another time. His ineptitude as a starter is very likely the largest barrier for the White Sox to contend next year for the Central. That's the most pressing issue (aside from pen, which I assume will be taken care of) this team has. well with Danks, I was looking at the splits and I notice that he has and appears to pitch close to 190 innings. his aug and sept record are horrible, but I am wondering if that might be b/c of a tired arm.

QUOTE (BaconOnAStick @ Sep 14, 2014 -> 04:09 AM) -Semien had a fantastic day -Gillaspie broke out of his slump with a big RBI. -Andy Wilkins did something It was a very good day! I don't know if was as good as Abreu's "OUR KIDS WILL NOT QUIT" walk off slam against a s*** talking Balfour... but it was good. I was wondering on how the FO was planning in the offseason, esp with acquiring players either thru fa or trades. my initial question is, next yr, what or who will take over the leadoff if eaton gets hurt, furthermore if Alexei is not in the equations. I was wondering if any of the young prospects coming up will be able to fill that position. question can Semien will be that player?

what surprise me of 2014 season. what I am looking for is how certain players performed during the season. I was totally surprise on how DV did the whole season. except for the low avg, his stats are well ..... here the link and you decide. I also look at how he performed during the previous yrs and I did the split for the months as well again I am surprise at the results. http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/team/playe...l='ALL' I also looked at J. Danks and how he pitched this yr. that is for another time.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Sep 13, 2014 -> 06:43 AM) They picked Harold Baines #1 overall in 1977. They also picked HS catcher Danny Goodwin #1 overall in 1971. Goodwin opted for college and was drafted #1 overall four years later by the Angels. He amounted to nothing. yeah you got a point there I should have used more of a timeline for this point.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 10:48 PM) Regarding the name change, I thought it was a given that there would be a renaming when I first heard US Cellular was leaving the market, but I recall reading something around that time saying the name would stay because it would still be relevant via televised games. I am not sure about this, but I thought when US Cellular left or leaving, the sox was going to go with the cell for now. I don't know if this has any difference in this discussion.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 13, 2014 -> 04:12 AM) There are ways to build a team that have nothing to do with where the team finishes the year before. Rooting for the Sox to finish as low as possible IMO is counterproductive. yeah, I am guilty for rooting for the sox to loose. for me, it is nerving, so to speak, to see a season lost. the sox is in need to rebuild and is rebuilding. why not to hope for a higher pick to help that rebuild go faster. last yr picking up Rodon does more to improve the team. in 2015 draft, there is a difference between a high level prospect and other prospects. I know I am being foolish, but I would love to see the sox in the playoff every yr. you know what pisses me off, the sox as far as I know has never picked higher than #3, and yet for all the failures, the team has managed to be respectful in the overall standings. can you imagine what it would have been like if the sox were able to pick higher than 5 for several yrs in a row?

waiver pick up possibilities red patterson 27, according to rumor site, Patterson is on it. I like this player as a pickup.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 10:55 PM) And you want them to win a lot of games next season without signing any major free agents, thus relying on the prospects that you don't care about. That's an interesting line of thinking. in a fantasy world, the sox will every game and win every world series. obviously that will never happen. now what is the org approach to the org. KW approach is to use the farm systems for trade chips to get the pieces for the main club to win the playoff. there are faults in that approach and the systems is bare except for a few prospects. how would Hahn approach be describe as? there will always be differing opinions on how the org should be run.

org relies of mainstream scouting rpt to cut down on the cost of seeing and scouting on each person. can you imagine how much it will be to scout each prospect in, lets say a draft rated player? how bout the cost to see all the Asian prospects? having the showcase for these players coming fro Cuba may be the way to see it, however it is still a gamble and luck.