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Sox officially on the clock. Red Sox just took Mike Matheny's son.

Twins with a nice pick in Cabbage.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 10:52 AM) hill off the board. McCarthy the lone college player there. Rest probably be hard to sign All depends on how much homework was done. I'd be okay taking the flyer on Everett. Still a lot of money for a HSer to turn down. That is all assuming he isn't repped by Boras. If he is, nevermind.

I'll guess Joe McCarthy out of UVA.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 10:13 AM) Lol, was it this? I think Fulmer would have better luck.lol. I was at that game and that was what i presumed he was referencing. Hilariously entertaining.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 10:04 AM) i agree, that was another time and in another era of baseball. still it is the sox policy to address the draft this way, i guess it was unlucky that the sox got their marching orders from the owners. They didn't get their marching order from the owner. The front office made a decision to filter more money to the pro side and ignore the development side and it showed. We still haven't hit on the equation or solved the problem as we can not produce good hitters and really need to evaluate what is going on their from a development perspective. The hard thing is, it takes a long time to see if changes you made from a draft to development perspective were the right or wrong decisions. Is their some luck in the process, sure, but over time, it is a skill. Some franchises are better then others and that is to their credit. They put guys in the best position to succeed and get the most out of them more often then others.

Justin Garza is a name I like later on today. JR at Fullerton who has been a horse for 2.5 years, however, he got hurt late this season and needed Tommy John. Would have been a top 4 round pick but now a guy you might get later on and be able to build up. Small built but good stuff and some upside. Might profile more longer term as a very good reliever, but has the repetoire of pitches to be a successful starter with above avg FB / Ch / Slider.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 9, 2015 -> 06:16 AM) Vanderbilt's first CWS game is this Sunday. He just threw 121 pitches on Saturday, but he should be ready to go. Want Fulmer to succeed and all, but I hope my Titans smoke em! GO TITANS!!!

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 03:56 PM) law doesn't have him in the first round. I would think 25-35 Dodgers, Dodgers, Dodgers.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 12:53 PM) http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=72142 You actually had posted this: Oh and one guy the Sox have been linked to, Prep Outfielder Mike Trout (no strong ties, more tied to them based upon needs by other columnists), is demanding $2.5M, which is .1M less than Beckham got. Haha..shows what I remember. I had remember writing about Trout and really being a fan of his. Selective memory haha. Evidently I also suggested we should draft Garrett Richards. Too bad they didn't do that either, haha.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 12:38 PM) From the linked article: Word before the draft that Trout was seeking a $2.5-million signing bonus might have scared off some teams. But the Angels, who got quite a catch when they drafted outfielder Tim Salmon in 1989, picked Trout and signed him for $1.215 million, his slot value. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/19/sp...-trout-20110220 That might be more the LA Times making more of it. he signed for slot and was never viewed as a top 10 pick and largely went roughly where everyone had him pegged (in the 20's). Have a hard time saying teams passed on him cause of demands and he handed given some indication that he didn't have one of those Stanford commits where guys legitimately fall because they plan on going to college.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 12:32 PM) He also had large signing bonus demands. I still would love to know just how close the Sox were to taking him. Trout didn't have any ridiculous demands associated with him, at least not that I was aware of.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 11:58 AM) Sale and Rodon haven't been the problem. You could say something about Beckham, but it's not like all the guys drafted right after him became stars. Not to mention Beckham wasn't a reach at all. Sox have drafted pretty well past few years (although still extremely early to really say that but we've clearly drafted well in the 1st couple of rounds).

Stephenson would be cool. Risky, but cool. I don't love any of the top pitching prospects. They all have their flaws and their upside (then again, so does anyone, especially at this stage in their careers).

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 08:51 AM) I'd bet dollar to donuts that Samardjiza doesn 't have an era of 5 at the end of the year. Ok...If his ERA ends up over 5, I get $100 (American, US Dollars)...if it ends up below 5, you get 100 donuts (I don't specific size or freshness of said donuts and me cutting 1 donut into 100 pieces, does qualify as 100 donuts).

Lets hope he gets on a run and we can get something nice for him. Or that we go on a run along with him and it all becomes a moot point. With the way this team plays though, becoming less likely. They'll founder to .500 from time to time but just don't play heady enough baseball to overcome their other issues (e.g., crap defense and at this point, non-existent offense).

