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AFL Recap By Dan Santaromita SoxNet.net The Arizona Fall League concluded with the Peoria Javelinas taking the title behind the bat of C.J. Retherford, but it was Brent Morel that left the best impression among the White Sox prospects. MORE

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Nov 22, 2009 -> 10:37 PM) I believe he is actually. Yep, he had a minor rehab stint down in Seattle last year but hasn't pitched extensively since 2007.

I'm going to go with Chad Cordero. But I actually don't know if he is a FA.

Glad to see Iowa win. They still have an outside shot at being an at-large BCS team. And that would be great for their program and the conference (two big ten teams means big ten gets a lot more money to divy up amongst its programs).

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Nov 20, 2009 -> 03:16 PM) Chisox, Exactly, if Ozzie isnt in the loop why are his comments on this trade relevant? Its just odd to write about the Vizquel deal and use quotes from some one who admits they arent in the loop. Good point.

I thought the article was saying that Ozzie is no longer in the loop because he tends to leak things.

As soon as I speak, Cowley writes.

Where the heck is Cowley on this one? Nothing out of him. Surprising no Chicago Beat writers are on top of this. I saw the Trib did have something this AM.

http://twitter.com/SI_JonHeyman Heyman's now reporting that he's headed to the Sox. He had reported it earlier, now more definitive on the subject.

The scuttle-but is that the deal is done.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 20, 2009 -> 01:56 PM) Yes. Unless there is some sort of rule which excludes this sort of activity during the off-season. I'm unaware of one but there could be one. So I take it back, I went to our expert, Kalapse and he has indicated such: This means that the Sox won't open up that roster spot on the 40 until the season begins and teams are allowed to place players back on the DL. However, if Omogrosso wasn't protected a team could have claimed him and easily kept him on the 40 man roster all season (without wasting his development, since it is essentially going to be him rehabbing). That is why the Sox protected Omogrosso and I am fairly confident that if we hadn't protected him a club would have picked him up. He's got the tools to be a pretty good reliever.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Nov 20, 2009 -> 01:53 PM) so we will have 4 open spots on the 40 si? Yes. Unless there is some sort of rule which excludes this sort of activity during the off-season. I'm unaware of one but there could be one.

What would everyone think about picking up a Ryan Garko to be our right handed bat off the bench. He could play a bit at 1st, be an emergency catcher, and DH. He actually could be a real good compliment to someone like Thome. Career .887 OPS vs lefties and he's likely to get non-tendered.

Omogrosso will be on the 60 day DL though so what does it matter? He really won't count against the 40 man roster in time, correct?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 19, 2009 -> 08:59 AM) Nah, I think that was the dude from Boston that married that super hot chick. He was on the Austin cast I believe, dented his face. Yep. Brad is pretty damn calm. This was out of character for him.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 19, 2009 -> 08:35 AM) Why would Brad challenge a boxer to fight, even when drunk? His eye was blown up! Funny how Evan and Kenny stay out of everything, including the ruins. He absolutely lit Brad up.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 20, 2009 -> 11:12 AM) Good point on the clubhouse stuff, since that seems to have been an issue. He could also replace Cora when/if he lands a managerial gig.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 20, 2009 -> 11:09 AM) Totally agree. Even people want to piss on the "mentor" part of things (and I would also include a very young Gordon Beckham as a guy who could learn a lot of things from Omar), the guy is going provide great defense, smart ABs, and fill in over the entire IF defense, instead of just one spot. We also are getting a very stabilizing clubhouse guy in Omar Vizquel. This isn't a move that you get super excited about, but its the type of move that does so many little things that it could really pay off pretty nice. Great Defense, Great Baserunner, Can Bunt, Can Teach our young guys, very good clubhouse guy. Ya, I like this a lot.

Sox Close to Signing Omar Vizquel By Jason Gage SoxNet.net Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Chicago White Sox are on the verge of signing Omar Vizquel to a 1 year contract worth $1 million. Vizquel, 43, spent the 2009 season with the Rangers as a backup at SS, 3B, and 2B and batted .266 in 62 games. SN Take: Vizquel makes a deep bench even deeper, providing Ozzie Guillen with a plus defensive backup at 3B, SS, and 2B. Vizquel is also expected to serve as a mentor to Gordon Beckham and Alexei Ramirez, much like he did last season with Texas rookie SS Elvis Andrus. The signing won't help sell tickets, it will put some pressure on Jayson Nix, and go a long way towards stabilizing the infield defense and clubhouse. Rule V Update: The Chicago White Sox purchased the contracts of Brian Omogrosso (RHP), Brandon Hynick (RHP), Sergio Santos (RHP), Santos Luis (RHP), and Stefan Gartrell (OF). The moves put the Sox 40 man roster at 37 and protect the above players from being exposed during the MLB portion of the upcoming Rule V Draft. Kyle McCulloch (RHP) and John Shelby III (OF) are the most noteable prospects that the Sox have exposed to the draft. Shelby is a toolsy outfielder who was a popular pre-season break-out prospect pick in 2009 and was most recently ranked by the Hard Ball times as the Sox 10th best prospect. McCulloch is noteable only because he is the last remaining of the Sox 1st round flops under former player personell guy Duane Shaffer.

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/soxnet/200...r-contract.html We talk about the Rule V draft a bit in the above article

Shelby isn't going to get picked in the Rule V draft. He still has too much to work on, imo.

QUOTE (Sec101Row1 @ Nov 20, 2009 -> 10:06 AM) Someone from the sox told me they've added 5 players to the roster today. Yep, a bunch of moves to protect players from the Rule V. I'm working on a small write-up on it as we speak. Hynick, Omogrosso, and Santos were some of the bigger names added to the 40 man roster.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Nov 20, 2009 -> 09:37 AM) This would be solid. If you're gong to sign a veteran backup infielder you might as well make it an elite defender who's willing to work with the kids. Agreed. He can do everything that Nix could do accept better and add value as a mentor. Nix does have much more power though, but the defensive ability of Omar at multiple positions would be tremendous.

QUOTE (knightni @ Nov 19, 2009 -> 03:20 PM) Kind of like Teyo Johnson. Heck of a big college WR at Stanford, but he was too slow and huge to be an NFL WR. Then, when he got drafted, he couldn't adjust to TE with the Raiders and fell out of pro football. Except Lebron, if he does run a 4.4 40, is faster than most Wr's so he has the speed to play there. Bigger guys usually don't have the quickness to be effective on the outside and that is why they are moved to the TE position. Lebron evidently has that so there is no reason he couldn't be at the WR position.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Nov 19, 2009 -> 10:30 AM) If really runs a 4.4 then he'd be a top 5 pick. Do you play him at WR or put him on the ends. With his strength he could hypothetically be a completely dominant DE. Or a dominant WR. Either way, if James hypothetically went the route of FB instead of Basketball I think he'd ultimately be a #1 overall type of pick. If you are putting him in the draft now, knowing that he hasn't played the game in years, he'll have an extreme learning curve and I'd think he'd still go in the 1st round but wouldn't make an immediate impact and the only place you could really draft him would be at the wide-out position because I think him picking up DE on the fly would be too difficult. In his first season I assume he'd be used on limited plays, particularly in the end-zone where you could use his height and size combo on jump-balls.