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 08:37 AM) Don't confuse the Faceless Men with the Sons of the Harpy, way different groups (Faceless Man is what Arya is trying to become), just an fyi. And why wouldn't one sneak attack be a bad choice? See if one can get by while people's attention are on the pit? If that failed, which took an epic spear throw by Jorah, then they bum rush them which is what they did. They easily would've had Dany if it wasn't for Drogon. I presumed he was referring to the end when they were all in the pit surrounded, but the Sons of Harpy kind of just one off attacked, vs. all of them rushing since they had numbers.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 01:33 PM) I know he's put up better numbers already in his career...but is love really that different in style from Mirotic? Love is a multi-time all star who is in his mid 20's. I think it is insanely short sighted to not accept him because of Mirotic. Mirotic was a nice player but Kevin Love is a top 20 player in this league and a year ago people would have argued he was possibly top 5 and for sure top 10. I'd also say that Love is an insanely better rebounder than Niko. I would agree that Gasol is probably the best fit as he plays that physical big position very well but Love's stock is down further then it probably should be.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 10:24 AM) To go for both Love and Aldridge? Is that financially possible? I never said both, just one of them.

Super Regionals @ Louisville. Bring it on. Lets go TITANS!!! 14 inning game on Saturday against ASU was a nail biter!

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 06:40 AM) The latest mock draft on SheridanHoops says that the Bulls are exploring the option of trading Taj and/or Noah. Says the Bulls and Celtics have been the 2 most active teams in trade talks (not with each other). http://www.sheridanhoops.com/2015/05/30/mo...-and-then-what/ That is the scenario which gives the Bulls the cap space to go for Love / Aldridge / Gasol.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ May 29, 2015 -> 02:01 PM) People do want it. Problem is a lot of the power in terms of votes comes from those nations benefiting from said corruption. It is why it will take the power of those nations that drive the finances behind soccer to put serious pressure on FIFA and its way of life.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 29, 2015 -> 11:09 AM) It will be interesting to see how efficient an offense based on launching 3s is with DRose "feeling it". Really, how many guys on the Bulls roster other than perhaps McBuckets, and Dunleavy if he is even back, do you really think can hit 3s with much consistency? Nik should. He struggled at times this year due to being winded, etc, but he should be a good 3 point shooter. Brooks is as well (not sure if he will be back).

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 29, 2015 -> 10:29 AM) The player push back is a new thing that has come out in recent days. Considering Thibs was a known goner, I'm going to assume that is just players trying to placate the people who will still be here knowing that Thibs was out anyway. Cowley had an article the other day and he got from a player the exit interview was filled with stuff slamming Thibs. I will agree GarPax/ Thibs probably wasn't going to work anymore, but unless Pau can find another fountain of youth, and all these guys who get hurt every season stop getting hurt, the Mayor is going to bow out of the playoffs in the first or second round. I also think the Mayor to the Bulls is a done deal. I think they are leaking it is not to try to make it appear like this just came up, and everything everyone has heard the last 4 or 5 months is just a coincidence that it came true. Supposedly Pau had planted a different seed during the season and I think players started to march to a slightly different tune. Not saying Pau didn't like Tom, just that he has been their and won and has a different mindset and is a real leader and I think his opinion was more of a, you need to make it to the playoffs in a position where you are healthy enough to play your best basketball and that wasn't going to happen under Tom's watch. Too much blood had been released by the time the regular season ended. If Pau doesn't come, my presumption is Tom is still the head coach of the Bulls because it was going to take a real veteran (from the outside) who would be able to change some of the internal culture that will also come with getting older. My presumption is if there was one player who wouldn't comment negatively on Tom, it would be Butler and possibly Rose. However, I could have seen similar situations with Noah too, but that might not be the case. Dunleavy is a pro but it isn't like he'd grown up and been developed by Tom so while I can't see him bashing Tom, I also don't see him doing extensive lobbying for a coach either.

QUOTE (shipps @ May 29, 2015 -> 10:26 AM) I will laugh out the loudest if Hoiberg declines the job. That would be bad. I don't want Gentry. I like him as an assistant but don't like getting rid of Tom for Gentry. I can live with Hoiberg as I think he has the "it" charisma. No idea if he can coach or not. Difference between college and pro's is huge, but as long as he doesn't let his ego get in the way and he brings in some good assistants, I am on board with it. To be frank, I don't like very many alternatives outside of Hoiberg.